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Veli-Pekka Ketola

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-2    Weight: 220 lbs.
Born: March 28, 1948 in Pori, Finland

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NHL/WHA Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1974-75 26 Winnipeg Jets WHA 74 23 28 51 0.69 20 0.27 -18 25 21 2 0 154 2.08 14.9
1975-76 27 Winnipeg Jets WHA 80 32 36 68 0.85 27 0.33 -4 32 24 8 0 1 339 4.24 9.4
1976-77 28 2 Teams WHA 81 29 35 64 0.79 25 0.31 -30 61 22 7 0 268 3.31 10.8
1976-77 28 Winnipeg Jets WHA 64 25 29 54 0.84 21 0.33 -13 59 19 6 0 210 3.28 11.9
1976-77 28 Calgary Cowboys WHA 17 4 6 10 0.59 4 0.23 -17 2 3 1 0 58 3.41 6.9
1981-82 33 Colorado Rockies NHL 44 9 5 14 0.32 6 0.14 26 10 33 0 -17 4 5 4 0 1 42 0.95 21.4
Career 1 Season NHL 44 9 5 14 0.32 6 0.14 26 10 33 0 -17 4 5 4 0 1 42 0.95 21.4
Career 3 Seasons WHA 235 84 99 183 0.78 72 0.30 -52 118 67 17 0 1 761 3.24 11.0

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1975-76 27 Winnipeg Jets WHA 13 7 5 12 0.92 7 2
Career 1 Season WHA 13 7 5 12 0.92 7 2

Other Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1963-64 15 Karhut Pori Finland 2 0 0 0 0.00 0
1964-65 16 Karhut Pori Finland 18 4 1 5 0.28 2
1965-66 17 Karhut Pori Finland 19 8 3 11 0.58 12
1966-67 18 Karhut Pori Finland 22 15 10 25 1.14 30
1967-68 19 Assat Pori Finland 20 12 13 25 1.25 16
1967-68 19 Finland Nat-Tm 13 10 7 17 1.31 13
1967-68 19 Finland Olympics 8 3 3 6 0.75 10
1968-69 20 Assat Pori Finland 20 15 9 24 1.20 22
1968-69 20 Finland Nat-Tm 11 1 4 5 0.45 10
1968-69 20 Finland WEC-A 8 0 2 2 0.25 2
1969-70 21 Jokerit Helsinki Finland 22 25 12 37 1.68 26
1969-70 21 Finland WEC-A 10 4 3 7 0.70 32
1970-71 22 Assat Pori Finland 31 25 17 42 1.35 31
1970-71 22 Finland Nat-Tm 17 6 7 13 0.76 16
1970-71 22 Finland WEC-A 6 5 1 6 1.00 4
1971-72 23 Assat Pori Finland 32 16 14 30 0.94 25
1971-72 23 Finland Nat-Tm 9 1 1 2 0.22 2
1971-72 23 Finland Olympics 6 1 3 4 0.67 7
1971-72 23 Finland WEC-A 9 4 3 7 0.78 4
1972-73 24 Assat Pori Finland 36 25 16 41 1.14 74
1972-73 24 Finland Nat-Tm 8 1 0 1 0.13 11
1972-73 24 Finland WEC-A 10 2 2 4 0.40 12
1973-74 25 Assat Pori Finland 35 23 21 44 1.26 44
1973-74 25 Finland Nat-Tm 18 4 1 5 0.28 6
1973-74 25 Finland WEC-A 10 7 3 10 1.00 4
1976-77 28 Finland Can-Cup 5 0 0 0 0.00 2
1976-77 28 Finland Nat-Tm 5 0 0 0 0.00 6
1977-78 29 Assat Pori Finland 36 27 29 56 1.56 59
1977-78 29 Finland Nat-Tm 6 1 1 2 0.33 20
1978-79 30 Assat Pori Finland 36 23 49 72 2.00 66
1979-80 31 Assat Pori Finland 36 22 38 60 1.67 61
1980-81 32 Assat Pori Finland 36 23 39 62 1.72 61
1981-82 33 Finland Can-Cup 5 0 0 0 0.00 6
1981-82 33 Finland Nat-Tm 5 1 2 3 0.60 2
1982-83 34 KalPa Kuopio Finland-2 6 4 8 12 2.00 6
Career 2 Seasons Can-Cup 10 0 0 0 0.00 8
Career 15 Seasons Finland 401 263 271 534 1.33 529
Career 1 Season Finland-2 6 4 8 12 2.00 6
Career 9 Seasons Nat-Tm 92 25 23 48 0.52 86
Career 2 Seasons Olympics 14 4 6 10 0.71 17
Career 6 Seasons WEC-A 53 22 14 36 0.68 58

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1977-78 29 Assat Pori Finland 9 10 10 20 2.22 0 22 0 0.00
1978-79 30 Assat Pori Finland 8 1 6 7 0.88 0 30 0 0.00
1979-80 31 Assat Pori Finland 7 3 7 10 1.43 0 40 0 0.00
1980-81 32 Assat Pori Finland 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 2 0 0.00
Career 4 Seasons Finland 26 14 23 37 1.42 0 94 0 0.00

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Games Played

1976-77 WHA 81 (2)

Goals

Career WHA 84 (87)

Transactions

Glossary ▪ Transaction information may be incomplete.

February 12, 1972: Selected by Calgary-Cleveland (WHA) in 1972 WHA General Player Draft, February 12, 1972.

August, 1974: WHA rights traded to Winnipeg (WHA) by Cleveland (WHA) for future considerations, August 1974.

March, 1977: Traded to Calgary (WHA) by Winnipeg (WHA) with Ron Ward and Heikki Riihiranta for Mike Ford, Danny Lawson and future considerations, March, 1977.

July 8, 1981: Signed as a free agent by Colorado, July 8, 1981.