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Finland Tony Salmelainen
#8 HIFK / Liiga - 13/14
1-time U18 WJC Gold Medal 1
1-time Liiga Golden Helmet 1
1-time U18 EJC Silver Medal 1
1-time U20 WJC Silver Medal 1
1-time Liiga All-Star Team 1
1-time Liiga Best Player of Regular Season (Lasse Oksanen Award) 1
1-time Liiga Most Points (Veli-Pekka Ketola Trophy) 1
1-time NL Media All-Star Team 1
Date of Birth
Aug 08, 1981
Position
LW/RW
Age
43
Height
5'9" / 176 cm
Place of Birth
Espoo, FIN
Weight
183 lbs / 83 kg
Nation
Finland
Shoots
R
Youth Team
Kiekko-Espoo
Status
Retired
Drafted
1999 round 2 #41 overall by Edmonton Oilers

A small and very fast winger. Salmelainen's biggest asset is his exceptional skating. His skating and energetic play style leads to scoring chances. He has good stickhandling skills and good technique. He is a good goal scorer.

Salmelainen's weaknesses are his size, strength and playing off the puck.

Father: Tommi Salmelainen
Brother: Tobias Salmelainen

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Tony Salmelainen Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1995-96 Kiekko-Espoo U16 U16 SM-sarja 31* 15* 10* 25* 26* -* |
1996-97 Kiekko-Espoo U16 U16 SM-sarja 2* 1* 0* 1* 4* -* |
Kiekko-Espoo U18 U18 SM-sarja 30* 8* 5* 13* 38* -* |
Finland U16 (all) “A” International-Jr 6* 5* 3* 8* 6* -* |
1997-98 Kiekko-Espoo U18 U18 SM-sarja 5* 2* 2* 4* 10* -* |
HIFK U18 U18 SM-sarja 28* 23* 16* 39* 30* -* |
HIFK U20 U20 SM-liiga 5* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
Finland U17 (all) International-Jr 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
Finland U18 EJC-18 6* 1* 1* 2* 0* -* |
Finland U18 (all) International-Jr 12* 1* 3* 4* 0* -* |
1998-99 HIFK U20 U20 SM-liiga 21* 13* 10* 23* 45* -* | Relegation 10 10 8 18 10 -
Finland U18 “A” WJC-18 6* 1* 2* 3* 8* 0* |
Finland U18 (all) International-Jr 6* 1* 2* 3* 8* -* |
1999-00 HIFK U20 U20 SM-liiga 1* 0* 1* 1* 0* -* |
HIFK SM-liiga 1* 1* 0* 1* 0* 1* |
Finland U20 (all) International-Jr 4* 0* 0* 0* 2* -* |
2000-01 HIFK SM-liiga 19* 1* 0* 1* 2* -2* |
Ilves U20 U20 SM-liiga 6* 4* 5* 9* 2* -* |
Ilves SM-liiga 26* 3* 10* 13* 2* -4* | Playoffs 3 0 0 0 0 0
Finland U20 WJC-20 7* 3* 2* 5* 6* 4* |
Finland U20 (all) International-Jr 11* 5* 2* 7* 10* -* |
2001-02 Ilves U20 U20 SM-liiga 2* 6* 0* 6* 0* 3* |
Ilves SM-liiga 49* 10* 9* 19* 30* 0* | Playoffs 3 0 0 0 2 -3
Finland (all) International 7* 0* 0* 0* 6* -2* |
2002-03 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 67* 14* 19* 33* 14* 17* | Playoffs 17 6 8 14 0 11
2003-04 Edmonton Oilers NHL 13* 0* 1* 1* 4* -1* |
Toronto Roadrunners AHL 58* 19* 25* 44* 27* 10* | Playoffs 3 0 1 1 0 1
2004-05 Edmonton Road Runners AHL 76* 22* 24* 46* 26* 9* |
2005-06 HIFK “A” SM-liiga 53* 27* 28* 55* 63* 26* | Playoffs 12 4 2 6 36 -2
2006-07 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 57* 6* 11* 17* 26* -3* |
2007-08 Toronto Marlies AHL 2* 2* 0* 2* 0* 1* |
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Russia 29* 3* 4* 7* 2* -1* | Playoffs 16 0 0 0 6 -2
2008-09 Genève-Servette HC NLA 29* 16* 12* 28* 28* -* | Playoffs 4 1 2 3 2 -
Lausanne HC NLB 1* 0* 1* 1* 0* -* |
2009-10 Genève-Servette HC NLA 50* 25* 28* 53* 14* -* | Playoffs 18 12 10 22 33 -
Lausanne HC NLB 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* | Playoffs 1 2 0 2 0 -
2010-11 Genève-Servette HC NLA 43* 10* 11* 21* 34* -1* | Playoffs 6 1 4 5 4 -
2011-12 Genève-Servette HC NLA 30* 9* 14* 23* 6* 6* |
2012-13 Genève-Servette HC NLA 7* 1* 3* 4* 4* -1* | Playoffs 7 2 0 2 10 -2
Lausanne HC NLB 1* 1* 1* 2* 0* -* |
2013-14 HIFK Liiga 7* 3* 2* 5* 2* -1* |

