Anssi Salmela

Born on: August 13, 1984
Birth place: Nokia, Finland
Defenseman, shoots left
6 ' 1" (185 cm) | 190 lb (86 kg)

Championships & Medals

	Age	Year	Team	Event	Tournament Location / Series Result
	19	2004	Team Finland	U20 World Championship	Helsinki and Hämeenlinna, Finland
	23	2008	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	Tappara Tampere defeated Jokerit Helsinki 4‑3 in the bronze medal game.
	23	2008	Team Finland	IIHF World Championship	Halifax, Nova Scotia and Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
	26	2011	Team Finland	IIHF World Championship	Bratislava and Košice, Slovakia
	31	2016	Team Finland	World Championship	Moscow and Saint Petersburg, Russia
IIHF U20 World Championship Medals
IIHF World Championship Medals
Finnish Championship Medals

		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%
Apr 2, 2011	MTL @ NJD	(3-1)	0	0	0	0	0	15:23	14:52	0:31	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	0.0%	1	0	0	0	0.00%
Apr 5, 2011	NJD @ PIT	(2-4)	0	0	0	2	1	20:24	20:09	0:15	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	3	0.0%	2	2	0	0	0.00%
Apr 6, 2011	TOR @ NJD	(2-4)	0	0	0	0	1	18:39	17:46	0:16	0:37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	2	0.0%	1	1	0	0	0.00%
Apr 9, 2011	NJD @ NYR	(2-5)	0	1	1	0	-1	21:11	21:11	0:00	0:00	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	2.832	2.832	0.000	2.832	2.832	0.000	0.000	0.000	0	0.0%	2	1	0	0	0.00%
Apr 10, 2011	BOS @ NJD	(2-3)	0	1	1	0	0	20:05	18:32	0:00	1:33	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.0%	0.000	2.988	2.988	0.000	3.237	3.237	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	0.0%	0	1	0	0	0.00%
	GAME LOG

Stripe: Rows Seasons
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
2003‑04	Team Finland U20	Mestis	19	5	2	2	4	0	0				11.8
2003‑04	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	19	10	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0	0.0
2003‑04	Team Finland U20		19	7	1	2	3	6	0	0	0	0	7.7
2004‑05	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	20	48	1	5	6	49	-7	0	0	1	0.7
2005‑06	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	21	8	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0
2005‑06	Pelicans Lahti	SM-Liiga	21	40	8	7	15	59	2	2	0	2
2006‑07	Pelicans Lahti	SM-Liiga	22	56	11	12	23	58	-13	6	0	2	3.8
2006‑07	Team Finland		22	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0.0
2007‑08	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	23	56	16	16	32	40	5	7	1	2	5.5
2007‑08	Team Finland		23	14	0	2	2	55	5	0	0	0	0.0
2008‑09	Lowell Devils	AHL	24	38	8	16	24	41	-6	3	0	1	8.3
2008‑09	Chicago Wolves	AHL	24	2	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0.0
2008‑09	New Jersey Devils	NHL	24	17	0	3	3	6	1	0	0	0	0.0
2008‑09	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL	24	9	1	2	3	2	0	1	0	0	12.5
2008‑09	Team Finland		24	7	1	0	1	2	2	0	0	0	11.1
2009‑10	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL	25	29	1	4	5	22	4	0	0	0	3.7
2009‑10	New Jersey Devils	NHL	25	9	1	2	3	0	-5	0	1	0	7.1
2009‑10	Team Finland		25	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	33.3
2010‑11	Albany Devils	AHL	26	2	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0.0
2010‑11	New Jersey Devils	NHL	26	48	1	6	7	14	-11	0	0	1	1.8
2010‑11	Team Finland		26	11	2	2	4	4	4	1	0	0	6.5
2011‑12	Avangard Omsk	KHL	27	22	6	3	9	14	5	5	1	1	14.3
2011‑12	Team Finland		27	7	0	2	2	25	0	0	0	0	0.0
2012‑13	Avangard Omsk	KHL	28	37	2	12	14	37	3	0	0	0	2.9
2013‑14	MODO Hockey	SHL	29	8	2	4	6	20	4	1	0	1	15.4
2013‑14	HV 71	SHL	29	36	7	14	21	64	7	0	0	3	8.2
2013‑14	Team Finland		29	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0.0
2014‑15	Färjestad BK	SHL	30	42	6	17	23	28	4	3	0	0	4.8
2014‑15	Team Finland		30	22	1	5	6	44	10	1	0	0	2.3
2015‑16	Brynäs IF	SHL	31	24	4	11	15	47	5	3	0	0	6.3
2015‑16	Team Finland		31	18	1	4	5	4	8	0	0	1	2.7
2016‑17	Kunlun Red Star	KHL	32	10	3	2	5	8	-1	2	0	0	7.1
2016‑17	Linköping HC	SHL	32	32	4	14	18	28	0	3	0	1	6.2
2016‑17	Team Finland		32	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.0
2017‑18	Dinamo Riga	KHL	33	33	5	12	17	18	-5	2	0	1	5.9
2018‑19	EHC Biel-Bienne	NLA	34	49	10	11	21	28	-3	1	0	1	7.8
2019‑20	EHC Biel-Bienne	NLA	35	37	5	11	16	10	-12	4	0	1	6.1
2020‑21	Ilves Tampere	Liiga	36	23	3	5	8	24	0	2	0	0	3.4
	Liiga Totals			241	39	46	85	232	-12	17	1	7
	SHL Totals			142	23	60	83	187	20	10	0	5	6.6
	NHL Totals			112	4	17	21	44	-11	1	1	1	2.9
	KHL Totals			102	16	29	45	77	2	9	1	2	6.7
	NLA Totals			86	15	22	37	38	-15	5	0	2	7.1
	AHL Totals			42	8	16	24	41	-11	3	0	1	7.6
	Mestis Totals			5	2	2	4	0	0				11.8

