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Veli-Matti Vittasmäki

#47 Kölner Haie / DEL - 25/26

Date of Birth

Jul 03, 1990

Position

Age

Height

6'1" / 185 cm

Place of Birth

Turku, FIN

Weight

209 lbs / 95 kg

Nation

Finland

Shoots

Youth Team

TuKV

Contract

25/26

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	WC	8*	0*	2*	2*	2*	-1*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	15*	0*	4*	4*	2*	1*	\|
2024-25	Kölner Haie	DEL	52*	6*	14*	20*	4*	22*	\|	Playoffs	17	0	3	3	8	-9
	Finland (all)	International	6*	1*	0*	1*	0*	0*	\|
2025-26	Kölner Haie	DEL	32*	2*	11*	13*	4*	16*	\|
	Projected	DEL	51*	3*	18*	21*	6*	26*	\|

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	7*	0*	2*	2*	0*	2*	\|
2024-25	Finland	EHT	6*	1*	0*	1*	0*	0*	\|

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		*	*	*	*	*	*
DEL	2	84*	8*	25*	33*	0.39*	8*	38*	\|	1	17	0 *	3 *	3 *	0.18 *	8 *	-9 *
EHT	8	28*	1*	5*	6*	0.21*	0*	0*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
ET	4	31*	3*	3*	5*	0.16*	28*	-*	\|	1	3	0 *	0 *	0 *	0.00 *	0 *	- *
International	8	40*	1*	8*	9*	0.23*	2*	1*	\|	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	8*	0*	2*	2*	0.25*	2*	-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

2006-2007
- U18 SM-sarja Silver Medal
2007-2008
- U18 WJC Top 3 Player on Team
2008-2009
- U20 SM-liiga Silver Medal
2009-2010
- SM-liiga Champion
- U20 WJC Top 3 Player on Team
2015-2016
- Liiga Highest ATOI (24:57)
2017-2018
- Liiga Silver Medal
2018-2019
- Liiga Bronze Medal
2021-2022
- Liiga Champion
2022-2023
- Champions Hockey League Champion
- Liiga Champion
2023-2024
- Liiga Champion
- Liiga Gentleman of the Year

Transactions

DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO
05/01/2025
05/01/2025	Extension	Kölner Haie	Kölner Haie
07/10/2024
07/10/2024	Confirmed	Tappara	Kölner Haie
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