Tony Salmelainen

#8 HIFK / Liiga - 13/14

Date of Birth: Aug 08, 1981
Age: 45
Place of Birth: Espoo, FIN
Nation: Finland
Youth Team: Kiekko-Espoo
Position: LW/RW
Height: 176 cm / 5'9"
Weight: 83 kg / 183 lbs
Shoots: R
Status: Retired

Tony Salmelainen Facts

Player Type: SniperSpeedster
Drafted: 1999 round 2 #41 overall by Edmonton Oilers

A small and very fast winger. Salmelainen's biggest asset is his exceptional skating. His skating and energetic play style leads to scoring chances. He has good stickhandling skills and good technique. He is a good goal scorer.

Salmelainen's weaknesses are his size, strength and playing off the puck.

Father: Tommi Salmelainen
Brother: Tobias Salmelainen

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Tony Salmelainen Statistics

									Post
1995-1996	Kiekko-Espoo U16	U16 SM-sarja	31	15	10	25	26	-
1996-1997	Kiekko-Espoo U16	U16 SM-sarja	2	1	0	1	4	-
1996-1997	Kiekko-Espoo U18	U18 SM-sarja	30	8	5	13	38	-
1996-1997	Finland U16 (all) "A"	International-Jr	6	5	3	8	6	-
1997-1998	Kiekko-Espoo U18	U18 SM-sarja	5	2	2	4	10	-
1997-1998	HIFK U18	U18 SM-sarja	28	23	16	39	30	-
1997-1998	HIFK U20	U20 SM-liiga	5	0	0	0	0	-
1997-1998	Finland U17 (all)	International-Jr	1	0	0	0	0	-
1997-1998	Finland U18	EJC-18	6	1	1	2	0	-
1997-1998	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr	12	1	3	4	0	-
1998-1999	HIFK U20	U20 SM-liiga	21	13	10	23	45	-	Relegation	10	10	8	18	10	-
1998-1999	Finland U18 "A"	WJC-18	6	1	2	3	8	0
1998-1999	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr	6	1	2	3	8	-
1999-2000	HIFK U20	U20 SM-liiga	1	0	1	1	0	-
1999-2000	HIFK	SM-liiga	1	1	0	1	0	1
1999-2000	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	4	0	0	0	2	-
2000-2001	HIFK	SM-liiga	19	1	0	1	2	-2
2000-2001	Ilves U20	U20 SM-liiga	6	4	5	9	2	-
2000-2001	Ilves	SM-liiga	26	3	10	13	2	-4	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0	0
2000-2001	Finland U20	WJC-20	7	3	2	5	6	4
2000-2001	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	11	5	2	7	10	-
2001-2002	Ilves U20	U20 SM-liiga	2	6	0	6	0	3
2001-2002	Ilves	SM-liiga	49	10	9	19	30	0	Playoffs	3	0	0	0	2	-3
2001-2002	Finland (all)	International	7	0	0	0	6	-2
2002-2003	Hamilton Bulldogs	AHL	67	14	19	33	14	17	Playoffs	17	6	8	14	0	11
2003-2004	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	13	0	1	1	4	-1
2003-2004	Toronto Roadrunners	AHL	58	19	25	44	27	10	Playoffs	3	0	1	1	0	1
2004-2005	Edmonton Road Runners	AHL	76	22	24	46	26	9
2005-2006	HIFK "A"	SM-liiga	53	27	28	55	63	26	Playoffs	12	4	2	6	36	-2
2006-2007	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL	57	6	11	17	26	-3
2007-2008	Toronto Marlies	AHL	2	2	0	2	0	1
2007-2008	Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	Russia	29	3	4	7	2	-1	Playoffs	16	0	0	0	6	-2
2008-2009	Genève-Servette HC	NLA	29	16	12	28	28	-	Playoffs	4	1	2	3	2	-
2008-2009	Lausanne HC Loan	NLB	1	0	1	1	0	-
2009-2010	Genève-Servette HC	NLA	50	25	28	53	14	-	Playoffs	18	12	10	22	33	-
2009-2010	Lausanne HC Loan	NLB	0	0	0	0	0	-	Playoffs	1	2	0	2	0	-
2010-2011	Genève-Servette HC	NLA	43	10	11	21	34	-1	Playoffs	6	1	4	5	4	-
2011-2012	Genève-Servette HC	NLA	30	9	14	23	6	6
2012-2013	Genève-Servette HC	NLA	7	1	3	4	4	-1	Playoffs	7	2	0	2	10	-2
2012-2013	Lausanne HC Loan	NLB	1	1	1	2	0	-
2013-2014	HIFK	Liiga	7	3	2	5	2	-1

Tony Salmelainen Tournament Statistics


1999-2000	HIFK	Euro HL	1	0	0	0	0	0
2004-2005	Finland	EHT	3	2	0	2	0	-
2005-2006	Finland	EHT	6	1	0	1	6	-
2006-2007	Finland	EHT	2	0	0	0	0	0
2007-2008	Finland	EHT	3	1	1	2	0	-4
2008-2009	HC Davos Loan	Spengler Cup	4	0	1	1	0	-
2009-2010	Finland	EHT	3	1	0	1	2	0
2010-2011	Genève-Servette HC	Spengler Cup	4	0	2	2	2	-
2013-2014	HIFK	ET	4	1	3	4	4	-

