Tony Salmelainen

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FinlandFinland  Tony Salmelainen Ice hockey player
Date of birth August 8, 1981
place of birth Espoo , Finland
size 175 cm
Weight 84 kg
position Left wing
number #8th
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1999 , 2nd lap, 41st position
Edmonton Oilers
Career stations
until 1998 Kiekko-Espoo
1998-2000 HIFK Helsinki
2000-2002 Ilves Tampere
2002-2003 Hamilton Bulldogs
2003-2004 Toronto Roadrunners
2004-2005 Edmonton Road Runners
2005-2006 HIFK Helsinki
2006-2007 Chicago Blackhawks
2007-2008 Yaroslavl locomotive
2008-2013 Genève-Servette HC
2013 HIFK Helsinki

Tony Salmelainen (born August 8, 1981 in Espoo ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player , who in the course of his career for the HIFK Helsinki and Ilves Tampere in the SM-liiga , the Genève-Servette HC in the National League A and various other clubs in Europe and North America was active.

Career

Tony Salmelainen began his career with the Kiekko-Espoo juniors , before moving to the junior division of the HIFK Helsinki shortly after the start of the 1997/98 season. He was selected in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft in the second round as 41st by the Edmonton Oilers .

In the 1999/00 season he ran for the first time for the men's team of the HIFK in the Finnish SM-liiga and scored a goal in his first game, but had to sit out for the rest of the season due to an injury from the same game. After 19 games the following season, he moved to Ilves Tampere for two years .

In the 2003/04 season Salmelainen played for the first time in the NHL for the Edmonton Oilers. In 2005 he returned to Europe, played again at HIFK and was one of the most successful players in the SM-liiga in the 2005/06 season. Salmelainen made headlines when he was sent off the ice in a game against HPK in the 2005-06 season and threw a trash can down a corridor to the dressing rooms in anger. He hit his team's bus driver on the head. Salmelainen was interrogated by the police and was suspended for two games.

On January 26, 2006, the Edmonton Oilers Salmelainen exchanged for defender Jaroslav Špaček of the Chicago Blackhawks . For the Blackhawks Salmelainen completed the 2006/07 season. On June 16, 2007 Salmelainen was transferred together with Jassen Cullimore to the Montréal Canadiens , who gave up Sergei Samsonow . Shortly afterwards, the Canadiens bought Salmelainen out of his contract.

On August 31, 2007 he signed a one-year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs , who used him exclusively on the farm team. Therefore Salmelainen broke the contract and returned to Europe, where he played for Lokomotive Yaroslavl in the super league.

In the 2009/10 season he was PostFinance top scorer of HC Servette Genève and reached the Swiss runner-up with the club. In the final series, he was given a match penalty and a four-game suspension in the fifth game after a brutal check on Etienne Froidevaux , so that he was no longer allowed to play in the last two finals.

In November 2013, he ended his career due to an injury. Since 2014 he has been the coach of CP Meyrin from a regional Swiss 2nd division.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1999-00 HIFK SM-liiga 1 1 0 1 0 - - - - -
2000-01 HIFK SM-liiga 19th 1 0 1 6th - - - - -
2000-01 Ilves SM-liiga 26th 3 10 13 4th 3 0 0 0 0
2001-02 Ilves SM-liiga 49 10 9 19th 30th 3 0 0 0 2
2002-03 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL 67 14th 19th 33 14th 17th 6th 8th 14th 0
2003-04 Toronto Roadrunners AHL 58 19th 25th 44 27 3 0 1 1 0
2003-04 Edmonton Oilers NHL 13 0 1 1 4th - - - - -
2004-05 Edmonton Road Runners AHL 76 22nd 24 46 26th - - - - -
2005-06 HIFK SM-liiga 53 27 28 55 63 4th 1 0 1 2
2006-07 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 57 6th 11 17th 26th - - - - -
2007-08 Toronto Marlies AHL 2 2 0 2 0 - - - - -
2007-08 Yaroslavl locomotive Super league 29 3 4th 7th 2 16 0 0 0 6th
2008-09 Genève-Servette HC NLA 29 16 12 28 28 4th 1 2 3 2
2008-09 Lausanne HC NLB 1 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
2009-10 HC Servette Genève NLA 50 25th 28 53 14th 18th 11 11 22nd 33
2009/10 Lausanne HC NLB - - - - - 1 2 0 2 0
2010/11 Genève-Servette HC NLA 43 10 11 21st 34 6th 1 2 3 4th
2011/12 Genève Servette HC NLA 30th 9 14th 23 6th - - - - -
2012/13 Genève Servette HC NLA 7th 1 3 4th 4th 7th 2 0 2 10
2012/13 Lausanne HC NLB 1 1 1 2 0 - - - - -
2013/14 HIFK Helsinki Liiga 7th 3 2 5 2 - - - - -
NHL overall 70 6th 12 18th 30th - - - - -
SM-liiga total 155 45 49 94 99 18th 4th 2 6th 38

( 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. ↑ a b c tsn.ca, profil - Tony Salmelainen
  2. ↑ mapleleafs.nhl.com, Salmelainen Leaves Marlies
personal data
SURNAME Salmelainen, Tony
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Espoo , Finland