Tony Salmelainen
Tony Salmelainen ( born August 8, 1981 in Espoo ) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who plays for HIFK Helsinki in 2013 in the SM- liiga. He was selected in the NHL Entry Draft in 1999 in the second round as the 41st of the Edmonton Oilers.
Career
Tony Salmelainen began his career in the juniors of Kiekko - Espoo, before he moved to the junior level of HIFK Helsinki shortly after the start of the 1997/98 season. In the season 1999/ 00 he ran the first time for the men's team of HIFK in the Finnish SM- liiga, and scored in his first game score, but had to stop due to an injury of the same game for the entire remainder of the season. After 19 games the following season, he moved for two years to Ilves Tampere.
In the 2003 /04 season Salmelainen first played in the NHL for the Edmonton Oilers. In 2005 he returned to Europe, played back at HIFK and was in the 2005/06 season one of the most successful players of the SM - liiga. Salmelainen made headlines when he was sent to the 2005/06 season in a game against HPK from the ice and in anger threw a trash can through a corridor to the dressing rooms. Here he met the driver of his team at the head. Salmelainen was interrogated by the police and received a match suspension over two games.
On 26 January 2006, the Edmonton Oilers Salmelainen exchanged against the defender Jaroslav Spacek of the Chicago Blackhawks. For the Blackhawks Salmelainen graduated from the season 2006/07. On June 16, 2007 Salmelainen was transferred together with Jassen Cullimore to the Montreal Canadiens, Sergei Samsonov the charges. Shortly thereafter bought out the Canadiens Salmelainen from his contract.
On 31 August 2007, he signed a one - year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs, but only put him in the farm team. Therefore Salmelainen broke the Vertragund returned to Europe, where he played for Lokomotiv Yaroslavl in the Super League.
In the season 2009/10 he was PostFinance top scorer of HC Servette Genève and reached with the association of the Swiss runner. In the final series, he was in the fifth game has after a brutal check to Etienne Froidevaux with a match penalty and a ban on four games, so he could not join in in the last two finals.
Awards and achievements
- 2005 AHL All- Star Classic
- Lasse Oksanen trophy - 2006
- 2006 Aarne - Honkavaara Trophy
- 2006 Veli -Pekka Ketola trophy -
- 2006 Kultainen kypärä
Internationally
Career Stats
( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )