Vesa Salo

Born on: April 17, 1965
Birth place: Rauma, Finland
Defenseman, shoots left
6 ' 4" (194 cm) | 220 lb (100 kg)

Drafted by: New York Rangers, 3. round (#49 overall), in 1983 NHL Entry Draft

Championships & Medals

	Age	Year	Team	Event	Tournament Location / Series Result
	18	1984	Team Finland	U20 World Championship	Norrköping and Nyköping, Sweden
	24	1990	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	Tappara Tampere defeated KalPa Kuopio 5‑3 in the bronze medal game.
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%
1982‑83	Lukko Rauma	SM-Liiga	17	36	2	8	10	14	-26	1		0	0.056	0.222	0.278
1983‑84	Lukko Rauma	I-divisioona	18	36	4	15	19	16	37				0.111	0.417	0.528
1983‑84	Team Finland U20		18	7	0	1	1	2					0.000	0.143	0.143
1984‑85	Lukko Rauma	SM-Liiga	19	35	13	8	21	20	-8	8	0	2	0.371	0.229	0.600
1984‑85	Team Finland U20		19	7	0	2	2	2					0.000	0.286	0.286
1985‑86	Lukko Rauma	SM-Liiga	20	30	1	8	9	8	-17	0	0	0	0.033	0.267	0.300
1986‑87	Lukko Rauma	SM-Liiga	21	44	4	22	26	34	8	2	1	0	0.091	0.500	0.591
1986‑87	Team Finland		21	4	0	0	0	4					0.000	0.000	0.000
1987‑88	Ilves Tampere	SM-Liiga	22	43	8	15	23	42	5	4	0	0	0.186	0.349	0.535
1988‑89	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	23	42	7	14	21	46	12	1	0	0	0.167	0.333	0.500
1988‑89	Team Finland		23	4	0	0	0	0					0.000	0.000	0.000
1989‑90	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	24	35	2	12	14	22	5	1	0	0	0.057	0.343	0.400
1990‑91	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	25	44	9	16	25	32	7	3	0	0	0.205	0.364	0.568
1991‑92	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	26	39	2	16	18	24	-21	1	0	1	0.051	0.410	0.462
1992‑93	KalPa Kuopio	SM-Liiga	27	48	10	20	30	26	-12	4	2	1	0.208	0.417	0.625
1993‑94	KalPa Kuopio	SM-Liiga	28	45	11	27	38	88	12	4	0	0	0.244	0.600	0.844
1994‑95	Lukko Rauma	SM-Liiga	29	43	4	14	18	40	0	0	0	0	0.093	0.326	0.419
1995‑96	HV 71	Elitserien	30	40	8	18	26	34					0.200	0.450	0.650
1996‑97	EV Landshut	DEL	31	45	3	6	9	14					0.067	0.133	0.200
1997‑98	Ässät Pori	SM-Liiga	32	48	9	27	36	54	-7	5	0	0	0.188	0.563	0.750
1998‑99	Ässät Pori	SM-Liiga	33	53	4	24	28	42	-9	3	0	1	0.075	0.453	0.528
1999‑00	Ässät Pori	SM-Liiga	34	51	6	17	23	94	-9	2	0	0	0.118	0.333	0.451	157	3.8
2000‑01	Ässät Pori	SM-Liiga	35	51	3	18	21	115	-24	2	0	2	0.059	0.353	0.412	144	2.1
2001‑02	Tingsryds AIF	Allsvenskan	36	45	10	15	25	46	0	5	1	0	0.222	0.333	0.556	86	11.6
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
	Liiga Totals			687	95	266	361	701	-84	41	3	7	0.138	0.387	0.525	301
	Allsvenskan Totals			45	10	15	25	46	0	5	1	0	0.222	0.333	0.556	86	11.6
	DEL Totals			45	3	6	9	14					0.067	0.133	0.200
	SHL Totals			40	8	18	26	34					0.200	0.450	0.650
	Mestis Totals			36	4	15	19	16	37				0.111	0.417	0.528

Playoff Stats

Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
1987‑88	Ilves Tampere	SM-Liiga	22	4	0	1	1	4	-4	0	0	0	0.000	0.250	0.250
1988‑89	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	23	8	0	2	2	8	6	0	0	0	0.000	0.250	0.250
1989‑90	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	24	7	0	2	2	4	2	0	0	0	0.000	0.286	0.286
1990‑91	Tappara Tampere	SM-Liiga	25	3	0	3	3	6	1	0	0	0	0.000	1.000	1.000
1994‑95	Lukko Rauma	SM-Liiga	29	6	0	3	3	8	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.500	0.500
1995‑96	HV 71	Elitserien	30	4	1	1	2	0					0.250	0.250	0.500
1996‑97	EV Landshut	DEL	31	7	0	0	0	10					0.000	0.000	0.000
1997‑98	Ässät Pori	SM-Liiga	32	3	0	1	1	24	-2	0	0	0	0.000	0.333	0.333
2001‑02	Tingsryds AIF	Allsvenskan	36	2	0	1	1	27	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.500	0.500	3	0.0
	Liiga Totals			31	0	12	12	54	4	0	0	0	0.000	0.387	0.387
	DEL Totals			7	0	0	0	10					0.000	0.000	0.000
	SHL Totals			4	1	1	2	0					0.250	0.250	0.500
	Allsvenskan Totals			2	0	1	1	27	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.500	0.500	3	0.0

National Team Stats - Major Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	A	P	PIM	A/GP	P/GP
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 1984	18	7	1	1	2	0.143	0.143
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 1985	19	7	2	2	2	0.286	0.286
U20 World Championship Totals		14	3	3	4	0.214	0.214

National and Regional Team Stats - Miscellaneous Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	PIM
Team Finland - Izvestia Tournament 1986	21	4	4
Team Finland - Izvestia Tournament 1988	23	4	0
Men Totals		8	4

All-Star Game Appearences

Year	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
1997	Finland All-Stars	SM-Liiga	32	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
	SM-Liiga All-Star Game Totals			1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000