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Tommi Santala

Tommi Santala was born June 27, 1979 in Helsinki, Finland. The ninth round, 245th overall selection of the Atlanta Thrashers in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, Santala honed his skills in the Finnish Junior and Elite Leagues before making his North American debut in 2003-04.

An offensively gifted forward, Santala played nine seasons in Finland and was a member of its 2003 World Championship team and was instrumental in leading Finland to a Gold Medal at the 2002 Karlja Cup where he was named a Second Team All-Star. In 2003-04, Santala split his first season in North American between the Thrashers and the teams AHL affiliate in Chicago.

			REGULAR SEASON						PLAYOFFS
Season	Club	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1995-96	Jokerit Helsinki U18	Fin-U18	25	8	4	12	12		6	1	2	3	4
1996-97	Jokerit Helsinki U18	Fin-U18	30	13	19	32	64
1996-97	Jokerit Helsinki Jr.	Fin-Jr.	20	0	2	2	10		5	0	0	0	0
1997-98	Jokerit Helsinki Jr.	Fin-Jr.	36	10	28	38	48		8	0	1	1	4
1998-99	Jokerit Helsinki Jr.	Fin-Jr.	30	20	24	44	20		8	1	3	4	22
1998-99	Jokerit Helsinki	Finland	30	0	0	0	14		3	0	0	0	0
1998-99	Jokerit Helsinki	EuroHL	1	0	2	2	0		1	0	0	0	0
1998-99	Finland	WJC-A	6	1	1	2	6
1999-00	Jokerit Helsinki Jr.	Fin-Jr.	5	6	4	10	4
1999-00	Jokerit Helsinki	Finland	14	0	1	1	2
1999-00	HPK Hameenlinna Jr.	Fin-Jr.	6	7	3	10	4
1999-00	HPK Hameenlinna	Finland	38	8	19	27	63		8	3	4	7	10
2000-01	HPK Hameenlinna	Finland	56	16	24	40	90
2001-02	HPK Hameenlinna	Finland	17	6	16	22	14
2002-03	HPK Hameenlinna	Finland	50	13	38	51	92		13	6	6	12	18
2002-03	Finland	WC-A	7	0	1	1	6	+1
2003-04	Atlanta Thrashers	NHL	33	1	2	3	22	-7
2003-04	Chicago Wolves	AHL	50	15	22	37	34	+1	10	1	6	7	31
2004-05	Chicago Wolves	AHL	67	8	40	48	83	+12	18	5	6	11	42
2005-06	Jokerit Helsinki	Finland	43	9	23	32	80
2005-06	Finland	WC-A	1	0	0	0	2	0
2006-07	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	30	1	5	6	24	0	1	0	0	0	0
2006-07	Manitoba Moose	AHL	6	0	3	3	8	0
2007-08	Jokerit Helsinki	Finland	56	28	30	58	82		13	4	12	16	18
2008-09	Kloten Flyers	Swiss	50	13	35	48	96		15	4	5	9	18
2008-09	Finland	WC-A	7	0	0	0	4	0
2009-10	Kloten Flyers	Swiss	47	17	32	49	59		10	4	5	9	20
2009-10	Finland	WC-A	6	0	0	0	4	-3
2010-11	Kloten Flyers	Swiss	49	10	36	46	78		16	4	7	11	32
2011-12	Kloten Flyers	Swiss	47	9	35	44	46		5	1	2	3	4
NHL Totals			63	2	7	9	46		1	0	0	0	0

Assigned to Jokerit Helsinki (Finland) by Atlanta, October 5, 2005. Traded to Vancouver by Atlanta with Atlanta's 5th round choice (Charles-Antoine Messier) in 2007 Entry Draft for Atlanta's 4th round choice (previously acquired, Atlanta selected Niklas Lucenius) in 2007 Entry Draft, June 14, 2006. Missed majority of 2006-07 due to a knee injury at Vancouver, December 8, 2006. Signed as a free agent by Jokerit Helsinki (Finland), September 5, 2007.

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