Santeri Alatalo

Santeri Alatalo
Date of birth	May 9, 1990
place of birth	Tampere , Finland
size	179 cm
Weight	79 kg
position	defender
number	# 22
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
2005-2007	JYP
2007–2012	Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho
2012-2013	HC Davos
since 2013	EV train

Santeri Alatalo (born May 9, 1990 in Tampere ) is a Finnish ice hockey player with a Swiss license who has been under contract with EV Zug in the National League A since 2013 . His father Matti Alatalo was also an active ice hockey player and is now a coach.

Career

Alatalo was on the ice as a junior player for JYP before joining Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho in 2007 . For this, the Finnish defender initially played a few games in the youth leagues. In the course of the 2008/09 season , his debut in the SM-liiga followed , with Alatalo playing four games in the Finnish top division by the end of the season. The left-handed shooter spent most of this and the following season in the U20 team of Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho and also played a few games as a loan player in the Mestis .

In the 2010/11 season , the defensive player made his breakthrough in the SM-liiga when Alatalo was on the ice in 59 games of the regular season and scored ten points . In October 2012 he was signed by HC Davos from the National League A , whose foreign contingent he is not burdened due to a Swiss license. The defender was also in action for the Bündner in December 2012 at the traditional Spengler Cup .

From the 2013/14 season Alatalo played for EV Zug from the National League A.

Achievements and Awards

• 2012 Spengler Cup All-Star Team

Career statistics

				Regular season							Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-
2006/07	JYP Jyväskylä	Jr. A SM liiga		3	0	0	0	2			-	-	-	-	-	-
2007/08	Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho	Jr. A SM liiga		21st	0	1	1	6th	−4		-	-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho	SM-liiga		4th	0	0	0	0	± 0		-	-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Finland U20	Mestis		2	0	0	0	0	± 0		-	-	-	-	-	-
2008/09	Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho	Jr. A SM liiga		41	5	10	15th	80	+2		4th	1	0	1	18th	± 0
2009/10	Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho	SM-liiga		3	1	0	1	2	+3		1	0	0	0	2	−1
2009/10	Finland U20	Mestis		1	0	0	0	0	± 0		-	-	-	-	-	-
2009/10	Savonlinnan Pallokerho	Mestis		9	0	1	1	4th	−1		-	-	-	-	-	-
2010/11	Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho	SM-liiga		59	3	7th	10	48	-2		2	0	0	0	0	± 0
2011/12	Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho	SM-liiga		40	1	5	6th	30th	−16		-	-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho	SM-liiga		4th	0	2	2	0	−1		-	-	-	-	-	-
2012/13	HC Davos	NLA		36	0	7th	7th	16	+6		3	0	0	0	2	± 0
NLA total				36	0	7th	7th	16	+6		3	0	0	0	2	± 0
SM-liiga total				127	5	14th	19th	80	−16		3	0	0	0	2	−1
Mestis total				12	0	1	1	4th	−1		-	-	-	-	-	-
Juniors A SM-liiga total				62	5	11	16	88			4th	1	0	1	18th	± 0

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; ¹  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

• Santeri Alatalo at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Suedostschweiz.ch, successful debut by Alatalo
2. ↑ srf.ch, Zug is bringing Alatalo