Sami Venäläinen
Sami Venäläinen (born 14 October 1981) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who currently plays professionally in Germany for the Fischtown Pinguins.
| Sami Venäläinen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Born |
14 October 1981 Kangasala, Finland | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 187 lb (85 kg; 13 st 5 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| DEL team Former teams |
Fischtown Pinguins Tappara TPS SaiPa | ||
| NHL Draft |
249th overall, 2000 Phoenix Coyotes | ||
| Playing career | 2000–2016 | ||
Career
Venäläinen is a product of the Tappara youth system and logged his first minutes for the club's men's team in the Liiga, the highest level professional competition in Finland, during the 2000–01 season. In 2008, he left Tappara and embarked on a three-year stint with fellow Liiga side HC TPS. In 2011, he was back at Tappara and spent another two season with the team. From 2013 to 2016, he played for SaiPa.
After 16 years in the Finnish top-tier, Venäläinen took his game abroad and on July 3, 2016, was signed by the Fischtown Pinguins of the German top-flight Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).[1]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1997–98 | Tappara | FIN U18 | 33 | 18 | 7 | 25 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Tappara | FIN U18 | 31 | 27 | 17 | 44 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1998–99 | Tappara | FIN U20 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1999–2000 | Tappara | FIN U20 | 37 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 2000–01 | Tappara | FIN U20 | 21 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2000–01 | Tappara | SM-liiga | 36 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2001–02 | Tappara | SM-liiga | 56 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 2002–03 | Tappara | SM-liiga | 55 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 48 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| 2003–04 | Tappara | SM-liiga | 56 | 18 | 15 | 33 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2004–05 | Tappara | SM-liiga | 55 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2005–06 | Tappara | SM-liiga | 56 | 10 | 12 | 22 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | ||
| 2006–07 | Tappara | SM-liiga | 54 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 67 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 2007–08 | Tappara | SM-liiga | 54 | 16 | 8 | 24 | 52 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | ||
| 2008–09 | TPS | SM-liiga | 56 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 42 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 2009–10 | TPS | SM-liiga | 43 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 66 | 15 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 2010–11 | TPS | SM-liiga | 58 | 10 | 24 | 34 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2011–12 | Tappara | SM-liiga | 58 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2012–13 | Tappara | SM-liiga | 30 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2012–13 | LeKi | Mestis | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | LeKi | Mestis | 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2013–14 | SaiPa | Liiga | 45 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 49 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2014–15 | SaiPa | Liiga | 58 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2015–16 | SaiPa | Liiga | 59 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 49 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Liiga totals | 829 | 128 | 174 | 302 | 652 | 116 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 72 | ||||
References
- "Fischtown Pinguins : "Hulk" auf Bremerhavener Eis". www.fischtown-pinguins.de. Retrieved 2016-07-04.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or The Internet Hockey Database