Ari Vallin

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Birth place: Ylöjärvi, Finland
Defenseman, shoots left
5 ' 11" (181 cm) | 205 lb (93 kg)
Birth place: Ylöjärvi, Finland
Defenseman, shoots left
5 ' 11" (181 cm) | 205 lb (93 kg)
Championships & Medals
| Age | Year | Team | Event | Tournament Location / Series Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | 1996 | Team Finland | U18 European Championship | Ufa, Russia | |
| 19 | 1998 | Team Finland | U20 World Championship | Helsinki and Hämeenlinna, Finland | |
| 21 | 1999 | HPK Hämeenlinna | SM-Liiga | HPK Hämeenlinna defeated SaiPa Lappeenranta 7‑2 in the bronze medal game. | |
| 24 | 2002 | Jokerit Helsinki | SM-Liiga | Jokerit Helsinki defeated Tappara Tampere 3‑1 in a best of five gold medal series. | |
| 26 | 2004 | Kärpät Oulu | SM-Liiga | Kärpät Oulu defeated TPS Turku 3‑1 in a best of five gold medal series. | |
| 27 | 2005 | Kärpät Oulu | SM-Liiga | Kärpät Oulu defeated Jokerit Helsinki 3‑1 in a best of five gold medal series. | |
| 28 | 2006 | Kärpät Oulu | SM-Liiga | Kärpät Oulu defeated HIFK Helsinki 6‑2 in the bronze medal game. | |
| 31 | 2009 | Färjestad BK | Elitserien | Färjestads BK defeated HV 71 4‑1 in a best of seven gold medal series. | |
| 33 | 2011 | HIFK Helsinki | SM-Liiga | HIFK Helsinki defeated Blues Espoo 4‑0 in a best of seven series. | |
| 36 | 2014 | Kärpät Oulu | Liiga | Kärpät Oulu defeated Tappara Tampere 4‑3 in a best of seven series. | |
| 37 | 2015 | Kärpät Oulu | Liiga | Kärpät Oulu defeated Tappara Tampere 4‑3 in a best of seven series. | |
| IIHF U18 European Championship Medals | |||||
| IIHF U20 World Championship Medals | |||||
| Swedish Championship Medals | |||||
| Finnish Championship Medals | |||||
| Stripe: | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | LGE | Age | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SH% |
| 1994‑95 | Team Finland U17 | | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| 1995‑96 | Team Finland U18 | | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| 1996‑97 | KooVee Tampere | I-divisioona | 18 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| 1996‑97 | Tappara Tampere | SM-Liiga | 18 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1997‑98 | Hermes Kokkola | I-divisioona | 19 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 1997‑98 | Tappara Tampere | SM-Liiga | 19 | 44 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1997‑98 | Team Finland U20 | | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1998‑99 | HPK Hämeenlinna | SM-Liiga | 20 | 49 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1999‑00 | Tappara Tampere | SM-Liiga | 21 | 54 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 36 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.4 |
| 2000‑01 | HPK Hämeenlinna | SM-Liiga | 22 | 53 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 34 | -7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.8 |
| 2001‑02 | Jokerit Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 23 | 45 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3.6 |
| 2001‑02 | Team Finland | | 23 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -2 | ||||
| 2002‑03 | Jokerit Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 24 | 53 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 34 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3.8 |
| 2003‑04 | Kärpät Oulu | SM-Liiga | 25 | 54 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 36 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6.7 |
| 2004‑05 | Kärpät Oulu | SM-Liiga | 26 | 55 | 2 | 15 | 17 | 40 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.4 |
| 2005‑06 | Kärpät Oulu | SM-Liiga | 27 | 50 | 7 | 23 | 30 | 84 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7.1 |
| 2006‑07 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 28 | 24 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2006‑07 | Frölunda HC | Elitserien | 28 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| 2006‑07 | Team Finland | | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007‑08 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | RSL | 29 | 53 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 68 | |||||
| 2008‑09 | Färjestad BK | Elitserien | 30 | 39 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 30 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8.1 |
| 2008‑09 | Team Finland | | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2009‑10 | Färjestad BK | Elitserien | 31 | 48 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 44 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.6 |
| 2010‑11 | Kiekko-Vantaa | Mestis | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2010‑11 | HIFK Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 32 | 48 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 46 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.1 |
| 2011‑12 | Blues Espoo | SM-Liiga | 33 | 48 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 26 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7.1 |
| 2012‑13 | HC Sparta Praha | ELH | 34 | 31 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 54 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012‑13 | Färjestad BK | Elitserien | 34 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013‑14 | Kärpät Oulu | Liiga | 35 | 58 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 44 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.6 |
| 2014‑15 | Kärpät Oulu | Liiga | 36 | 41 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4.7 |
| 2015‑16 | KooKoo Kouvola | Liiga | 37 | 40 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 45 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 |
| Liiga Totals | 713 | 53 | 139 | 192 | 519 | 102 | 10 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| SHL Totals | 119 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 102 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8.5 | |||
| RSL Totals | 53 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 68 | ||||||||
| Czech ExtraLiga Totals | 31 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 54 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| AHL Totals | 24 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 20 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Mestis Totals | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Playoff Stats
| Season | Team | LGE | Age | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SH% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996‑97 | Tappara Tampere | SM-Liiga | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1997‑98 | Tappara Tampere | SM-Liiga | 19 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1998‑99 | HPK Hämeenlinna | SM-Liiga | 20 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1999‑00 | Tappara Tampere | SM-Liiga | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2001‑02 | Jokerit Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 23 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 |
| 2002‑03 | Jokerit Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 24 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2003‑04 | Kärpät Oulu | SM-Liiga | 25 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8.8 |
| 2004‑05 | Kärpät Oulu | SM-Liiga | 26 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 |
| 2005‑06 | Kärpät Oulu | SM-Liiga | 27 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2007‑08 | Lokomotiv Yaroslavl | RSL | 29 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 22 | |||||
| 2008‑09 | Färjestad BK | Elitserien | 30 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7.1 |
| 2009‑10 | Färjestad BK | Elitserien | 31 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2010‑11 | HIFK Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 32 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2011‑12 | Blues Espoo | SM-Liiga | 33 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6.1 |
| 2012‑13 | Färjestad BK | Elitserien | 34 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2013‑14 | Kärpät Oulu | Liiga | 35 | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2014‑15 | Kärpät Oulu | Liiga | 36 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Liiga Totals | 132 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 125 | 22 | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| SHL Totals | 27 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3.8 | |||
| RSL Totals | 16 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 22 |
National Team Stats - Major Tournaments
| Team | Age | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SH% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Finland - U18 European Championship 1996 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Team Finland - U20 World Championship 1998 | 19 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| U20 World Championship Totals | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| U18 European Championship Totals | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
National and Regional Team Stats - Miscellaneous Tournaments
| Team | Age | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | SH% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Finland - U17 4‑Nations 1995 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||
| Team Finland - EHT ‑ Sweden Hockey Games 2001 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Team Finland - EHT ‑ Baltica Brewery Cup 2001 | 23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | ||||
| Team Finland - EHT ‑ LG Hockey Games 2007 | 28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Team Finland - EHT ‑ Channel One Cup 2008 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Men Totals | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | -4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| U17 Men Totals | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |