Sami Venäläinen

Born on: October 14, 1981
Birth place: Kangasala, Finland
Forward, shoots right
5 ' 11" (180 cm) | 196 lb (89 kg)

Drafted by: Phoenix Coyotes, 8. round (#249 overall), in 2000 NHL Entry Draft

Championships & Medals

	Age	Year	Team	Event	Tournament Location / Series Result
	17	1999	Team Finland	U18 World Championship	Füssen and Kaufbeuren, Germany
	19	2001	Team Finland	U20 World Championship	Moscow and Podolsk, Russia
	19	2001	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	TPS Turku defeated Tappara Tampere 3‑1 in a best of five gold medal series.
	20	2002	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	Jokerit Helsinki defeated Tappara Tampere 3‑1 in a best of five gold medal series.
	21	2003	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	Tappara Tampere defeated Kärpät Oulu 3‑0 in a best of five gold medal series.
	26	2008	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	Tappara Tampere defeated Jokerit Helsinki 4‑3 in the bronze medal game.
	28	2010	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	TPS Turku defeated HPK Hämeenlinna 4‑1 in a best of seven series.
	31	2013	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	Ässät Pori defeated Tappara Tampere 4‑2 in a best of seven series.
IIHF U18 World Championship Medals
IIHF U20 World Championship Medals
Finnish Championship Medals

Regular Season

Stripe: Rows Seasons
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
2000‑01	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	19	36	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0	0	0.0
2001‑02	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	20	56	5	8	13	24	4	0	0	3	7.7
2002‑03	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	21	55	5	9	14	48	5	0	0	0	6.3
2003‑04	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	22	56	18	15	33	22	0	4	0	2	11.9
2004‑05	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	23	55	5	6	11	32	-4	0	0	1	6.9
2005‑06	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	24	56	10	12	22	48	6	3	0	2	8.3
2006‑07	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	25	54	14	7	21	67	7	0	1	2	12.2
2007‑08	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	26	54	16	8	24	54	9	2	0	1	16.0
2008‑09	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	27	56	7	18	25	42	-1	2	0	1	4.5
2009‑10	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	28	43	10	10	20	66	4	4	0	0	10.5
2010‑11	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	29	58	10	24	34	32	-13	6	0	0	7.1
2011‑12	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	30	58	8	17	25	55	0	2	0	0	6.6
2012‑13	LeKi Lempäälä	Mestis	31	8	3	2	5	2	-4	1	0	0	12.0
2012‑13	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	31	30	3	4	7	28	-4	1	0	0	5.1
2013‑14	LeKi Lempäälä	Mestis	32	11	4	5	9	2	6	1	0
2013‑14	SaiPa Lappeenranta	Liiga	32	45	3	12	15	49	9	0	0	0	5.0
2014‑15	SaiPa Lappeenranta	Liiga	33	58	4	9	13	38	-10	1	0	2	6.6
2015‑16	SaiPa Lappeenranta	Liiga	34	59	10	14	24	49	11	0	0	0	8.3
	Liiga Totals			829	128	174	302	656	22	25	1	14	8.4
	Mestis Totals			19	7	7	14	4	2	2	0	0

Playoff Stats

Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
2000‑01	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
2001‑02	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	20	10	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0	0.0
2002‑03	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	21	13	0	0	0	10	-1	0	0	0	0.0
2003‑04	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	22	3	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	14.3
2004‑05	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	23	8	1	2	3	6	0	0	0	0	12.5
2005‑06	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	24	6	1	0	1	12	-5	0	0	0	9.1
2006‑07	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	25	5	0	0	0	4	-2	0	0	0	0.0
2007‑08	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	26	11	0	2	2	10	-1	0	0	0	0.0
2008‑09	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	27	8	1	3	4	6	0	1	0	0	3.8
2009‑10	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	28	15	1	6	7	4	3	0	0	0	2.8
2012‑13	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	31	10	2	0	2	6	2	0	0	0	25.0
2013‑14	SaiPa Lappeenranta	Liiga	32	13	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.0
2014‑15	SaiPa Lappeenranta	Liiga	33	7	1	1	2	2	-1	0	0	0	6.3
2015‑16	SaiPa Lappeenranta	Liiga	34	6	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	16.7
	Liiga Totals			116	10	17	27	72	-1	1	0	1	5.0

National Team Stats - Major Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
Team Finland - U18 World Championship 1999	17	7	0	3	3	2	3	0	0	0	0.0
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 2001	19	7	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	20.0
U18 World Championship Totals		7	0	3	3	2	3	0	0	0	0.0
U20 World Championship Totals		7	1	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	20.0