Ari Sulander
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Birth place: Helsinki, Finland
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6 ' 1" (185 cm) | 183 lb (83 kg)
Birth place: Helsinki, Finland
Goalie, catches left
6 ' 1" (185 cm) | 183 lb (83 kg)
Championships & Medals
Age | Year | Team | Event | Tournament Location / Series Result | |
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25 | 1994 | Jokerit Helsinki | SM-Liiga | Jokerit Helsinki defeated TPS Turku 3‑1 in a best of five gold medal series. | |
26 | 1995 | Jokerit Helsinki | SM-Liiga | TPS Turku defeated Jokerit Helsinki 3‑2 in a best of five gold medal series. | |
26 | 1995 | Team Finland | World Championship | Stockholm and Gävle, Sweden | |
27 | 1996 | Jokerit Helsinki | SM-Liiga | Jokerit Helsinki defeated TPS Turku 3‑1 in a best of five gold medal series. | |
28 | 1997 | Jokerit Helsinki | SM-Liiga | Jokerit Helsinki defeated TPS Turku 3‑0 in a best of five gold medal series. | |
29 | 1998 | Team Finland | Olympics - Nagano | Nagano, Japan | |
29 | 1998 | Jokerit Helsinki | SM-Liiga | Jokerit Helsinki defeated Kiekko‑Espoo 8‑0 in the bronze medal game. | |
29 | 1998 | Team Finland | IIHF World Championship | Basel, Klagenfurt and Zürich, Switzerland | |
30 | 1999 | Team Finland | IIHF World Championship | Oslo, Hamar and Lillehammer, Norway | |
31 | 2000 | ZSC Lions | NLA | ZSC Lions defeated HC Lugano 4‑2 in a best of seven series. | |
31 | 2000 | Team Finland | IIHF World Championship | Saint Petersburg, Russia | |
32 | 2001 | ZSC Lions | NLA | ZSC Lions defeated HC Lugano 4‑3 in a best of seven series. | |
39 | 2008 | ZSC Lions | NLA | ZSC Lions defeated Genève‑Servette HC 4‑2 in a best of seven series. | |
43 | 2012 | ZSC Lions | NLA | ZSC Lions defeated SC Bern 4‑3 in a best of seven series. | |
IIHF World Championship Medals | |||||
Olympic Medals | |||||
Swiss Championships | |||||
Finnish Championship Medals |
Stripe: | ||||||||||||
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Season | Team | LGE | Age | GP | GAA | SV% | W | L | GA | SV | SO | TIME |
1988‑89 | Jokerit Helsinki | I-divisioona | 19 | 1 | 0.810 | 4 | 17 | 0 | ||||
1989‑90 | Jokerit Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 20 | 8 | 0.864 | 1 | 29 | 185 | 0 | |||
1990‑91 | Jokerit Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 21 | 20 | 4.46 | 0.842 | 4 | 12 | 78 | 417 | 0 | 1049 |
1991‑92 | Vantaa HT | I-divisioona | 22 | 1 | 3.00 | 0.941 | 3 | 48 | 0 | 60 | ||
1991‑92 | Jokerit Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 22 | 12 | 3.88 | 0.878 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 244 | 0 | 526 |
1992‑93 | Vantaa HT | Finlandia-liiga | 23 | |||||||||
1992‑93 | Jokerit Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 23 | 16 | 2.47 | 0.923 | 9 | 5 | 35 | 418 | 0 | 849 |
1993‑94 | Jokerit Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 24 | 35 | 2.64 | 0.901 | 17 | 14 | 89 | 807 | 3 | 2023 |
1994‑95 | Jokerit Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 25 | 49 | 2.33 | 0.911 | 33 | 10 | 115 | 1171 | 2 | 2966 |
1994‑95 | Team Finland | 25 | 5 | 2.40 | 0.879 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 87 | 1 | 300 | |
1995‑96 | Jokerit Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 26 | 44 | 1.80 | 0.927 | 27 | 9 | 80 | 1023 | 5 | 2667 |
1995‑96 | Team Finland | 26 | 3 | 3.33 | 0.896 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 86 | 0 | 180 | |
1996‑97 | Jokerit Helsinki | EHL | 27 | 5 | 1.40 | 0.949 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 131 | 2 | 300 |
1996‑97 | Jokerit Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 27 | 43 | 2.17 | 0.924 | 30 | 11 | 93 | 1137 | 4 | 2567 |
1996‑97 | Team Finland | 27 | 3 | 2.70 | 0.892 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 66 | 1 | 178 | |
1997‑98 | Jokerit Helsinki | EHL | 28 | 4 | 1.74 | 0.933 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 97 | 1 | 241 |
1997‑98 | Jokerit Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 28 | 33 | 2.47 | 0.927 | 18 | 12 | 80 | 1013 | 3 | 1943 |
1997‑98 | Team Finland | 28 | 14 | 1.86 | 0.931 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 353 | 2 | 837 | |
1998‑99 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 29 | 42 | 2.40 | 100 | 2 | 2511 | ||||
1998‑99 | Team Finland | 29 | 13 | 2.13 | 0.916 | 9 | 2 | 25 | 272 | 0 | 704 | |
1999‑00 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 30 | 45 | 2.18 | 99 | 5 | 2726 | ||||
1999‑00 | Team Finland | 30 | 7 | 2.00 | 0.913 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 147 | 1 | 420 | |
