Tommi Santala

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Tommi Santala
Date of birth June 27, 1979
place of birth Helsinki , Finland
size 190 cm
Weight 95 kg
position center
number # 23
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1999 , 9th round, 245th position
Atlanta Thrashers
Career stations
until 1999 Jokerit Helsinki
1999-2003 HPK Hämeenlinna
2003-2005 Atlanta Thrashers
2005-2006 Jokerit Helsinki
2006-2007 Vancouver Canucks
2007-2008 Jokerit Helsinki
2008-2016 Kloten Flyers
2016-2017 HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk
2017-2018 EHC Kloten
since 2018 Helsingfors IFK

Tommi Santala (born June 27, 1979 in Helsinki ) is a Finnish ice hockey player who has been under contract with Helsingfors IFK in the Liiga since May 2018 .

Career

Tommi Santala began his career as a professional player in 1998 at Jokerit Helsinki after having worked in the youth department there. In the 1999 NHL Entry Draft he was selected by the Atlanta Thrashers in the ninth round in a total of 245th place. However, Santala stayed in Finland and moved to league rivals HPK Hämeenlinna during the 1999/00 season .

After three good and one bad years at this club, he ventured to North America in 2003 . He played 33 games in the National Hockey League for the Atlanta Thrashers, in which he scored one goal and two assists . Most of his time, however, he spent in the American Hockey League with the Chicago Wolves , including the 2004/05 season . For the 2005/06 season he returned to Jokerit Helsinki, as the Thrashers loaned him there so that he did not have to spend the last year of his contract in the AHL again. After the season, Atlanta transferred his rights to the Vancouver Canucks , which brought him back to North America. But he did not make the final breakthrough again because he was out for a long time due to a knee injury. After a season with the Canucks and their farm team , the Manitoba Moose , he returned to Jokerit Helsinki when his contract had expired. He played his best season so far with 58 scorer points , after which many European clubs showed interest in him. Finally, he signed a contract with the Kloten Flyers of the Swiss National League A .

He stayed in Kloten until December 2016 and then received clearance to move to the Continental Hockey League at HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk . With Metallurg he reached the playoff final of the KHL and scored 12 scorer points for the club in 32 games. In July 2017, Tommi Santala returned to EHC Kloten and signed a one-year contract. In the following months he scored 35 points scorer in 49 season games for the EHCK, which was relegated to the second division at the end of the season. Therefore Santala decided to return to Finland and was signed by Helsingfors IFK .

International

Santala took part with the Finnish national team in the ice hockey world championships in 2003 and 2006 . He was able to win the bronze medal in 2006. Another success was the first place in the Karjala Cup in 2002. He also played in the junior division at the 1999 World Junior Championship .

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1998/99 Jokerit Helsinki SM-liiga 30th 0 0 0 14th 3 0 0 0 0
1999/00 Jokerit Helsinki SM-liiga 14th 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
1999/00 HPK Hämeenlinna SM-liiga 38 8th 19th 27 63 8th 3 4th 7th 10
2000/01 HPK Hämeenlinna SM-liiga 56 16 24 40 90 - - - - -
2001/02 HPK Hämeenlinna SM-liiga 17th 6th 16 22nd 14th - - - - -
2002/03 HPK Hämeenlinna SM-liiga 50 13 38 51 92 13 6th 6th 12 18th
2003/04 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 33 1 2 3 22nd - - - - -
2003/04 Chicago Wolves AHL 50 15th 22nd 37 34 10 1 6th 7th 18th
2004/05 Chicago Wolves AHL 67 8th 40 48 83 18th 5 6th 11 42
2005/06 Jokerit Helsinki SM-liiga 43 9 23 32 80 - - - - -
2006/07 Vancouver Canucks NHL 30th 1 5 6th 24 1 0 0 0 0
2006/07 Manitoba mosses AHL 6th 0 3 3 8th - - - - -
2007/08 Jokerit Helsinki SM-liiga 56 28 30th 58 82 13 4th 12 16 18th
2008/09 Kloten Flyers NLA 50 13 35 48 96 15th 4th 5 9 18th
2009/10 Kloten Flyers NLA 47 17th 32 49 59 10 4th 5 9 20th
2010/11 Kloten Flyers NLA 49 10 36 46 78 16 4th 7th 11 32
2011/12 Kloten Flyers NLA 47 9 35 44 46 5 1 2 3 4th
2012/13 Kloten Flyers NLA 45 11 27 38 62 1 1 0 1 1 0
2013/14 Kloten Flyers NLA 39 14th 25th 39 44 16 5 9 14th 22nd
2014/15 Kloten Flyers NLA 39 9 15th 24 42 - - - - -
2015/16 Kloten Flyers NLA 48 13 26th 39 50 4th 0 2 2 6th
2016/17 EHC Kloten NLA 29 12 21st 33 55 - - - - -
2016/17 HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk KHL 14th 2 7th 9 10 18th 1 2 3 12
2017/18 EHC Kloten NL 34 9 20th 29 20th 9 1 2 1 3 8th
2017/18 EHC Kloten NL qual. - - - - - 6th 1 2 3 4th
2018/19 HIFK Liiga
SM-liiga total 304 80 151 231 437 37 13 22nd 35 46
AHL total 123 23 65 88 125 28 6th 12 18th 60
NHL overall 63 2 7th 9 46 1 0 0 0 0

International

Represented Finland at:

year team event Sp T V Pt SM
1999 Finland U20 World Cup 6th 1 1 2 6th
2003 Finland WM 7th 0 1 1 6th
2006 Finland WM 1 0 0 0 2
2009 Finland WM 7th 0 0 0 4th
2010 Finland WM 6th 0 0 0 4th
Juniors overall 6th 1 1 2 6th
Men overall 21st 0 1 1 16

( 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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tommi Santala is leaving the club with immediate effect. (No longer available online.) In: EHC Kloten. December 19, 2016, archived from the original on December 22, 2016 ; Retrieved December 19, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ehc-kloten.ch
  2. ↑ nzz.ch, The EHC Kloten has forgiven Tommi Santala for cheating on August 17, 2017
  3. ↑ Urs Berger: EHC Kloten - Tommi Santala goes to Finland. In: eishockeywelt.com. May 2, 2018. Retrieved October 19, 2018 .
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Helsingfors IFK's squad in the 2018/19 season
personal data
SURNAME Santala, Tommi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH June 27, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Helsinki , Finland