Timo Vertala

Born on: May 2, 1978
Birth place: Jyväskylä, Finland
Forward, shoots left
6 ' 0" (183 cm) | 187 lb (85 kg)

Drafted by: Montreal Canadiens, 7. round (#181 overall), in 1996 NHL Entry Draft

Championships & Medals

	Age	Year	Team	Event	Tournament Location / Series Result
	17	1996	Team Finland	U18 European Championship	Ufa, Russia
	19	1998	Team Finland	U20 World Championship	Helsinki and Hämeenlinna, Finland
	22	2001	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	TPS Turku defeated Tappara Tampere 3‑1 in a best of five gold medal series.
	29	2008	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	Tappara Tampere defeated Jokerit Helsinki 4‑3 in the bronze medal game.
IIHF U18 European Championship Medals
IIHF U20 World Championship Medals
Finnish Championship Medals

Rows Seasons		Overall								Goals			per Game			Shots
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
1994‑95	Team Finland U17		16	3	0	1	1	2					0.000	0.333	0.333
1995‑96	JyP HT Jyväskylä	SM-Liiga	17	3	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.333	0.333
1995‑96	Team Finland U18		17	5	3	1	4	2	4				0.600	0.200	0.800
1996‑97	JyP HT Jyväskylä	SM-Liiga	18	46	8	5	13	39	-9	4	0	1	0.174	0.109	0.283
1996‑97	Team Finland U20		18	6	2	1	3	6		1	0	0	0.333	0.167	0.500
1997‑98	JYP Jyväskylä	SM-Liiga	19	43	4	8	12	34	-4	1	0	1	0.093	0.186	0.279
1997‑98	Team Finland U20		19	7	4	4	8	4	3	2	0	1	0.571	0.571	1.143
1998‑99	JYP Jyväskylä	SM-Liiga	20	48	5	5	10	60	-12	2	0	2	0.104	0.104	0.208
1999‑00	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	21	50	24	18	42	82	7	8	4	3	0.480	0.360	0.840	141	17.0
1999‑00	Team Finland		21	8	0	0	0	0	-1				0.000	0.000	0.000
2000‑01	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	22	46	17	10	27	78	9	6	2	3	0.370	0.217	0.587	147	11.6
2000‑01	Team Finland		22	7	1	1	2	8	6				0.143	0.143	0.286
2001‑02	Quebec Citadelles	AHL	23	30	4	3	7	14	-4	1	2	0	0.133	0.100	0.233	33	12.1
2002‑03	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	24	41	5	7	12	14	1	2	0	0	0.122	0.171	0.293	84	6.0
2003‑04	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	25	47	12	9	21	66	4	3	1	4	0.255	0.191	0.447	123	9.8
2004‑05	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	26	30	3	5	8	14	5	0	0	2	0.100	0.167	0.267
2004‑05	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	26	18	8	3	11	32	-7	6	0	1	0.444	0.167	0.611
2005‑06	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	27	54	23	9	32	118	-1	12	2	6	0.426	0.167	0.593	195	11.8
2005‑06	Team Finland		27	3	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	4	0.0
2006‑07	HV 71	Elitserien	28	50	4	8	12	40	-3	0	0	0	0.080	0.160	0.240	51	7.8
2007‑08	Kärpät Oulu	SM-Liiga	29	28	2	4	6	8	-2	0	0	1	0.071	0.143	0.214
2007‑08	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	29	26	8	10	18	26	7	3	1	1	0.308	0.385	0.692
2008‑09	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	30	29	2	2	4	20	-2	0	0	0	0.069	0.069	0.138	44	4.5
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
	Liiga Totals			509	121	96	217	593	-3	47	10	25	0.238	0.189	0.426	734
	SHL Totals			50	4	8	12	40	-3	0	0	0	0.080	0.160	0.240	51	7.8
	AHL Totals			30	4	3	7	14	-4	1	2	0	0.133	0.100	0.233	33	12.1

Playoff Stats

Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
1996‑97	JyP HT Jyväskylä	SM-Liiga	18	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
1998‑99	JYP Jyväskylä	SM-Liiga	20	3	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
1999‑00	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	21	4	0	2	2	0	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.500	0.500	12	0.0
2000‑01	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	22	10	4	2	6	6	3	1	0	0	0.400	0.200	0.600	27	14.8
2002‑03	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	24	9	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.111	0.111	10	0.0
2003‑04	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-Liiga	25	7	4	0	4	12	2	2	0	2	0.571	0.000	0.571	18	22.2
2004‑05	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	26	7	0	1	1	8	-3	0	0	0	0.000	0.143	0.143	13	0.0
2005‑06	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	27	6	1	3	4	4	-3	0	0	0	0.167	0.500	0.667	21	4.8
2006‑07	HV 71	Elitserien	28	9	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	5	0.0
2007‑08	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	29	5	2	0	2	14	0	1	0	0	0.400	0.000	0.400	16	12.5
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
	Liiga Totals			55	11	9	20	46	-3	4	0	2	0.200	0.164	0.364	117
	SHL Totals			9	0	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	5	0.0

National Team Stats - Major Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP
Team Finland - U18 European Championship 1996	17	5	3	1	4	2	4				0.600	0.200	0.800
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 1997	18	6	2	1	3	6		1	0	0	0.333	0.167	0.500
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 1998	19	7	4	4	8	4	3	2	0	1	0.571	0.571	1.143
U20 World Championship Totals		13	6	5	11	10	3	3	0	1	0.462	0.385	0.846
U18 European Championship Totals		5	3	1	4	2	4				0.600	0.200	0.800

National and Regional Team Stats - Miscellaneous Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
Team Finland - U17 4‑Nations 1995	16	3	0	1	1	2					0.000	0.333	0.333
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Baltica Brewery Cup 1999	21	4	0	0	0	0	-1				0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Sweden Hockey Games 2000	21	4	0	0	0	0	0				0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Ceska Poijivstovna Cup 2000	22	3	0	0	0	4	4				0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Sweden Hockey Games 2001	22	4	1	1	2	4	2				0.250	0.250	0.500
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Karjala Tournament 2005	27	3	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	4	0.0
Men Totals		18	1	1	2	10	4	0	0	0	0.056	0.056	0.111	4
U17 Men Totals		3	0	1	1	2					0.000	0.333	0.333