Tony Salmelainen Career Totals by League


AHL	4	203	57	68	125	0.62	67	37	2	20	6	9	15	0.75	0	12
EHT	5	17	5	1	6	0.35	8	-4*	0
EJC-18	1	6	1	1	2	0.33	0	-	0
ET	1	4	1	3	4	1.00	4	-	0
Euro HL	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0
International	1	7	0	0	0	0.00	6	-2	0
International-Jr	5	40	12	10	22	0.55	26	-	0
Liiga (SM-liiga)	5	155	45	49	94	0.61	99	20	3	18	4	2	6	0.33	38	-5
NHL	2	70	6	12	18	0.26	30	-4	0
NLA (NL)	5	159	61	68	129	0.81	86	4*	4	35	16	16	32	0.91	49	-2*
NLB (SL)	3	2	1	2	3	1.50	0	-	1	1	2	0	2	2.00	0	-
Russia	1	29	3	4	7	0.24	2	-1	1	16	0	0	0	0.00	6	-2
Spengler Cup	2	8	0	3	3	0.38	2	-	0
U16 SM-sarja	2	33	16	10	26	0.79	30	-	0
U18 SM-sarja	2	63	33	23	56	0.89	78	-	0
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja)	5	35	23	16	39	1.11	47	3*	1	10	10	8	18	1.80	10	-
WJC-18	1	6	1	2	3	0.50	8	0	0
WJC-20	1	7	3	2	5	0.71	6	4	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Tony Salmelainen Career Totals by Team


Chicago Blackhawks	1	57	6	11	17	0.30	26	-3	0
Edmonton Oilers	1	13	0	1	1	0.08	4	-1	0
Edmonton Road Runners	1	76	22	24	46	0.61	26	9	0
Finland (EHT)	5	17	5	1	6	0.35	8	-4*	0
Finland (all)	1	7	0	0	0	0.00	6	-2	0
Finland U16 (all)	1	6	5	3	8	1.33	6	-	0
Finland U17 (all)	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	-	0
Finland U18	2	12	2	3	5	0.42	8	0	0
Finland U18 (all)	2	18	2	5	7	0.39	8	-	0
Finland U20	1	7	3	2	5	0.71	6	4	0
Finland U20 (all)	2	15	5	2	7	0.47	12	-	0
Genève-Servette HC	5	163	61	70	131	0.80	88	4*	4	35	16	16	32	0.91	49	-2*
Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL)	1	67	14	19	33	0.49	14	17	1	17	6	8	14	0.82	0	11
HC Davos	1	4	0	1	1	0.25	0	-	0
HIFK	4	85	33	33	66	0.78	71	24*	1	12	4	2	6	0.50	36	-2
HIFK U18	1	28	23	16	39	1.39	30	-	0
HIFK U20	3	27	13	11	24	0.89	45	-	1	10	10	8	18	1.80	10	-
Ilves	2	75	13	19	32	0.43	32	-4	2	6	0	0	0	0.00	2	-3
Ilves U20	2	8	10	5	15	1.88	2	3*	0
Kiekko-Espoo U16	2	33	16	10	26	0.79	30	-	0
Kiekko-Espoo U18	2	35	10	7	17	0.49	48	-	0
Lausanne HC	3	2	1	2	3	1.50	0	-	1	1	2	0	2	2.00	0	-
Lokomotiv Yaroslavl	1	29	3	4	7	0.24	2	-1	1	16	0	0	0	0.00	6	-2
Toronto Marlies	1	2	2	0	2	1.00	0	1	0
Toronto Roadrunners	1	58	19	25	44	0.76	27	10	1	3	0	1	1	0.33	0	1

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Tony Salmelainen Career Highlights

Season	Awards
1997-1998	U18 EJC Silver Medal
1998-1999	U18 WJC Gold Medal
2000-2001	SM-liiga Bronze Medal U20 WJC Silver Medal
2004-2005	AHL All-Star Game
2005-2006	SM-liiga All-Star Team SM-liiga Best Player of Regular Season (Lasse Oksanen Award) SM-liiga Golden Helmet SM-liiga Most Goals (Aarne Honkavaara Trophy) (27) SM-liiga Most Points (Veli-Pekka Ketola Trophy) (55) SM-liiga Player of the Month (October)
2009-2010	NL Media All-Star Team (Genève-Servette) NLA Most Goals Playoffs (12) NLB Champion (Lausanne)

Transactions

Date	Status	From	To
11/06/2013	Confirmed	HIFK	Retired
07/29/2013	Confirmed	Genève-Servette HC	HIFK
01/03/2010	Extension	Genève-Servette HC	Genève-Servette HC

Tony Salmelainen Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for Genève-Servette HC
Cult/Star player for HIFK
Cult/Star player for HIFK U18