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Tommi Santala
Position Centre
Shoots Right
Nickname(s) The Sandman
Height
Weight
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
210 lb (95 kg)
NLA Team
F. Teams
Kloten Flyers
Atlanta Thrashers
Vancouver Canucks
Born (1979-06-27)June 27, 1979,
Helsinki, FIN
NHL Draft 245th overall, 1999
Atlanta Thrashers
Pro Career 1998 – present


Tommi Santala (born June 27, 1979 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish ice hockey player, currently playing for the Kloten Flyers of Switzerland's National League A.

Santala started his pro career in Jokerit in the Finnish SM-liiga in the 1998–99 season. After a total of four seasons with HPK, Santala moved to the Thrashers' organisation for the 2003–04 NHL season. Santala divided his time between 50 games in the AHL Chicago Wolves and 33 NHL games. He spent the 2004–05 NHL lockout with the Wolves. After the lockout, Santala played for Jokerit, and after a year with the Vancouver Canucks organization, he returned to Helsinki.

Movements[]

Career statistics[]

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1998–99 Jokerit SM-liiga 30 0 0 0 14 3 0 0 0 0
1999–00 Jokerit SM-liiga 14 0 1 1 2
1999–00 HPK SM-liiga 38 8 19 27 63 8 3 4 7 10
2000–01 HPK SM-liiga 56 16 24 40 90
2001–02 HPK SM-liiga 17 6 16 22 14
2002–03 HPK SM-liiga 50 13 38 51 92 13 6 6 12 18
2003–04 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 33 1 2 3 22
2003–04 Chicago Wolves AHL 50 15 22 37 34 10 1 6 7 31
2004–05 Chicago Wolves AHL 67 8 40 48 83 18 5 6 11 42
2005–06 Jokerit SM-liiga 43 9 23 32 80
2006–07 Manitoba Moose AHL 6 0 3 3 8
2006–07 Vancouver Canucks NHL 30 1 5 6 24 1 0 0 0 0
2007–08 Jokerit SM-liiga 56 28 30 58 82
2008–09 Kloten Flyers NLA 50 13 35 48 96
NHL totals 63 2 7 9 46 1 0 0 0 0

International play[]

International statistics

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
2003 Finland WC 7 0 1 1 6

External links[]


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