Vesa Ruotsalainen
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Birth place: Imatra, Finland
Defenseman, shoots left
5 ' 11" (180 cm) | 192 lb (87 kg)
Birth place: Imatra, Finland
Defenseman, shoots left
5 ' 11" (180 cm) | 192 lb (87 kg)
Championships & Medals
Age | Year | Team | Event | Tournament Location / Series Result | |
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24 | 1991 | KalPa Kuopio | SM-Liiga | TPS Turku defeated KalPa Kuopio 4‑1 in a best of seven gold medal series. | |
Finnish Championship Medals |
Regular Season
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Season | Team | LGE | Age | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SH% |
1982‑83 | Ketterä Imatra | I-divisioona | 16 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 24 | |||||
1983‑84 | Ketterä Imatra | I-divisioona | 17 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 26 | -11 | ||||
1984‑85 | SaiPa Lappeenranta | SM-Liiga | 18 | 34 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 51 | -18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
1985‑86 | SaiPa Lappeenranta | SM-Liiga | 19 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 28 | -17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1986‑87 | SaiPa Lappeenranta | I-divisioona | 20 | 38 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 58 | 0 | ||||
1987‑88 | SaiPa Lappeenranta | I-divisioona | 21 | 44 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 47 | 7 | ||||
1988‑89 | SaiPa Lappeenranta | SM-Liiga | 22 | 44 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 28 | -11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
1989‑90 | KooKoo Kouvola | SM-Liiga | 23 | 34 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 18 | -15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
1990‑91 | KalPa Kuopio | SM-Liiga | 24 | 34 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1991‑92 | KalPa Kuopio | SM-Liiga | 25 | 43 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 38 | -24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1992‑93 | KalPa Kuopio | SM-Liiga | 26 | 42 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 40 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1993‑94 | KalPa Kuopio | SM-Liiga | 27 | 44 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 30 | -20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1994‑95 | SaiPa Lappeenranta | Fazer-liiga | 28 | 43 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 72 | 30 | ||||
1995‑96 | SaiPa Lappeenranta | Fazer-liiga | 29 | 41 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 80 | 24 | ||||
1996‑97 | SaiPa Lappeenranta | SM-Liiga | 30 | 47 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 66 | -17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1997‑98 | SaiPa Lappeenranta | SM-Liiga | 31 | 48 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 52 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1998‑99 | SaiPa Lappeenranta | SM-Liiga | 32 | 49 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 75 | -4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
1999‑00 | SaiPa Lappeenranta | SM-Liiga | 33 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Liiga Totals | 460 | 37 | 52 | 89 | 450 | -129 | 5 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Mestis Totals | 213 | 36 | 53 | 89 | 307 | 50 |
Playoff Stats
Season | Team | LGE | Age | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SH% |
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1990‑91 | KalPa Kuopio | SM-Liiga | 24 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1994‑95 | Saipa Lappeenranta | Fazer-liiga | 28 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||||
1995‑96 | SaiPa Lappeenranta | Fazer-liiga | 29 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 31 | 7 | ||||
1997‑98 | SaiPa Lappeenranta | SM-Liiga | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
1998‑99 | SaiPa Lappeenranta | SM-Liiga | 32 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Liiga Totals | 17 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | -12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mestis Totals | 8 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 8 |
National Team Stats - Major Tournaments
Team | Age | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SH% |
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Team Finland - U20 World Championship 1985 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 1986 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | |||||
U20 World Championship Totals | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 |