Marko Palo

Marko Palo
Date of birth	September 26, 1967
place of birth	Jyväskylä , Finland
size	180 cm
Weight	90 kg
position	Left wing
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1985-1994	HPK Hämeenlinna
1994-1995	HV71
1995-1996	Malmo Redhawks
1996-1997	HPK Hämeenlinna
1997-1998	Espoo Blues
1998-2001	HPK Hämeenlinna
2001-2002	Ässät Pori

Marko Mikael Palo (* 26. September 1967 in Jyväskylä ) is a retired Finnish ice hockey player , who in his active period 1985 to 2002, including for the HPK Hämeenlinna in the SM-liiga and the HV71 the and Malmo Redhawks in the Swedish Elitserien played Has. Since 2010 he has been working as a junior trainer at the HPK.

Career

Marko Palo began his career as a hockey player at HPK Hämeenlinna , for whom he made his debut in the I divisioona in the 1985/86 season and with whom he rose to the SM-liiga in the 1987/88 season . With Hämeenlinna the attacker was runner-up in 1993. In the 1994/95 season he was Swedish champion with the HV71 . After the success, the right-shooter stayed in the Elitserien , in which he ran up for the Malmö Redhawks the following year .

After the two seasons in Sweden, Palo returned to his Finnish homeland in 1996, where he was on the ice for HPK Hämeenlinna from 1996 to 2001, with whom he took third place in the SM-liiga in 1997, 1999 and 2000. Only during the 1997/98 season was the winger under contract with their league rivals Espoo Blues . He also started the 1999/00 season at HC Vsetín in the Czech extra league . Palo ended his career with Ässät Pori in the 2001/02 season . In 2005 he was honored with the induction into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame .

International

For Finland , Palo took part in the World Championships in 1993 , 1994 and 1995 , and the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer .

Achievements and Awards

• 1988 Promotion to the SM-liiga with HPK Hämeenlinna
• 1993 Finnish runner-up with HPK Hämeenlinna
• 1993 Best player during the SM-liiga playoffs
• 1995 Swedish champion with HV71

International

• 1994 bronze medal at the Olympic Winter Games
• 1994 silver medal at the world championship
• 1995 gold medal at the world championship

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Elitserien main round	2	77	25th	22nd	47	40
Elitserien Playoffs	2	18th	7th	7th	14th	32
SM-liiga main round	12	562	111	172	283	336
SM-liiga playoffs	6th	47	16	15th	31	8th

Web links

• Marko Palo in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Marko Palo in the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame
• Marko Palo at eliteprospects.com (English)