Tommi Santala

Infobox Ice Hockey Player


image_size =
team = Kloten Flyers
former_teams=Atlanta Thrashers
Vancouver Canucks
league = NLA
position = Centre
shoots = Right
height_ft = 6
height_in = 3
weight_lb = 210
nickname = The Sandman
nationality = FIN
birth_date = birth date and age|1979|6|27
birth_place = Helsinki, FIN
draft = 245th overall
draft_year = 1999
draft_team = Atlanta Thrashers
career_start = 1998

Tommi Santala (born June 27, 1979 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish ice hockey player, currently representing 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 organisation, he returned to Helsinki.

Movements

*June 26, 1999 — Drafted by the Atlanta Thrashers in the 9th round, 245th overall.
*June 14, 2006 — Traded to the Vancouver Canucks along with a 5th round pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft for a conditional draft pick in the 2007 NHL Entry Draft.

Career statistics

International play

*Played for Team Finland in the 2003 Ice Hockey World Championships.

International statistics

External links

*