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Veli-Pekka Ketola

International Played at two Olympics and seven World and European Championships from for Finland 1968 to 1974 ... Participated at 1976 and 1981 Canada Cup tournaments ... In his career with the National Team, he played in 186 games, recording 60 goals and 45 assists for 105 points.

Career Made his first appearance in the Finnish League at 15 with Karhut Pori ... Later played three full seasons with Karhut ... The majority of the career spent with Assat Pori (1967 to 1969, 1970 to 1974 and 1977 to 1981 ... Played one year (1969-70) with Jokerit Helsinki ... A member of teams that won the national title three times: 1964-65, 1970-71 and 1977-78 ... In the Finnish League, he played in 401 games, recording 263 goals and 271 assists for 534 points ... Spent three seasons with the Winnipeg Jets of the World Hockey Association (1974 to 1977) ... The Jets won the AVCO Cup in 1975-76 WHA season ... In 1981-82 played in the NHL with the Colorado Rockies.

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Career International Tournament Statistics
Year Tournament No. GP G A TP PIM
1981 Canada Cup 13 5 0 0 0 6
1976 Canada Cup 13 5 0 0 0 2
1976 Izvestia/Baltica Cup 12 4 0 1 1 0
1974 World & European Championships -- Pool A 13 10 7 3 10 4
1973 Izvestia/Baltica Cup 13 4 0 1 1 0
1973 World & European Championships -- Pool A 13 10 2 2 4 12
1972 Olympic Games -- Men's Hockey 9 6 1 3 4 7
1972 World & European Championships -- Pool A 9 9 4 3 7 4
1971 Izvestia/Baltica Cup 13 2 0 0 0 0
1971 World & European Championships -- Pool A 9 6 5 1 6 4
1970 Izvestia/Baltica Cup 7 4 1 1 2 0
1970 World & European Championships -- Pool A 11 10 4 3 7 32
1969 Izvestia/Baltica Cup 11 5 2 - - -
1969 World & European Championships -- Pool A 15 8 0 2 2 2
1968 Olympic Games -- Men's Hockey 17 7 2 1 3 10
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