International Outstanding international career ... Participated at four Olympics, 11 World and European Championships and the 1976 Canada Cup ... In these tournaments, he saw action in 109 games and scored 35 goals ... In total, he played in 277 games for the Finnish National Team (trailing only Lasse Oksanen in team history) and collected 93 goals and 49 assists for 142 points.
Career Started his career at 18 with Karpat Oulu in 1965-66 ... Played the next three seasons with Upon Pallo Lahti ... Was invited to join HJK Helsinki in 1969 and played there for three seasons ... Spent the next 11 seasons with HIFK Helsinki ... His last season, 1983-84, played with Liekkoreipas Lahti ... Played on national title-winning teams three times: 1973-74, 1979-80 and 1982-83 ... In the Finnish League, he played in 488 games and recorded 317 goals and 210 assists for 527 points. |