2000‑01 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 31 | 42 | 2.25 | 96 | 3 | 2560 | ||||
2001‑02 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 32 | 40 | 2.47 | 20 | 15 | 97 | 2 | 2361 | ||
2001‑02 | Team Finland | 32 | 2 | 6.00 | 0.682 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 70 | |
2002‑03 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 33 | 44 | 2.39 | 25 | 11 | 107 | 2 | 2684 | ||
2002‑03 | Team Finland | 33 | 2 | 1.92 | 0.927 | 4 | 51 | 0 | 125 | |||
2003‑04 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 34 | 44 | 2.46 | 22 | 18 | 108 | 2 | 2632 | ||
2004‑05 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 35 | 43 | 2.62 | 23 | 17 | 113 | 1 | 2584 | ||
2005‑06 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 36 | 43 | 3.06 | 18 | 22 | 129 | 1 | 2533 | ||
2006‑07 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 37 | 43 | 2.71 | 21 | 22 | 118 | 2 | 2613 | ||
2007‑08 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 38 | 49 | 2.33 | 27 | 22 | 115 | 4 | 2958 | ||
2008‑09 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 39 | 27 | 3.26 | 18 | 9 | 86 | 0 | 1583 | ||
2009‑10 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 40 | 25 | 2.92 | 11 | 10 | 74 | 1 | 1521 | ||
2010‑11 | Pelicans Lahti | SM-Liiga | 41 | 5 | 2.66 | 0.905 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 124 | 0 | 293 |
2010‑11 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 41 | 8 | 2.62 | 0.909 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 189 | 1 | 436 |
2011‑12 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 42 | 14 | 2.88 | 0.882 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 232 | 1 | 646 |
NLA Totals | 509 | 2.55 | 192 | 155 | 1292 | 421 | 27 | 30 348 | ||||
Liiga Totals | 265 | 0.910 | 142 | 81 | 646 | 6539 | 17 | 14 883 | ||||
European Hockey League Totals | 9 | 1.55 | 0.942 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 228 | 3 | 541 | |||
Mestis Totals | 2 | 3.00 | 7 | 65 | 0 | 60 |
Playoff Stats
Season | Team | LGE | Age | GP | GAA | SV% | W | L | GA | SV | SO | TIME |
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1992‑93 | Jokerit Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 23 | 1 | 3.03 | 0.900 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 27 | 0 | 59 |
1993‑94 | Jokerit Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 24 | 12 | 1.39 | 0.942 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 276 | 3 | 735 |
1994‑95 | Jokerit Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 25 | 11 | 1.81 | 0.925 | 8 | 3 | 20 | 247 | 3 | 662 |
1995‑96 | Jokerit Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 26 | 11 | 1.03 | 0.958 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 252 | 2 | 639 |
1996‑97 | Jokerit Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 27 | 9 | 1.75 | 0.938 | 9 | 0 | 16 | 242 | 2 | 548 |
1996‑97 | Jokerit Helsinki | European Hockey League | 27 | 2 | 1.50 | 0.914 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 120 |
1997‑98 | Jokerit Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 28 | 7 | 2.55 | 0.917 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 177 | 2 | 376 |
1998‑99 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 29 | 7 | 3.40 | 25 | 0 | 440 | ||||
1999‑00 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 30 | 15 | 2.19 | 33 | 0 | 903 | ||||
2000‑01 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 31 | 16 | 1.99 | 32 | 3 | 963 | ||||
2001‑02 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 32 | 15 | 2.94 | 7 | 8 | 47 | 0 | 960 | ||
2002‑03 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 33 | 12 | 2.18 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 2 | 716 | ||
2003‑04 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 34 | 13 | 2.02 | 7 | 6 | 29 | 1 | 860 | ||
2004‑05 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 35 | 15 | 2.49 | 9 | 6 | 38 | 0 | 915 | ||
2006‑07 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 37 | 4 | 1.82 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 231 | ||
2007‑08 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 38 | 17 | 2.04 | 12 | 5 | 37 | 1 | 1086 | ||
2008‑09 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 39 | 2 | 3.00 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 120 | ||
2009‑10 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 40 | 7 | 3.29 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 0 | 420 | ||
2010‑11 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 41 | 1 | 2.79 | 0.919 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 64 |
