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{{short description|Finnish professional ice hockey player (born 1979)}}
{{Infobox Ice Hockey Player
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image =
| caption = Santala with the [[Chicago Wolves]] in 2005
| image_size =
| team = [[Jokerit]]
| alt =
| name = Tommi Santala
| former_teams=[[Atlanta Thrashers]] <br> [[Vancouver Canucks]]
| image = Tommi Santala (40466896731).jpg
| league = [[SM-liiga]]
| image_size = 230px
| position = [[Centre (ice hockey)|Centre]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|6|27|df=y}}
| shoots = Right
| birth_place = [[Helsinki]], Finland
| height_ft = 6
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| height_in = 3
| weight_lb = 210
| weight_lb = 216
| position = [[Centre (ice hockey)|Centre]]
| nickname = The Sandman
| nationality = FIN
| shoots = Right
| league = [[Liiga]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1979|6|27}}
| team = [[HIFK]]
| birth_place = [[Helsinki]], [[Finland|FIN]]
| former_teams = [[EHC Kloten]]<br>[[Jokerit]]<br>[[HPK]]<br>[[Atlanta Thrashers]] <br> [[Vancouver Canucks]]
| ntl_team = FIN
| draft = 245th overall
| draft = 245th overall
| draft_year = 1999
| draft_year = 1999
| draft_team = [[Atlanta Thrashers]]
| draft_team = [[Atlanta Thrashers]]
| career_start = 2003
| career_start = 1998
}}
}}


'''Tommi Santala''' (born [[June 27]], [[1979]] in [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]) is a [[Finnish people|Finnish]] [[ice hockey]] player, currently representing [[Jokerit]].
'''Tommi Santala''' (born 27 June 1979 in [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]) is a Finnish professional [[ice hockey]] player who is currently playing for [[HIFK]] of the [[Liiga]].


==Playing career==
Santala started his pro career in Jokerit in the Finnish [[SM-liiga]] in the 1998–99 season. After a total of four seasons with HPK, Santala moved to the Thrashers' organisation for the [[2003–04 NHL season]]. Santala divided his time between 50 games in the [[American Hockey League|AHL]] [[Chicago Wolves]] and 33 [[National Hockey League|NHL]] games. He spent the [[2004–05 NHL lockout]] with the Wolves. After the lockout, Santala played for Jokerit, and after a year with the [[Vancouver Canucks]] organisation, he returned to Helsinki.
Santala started his pro career in Jokerit in the Finnish [[SM-liiga]] in the 1998–99 season. After a total of four seasons with HPK, Santala moved to the Thrashers' organisation for the [[2003–04 NHL season]]. Santala divided his time between 50 games in the [[American Hockey League|AHL]] [[Chicago Wolves]] and 33 [[National Hockey League|NHL]] games.<ref name=hr>{{cite web |url= https://www.hockey-reference.com/players/s/santato01.html|title = Tommi Santala's player profile |publisher = Hockey Reference.com| accessdate =2010-06-03}}</ref> He spent the [[2004–05 NHL lockout]] with the Wolves registering 40 [[Assist (ice hockey)|assists]] and 48 points in 67 games. During the post-season he helped Chicago win the [[Robert W. Clarke Trophy]], for AHL Western Conference Champions,<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.chicagowolves.com/team/championshipsawards |title = Wolves team Awards and Honors |publisher = Chicago Wolves.com| accessdate =2010-06-03}}</ref> by adding 11 points in 18 games.<ref name=loh>{{cite web |url= http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=19388 |title = Tommi Santala's bio |publisher = Legends of Hockey.net| accessdate =2010-06-03}}</ref> However, the Wolves were swept in the [[2005 Calder Cup Playoffs|Calder Cup finals]] by the [[Philadelphia Phantoms]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://ahlhalloffame.com/calder-cup-p139057 |title = Trophy Case: Calder Cup |publisher = AHL Hall of Fame.com| accessdate =2010-06-01}}</ref>


After the lockout, Santala was assigned to Jokerit by the Thrashers. He played one year with Jokerit before Atlanta traded him to the [[Vancouver Canucks]]. Santala played 30 games for the Canucks during the [[2006–07 NHL season|2006–07 season]], but he suffered a knee injury on 8 December 2006 in a game vs. the [[Carolina Hurricanes]] that forced him to miss the majority of the season.<ref name=hr/> On 5 September 2007 he signed as a free agent with [[Jokerit]].<ref name=loh/>
==Movements==
*[[June 26]], [[1999 NHL Entry Draft|1999]] — Drafted by the [[Atlanta Thrashers]] in the 9th round, 245th overall.
*[[June 14]], [[2006–07 NHL season|2006]] — Traded to the [[Vancouver Canucks]] along with a 5th round pick in the [[2007 NHL Entry Draft]] for a conditional draft pick in the [[2007 NHL Entry Draft]].


