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Finland Veeti Vainio
#45 Sheffield Steelers / EIHL - 24/25
1-time U18 WJC Silver Medal 1
Date of Birth
Jun 16, 1997
Position
D
Age
28
Height
6'2" / 189 cm
Place of Birth
Espoo, FIN
Weight
185 lbs / 84 kg
Nation
Finland
Shoots
R
Youth Team
GrIFK
Contract
24/25
Drafted
2015 round 5 #141 overall by Columbus Blue Jackets
Agency
PREMIUM

Brothers: Iiro Vainio & Valtteri Vainio

© Photo: Bildbyrån

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Veeti Vainio Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2010-11 GrIFK U16 U16 I-divisioona 5* 0* 1* 1* 0* -* |
2011-12 Blues U16 U16 SM-sarja Q 7* 2* 2* 4* 8* -* |
Blues U16 U16 SM-sarja 25* 5* 11* 16* 14* -* | Playoffs 9 1 3 4 2 -
2012-13 Blues U16 Akatemia U16 SM-sarja Q 2* 1* 2* 3* 0* -* |
Blues U16 U16 SM-sarja 4* 2* 2* 4* 0* -* | Playoffs 9 4 3 7 41 -
Blues U18 U18 SM-sarja 27* 2* 9* 11* 30* -* |
Finland U16 (all) International-Jr 3* 0* 3* 3* 12* 0* |
2013-14 Blues U18 U18 SM-sarja 4* 1* 3* 4* 10* -* | Playoffs 2 1 1 2 4 -
Blues U18 Akatemia U18 SM-sarja 1* 1* 2* 3* 0* -* |
Blues U20 U20 SM-liiga 35* 9* 14* 23* 46* 21* | Playoffs 11 5 5 10 2 11
Finland U17 (all) International-Jr 12* 4* 4* 8* 6* -1* |
2014-15 Blues U20 “A” U20 SM-liiga 42* 13* 31* 44* 42* 22* | Playoffs 5 2 5 7 4 1
Blues Liiga 2* 0* 1* 1* 0* 0* | Playoffs 1 0 0 0 0 0
Finland U18 WJC-18 7* 0* 1* 1* 10* -1* |
Finland U18 (all) International-Jr 23* 2* 5* 7* 42* -3* |
2015-16 Blues U20 U20 SM-liiga 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* | Playoffs 2 2 0 2 2 2
KeuPa HT Mestis 6* 1* 4* 5* 18* 2* |
Blues Liiga 30* 0* 4* 4* 47* -2* |
Finland U19 (all) International-Jr 3* 0* 1* 1* 4* -2* |
Finland U20 (all) International-Jr 3* 0* 0* 0* 0* 3* |
2016-17 KooKoo Liiga 7* 0* 1* 1* 4* -3* |
Peliitat Mestis 2* 1* 1* 2* 2* 2* |
Finland U20 (all) International-Jr 3* 0* 0* 0* 4* 0* |
2017-18 Kiekko-Vantaa Mestis 11* 2* 2* 4* 29* 0* |
2018-19 SaiPa Liiga 8* 0* 0* 0* 4* -3* |
2019-20 SaiPa Liiga 47* 8* 18* 26* 70* 0* |
2020-21 SaiPa Liiga 17* 1* 3* 4* 16* -3* |
Pelicans Liiga 14* 2* 3* 5* 10* -2* | Playoffs 5 1 0 1 4 1
2021-22 IF Björklöven HockeyAllsvenskan 13* 1* 4* 5* 31* 5* | Qualification 2 0 1 1 0 0
2022-23 IF Björklöven HockeyAllsvenskan 30* 0* 4* 4* 41* 5* | Qualification 9 0 0 0 29 -5
2023-24 Södertälje SK HockeyAllsvenskan 11* 0* 0* 0* 4* -2* |
2024-25 Sheffield Steelers EIHL 25* 3* 4* 7* 2* 11* | Playoffs 4 0 1 1 0 3

