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Finland Veli-Matti Vittasmäki
#33 Tappara / Liiga - 23/24
1-time Champions Hockey League Champion 1
4-time Liiga Champion 4
Date of Birth
Jul 03, 1990
Position
D
Age
33
Height
6'1" / 185 cm
Place of Birth
Turku, FIN
Weight
209 lbs / 95 kg
Nation
Finland
Shoots
L
Youth Team
TuKV
Contract
23/24
Agency
PREMIUM

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Veli-Matti Vittasmäki Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2005-06 TPS U16 U16 SM-sarja Q 11* 1* 8* 9* 4* -* |
TPS U16 U16 SM-sarja 10* 0* 0* 0* 2* -* | Playoffs 2 0 0 0 2 -
Finland U16 (all) International-Jr 3* 1* 0* 1* 0* -* |
2006-07 TPS U18 U18 SM-sarja 32* 1* 5* 6* 18* -* |
2007-08 TPS U18 U18 SM-sarja 7* 1* 3* 4* 12* -* |
TPS U20 U20 SM-liiga 41* 1* 6* 7* 20* -7* | Relegation 8 0 1 1 2 -4
Finland U18 WJC-18 6* 0* 0* 0* 6* 3* |
Finland U18 (all) International-Jr 14* 1* 0* 1* 8* -* |
2008-09 TPS U20 U20 SM-liiga 26* 4* 10* 14* 52* 6* | Playoffs 12 0 5 5 10 -5
TPS SM-liiga 32* 0* 1* 1* 4* -6* |
Suomi U20 Mestis 6* 0* 0* 0* 6* 1* |
Finland U20 WJC-20 6* 0* 1* 1* 0* 2* |
2009-10 TPS U20 U20 SM-liiga 4* 0* 3* 3* 2* 3* |
TPS SM-liiga 34* 0* 4* 4* 24* 4* | Playoffs 15 0 2 2 6 0
TuTo Hockey Mestis 11* 2* 3* 5* 2* 0* |
Suomi U20 Mestis 6* 0* 2* 2* 4* 2* |
Finland U20 WJC-20 6* 0* 1* 1* 2* -2* |
Finland U20 (all) “A” International-Jr 15* 0* 4* 4* 14* -* |
2010-11 TPS SM-liiga 56* 2* 5* 7* 20* -9* |
2011-12 TPS SM-liiga 59* 1* 2* 3* 36* -21* | Playoffs 2 0 0 0 0 -2
2012-13 TPS “A” SM-liiga 60* 3* 5* 8* 28* 2* |
2013-14 TPS Liiga 55* 0* 7* 7* 22* -25* |
2014-15 TPS Liiga 15* 1* 0* 1* 6* -3* |
TUTO Hockey Mestis 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* 1* |
KalPa Liiga 28* 1* 3* 4* 4* 4* | Playoffs 6 0 1 1 0 0
2015-16 Ilves Liiga 60* 5* 16* 21* 24* 0* |
2016-17 Ilves “A” Liiga 38* 2* 5* 7* 10* 10* | Playoffs 10 0 1 1 6 -1
Finland (all) International 7* 0* 3* 3* 0* 4* |
2017-18 Tappara “A” Liiga 53* 4* 9* 13* 18* 15* | Playoffs 16 0 3 3 2 3
2018-19 Tappara “A” Liiga 46* 5* 7* 12* 2* 8* | Playoffs 11 0 1 1 8 0
Finland (all) International 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* 1* |
2019-20 Tappara “A” Liiga 59* 2* 15* 17* 10* 4* |
Finland (all) International 4* 0* 1* 1* 0* 0* |
2020-21 Severstal Cherepovets KHL 55* 0* 6* 6* 6* -1* | Playoffs 5 0 0 0 2 1
Finland (all) International 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* -2* |
2021-22 Tappara Liiga 50* 2* 12* 14* 12* 12* | Playoffs 15 1 2 3 0 5
Finland (all) International 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |
2022-23 Tappara Liiga 56* 6* 9* 15* 2* 10* | Playoffs 14 2 2 4 2 4
Finland (all) International 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* -3* |
2023-24 Tappara “A” Liiga 58* 3* 17* 20* 8* 24* | Playoffs 16 2 4 6 10 8
Finland (all) International 7* 0* 2* 2* 0* 2* |
Finland WC -* -* -* -* -* -* |

