Sami Venäläinen

Born on: October 14, 1981
Birth place: Kangasala, Finland
Forward, shoots right
5 ' 11" (180 cm) | 196 lb (89 kg)

Drafted by: Phoenix Coyotes, 8. round (#249 overall), in 2000 NHL Entry Draft

Championships & Medals

	Age	Year	Team	Event	Tournament Location / Series Result
	17	1999	Team Finland	U18 World Championship	Füssen and Kaufbeuren, Germany
	19	2001	Team Finland	U20 World Championship	Moscow and Podolsk, Russia
	19	2001	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	TPS Turku defeated Tappara Tampere 3‑1 in a best of five gold medal series.
	20	2002	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	Jokerit Helsinki defeated Tappara Tampere 3‑1 in a best of five gold medal series.
	21	2003	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	Tappara Tampere defeated Kärpät Oulu 3‑0 in a best of five gold medal series.
	26	2008	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	Tappara Tampere defeated Jokerit Helsinki 4‑3 in the bronze medal game.
	28	2010	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	TPS Turku defeated HPK Hämeenlinna 4‑1 in a best of seven series.
	31	2013	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	Ässät Pori defeated Tappara Tampere 4‑2 in a best of seven series.
IIHF U18 World 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%
1998‑99	Team Finland U18		17	11	1	4	5	4	3	0	0	0	0.091	0.364	0.455
2000‑01	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	19	36	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.028	0.028	9	0.0
2000‑01	Team Finland U20		19	14	2	2	4	4	2	0	0	0	0.143	0.143	0.286
2001‑02	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	20	56	5	8	13	24	4	0	0	3	0.089	0.143	0.232	65	7.7
2002‑03	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	21	55	5	9	14	48	5	0	0	0	0.091	0.164	0.255	80	6.3
2003‑04	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	22	56	18	15	33	22	0	4	0	2	0.321	0.268	0.589	151	11.9
2004‑05	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	23	55	5	6	11	32	-4	0	0	1	0.091	0.109	0.200	72	6.9
2005‑06	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	24	56	10	12	22	48	6	3	0	2	0.179	0.214	0.393	120	8.3
2006‑07	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	25	54	14	7	21	67	7	0	1	2	0.259	0.130	0.389	115	12.2
2007‑08	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	26	54	16	8	24	54	9	2	0	1	0.296	0.148	0.444	100	16.0
2008‑09	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	27	56	7	18	25	42	-1	2	0	1	0.125	0.321	0.446	156	4.5
2009‑10	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	28	43	10	10	20	66	4	4	0	0	0.233	0.233	0.465	95	10.5
2010‑11	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	29	58	10	24	34	32	-13	6	0	0	0.172	0.414	0.586	140	7.1
2011‑12	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	30	58	8	17	25	55	0	2	0	0	0.138	0.293	0.431	122	6.6
2012‑13	LeKi Lempäälä	Mestis	31	8	3	2	5	2	-4	1	0	0	0.375	0.250	0.625	25	12.0
2012‑13	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	31	30	3	4	7	28	-4	1	0	0	0.100	0.133	0.233	59	5.1
2013‑14	LeKi Lempäälä	Mestis	32	11	4	5	9	2	6	1	0		0.364	0.455	0.818
2013‑14	SaiPa Lappeenranta	Liiga	32	45	3	12	15	49	9	0	0	0	0.067	0.267	0.333	60	5.0
2014‑15	SaiPa Lappeenranta	Liiga	33	58	4	9	13	38	-10	1	0	2	0.069	0.155	0.224	61	6.6
2015‑16	SaiPa Lappeenranta	Liiga	34	59	10	14	24	49	11	0	0	0	0.169	0.237	0.407	120	8.3
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
	Liiga Totals			829	128	174	302	656	22	25	1	14	0.154	0.210	0.364	1525	8.4
	Mestis Totals			19	7	7	14	4	2	2	0	0	0.368	0.368	0.737	25

Playoff Stats

Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
2000‑01	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	0	0.0
2001‑02	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	20	10	0	1	1	8	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.100	0.100	10	0.0
2002‑03	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	21	13	0	0	0	10	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	8	0.0
2003‑04	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	22	3	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0.333	0.000	0.333	7	14.3
2004‑05	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	23	8	1	2	3	6	0	0	0	0	0.125	0.250	0.375	8	12.5
2005‑06	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	24	6	1	0	1	12	-5	0	0	0	0.167	0.000	0.167	11	9.1
2006‑07	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	25	5	0	0	0	4	-2	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	8	0.0
2007‑08	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	26	11	0	2	2	10	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.182	0.182	33	0.0
2008‑09	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	27	8	1	3	4	6	0	1	0	0	0.125	0.375	0.500	26	3.8
2009‑10	TPS Turku	SM-Liiga	28	15	1	6	7	4	3	0	0	0	0.067	0.400	0.467	36	2.8
2012‑13	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	31	10	2	0	2	6	2	0	0	0	0.200	0.000	0.200	8	25.0
2013‑14	SaiPa Lappeenranta	Liiga	32	13	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0.077	0.077	0.154	25	4.0
2014‑15	SaiPa Lappeenranta	Liiga	33	7	1	1	2	2	-1	0	0	0	0.143	0.143	0.286	16	6.3
2015‑16	SaiPa Lappeenranta	Liiga	34	6	1	1	2	2	2	0	0	0	0.167	0.167	0.333	6	16.7
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
	Liiga Totals			116	10	17	27	72	-1	1	0	1	0.086	0.147	0.233	202	5.0

National Team Stats - Major Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
Team Finland - U18 World Championship 1999	17	7	0	3	3	2	3	0.000	0.429	0.429	4	0.0
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 2001	19	7	1	1	2	0	1	0.143	0.143	0.286	5	20.0
U20 World Championship Totals		7	1	1	2	0	1	0.143	0.143	0.286	5	20.0
U18 World Championship Totals		7	0	3	3	2	3	0.000	0.429	0.429	4	0.0

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 - U18 5‑Nations 1999	17	4	1	1	2	2					0.250	0.250	0.500
Team Finland - U20 3‑Nations 2000	18	4	1	1	2	2					0.250	0.250	0.500
Team Finland - U20 4‑Nations 2000	19	3	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	0.0
U20 Men Totals		7	1	1	2	4	1	0	0	0	0.143	0.143	0.286	1
U18 Men Totals		4	1	1	2	2					0.250	0.250	0.500