Risto Siltanen
Risto Siltanen ( born October 31, 1958 in Mänttä ) is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League, among others, for the Edmonton Oilers, Hartford Whalers and Quebec Nordiques in its active between 1973 and 1997.
- 2.1 International
Career
Risto Siltanen began his career as a hockey player at youth level Ilves Tampere, for the first team he in the 1976/77 season his debut in the SM- liiga was, where he scored ten goals in 36 games and had seven assists. Because of his achievements, he was then elected to the All-Star team of the SM- liiga, and received the award for best Neuprofi of the year. After the following season the defender in the NHL Amateur Draft was selected in the eleventh round when a total of 173 players in 1978 by the St. Louis Blues, for which he, however, never played. Instead, he signed with the Edmonton Oilers of the World Hockey Association, where he finished the 1978/79 season, after he had begun the season with Ilves in the SM- liiga. Even after the dissolution of the WHA and the exchange of Edmonton in the National Hockey League, the Finn was the team from Alberta received, with whom he took a total of three years in the NHL.
On August 19, 1982 Siltanen was issued together with the rights to Brent Loney in exchange for Ken Linseman and Don Nachbaur to the Hartford Whalers for in the NHL, he was on the ice four seasons long before it just before the end of the Trade Deadline in the season 1985/86 was transferred for John Anderson to the Quebec Nordiques. For the Nordiques of the NHL and their farm team Fredericton Express of the American Hockey League the right shooter ran on well for a year, as then for the SC Bern of the Swiss National League A. From 1988 to 1996 was the former national team four years for his former club Ilves Tampere of the SM - liiga in, and TuTo Turku first. divisioona in the second class I and subsequently also in the SM- liiga on the ice With Ilves failed Siltanen in the 1989/90 season until the final of the championship playoffs TPS Turku, while in 1994 the rise reached TuTo hockey in the SM- liiga.
His career ended Siltanen at the age of 38 years following the 1996/97 season, in which he took in the third class 2 League South for the SC Bietigheim- Bissingen and with whom he achieved promotion to the 1st League.
Internationally
For Finland took Siltanen at the Junior World Championships in 1977 and 1978, as well as the World Championships 1977, 1978 and 1983 in part.