After one season back with Jokerit, Santala opted to leave and sign with Swiss club, the [[Kloten Flyers]] from the [[2008–09 NLA season|2008–09]] season. He parted company with the team in December 2016 to join the [[Kontinental Hockey League|KHL]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ehc-kloten.ch/news/nl-a/news-berichte/mm_santala/|title=MM_Santala - EHC Kloten|website=EHC Kloten|language=de-DE|access-date=2016-12-19|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222165031/http://www.ehc-kloten.ch/news/nl-a/news-berichte/mm_santala|archivedate=2016-12-22}}</ref> On 23 December 2016 he signed a deal with [[Metallurg Magnitogorsk]].
==Career statistics==

{| BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0" ID="Table3"
Unhappy with his KHL experience, Santala returned to EHC Kloten on a one-year deal for the [[2017-18 NL season|2017-18 season]].
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! ALIGN="center" colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! ALIGN="center" rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! ALIGN="center" colspan="5" | Regular&nbsp;Season
! ALIGN="center" rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | &nbsp;
! ALIGN="center" colspan="5" | Playoffs
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! ALIGN="center" | Season
! ALIGN="center" | Team
! ALIGN="center" | League
! ALIGN="center" | GP
! ALIGN="center" | G
! ALIGN="center" | A
! ALIGN="center" | Pts
! ALIGN="center" | PIM
! ALIGN="center" | GP
! ALIGN="center" | G
! ALIGN="center" | A
! ALIGN="center" | Pts
! ALIGN="center" | PIM
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 1998–99
| ALIGN="center" | Jokerit
| ALIGN="center" | SM-liiga
| ALIGN="center" | 30
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 14
| ALIGN="center" | 3
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 0
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | 1999–00
| ALIGN="center" | Jokerit
| ALIGN="center" | SM-liiga
| ALIGN="center" | 14
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 2
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 1999–00
| ALIGN="center" | HPK
| ALIGN="center" | SM-liiga
| ALIGN="center" | 38
| ALIGN="center" | 8
| ALIGN="center" | 19
| ALIGN="center" | 27
| ALIGN="center" | 63
| ALIGN="center" | 8
| ALIGN="center" | 3
| ALIGN="center" | 4
| ALIGN="center" | 7
| ALIGN="center" | 10
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | 2000–01
| ALIGN="center" | HPK
| ALIGN="center" | SM-liiga
| ALIGN="center" | 56
| ALIGN="center" | 16
| ALIGN="center" | 24
| ALIGN="center" | 40
| ALIGN="center" | 90
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 2001–02
| ALIGN="center" | HPK
| ALIGN="center" | SM-liiga
| ALIGN="center" | 17
| ALIGN="center" | 6
| ALIGN="center" | 16
| ALIGN="center" | 22
| ALIGN="center" | 14
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | 2002–03
| ALIGN="center" | HPK
| ALIGN="center" | SM-liiga
| ALIGN="center" | 50
| ALIGN="center" | 13
| ALIGN="center" | 38
| ALIGN="center" | 51
| ALIGN="center" | 92
| ALIGN="center" | 13
| ALIGN="center" | 6
| ALIGN="center" | 6
| ALIGN="center" | 12
| ALIGN="center" | 18
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 2003–04
| ALIGN="center" | [[Atlanta Thrashers]]
| ALIGN="center" | [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| ALIGN="center" | 33
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 2
| ALIGN="center" | 3
| ALIGN="center" | 22
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | 2003–04
| ALIGN="center" | [[Chicago Wolves]]
| ALIGN="center" | [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
| ALIGN="center" | 50
| ALIGN="center" | 15
| ALIGN="center" | 22
| ALIGN="center" | 37
| ALIGN="center" | 34
| ALIGN="center" | 10
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 6
| ALIGN="center" | 7
| ALIGN="center" | 31
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 2004–05
| ALIGN="center" | Chicago Wolves
| ALIGN="center" | AHL
| ALIGN="center" | 67
| ALIGN="center" | 8
| ALIGN="center" | 40
| ALIGN="center" | 48
| ALIGN="center" | 83
| ALIGN="center" | 18
| ALIGN="center" | 5
| ALIGN="center" | 6
| ALIGN="center" | 11
| ALIGN="center" | 42
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | 2005–06
| ALIGN="center" | Jokerit
| ALIGN="center" | SM-liiga
| ALIGN="center" | 43
| ALIGN="center" | 9
| ALIGN="center" | 23
| ALIGN="center" | 32
| ALIGN="center" | 80
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
| ALIGN="center" | --
|- ALIGN="center"
| ALIGN="center" | 2006–07
| ALIGN="center" | [[Manitoba Moose]]
| ALIGN="center" | AHL
| ALIGN="center" | 6
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 3
| ALIGN="center" | 3
| ALIGN="center" | 8
| ALIGN="center" | -
| ALIGN="center" | -
| ALIGN="center" | -
| ALIGN="center" | -
| ALIGN="center" | -
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| ALIGN="center" | 2006–07
| ALIGN="center" | [[Vancouver Canucks]]
| ALIGN="center" | NHL
| ALIGN="center" | 30
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 5
| ALIGN="center" | 6
| ALIGN="center" | 24
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| ALIGN="center" | 0
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL Totals
! ALIGN="center" | 63
! ALIGN="center" | 2
! ALIGN="center" | 7
! ALIGN="center" | 9
! ALIGN="center" | 46
! ALIGN="center" | 1
! ALIGN="center" | 0
! ALIGN="center" | 0
! ALIGN="center" | 0
! ALIGN="center" | 0
|}


