Vesa Viitakoski

Born on: February 13, 1971
Birth place: Lappeenranta, Finland
Forward, shoots left
6 ' 3" (191 cm) | 216 lb (98 kg)

Drafted by: Calgary Flames, 2. round (#32 overall), in 1990 NHL Entry Draft

Championships & Medals

	Age	Year	Team	Event	Tournament Location / Series Result
	18	1989	Team Finland	U18 European Championship	Kiev, Soviet Union
	21	1992	Team Finland	World Championship	Prague and Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
	27	1998	Ilves Tampere	SM-Liiga	HIFK Helsinki defeated Ilves Tampere 3‑0 in a best of five gold medal series.
	30	2001	Ilves Tampere	SM-Liiga	Ilves Tampere defeated Kärpät Oulu 2‑0 in the bronze medal game.
	38	2009	Kärpät Oulu	SM-Liiga	JYP Jyväskylä defeated Kärpät Oulu 4‑0 in a best of seven series.
IIHF U18 European Championship Medals
IIHF World Championship Medals
Finnish Championship Medals

Last 5 NHL Games

		Overall						Time on Ice				Goals					Assists					Points						per 60 All Situations			per 60 Even-Strength			per 60 Power-Play			Shots		Defensive		Faceoffs
Date	Game	Score	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	TOI	ES	PP	SH	ESG	PPG	SHG	GWG	OTG	ESA	PPA	SHA	GWA	OTA	ESP	PPP	SHP	GWP	OTP	PPP%	G/60	A/60	P/60	ESG/60	ESA/60	ESP/60	PPG/60	PPA/60	PPP/60	SHOTS	SH%	HITS	BS	FOW	FOL	FO%
Oct 7, 1995	CGY @ TBL	(3-3)	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%										2	0.0%
Oct 8, 1995	CGY @ FLA	(3-4)	0	0	0	0	-1					0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%										1	0.0%
Oct 15, 1995	CGY @ CHI	(1-1)	0	0	0	2	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%										1	0.0%
Oct 17, 1995	CGY @ DET	(3-3)	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%										1	0.0%
Oct 19, 1995	CGY @ OTT	(2-4)	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%										2	0.0%
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Regular Season

Stripe: Rows Seasons
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
1988‑89	SaiPa Lappeenranta	SM-Liiga	17	11	4	1	5	6	3	0	0	0
1989‑90	SaiPa Lappeenranta	SM-Liiga	18	44	24	10	34	8	-1	6	0	3
1990‑91	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	19	41	17	23	40	14	5	0	0	3
1991‑92	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	20	44	19	19	38	39	-6	4	3	0
1992‑93	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	21	48	27	27	54	28	14	6	0	2
1993‑94	Calgary Flames	NHL	22	8	1	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	6.7
1993‑94	Saint John Flames	AHL	22	67	28	39	67	24	-3	8	0	3	17.1
1994‑95	Calgary Flames	NHL	23	10	1	2	3	6	-1	1	0	0	16.7
1994‑95	Saint John Flames	AHL	23	56	17	26	43	8	-22	9	0	2	9.9
1995‑96	Saint John Flames	AHL	24	48	18	29	47	48	12	4	3	3	13.6
1995‑96	Calgary Flames	NHL	24	5	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0	0.0
1995‑96	Cornwall Aces	AHL	24	10	7	6	13	4	3	2	0	1	22.6
1996‑97	HV 71	Elitserien	25	50	17	12	29	24
1997‑98	Ilves Tampere	SM-Liiga	26	47	11	19	30	12	3	4	0	1
1998‑99	Ilves Tampere	SM-Liiga	27	53	17	5	22	18	6	5	0	1
1998‑99	Ilves Tampere	European Hockey League	27	6	3	1	4	0	0
1999‑00	Ilves Tampere	SM-Liiga	28	53	20	20	40	28	2	6	1	3	10.5
2000‑01	Ilves Tampere	SM-Liiga	29	55	27	20	47	10	8	11	0	4	11.2
2001‑02	Ilves Tampere	SM-Liiga	30	56	34	26	60	12	10	8	3	5	15.2
2002‑03	Ilves Tampere	SM-Liiga	31	53	18	12	30	22	-9	4	3	1	8.7
2003‑04	Ilves Tampere	SM-Liiga	32	56	21	15	36	14	11	7	1	7	10.2
2004‑05	Brynäs IF	Elitserien	33	47	12	10	22	14	-11	4	0	3	16.0
2005‑06	Brynäs IF	Elitserien	34	13	1	2	3	16	0	1	0	0	6.7
2005‑06	Ilves Tampere	SM-Liiga	34	29	6	4	10	16	-2	3	0	3	6.8
2006‑07	Ilves Tampere	SM-Liiga	35	56	17	12	29	38	1	5	4	3	9.1
2007‑08	Ilves Tampere	SM-Liiga	36	55	14	12	26	26	2	6	0	1	10.1
2008‑09	Kärpät Oulu	SM-Liiga	37	50	11	9	20	49	-4	4	1	1	11.3
2009‑10	Kärpät Oulu	SM-Liiga	38	52	9	10	19	22	-10	6	0	4	10.7
	Liiga Totals			803	296	244	540	362	33	85	16	42
	AHL Totals			181	70	100	170	84	-10	23	3	9	14.0
	SHL Totals			110	30	24	54	54	-11	5	0	3
	NHL Totals			23	2	4	6	8	-2	2	0	0	7.1
	European Hockey League Totals			6	3	1	4	0	0

