Anssi Salmela
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Anssi Salmela is a Finnish professional ice-hockey player. He was born 13th of August 1984 in the city of Nokia in Finland. He started his career in 2003, in SM-liiga (Finnish ice hockey championship league), a team called Tappara (representing the city of Tampere). The next year he was transferred in to a team called Pelicans (representing the city of Lahti). In 2007 he moved back to Tappara. His number is 33.
He took a part in the Finnish team in the ice hockey world junior championship and won a bronze medal. In the Finnish national men ice hockeyteam he played the first time in 2006-2007. He missed the 2007-2008 competition but was back in the world championships held in Halifax, Canada in 2008.
He is a defenceman.
Achievements, awards and trophies
| Medal | Year | Team | Tournament |
|---|---|---|---|
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2004 | ? | Finnish A-junior IHC |
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2004 |  Finland
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IHWC juniors |
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2007-2008 | Tappara | SM-liiga |
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2008 | Finland
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IHWC |
-The first match in SM-liiga 24.1.2004
-The first international match 31.8.2007
-Juha Rantasila award in 2007-2008
-2007-2008 award of the the most goals made by a defenceman
Sources
-http://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anssi_Salmela
-http://www.iihf.com/channels/iihf-world-championship/teams/fin.html