==International play==
==International play==
Santala played for [[Finnish national men's ice hockey team|Team Finland]] in the [[1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1999 World Junior Championship]] registering two points through six games. He represented Finland at the [[World Ice Hockey Championships|World Championships]] in, [[2003 IIHF World Championship|2003]], [[2006 IIHF World Championship|2006]], [[2009 IIHF World Championship|2009]], and [[2010 IIHF World Championship|2010]]. However, he only played one game for the 2006 Finnish team that won the [[Bronze medal]]. Santala had a much larger role for Finland during the 2002 [[Karlja Cup]]. Finland won the [[Gold medal|Gold]] and Santala was named a Second Team All-Star.<ref name=loh/>
*Played for [[Finnish national men's ice hockey team|Team Finland]] in the [[2003]] [[Ice Hockey World Championships]].


'''International statistics'''
== Career statistics ==
===Regular season and playoffs===
{| BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="3" CELLSPACING="0"
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! colspan="5" | [[Regular season]]
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! colspan="5" | [[Playoffs]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP
! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]]
! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]]
! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]]
! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]]
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|-
| [[1998–99 SM-liiga season|1998–99]]
| [[Jokerit]]
| [[SM-liiga|SM-l]]
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 14
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1999–2000 SM-liiga season|1999–00]]
| Jokerit
| SM-l
| 14
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 2
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| 1999–00
| [[HPK]]
| SM-l
| 38
| 8
| 19
| 27
| 63
| 8
| 3
| 4
| 7
| 10
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2000–01 SM-liiga season|2000–01]]
| HPK
| SM-l
| 56
| 16
| 24
| 40
| 90
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[2001–02 SM-liiga season|2001–02]]
| HPK
| SM-l
| 17
| 6
| 16
| 22
| 14
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2002–03 SM-liiga season|2002–03]]
| HPK
| SM-l
| 50
| 13
| 38
| 51
| 92
| 13
| 6
| 6
| 12
| 18
|-
| [[2003–04 NHL season|2003–04]]
| [[Atlanta Thrashers]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 33
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 22
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2003–04 AHL season|2003–04]]
| [[Chicago Wolves]]
| [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
| 50
| 15
| 22
| 37
| 34
| 10
| 1
| 6
| 7
| 31
|-
| [[2004–05 AHL season|2004–05]]
| Chicago Wolves
| AHL
| 67
| 8
| 40
| 48
| 83
| 18
| 5
| 6
| 11
| 42
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2005–06 SM-liiga season|2005–06]]
| Jokerit
| SM-l
| 43
| 9
| 23
| 32
| 80
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[2006–07 AHL season|2006–07]]
| [[Manitoba Moose]]
| AHL
| 6
| 0
| 3
| 3
| 8
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2006–07 NHL season|2006–07]]
| [[Vancouver Canucks]]
| NHL
| 30
| 1
| 5
| 6
| 24
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|-
| [[2007–08 SM-liiga season|2007–08]]
| Jokerit
| SM-l
| 56
| 28
| 30
| 58
| 82
| 13
| 4
| 12
| 16
| 18
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2008–09 NLA season|2008–09]]
| [[Kloten Flyers]]
| [[National League A|NLA]]
| 50
| 13
| 35
| 48
| 96
| 15
| 4
| 5
| 9
| 18
|-
| [[2009–10 NLA season|2009–10]]
| Kloten Flyers
| NLA
| 47 || 17 || 32 || 49 || 59
| 10 || 4 || 5 || 9 || 20
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2010–11 NLA season|2010–11]]
| Kloten Flyers
| NLA
| 49
| 10
| 36
| 46
| 78
| 16
| 4
| 7
| 11
| 32
|-
| [[2011–12 NLA season|2011–12]]
| Kloten Flyers
| NLA
| 47 || 9 || 35 || 44 || 46
| 5 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 4
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2012–13 NLA season|2012–13]]
| Kloten Flyers
| NLA
| 45 || 11 || 27 || 38 || 62
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[2013–14 NLA season|2013–14]]
| Kloten Flyers
| NLA
| 39 || 14 || 25 || 39 || 44
| 16 || 5 || 9 || 14 || 22
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2014–15 NLA season|2014–15]]
| Kloten Flyers
| NLA
| 39 || 9 || 15 || 24 || 42
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[2015–16 NLA season|2015–16]]
| Kloten Flyers
| NLA
| 48 || 13 || 26 || 39 || 50
| 4 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 6
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
!63
!2
!7
!9
!46
!1
!0
!0
!0
!0
|}

