Tero Määttä
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Tero Määttä is a Finnish
ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for Ässät
of the SM-liiga
. Although selected by the San Jose Sharks
in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft
, he never appeared in an NHL game.
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
ice hockey defenceman who currently plays for Ässät
Ässät
Ässät is an ice hockey team in the Finnish elite league, SM-liiga. They play in Pori, Finland at the Porin jäähalli.-Team history:...
of the SM-liiga
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...
. Although selected by the San Jose Sharks
San Jose Sharks
The San Jose Sharks are a professional ice hockey team based in San Jose, California, United States. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...
in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft
2000 NHL Entry Draft
The 2000 NHL Entry Draft was held from June 24 to 25 at the Pengrowth Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta, following the 2000 NHL Expansion Draft on June 23 for the Columbus Blue Jackets and Minnesota Wild...
, he never appeared in an NHL game.
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||
| 2000–01 | Espoo Blues Espoo Blues The Blues are an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga. They play in Espoo, Finland at the Barona Areena.-Team history:The club was established in February 1984 as Kiekko-Espoo and played their first season in 1984-1985 in the Finnish Second Division... |
SM-liiga 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... |
44 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2001-02 | Espoo Blues | SM-liiga | 54 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 65 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2002-03 | Espoo Blues | SM-liiga | 50 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 85 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 2002-03 | Ässät | SM-liiga | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2003-04 | Espoo Blues | SM-liiga | 56 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 41 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 2004-05 | Espoo Blues | SM-liiga | 56 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2005-06 | Espoo Blues | SM-liiga | 54 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 83 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2006-07 | Mora Mora -People:* Alberto J. Mora , General Counsel of the United States Navy * Alfonso Mora , Venezuelan former tennis player* Bruno Mora , Italian football player and coach* Cristian Mora , Ecuadorian football goalkeeper... |
SEL | 52 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 2007-08 | Mora | SEL | 53 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 65 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2008-09 | Ässät Ässät Ässät is an ice hockey team in the Finnish elite league, SM-liiga. They play in Pori, Finland at the Porin jäähalli.-Team history:... |
SM-liiga | 57 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2009–10 | Ässät | SM-liiga | 57 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 98 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 2010–11 | Ässät | SM-liiga | 20 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| SM-liiga totals | 452 | 21 | 66 | 87 | 563 | 34 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 16 | ||||
| SEL totals | 105 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 121 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||