Veli-Matti Vittasmäki Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2010-11 TPS ET 8* 0* 1* 1* 4* -* | Playoffs 3 0 0 0 0 -
2011-12 TPS ET 7* 0* 1* 1* 8* -* |
2012-13 TPS ET 8* 1* 1* 1* 8* -* |
2013-14 TPS ET 8* 2* 0* 2* 8* -* |
2014-15 TPS Champions HL 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |
2016-17 Finland EHT 3* 0* 2* 2* 0* 2* |
2017-18 Tappara Champions HL 8* 2* 2* 4* 2* 0* |
2018-19 Tappara Champions HL 8* 1* 2* 3* 0* 8* |
Finland EHT 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* 1* |
2019-20 Tappara Champions HL 7* 0* 0* 0* 4* 3* |
Finland EHT 4* 0* 1* 1* 0* 0* |
2020-21 Finland EHT 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* -2* |
2021-22 Tappara Champions HL 10* 1* 5* 6* 6* 6* |
Finland EHT 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |
2022-23 Tappara Champions HL 12* 0* 0* 0* 2* 4* |
Finland EHT 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* -3* |
2023-24 Tappara Champions HL 6* 0* 0* 0* 0* 2* |
Finland EHT 6* 0* 2* 2* 0* 2* |

Veli-Matti Vittasmäki Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
Champions HL 7 53* 4* 9* 13* 0.25* 14* 23* | 0 * * * * * *
EHT 7 21* 0* 5* 5* 0.24* 0* 0* | 0 * * * * * *
ET 4 31* 3* 3* 5* 0.16* 28* -* | 1 3 0 * 0 * 0 * 0.00 * 0 * - *
International 7 26* 0* 6* 6* 0.23* 0* 2* | 0 * * * * * *
International-Jr 3 32* 2* 4* 6* 0.19* 22* -* | 0 * * * * * *
KHL 1 55* 0* 6* 6* 0.11* 6* -1* | 1 5 0 * 0 * 0 * 0.00 * 2 * 1 *
Liiga (SM-liiga) 15 759* 37* 117* 154* 0.20* 230* 29* | 9 105 5 * 16 * 21 * 0.20 * 34 * 17 *
Mestis 3 24* 2* 5* 7* 0.29* 12* 4* | 0 * * * * * *
U16 SM-sarja 1 10* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 2* -* | 1 2 0 * 0 * 0 * 0.00 * 2 * - *
U16 SM-sarja Q 1 11* 1* 8* 9* 0.82* 4* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U18 SM-sarja 2 39* 2* 8* 10* 0.26* 30* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja) 3 71* 5* 19* 24* 0.34* 74* 2* | 2 20 0 * 6 * 6 * 0.30 * 12 * -9 *
WC 1 -* -* -* -* -* -* -* | 0 * * * * * *
WJC-18 1 6* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 6* 3* | 0 * * * * * *
WJC-20 2 12* 0* 2* 2* 0.17* 2* 0* | 0 * * * * * *

Veli-Matti Vittasmäki Career Highlights

Season
Awards by season
Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
05/19/2021
05/19/2021 Confirmed Severstal Cherepovets Tappara
05/01/2020
05/01/2020 Confirmed Tappara Severstal Cherepovets
12/23/2019
12/23/2019 Extension Tappara Tappara
05/29/2017
05/29/2017 Confirmed Ilves Tappara
11/04/2015
11/04/2015 Extension Ilves Ilves
05/02/2015
05/02/2015 Confirmed TPS Ilves
12/26/2014
12/26/2014 Loan TPS KalPa
10/21/2014
10/21/2014 Loan TPS TUTO Hockey
05/05/2014
05/05/2014 Extension TPS TPS
11/28/2012
11/28/2012 Extension TPS TPS
03/10/2011
03/10/2011 Extension TPS TPS
01/21/2010
01/21/2010 Extension TPS TPS
Player Biography and Trivia

Career transactions:
- 2011-03-10 • Signed to a two-year contract by TPS
- 2010-01-21 • Signed to a one-year contract by TPS
- 2008-10-08 • Signed to a two-year contract by TPS
- 2008 • Signed to a one-year contract by TPS

Memorable dates
- 2011-01-15 • Scored first Liiga goal (assisted by T.Suominen and M.Virtala), vs. Pelicans(N.Hovinen)
- 2009-12-26 • Selected to U20 World Junior Championship roster
- 2008-12-16 • Selected to U20 World Junior Championship roster
- 2008-09-13 • Made Liiga debut against Jokerit
- 2008-03-31 • Selected to U18 World Junior Championship roster