===International===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:40em"
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! ALIGN="center" | Year
! Year
! ALIGN="center" | Team
! Team
! ALIGN="center" | Event
! Event
! Result
! ALIGN="center" | GP
! ALIGN="center" | G
! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |
! GP
! ALIGN="center" | A
! G
! ALIGN="center" | Pts
! A
! ALIGN="center" | PIM
! Pts
|- ALIGN="center"
! PIM
| ALIGN="center" | 2003
|-
| ALIGN="center" | Finland
| [[1999 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|1999]]
| ALIGN="center" | WC
| [[Finland men's national junior ice hockey team|Finland]]
| ALIGN="center" | 7
| [[World Junior Ice Hockey Championships|WJC]]
| ALIGN="center" | 0
| 5th
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| 6
| ALIGN="center" | 1
| 1
| ALIGN="center" | 6
| 1
| 2
| 6
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2003 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2003]]
| [[Finland men's national ice hockey team|Finland]]
| [[World Ice Hockey Championships|WC]]
| 5th
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 6
|-
| [[2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2006]]
| Finland
| WC
| {{bronze3}}
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[2009 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2009]]
| Finland
| WC
| 5th
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
|-
| [[2010 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2010]]
| Finland
| WC
| 6th
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="4" | Junior totals
! 6
! 1
! 1
! 2
! 6
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="4" | Senior totals
! 21
! 0
! 1
! 1
! 16
|}
|}


== Transactions ==
==External links==
* June 26, [[1999 NHL Entry Draft|1999]] — Drafted by the [[Atlanta Thrashers]] in the 9th round, 245th overall.
* {{hockeydb|45039}}
* June 14, [[2006–07 NHL season|2006]] — Traded to the [[Vancouver Canucks]] along with a 5th round pick in the [[2007 NHL Entry Draft]] for a conditional draft pick in the [[2007 NHL Entry Draft]].

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
*{{icehockeystats}}


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[[fi:Tommi Santala]]

Latest revision as of 23:02, 12 July 2024

Tommi Santala
Santala with the Chicago Wolves in 2005
Born (1979-06-27) 27 June 1979 (age 45)
Helsinki, Finland
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight 216 lb (98 kg; 15 st 6 lb)
Position Centre
Shoots Right
Liiga team
Former teams		 HIFK
EHC Kloten
Jokerit
HPK
Atlanta Thrashers
Vancouver Canucks
National team  Finland
NHL draft 245th overall, 1999
Atlanta Thrashers
Playing career 1998–present

Tommi Santala (born 27 June 1979 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for HIFK of the Liiga.