Playoff Stats

Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
1990‑91	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	19	3	2	0	2	4	2	0	0	0
1993‑94	Saint John Flames	AHL	22	5	1	2	3	2	3	1	0	0	14.3
1994‑95	Saint John Flames	AHL	23	4	0	1	1	2	-5	0	0	0	0.0
1995‑96	Cornwall Aces	AHL	24	8	1	3	4	2	-2	0	0	1	7.7
1996‑97	HV 71	Elitserien	25	5	1	1	2	2
1997‑98	Ilves Tampere	SM-Liiga	26	9	2	4	6	4	-1	1	0	0
1998‑99	Ilves Tampere	SM-Liiga	27	4	2	1	3	2	2	0	0	0
1998‑99	Ilves Tampere	European Hockey League	27	6	0	2	2	0	-1
1999‑00	Ilves Tampere	SM-Liiga	28	3	1	0	1	4	-4	0	0	0	10.0
2000‑01	Ilves Tampere	SM-Liiga	29	9	3	3	6	6	0	1	0	0	5.7
2001‑02	Ilves Tampere	SM-Liiga	30	3	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0.0
2003‑04	Ilves Tampere	SM-Liiga	32	7	2	2	4	2	2	0	0	1	7.4
2005‑06	Ilves Tampere	SM-Liiga	34	4	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0	0	0.0
2006‑07	Ilves Tampere	SM-Liiga	35	7	1	0	1	2	-3	1	0	0	4.0
2007‑08	Ilves Tampere	SM-Liiga	36	9	3	3	6	4	1	1	0	2	9.1
2008‑09	Kärpät Oulu	SM-Liiga	37	14	4	2	6	4	-2	1	0	1	9.1
2009‑10	Kärpät Oulu	SM-Liiga	38	10	2	0	2	0	-1	0	0	1	10.0
	Liiga Totals			82	22	16	38	34	-8	5	0	5
	AHL Totals			17	2	6	8	6	-4	1	0	1	6.9
	European Hockey League Totals			6	0	2	2	0	-1
	SHL Totals			5	1	1	2	2

National Team Stats - Major Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
Team Finland - U18 European Championship 1989	17	6	8	7	15	6
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 1990	18	7	6	1	7	2	9
Team Finland - Goodwill Games 1990	19	5	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 1991	19	7	6	5	11	2	3
Team Finland - World Championship 1992	21	8	2	3	5	6	3
Team Finland - World Championship 1993	22	6	1	0	1	6	1
Team Finland - World Championship 2002	31	9	1	1	2	2	-5	0	0	0	4.5
World Championship Totals		23	4	4	8	14	-1	0	0	0
U20 World Championship Totals		14	12	6	18	4	12
U18 European Championship Totals		6	8	7	15	6
Goodwill Games Totals		5	0	0	0	0		0	0	0

National and Regional Team Stats - Miscellaneous Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
Team Finland - Sweden Hockey Games 1991	19	3	0	2	2	2
Team Finland - Sauna Cup 1992	21	3	0	0	0	0	-2
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Baltica Brewery Cup 1999	28	4	0	1	1	4	1
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Sweden Hockey Games 2000	28	4	1	1	2	0	0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Karjala Tournament 2000	29	3	1	0	1	0	1
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Sweden Hockey Games 2001	29	4	1	0	1	0	0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Sweden Hockey Games 2001	30	4	1	0	1	2	-1
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Karjala Tournament 2002	31	3	0	0	0	0	0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Sweden Hockey Games 2003	31	4	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0	0.0
EHT Totals		26	4	2	6	6	-3	0	0	0
Sweden Hockey Games Totals		3	0	2	2	2
Sauna Cup Totals		3	0	0	0	0	-2

All-Star Game Appearences

Year	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
1999	SM-Liiga All-Stars	SM-Liiga	27	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
	SM-Liiga All-Star Game Totals			1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0