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Veli-Pekka Ketola
Вели-Пекка Кетола
- Position: center
- Player status: retired
- Gender: male
- Nationality: Finland
- Birth date: 28.03.1948 (77 years)
- Birth place: Pori, Finland
- Height: 187 cm / 6' 1"
- Weight: 108 kg / 238 lbs
- Shoots: left
- Trivia: Top Scorer (SM-sarja 70-71, SM-liiga 78-79)
Most assists (SM-liiga 78-79)
Finnish Player of the Year (1974, 1978)
All Star Team (SM-sarja 67-68, 69-70, 70-71, 73-74; SM-liiga 77-78, 78-79)
Best +/- (SM-liiga 78-79)
Lynces Academici Forward Award (SM-sarja 73-74, SM-liiga 80-81)
WHA Champion 1976
Ilta-Sanomat Star player (SM-liiga 80-81)
Key Player (SM-liiga 80-81)
Jääkiekkoleijona #72
Porin Ässät 1993-97 head coach
Porin Ässät 1994-2000 GM
Number (#13) retired by Ässät
Coach stats
| Season | Team | League | Pos | LPos | W | L | D | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995-96 | Ässät | SM-liiga | GM | |||||
| 1995-96 | Ässät | SM-liiga | Head Coach | |||||
| Left: 3.10.1996 | Reason of leaving: step aside | ||||||||
| 1994-95 | Ässät | SM-liiga | GM | |||||
| 1994-95 | Ässät | SM-liiga (Play-off) | Head Coach | 3. | ||||
| Leavel reached: bronze | ||||||||
| 1994-95 | Ässät | SM-liiga | Head Coach | 6. | 20 | 19 | 11 | |
| 1993-94 | Ässät | SM-liiga (Play-off) | Head Coach | 5. | ||||
| 1993-94 | Ässät | SM-liiga | Head Coach | 2. | 25 | 16 | 7 | |
Player national stats
| Season | Team | League | # | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015-16 | Finland | WLHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 1980-81 | Finland | Canada Cup | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1975-76 | Finland | Canada Cup | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1973-74 | Finland | World Championship | 10 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 4 | ||
| 1972-73 | Finland | World Championship | 10 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | ||
| 1971-72 | Finland | Olympics | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | ||
| 1971-72 | Finland | World Championship | 9 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | ||
| 1970-71 | Finland | World Championship | 6 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 1969-70 | Finland | World Championship | 10 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 32 | ||
| 1968-69 | Finland | World Championship | 8 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1967-68 | Finland | Olympics | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
Player club stats
| Season | Team | League | # | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982-83 | Kalpa | I divisioona | 6 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 6 | ||
| 1981-82 |  Colorado Rockies | NHL | 44 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 4 | ||
| 1980-81 | Ässät | SM-liiga | 13 | 36 | 23 | 39 | 62 | 61 | |
| 1979-80 | Ässät | SM-liiga (Play-off) | 13 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 40 | |
| 1979-80 | Ässät | SM-liiga | 13 | 36 | 22 | 38 | 60 | 61 | |
| 1978-79 | Ässät | SM-liiga | 13 | 36 | 23 | 49 | 72 | 66 | |
| 1977-78 | Ässät | SM-liiga (Play-off) | 13 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 22 | |
| 1977-78 | Ässät | SM-liiga | 13 | 36 | 27 | 29 | 56 | 59 | |
| 1976-77 |  Calgary Cowboys | WHA | 17 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | ||
| 1976-77 | Winnipeg Jets | WHA | 12 | 64 | 25 | 29 | 54 | 59 | |
| 1975-76 | Winnipeg Jets | WHA | 12 | 80 | 32 | 36 | 68 | 32 | |
| 1974-75 | Winnipeg Jets | WHA | 12 | 74 | 23 | 28 | 51 | 25 | |
| 1973-74 | Ässät | SM-sarja | 13 | 35 | 23 | 21 | 44 | 44 | |
| 1972-73 | Ässät | SM-sarja | 13 | 36 | 25 | 16 | 41 | 74 | |
| 1971-72 | Ässät | SM-sarja | 13 | 32 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 25 | |
| 1970-71 | Ässät | SM-sarja | 13 | 31 | 25 | 17 | 42 | 31 | |
| 1969-70 | Jokerit | SM-sarja | 13 | 22 | 25 | 12 | 37 | 26 | |
| 1968-69 | Ässät | SM-sarja | 13 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 24 | 22 | |
| 1967-68 | Ässät | SM-sarja | 13 | 20 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 16 | |
| 1966-67 | Karhut Pori | SM-sarja | 20 | 15 | 10 | 25 | 30 | ||
| 1965-66 | Karhut Pori | SM-sarja | 19 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 12 | ||
| 1964-65 | Karhut Pori | SM-sarja | 18 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||
| 1963-64 | Karhut Pori | SM-sarja | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Leagues
Czech Rep.:
Tipsport extraliga |
1.liga |
2.liga
Slovakia:
Tipsport Extraliga |
1.liga
Sweden:
SHL |
HockeyAllsvenskan
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