Marko Palo
Marko Mikael Palo ( born September 26, 1967 in Jyväskylä ) is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey player who played in his time from 1985 to 2002 including for the HPK Hämeenlinna in the SM- liiga and the HV71 and the Malmö Redhawks in the Swedish Elitserien has. Since 2010 he works as a youth coach at HPK.
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Career
Marko Palo began his career as a hockey player with the HPK Hämeenlinna, for whom he made his debut in the divisioona I gave in the 1985/86 season and with which he became in the 1987/88 season in the SM- liiga. With Hämeenlinna the attacker was 1993 runner-up. In the season 1994/95 he became Swedish Champion with the HV71. After the success of the right-handed shooter remained in the Elitserien, where he ran aground in the following year for the Malmö Redhawks.
After two seasons in Sweden Palo 1996 returned to his native Finland, where he was from 1996 to 2001 for HPK Hämeenlinna on the ice, with which he 1997, 1999 and 2000, finished third in the SM- liiga. Only during the 1997/98 season the winger was in their league rivals Espoo Blues under contract. He also started the season 1999/ 00 when HC Vsetín in the Czech Extraliga. His career ended Palo in the season 2001/ 02 at Ässät Pori. He was honored with induction into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 2005.
Internationally
For Finland Palo participated in the World Championships in 1993, 1994 and 1995, and the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer part.