Veeti Vainio

#45 Sheffield Steelers / EIHL - 24/25

Date of Birth: Jun 16, 1997
Age: 29
Place of Birth: Espoo, FIN
Nation: Finland
Youth Team: GrIFK
Position: D
Height: 189 cm / 6'2"
Weight: 84 kg / 185 lbs
Shoots: R
Contract: -

Veeti Vainio Facts

Player Type: Heavy ShooterTwo-Way Defenseman
Drafted: 2015 round 5 #141 overall by Columbus Blue Jackets
Agency: Premium

Brothers: Iiro Vainio & Valtteri Vainio

Veeti Vainio Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2010-2011	GrIFK U16	U16 I-divisioona	5	0	1	1	0	-
2011-2012	Blues U16	U16 SM-sarja Q	7	2	2	4	8	-
2011-2012	Blues U16	U16 SM-sarja	25	5	11	16	14	-	Playoffs	9	1	3	4	2	-
2012-2013	Blues U16 Akatemia	U16 SM-sarja Q	2	1	2	3	0	-
2012-2013	Blues U16	U16 SM-sarja	4	2	2	4	0	-	Playoffs	9	4	3	7	41	-
2012-2013	Blues U18	U18 SM-sarja	27	2	9	11	30	-
2012-2013	Finland U16 (all)	International-Jr	3	0	3	3	12	0
2013-2014	Blues U18	U18 SM-sarja	4	1	3	4	10	-	Playoffs	2	1	1	2	4	-
2013-2014	Blues U18 Akatemia	U18 SM-sarja	1	1	2	3	0	-
2013-2014	Blues U20	U20 SM-liiga	35	9	14	23	46	21	Playoffs	11	5	5	10	2	11
2013-2014	Finland U17 (all)	International-Jr	12	4	4	8	6	-1
2014-2015	Blues U20 "A"	U20 SM-liiga	42	13	31	44	42	22	Playoffs	5	2	5	7	4	1
2014-2015	Blues	Liiga	2	0	1	1	0	0	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0	0
2014-2015	Finland U18	WJC-18	7	0	1	1	10	-1
2014-2015	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr	23	2	5	7	42	-3
2015-2016	Blues U20	U20 SM-liiga	1	0	0	0	0	0	Playoffs	2	2	0	2	2	2
2015-2016	KeuPa HT Loan	Mestis	6	1	4	5	18	2
2015-2016	Blues	Liiga	30	0	4	4	47	-2
2015-2016	Finland U19 (all)	International-Jr	3	0	1	1	4	-2
2015-2016	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	3	0	0	0	0	3
2016-2017	KooKoo	Liiga	7	0	1	1	4	-3
2016-2017	Peliitat Loan	Mestis	2	1	1	2	2	2
2016-2017	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	3	0	0	0	4	0
2017-2018	Kiekko-Vantaa Loan	Mestis	11	2	2	4	29	0
2018-2019	SaiPa	Liiga	8	0	0	0	4	-3
2019-2020	SaiPa	Liiga	47	8	18	26	70	0
2020-2021	SaiPa	Liiga	17	1	3	4	16	-3
2020-2021	Pelicans Loan	Liiga	14	2	3	5	10	-2	Playoffs	5	1	0	1	4	1
2021-2022	IF Björklöven	HockeyAllsvenskan	13	1	4	5	31	5	Qualification	2	0	1	1	0	0
2022-2023	IF Björklöven	HockeyAllsvenskan	30	0	4	4	41	5	Qualification	9	0	0	0	29	-5
2023-2024	Södertälje SK	HockeyAllsvenskan	11	0	0	0	4	-2
2024-2025	Sheffield Steelers	EIHL	25	3	4	7	2	11	Playoffs	4	0	1	1	0	3

Veeti Vainio Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2014-2015	Blues U20 "A"	JCWC	5	3	3	12	-3
2014-2015	Finland U18	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	4	1	1	14	0
2015-2016	Blues	Champions HL	6	0	0	2	-2
2024-2025	Sheffield Steelers	Champions HL	2	1	1	0	0
2024-2025	Sheffield Steelers	EIHL Cup	2	1	1	0	1

Veeti Vainio Career Totals

League	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	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
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
Ivan Hlinka Memorial (Hlinka Gretzky Cup)	1	4	0	1	1	0.25	14	0	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
2010-2011	U16 Pohjola Camp Roster (GrIFK)
2011-2012	U16 Huippu-Pohjola Camp Roster (Blues) U16 SM-sarja Champion
2012-2013	U16 SM-sarja Silver Medal U18 SM-sarja Silver Medal
2013-2014	U18 SM-sarja Silver Medal U20 SM-liiga Champion U20 SM-liiga Playoffs Most Goals by Defenseman (5)
2014-2015	U18 WJC Silver Medal U20 SM-liiga Bronze Medal U20 SM-liiga Most Assists by Defenseman (31) U20 SM-liiga Most Goals by Defenseman (13) U20 SM-liiga Most Points by Defenseman (44) U20 SM-liiga Playoffs Most Points by Defenseman (7) U20 SM-liiga Second All-Star Team
2015-2016	U20 SM-liiga Silver Medal
2021-2022	HockeyAllsvenskan Silver Medal

Transactions

Date	Status	From	To
11/10/2024	Confirmed	No team	Sheffield Steelers
05/13/2023	Confirmed	IF Björklöven	Södertälje SK
06/06/2021	Confirmed	SaiPa	IF Björklöven
01/30/2021	Loan	SaiPa	Pelicans
12/19/2019	Extension	SaiPa	SaiPa
04/03/2019	Extension	SaiPa	SaiPa
05/03/2018	Confirmed	KooKoo	SaiPa
10/12/2017	Loan	KooKoo	Kiekko-Vantaa
11/08/2016	Loan	KooKoo	Peliitat
04/26/2016	Confirmed	Blues	KooKoo
10/05/2015	Loan	Blues	KeuPa HT
02/24/2015	Extension	Blues U20	Blues

Veeti Vainio Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2014, 4 #169 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

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