Veli-Pekka Kautonen

Born on: May 9, 1970
Birth place: Helsinki, Finland
Defenseman, shoots right
6 ' 2" (189 cm) | 205 lb (93 kg)

Drafted by: Calgary Flames, 3. round (#50 overall), in 1989 NHL Entry Draft

Championships & Medals

	Age	Year	Team	Event	Tournament Location / Series Result
	17	1988	Team Finland	U18 European Championship	Fr�dek‑M�stek, Vset�n, Olomouc and Prerov, Czechoslovakia
IIHF U18 European Championship Medals

Stripe: Rows Seasons
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
1987‑88	Team Finland U18		17	6	1	2	3	6
1988‑89	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	18	36	4	5	9	6	8	0	0	1
1988‑89	Team Finland U20		18	7	1	7	8	16	9
1989‑90	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	19	36	2	1	3	10	8	0	0	0
1989‑90	Team Finland U20		19	7	1	5	6	10	8
1990‑91	SaiPa Lappeenranta	SM-Liiga	20	43	12	19	31	38	-9	6	0	1
1991‑92	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	21	44	6	12	18	30	-2	3	0	1
1992‑93	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	22	42	4	3	7	22	-8	2	0	0
1993‑94	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	23	37	5	7	12	63	-14	5	0	0
1994‑95	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	24	48	8	11	19	77	33	2	0	1
1994‑95	Team Finland-B		24	5	1	3	4	4
1995‑96	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	25	47	7	22	29	63	-7	2	1	0
1996‑97	Djurg�rdens IF	Elitserien	26	6	0	0	0	4
1996‑97	Berlin Capitals	EHL	26	4	0	0	0	29	5	0	0	0
1996‑97	Berlin Capitals	DEL	26	43	16	20	36	26
1997‑98	Kiekko-Espoo	SM-Liiga	27	46	11	16	27	94	15	4	0	1
1998‑99	Krefeld Pinguine	DEL	28	43	2	20	22	26		1	0	0
1999‑00	Pelicans Lahti	SM-Liiga	29	26	1	5	6	32	-19	1	0	0
1999‑00	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	29	12	3	1	4	10	3	2	0	0
2000‑01	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	30	44	2	6	8	51	-5	2	0	1	2.4
	Liiga Totals			461	65	108	173	496	3	29	1	6
	DEL Totals			86	18	40	58	52		1	0	0
	SHL Totals			6	0	0	0	4
	European Hockey League Totals			4	0	0	0	29	5	0	0	0

Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
1988‑89	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	18	2	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0
1989‑90	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1993‑94	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994‑95	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	24	3	0	0	0	4	-2	0	0	0
1995‑96	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	25	3	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0
1996‑97	Berlin Capitals	DEL	26	4	0	1	1	8
1997‑98	Kiekko-Espoo	SM-Liiga	27	8	0	1	1	6	-1	0	0	0
1998‑99	Krefeld Pinguine	DEL	28	4	1	3	4	4		0	0	1
1999‑00	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	29	7	0	2	2	8	0	0	0	0	0.0
2000‑01	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	30	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0
	Liiga Totals			32	0	3	3	20	-8	0	0	0
	DEL Totals			8	1	4	5	12		0	0	1

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
Team Finland - U18 European Championship 1988	17	6	1	2	3	6
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 1989	18	7	1	7	8	16	9
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 1990	19	7	1	5	6	10	8
U20 World Championship Totals		14	2	12	14	26	17
U18 European Championship Totals		6	1	2	3	6

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
Team Finland-B - New Brunswick Cup 1994	24	5	1	3	4	4
Men Totals		5	1	3	4	4

Year	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
1997	Finland 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