Tony Salmelainen Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1999-00 HIFK Euro HL 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |
2004-05 Finland EHT 3* 2* 0* 2* 0* -* |
2005-06 Finland EHT 6* 1* 0* 1* 6* -* |
2006-07 Finland EHT 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |
2007-08 Finland EHT 3* 1* 1* 2* 0* -4* |
2008-09 HC Davos Spengler Cup 4* 0* 1* 1* 0* -* |
2009-10 Finland EHT 3* 1* 0* 1* 2* 0* |
2010-11 Genève-Servette HC Spengler Cup 4* 0* 2* 2* 2* -* |
2013-14 HIFK ET 4* 1* 3* 4* 4* -* |

Tony Salmelainen Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
AHL 4 203* 57* 68* 125* 0.62* 67* 37* | 2 20 6 * 9 * 15 * 0.75 * 0 * 12 *
EHT 5 17* 5* 1* 6* 0.35* 8* -4* | 0 * * * * * *
EJC-18 1 6* 1* 1* 2* 0.33* 0* -* | 0 * * * * * *
ET 1 4* 1* 3* 4* 1.00* 4* -* | 0 * * * * * *
Euro HL 1 1* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 0* 0* | 0 * * * * * *
International 1 7* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 6* -2* | 0 * * * * * *
International-Jr 5 40* 12* 10* 22* 0.55* 26* -* | 0 * * * * * *
Liiga (SM-liiga) 5 155* 45* 49* 94* 0.61* 99* 20* | 3 18 4 * 2 * 6 * 0.33 * 38 * -5 *
NHL 2 70* 6* 12* 18* 0.26* 30* -4* | 0 * * * * * *
NLA (NL) 5 159* 61* 68* 129* 0.81* 86* 4* | 4 35 16 * 16 * 32 * 0.91 * 49 * -2 *
Russia 1 29* 3* 4* 7* 0.24* 2* -1* | 1 16 0 * 0 * 0 * 0.00 * 6 * -2 *
NLB (SL) 3 2* 1* 2* 3* 1.50* 0* -* | 1 1 2 * 0 * 2 * 2.00 * 0 * - *
Spengler Cup 2 8* 0* 3* 3* 0.38* 2* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U16 SM-sarja 2 33* 16* 10* 26* 0.79* 30* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U18 SM-sarja 2 63* 33* 23* 56* 0.89* 78* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja) 5 35* 23* 16* 39* 1.11* 47* 3* | 1 10 10 * 8 * 18 * 1.80 * 10 * - *
WJC-18 1 6* 1* 2* 3* 0.50* 8* 0* | 0 * * * * * *
WJC-20 1 7* 3* 2* 5* 0.71* 6* 4* | 0 * * * * * *
* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Tony Salmelainen Career Highlights

Season
Awards by season
Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
11/06/2013
11/06/2013 Confirmed HIFK Retired
07/29/2013
07/29/2013 Confirmed Genève-Servette HC HIFK
01/03/2010
01/03/2010 Extension Genève-Servette HC Genève-Servette HC
Player Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for Genève-Servette HC

Cult/Star player for HIFK

Cult/Star player for HIFK U18