Vesa Salo

Born on: April 17, 1965
Birth place: Rauma, Finland
Defenseman, shoots left
6 ' 4" (194 cm) | 220 lb (100 kg)

Drafted by: New York Rangers, 3. round (#49 overall), in 1983 NHL Entry Draft

Championships & Medals

	Age	Year	Team	Event	Tournament Location / Series Result
	18	1984	Team Finland	U20 World Championship	Norrk�ping and Nyk�ping, Sweden
	24	1990	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	Tappara Tampere defeated KalPa Kuopio 5‑3 in the bronze medal game.
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%
1982‑83	Lukko Rauma	SM-Liiga	17	36	2	8	10	14	-26	1		0
1983‑84	Lukko Rauma	I-divisioona	18	36	4	15	19	16	37
1984‑85	Lukko Rauma	SM-Liiga	19	35	13	8	21	20	-8	8	0	2
1985‑86	Lukko Rauma	SM-Liiga	20	30	1	8	9	8	-17	0	0	0
1986‑87	Lukko Rauma	SM-Liiga	21	44	4	22	26	34	8	2	1	0
1987‑88	Ilves Tampere	SM-Liiga	22	43	8	15	23	42	5	4	0	0
1988‑89	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	23	42	7	14	21	46	12	1	0	0
1989‑90	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	24	35	2	12	14	22	5	1	0	0
1990‑91	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	25	44	9	16	25	32	7	3	0	0
1991‑92	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	26	39	2	16	18	24	-21	1	0	1
1992‑93	KalPa Kuopio	SM-Liiga	27	48	10	20	30	26	-12	4	2	1
1993‑94	KalPa Kuopio	SM-Liiga	28	45	11	27	38	88	12	4	0	0
1994‑95	Lukko Rauma	SM-Liiga	29	43	4	14	18	40	0	0	0	0
1995‑96	HV 71	Elitserien	30	40	8	18	26	34
1996‑97	EV Landshut	DEL	31	45	3	6	9	14
1997‑98	�ss�t Pori	SM-Liiga	32	48	9	27	36	54	-7	5	0	0
1998‑99	�ss�t Pori	SM-Liiga	33	53	4	24	28	42	-9	3	0	1
1999‑00	�ss�t Pori	SM-Liiga	34	51	6	17	23	94	-9	2	0	0	3.8
2000‑01	�ss�t Pori	SM-Liiga	35	51	3	18	21	115	-24	2	0	2	2.1
2001‑02	Tingsryds AIF	Allsvenskan	36	45	10	15	25	46	0	5	1	0	11.6
	Liiga Totals			687	95	266	361	701	-84	41	3	7
	DEL Totals			45	3	6	9	14
	Allsvenskan Totals			45	10	15	25	46	0	5	1	0	11.6
	SHL Totals			40	8	18	26	34
	Mestis Totals			36	4	15	19	16	37

Playoff Stats

Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
1987‑88	Ilves Tampere	SM-Liiga	22	4	0	1	1	4	-4	0	0	0
1988‑89	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	23	8	0	2	2	8	6	0	0	0
1989‑90	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	24	7	0	2	2	4	2	0	0	0
1990‑91	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	25	3	0	3	3	6	1	0	0	0
1994‑95	Lukko Rauma	SM-Liiga	29	6	0	3	3	8	1	0	0	0
1995‑96	HV 71	Elitserien	30	4	1	1	2	0
1996‑97	EV Landshut	DEL	31	7	0	0	0	10
1997‑98	�ss�t Pori	SM-Liiga	32	3	0	1	1	24	-2	0	0	0
2001‑02	Tingsryds AIF	Allsvenskan	36	2	0	1	1	27	0	0	0	0	0.0
	Liiga Totals			31	0	12	12	54	4	0	0	0
	DEL Totals			7	0	0	0	10
	SHL Totals			4	1	1	2	0
	Allsvenskan Totals			2	0	1	1	27	0	0	0	0	0.0

National Team Stats - Major Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 1984	18	7	0	1	1	2
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 1985	19	7	0	2	2	2
U20 World Championship Totals		14	0	3	3	4

National and Regional Team Stats - Miscellaneous Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
Team Finland - Izvestia Tournament 1986	21	4	0	0	0	4
Team Finland - Izvestia Tournament 1988	23	4	0	0	0	0
Izvestia Tournament Totals		8	0	0	0	4

All-Star Game Appearences

Year	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
1997	Finland All-Stars	SM-Liiga	32	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0
	SM-Liiga All-Star Game Totals			1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0