Playing career

[edit]

Santala started his pro career in Jokerit in the Finnish SM-liiga in the 1998–99 season. After a total of four seasons with HPK, Santala moved to the Thrashers' organisation for the 2003–04 NHL season. Santala divided his time between 50 games in the AHL Chicago Wolves and 33 NHL games.[1] He spent the 2004–05 NHL lockout with the Wolves registering 40 assists and 48 points in 67 games. During the post-season he helped Chicago win the Robert W. Clarke Trophy, for AHL Western Conference Champions,[2] by adding 11 points in 18 games.[3] However, the Wolves were swept in the Calder Cup finals by the Philadelphia Phantoms.[4]

After the lockout, Santala was assigned to Jokerit by the Thrashers. He played one year with Jokerit before Atlanta traded him to the Vancouver Canucks. Santala played 30 games for the Canucks during the 2006–07 season, but he suffered a knee injury on 8 December 2006 in a game vs. the Carolina Hurricanes that forced him to miss the majority of the season.[1] On 5 September 2007 he signed as a free agent with Jokerit.[3]

After one season back with Jokerit, Santala opted to leave and sign with Swiss club, the Kloten Flyers from the 2008–09 season. He parted company with the team in December 2016 to join the KHL.[5] On 23 December 2016 he signed a deal with Metallurg Magnitogorsk.

Unhappy with his KHL experience, Santala returned to EHC Kloten on a one-year deal for the 2017-18 season.

International play

[edit]

Santala played for Team Finland in the 1999 World Junior Championship registering two points through six games. He represented Finland at the World Championships in, 2003, 2006, 2009, and 2010. However, he only played one game for the 2006 Finnish team that won the Bronze medal. Santala had a much larger role for Finland during the 2002 Karlja Cup. Finland won the Gold and Santala was named a Second Team All-Star.[3]

Career statistics

[edit]

Regular season and playoffs

[edit]
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1998–99 Jokerit SM-l 30 0 0 0 14 3 0 0 0 0
1999–00 Jokerit SM-l 14 0 1 1 2 — — — — —
1999–00 HPK SM-l 38 8 19 27 63 8 3 4 7 10
2000–01 HPK SM-l 56 16 24 40 90 — — — — —
2001–02 HPK SM-l 17 6 16 22 14 — — — — —
2002–03 HPK SM-l 50 13 38 51 92 13 6 6 12 18
2003–04 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 33 1 2 3 22 — — — — —
2003–04 Chicago Wolves AHL 50 15 22 37 34 10 1 6 7 31
2004–05 Chicago Wolves AHL 67 8 40 48 83 18 5 6 11 42
2005–06 Jokerit SM-l 43 9 23 32 80 — — — — —
2006–07 Manitoba Moose AHL 6 0 3 3 8 — — — — —
2006–07 Vancouver Canucks NHL 30 1 5 6 24 1 0 0 0 0
2007–08 Jokerit SM-l 56 28 30 58 82 13 4 12 16 18
2008–09 Kloten Flyers NLA 50 13 35 48 96 15 4 5 9 18
2009–10 Kloten Flyers NLA 47 17 32 49 59 10 4 5 9 20
2010–11 Kloten Flyers NLA 49 10 36 46 78 16 4 7 11 32
2011–12 Kloten Flyers NLA 47 9 35 44 46 5 1 2 3 4
2012–13 Kloten Flyers NLA 45 11 27 38 62 — — — — —
2013–14 Kloten Flyers NLA 39 14 25 39 44 16 5 9 14 22
2014–15 Kloten Flyers NLA 39 9 15 24 42 — — — — —
2015–16 Kloten Flyers NLA 48 13 26 39 50 4 0 2 2 6
NHL totals 63 2 7 9 46 1 0 0 0 0

International

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Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
1999 Finland WJC 5th 6 1 1 2 6
2003 Finland WC 5th 7 0 1 1 6
2006 Finland WC 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1 0 0 0 2
2009 Finland WC 5th 7 0 0 0 4
2010 Finland WC 6th 6 0 0 0 4
Junior totals 6 1 1 2 6
Senior totals 21 0 1 1 16

Transactions

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Tommi Santala's player profile". Hockey Reference.com. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
  2. ^ "Wolves team Awards and Honors". Chicago Wolves.com. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
  3. ^ a b c "Tommi Santala's bio". Legends of Hockey.net. Retrieved 2010-06-03.
  4. ^ "Trophy Case: Calder Cup". AHL Hall of Fame.com. Retrieved 2010-06-01.
  5. ^ "MM_Santala - EHC Kloten". EHC Kloten (in German). Archived from the original on 2016-12-22. Retrieved 2016-12-19.
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