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Urpo Ylonen

International Had a brilliant international career ... Made his debut with the Finnish National Team at the 1963 World and European Championships ... Played for the nationals until 1978 ... Participated at three Olympics and 10 World and European Championships ... Named the Best Goaltender of 1970 World and European Championship ... In total, he played in 188 games for the National Team.

Career Spent his entire Finnish League career with the clubs from Turku ... Played for TuTo Turku from 1965 to 1975 and for TPS Turku from 1975 to 1979 ... Won the national title with TPS in 1975-76 ... Played in 399 games in the Finnish league ...Continued his career in Germany with ERC Freiburg (1979 to 1983) ... Retired at the age of 40.

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Career International Tournament Statistics
Year Tournament No. GP W L T SO GA GAA GKD GPI MIPP SVS SOG SVSP
1978 World & European Championships -- Pool A 1 6 - - - - 25 4.17 - - - - - -
1977 World & European Championships -- Pool A 1 4 - - - - 18 5.4 - - - - - -
1976 Olympic Games -- Men's Hockey 1 3 - - - - 11 3.67 - - - - - -
1975 Izvestia/Baltica Cup 1 2 - - - - 8 5.05 - - - - - -
1971 World & European Championships -- Pool A 22 4 - - - - 25 6.82 - - - - - -
1970 World & European Championships -- Pool A 21 6 - - - - 18 3.0 - - - - - -
1969 World & European Championships -- Pool A 1 10 - - - - 49 5.14 - - - - - -
1968 Olympic Games -- Men's Hockey 1 7 - - - - 23 3.28 - - - - - -
1967 World & European Championships -- Pool A 1 5 - - - - 11 2.2 - - - - - -
1965 World & European Championships -- Pool A - 1 - - - - 4 4.0 - - - - - -
1964 Olympic Games -- Men's Hockey - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
1963 World & European Championships -- Pool A 17 1 - - - - 4 8.58 - - - - - -
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