Risto Siltanen
Encyclopedia
Risto Siltanen is a retired professional ice hockey
defenceman
. He played 8 seasons in the National Hockey League
for the Edmonton Oilers
, Hartford Whalers
, and Quebec Nordiques
.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
defenceman
Defenceman (ice hockey)
Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring...
. He played 8 seasons in the National Hockey League
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
for the Edmonton Oilers
Edmonton Oilers
The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ....
, Hartford Whalers
Hartford Whalers
The Hartford Whalers were a professional ice hockey team based for most of its existence in Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A.. The club played in the World Hockey Association from 1972–79 and in the National Hockey League from 1979–97...
, and Quebec Nordiques
Quebec Nordiques
The Quebec Nordiques were a professional ice hockey team based in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Nordiques played in the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League...
.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an... |
Team | League | GP | G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to... |
A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal... |
Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one... |
PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,... |
GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1978–79 | Edmonton Oilers Edmonton Oilers The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League .... |
WHA World Hockey Association The World Hockey Association was a professional ice hockey league that operated in North America from 1972 to 1979. It was the first major competition for the National Hockey League since the collapse of the Western Hockey League in 1926... |
20 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 9 | 4 | ||
| 1979–80 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 64 | 6 | 29 | 35 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1980–81 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 79 | 17 | 36 | 53 | 54 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 1981–82 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 63 | 15 | 48 | 63 | 26 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 | ||
| 1982–83 | Hartford Whalers Hartford Whalers The Hartford Whalers were a professional ice hockey team based for most of its existence in Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.A.. The club played in the World Hockey Association from 1972–79 and in the National Hockey League from 1979–97... |
NHL | 74 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 75 | 15 | 38 | 53 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984–85 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 76 | 12 | 33 | 45 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 52 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | Quebec Nordiques Quebec Nordiques The Quebec Nordiques were a professional ice hockey team based in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The Nordiques played in the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League... |
NHL | 13 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1986–87 1986–87 AHL season The 1986–87 AHL season was the 51st season of the American Hockey League. Thirteen teams played 80 games each in the schedule. The league institutes awarding one point in the standings, for an overtime loss... |
Fredericton Express Fredericton Express The Fredericton Express were a professional ice hockey team based in Fredericton, New Brunswick. They played in the American Hockey League between 1981 and 1988. The Express were affiliated with the Quebec Nordiques and Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League... |
AHL American Hockey League The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League... |
6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | Quebec Nordiques | NHL | 66 | 10 | 29 | 39 | 32 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 8 | ||
| 1988–89 | Ilves Tampere | FNL SM-liiga The SM-liiga is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. As of March 2008, it is ranked by the IIHF as the second strongest league in Europe. It was created in 1975 to replace the SM-sarja, which was fundamentally an amateur league. The SM-liiga is not directly overseen by the Finnish Ice... |
43 | 19 | 20 | 39 | 32 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 1989–90 | Ilves Tampere | FNL | 44 | 16 | 17 | 33 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | ||
| 1990–91 | Ilves Tampere | FNL | 37 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991–92 | Ilves Tampere | FNL | 44 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1994–95 | TuTo Turku | FNL | 44 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995–96 | TuTo Turku | FNL | 45 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1996–97 | Bietigheim-Bissingen SC Bietigheim-Bissingen SC Bietigheim-Bissingen SC is a professional ice-hockey team that plays in a German hockey league known as 2.GBun. Bietigheim-Bissingen SC plays their home games at Eisstadion im Ellental. The team was formed in 1989.... |
Ger.2 | 44 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 562 | 90 | 265 | 355 | 266 | 32 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 30 | ||||