Veeti Vainio Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2014-15 Blues U20 “A” JCWC 5* 0* 3* 3* 12* -3* |
Finland U18 Ivan Hlinka Memorial 4* 0* 1* 1* 14* 0* |
2015-16 Blues Champions HL 6* 0* 0* 0* 2* -2* |
2024-25 Sheffield Steelers Champions HL 2* 0* 1* 1* 0* 0* |
Sheffield Steelers EIHL Cup 2* 0* 1* 1* 0* 1* |

Veeti Vainio Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
Champions HL 2 8* 0* 1* 1* 0.13* 2* -2* | 0 * * * * * *
EIHL 1 25* 3* 4* 7* 0.28* 2* 11* | 1 4 0 * 1 * 1 * 0.25 * 0 * 3 *
EIHL Cup 1 2* 0* 1* 1* 0.50* 0* 1* | 0 * * * * * *
Ivan Hlinka Memorial (Hlinka Gretzky Cup) 1 4* 0* 1* 1* 0.25* 14* 0* | 0 * * * * * *
HockeyAllsvenskan 3 54* 1* 8* 9* 0.17* 76* 8* | 2 11 0 * 1 * 1 * 0.09 * 29 * -5 *
International-Jr 5 47* 6* 13* 19* 0.40* 68* -3* | 0 * * * * * *
JCWC 1 5* 0* 3* 3* 0.60* 12* -3* | 0 * * * * * *
Liiga 6 125* 11* 30* 41* 0.33* 151* -13* | 2 6 1 * 0 * 1 * 0.17 * 4 * 1 *
Mestis 3 19* 4* 7* 11* 0.58* 49* 4* | 0 * * * * * *
U16 I-divisioona 1 5* 0* 1* 1* 0.20* 0* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U16 SM-sarja 2 29* 7* 13* 20* 0.69* 14* -* | 2 18 5 * 6 * 11 * 0.61 * 43 * - *
U16 SM-sarja Q 2 9* 3* 4* 7* 0.78* 8* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U18 SM-sarja 2 32* 4* 14* 18* 0.56* 40* -* | 1 2 1 * 1 * 2 * 1.00 * 4 * - *
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja) 3 78* 22* 45* 67* 0.86* 88* 43* | 3 18 9 * 10 * 19 * 1.06 * 8 * 14 *
WJC-18 1 7* 0* 1* 1* 0.14* 10* -1* | 0 * * * * * *

Veeti Vainio Career Highlights

Season
Awards by season
Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
11/10/2024
11/10/2024 Confirmed No team Sheffield Steelers
05/13/2023
05/13/2023 Confirmed IF Björklöven Södertälje SK
06/06/2021
06/06/2021 Confirmed SaiPa IF Björklöven
01/30/2021
01/30/2021 Loan SaiPa Pelicans
12/19/2019
12/19/2019 Extension SaiPa SaiPa
04/03/2019
04/03/2019 Extension SaiPa SaiPa
05/03/2018
05/03/2018 Confirmed KooKoo SaiPa
10/12/2017
10/12/2017 Loan KooKoo Kiekko-Vantaa
11/08/2016
11/08/2016 Loan KooKoo Peliitat
04/26/2016
04/26/2016 Confirmed Blues KooKoo
10/05/2015
10/05/2015 Loan Blues KeuPa HT
02/24/2015
02/24/2015 Extension Blues U20 Blues
Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2014, 4 #169 overall by Jokerit in the KHL Draft

2015 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #85 by FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS

2015 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #25 by NHL CENTRAL SCOUTING (EU Skaters

Career transactions
- 2015-02-24 • Signed to a two-year + option year contract with Blues

Career assingments
- 2015-10-05 • Loaned to KeuPa HT by Blues for a six game period

Other memoriable dates
- 2015-04-16 • Selected to U18 World Junior Championship roster
- 2015-03-07 • Made Liiga debut (vs.Kalpa) and scored first Liiga point (assist) at the same game. +/-: 0 S: 1 TOI: 13:34