Playoff Stats

Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SH%
2003‑04	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	19	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0
2004‑05	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	20	8	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0.0
2006‑07	Pelicans Lahti	SM-Liiga	22	6	1	1	2	4	3	0	4.2
2007‑08	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	23	11	0	6	6	14	-6	0	0.0
2011‑12	Avangard Omsk	KHL	27	21	1	2	3	16	5	1	3.3
2012‑13	Avangard Omsk	KHL	28	11	0	1	1	6	0	0	0.0
2013‑14	HV 71	SHL	29	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0.0
2015‑16	Brynäs IF	SHL	31	3	0	1	1	4	-2	0	0.0
2016‑17	Linköping HC	SHL	32	6	0	2	2	2	-1	0	0.0
2018‑19	EHC Biel-Bienne	NLA	34	12	0	5	5	6	5	0	0.0
2020‑21	Ilves Tampere	Liiga	36	5	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0.0
	Liiga Totals			33	1	7	8	24	-7	0	0.8
	KHL Totals			32	1	3	4	22	5	1	2.0
	NLA Totals			12	0	5	5	6	5	0	0.0
	SHL Totals			11	0	4	4	6	-3	0	0.0

National Team Stats - Major Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	SH%
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 2004	19	7	1	2	3	6	0	7.7
Team Finland - World Championship 2008	23	8	0	0	0	37	3	0.0
Team Finland - World Championship 2009	24	7	1	0	1	2	2	11.1
Team Finland - World Championship 2011	26	9	1	2	3	4	5	4.5
Team Finland - World Championship 2012	27	7	0	2	2	25	0	0.0
Team Finland - World Championship 2015	30	8	0	2	2	4	5	0.0
Team Finland - World Championship 2016	31	5	0	1	1	2	6	0.0
World Championship Totals		44	2	7	9	74	21	2.7
U20 World Championship Totals		7	1	2	3	6	0	7.7

National and Regional Team Stats - Miscellaneous Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	GWG	SH%
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Ceska Poijivstovna Cup 2006	22	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ LG Hockey Games 2008	23	3	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	0.0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Ceska Poijivstovna Cup 2008	23	3	0	1	1	14	2	0	0	0.0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ LG Hockey Games 2010	25	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	33.3
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Czech Hockey Games 2011	26	2	1	0	1	0	-1	1	0	11.1
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Channel One Cup 2013	29	3	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0.0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Channel One Cup 2014	30	3	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0.0
Team Finland - Euro Hockey Challenge 2015	30	7	0	2	2	18	4	0	0	0.0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Double Headers 2015	30	4	1	1	2	20	3	1	0	14.3
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Karjala Tournament 2015	31	3	0	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0.0
Team Finland - Euro Hockey Challenge 2016	31	7	1	3	4	2	4	0	1	5.6
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Double Headers 2016	31	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
Team Finland - Euro Hockey Challenge 2017	32	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0
Men Totals		44	4	9	13	66	10	2	2	4.6