2011‑12 | ZSC Lions | NLA | 42 | 2 | 0.00 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
NLA Totals | 126 | 2.39 | 46 | 40 | 306 | 37 | 7 | 7684 | ||||
Liiga Totals | 51 | 1.65 | 0.936 | 39 | 11 | 83 | 1221 | 12 | 3019 | |||
European Hockey League Totals | 2 | 1.50 | 0.914 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 0 | 120 |
National Team Stats - Major Tournaments
Team | Age | GP | GAA | SV% | W | L | GA | SV | SO | TIME |
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Team Finland - World Championship 1995 | 26 | 1 | 2.00 | 0.875 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 60 |
Team Finland - World Championship 1996 | 27 | 1 | 3.00 | 0.824 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 60 |
Team Finland - World Championship 1997 | 28 | 2 | 2.53 | 0.896 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 43 | 1 | 119 |
Team Finland - Olympics ‑ Nagano 1998 | 29 | 2 | 2.00 | 0.918 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 45 | 0 | 120 |
Team Finland - World Championship 1998 | 29 | 8 | 1.26 | 0.956 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 216 | 2 | 477 |
Team Finland - World Championship 1999 | 30 | 9 | 1.94 | 0.921 | 6 | 2 | 15 | 176 | 0 | 464 |
Team Finland - World Championship 2000 | 31 | 3 | 2.33 | 0.881 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 52 | 1 | 180 |
World Championship Totals | 24 | 1.85 | 0.925 | 13 | 6 | 42 | 515 | 4 | 1360 | |
Olympics Totals | 2 | 2.00 | 0.918 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 45 | 0 | 120 |
National and Regional Team Stats - Miscellaneous Tournaments
Team | Age | GP | GAA | SV% | W | L | GA | SV | SO | TIME |
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Team Finland - Deutschland Cup 1994 | 25 | 2 | 4.00 | 0.871 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 54 | 0 | 120 |
Team Finland - Izvestia Tournament 1994 | 25 | 2 | 1.00 | 0.905 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 120 |
Team Finland - Christmas Tournament 1995 | 26 | 2 | 3.51 | 0.911 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 72 | 0 | 120 |
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Karjala Tournament 1996 | 27 | 1 | 3.02 | 0.885 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 59 |
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Pragobanka Cup 1997 | 28 | 2 | 3.50 | 0.879 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 51 | 0 | 120 |
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Sweden Hockey Games 1998 | 29 | 2 | 2.50 | 0.891 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 41 | 0 | 120 |
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Karjala Tournament 1998 | 29 | 2 | 2.00 | 0.918 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 45 | 0 | 120 |
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Sweden Hockey Games 1999 | 30 | 2 | 3.00 | 0.895 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 51 | 0 | 120 |
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Karjala Tournament 1999 | 30 | 2 | 2.00 | 0.930 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 53 | 0 | 120 |
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Sweden Hockey Games 2000 | 31 | 2 | 1.50 | 0.933 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 42 | 0 | 120 |
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Sweden Hockey Games 2001 | 32 | 2 | 6.00 | 0.682 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 70 |
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Sweden Hockey Games 2003 | 34 | 2 | 1.92 | 0.927 | 4 | 51 | 0 | 125 | ||
Men Totals | 23 | 2.70 | 0.896 | 11 | 5 | 60 | 517 | 1 | 1334 |
All-Star Game Appearences
Year | Team | LGE | Age | GP | GAA | SV% | W | L | GA | SV | SO | TIME |
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1997 | Eastern All-Stars | SM-Liiga | 28 | 1 | 10.00 | 0.808 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 30 |
1999 | World All-Stars | NLA | 30 | 1 | ||||||||
1999 | Team Finland | SM-Liiga | 30 | 1 | 6.00 | 0.897 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 0 | 30 |
2000 | World All-Stars | NLA | 31 | 1 | ||||||||
2001 | World All-Stars | NLA | 32 | 1 | ||||||||
2002 | World All-Stars | NLA | 33 | 1 | 4.80 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | ||
2003 | World All-Stars | NLA | 34 | 1 | ||||||||
2004 | World All-Stars | NLA | 35 | 1 | ||||||||
NLA All-Star Game Totals | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 25 | ||||||
SM-Liiga All-Star Game Totals | 2 | 8.00 | 0.855 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 47 | 0 | 60 |