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| 1981 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Risto Jalo
Selected in
seventh round
No. 131 overall by Washington Capitals
Born
July 18, 1962
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Center
Height: 5-11 Weight: 185
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Tampere Ilves (Finland)
Birthplace:
Humppila, Finland
Hometown: Tampere, Finland |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM |
| 1979-80 |
Tampere KooVee | Finland |
32 | 13 |
10 | 23 |
16 | | 1980-81 |
Tampere Ilves | Finland Jr. |
14 | 11 |
19 | 30 |
29 | | |
Tampere Ilves | Finland |
16 | 3 |
3 | 6 |
2 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
World Junior Championships: 1981 (silver medal)
European Junior
Championships: 1980 (fourth place)
Finland Junior League Playoffs Points Leader: 1981 (Ilves) (11)
Finland Junior League Playoffs Goals Leader: 1981 (Ilves) (6)
Finland Junior League Playoffs Assists Leader: 1981 (Ilves) (5) |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: March 14, 1986 (Detroit at Edmonton)
Numbers: 13 (Edmonton)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired 1982 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years |
Teams | GP |
G | A |
TP | PIM | | 1986 |
Edmonton | 3 |
0 | 3 |
3 | 0 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Joined Edmonton for three-game tryout after ending 1985-86 Finnish season. ... Had assist in first NHL game.
... Missed part of 1985-86 season with eye injury, suffered in March 1986. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams:
Tampere Ilves (Finland Jr./Finland); Team Finland; Vita (Sweden); Canazei
(Italy); Hameenlinna (Finland)
Olympics: 1984
(sixth place)
World Championships: 1983
(seventh place), 1985 (fifth place), 1987 (fifth place), 1990 (sixth place)
World Junior Championships: 1982
(bronze medal)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Finland Championship: 1985 (Tampere Ilves)
Finland
All-Star First Team: 1983-84 (Tampere Ilves)
Hameenlinna Captain:
1994-95 through 1997-98
Finland Junior League Playoffs Assists Leader: 1982 (Ilves) (4)
Miscellaneous: Played on line with Raimo Summanen and Petri Skriko
for Finland at 1982 World Junior Championships. The trio set a record (since
broken) for most points by a line in one tournament (46). |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE:
Washington traded Jalo to Edmonton in exchange for future considerations (1985 fourth-round pick, Larry Shaw) on March 6, 1984. |
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SNAPSHOT '81 | | Total Selected: |
211 | | Forwards: |
119 | | Defense: |
67 | | Goaltenders: |
25 | | Major Junior: |
122 | | Tier II/Jr. B: |
10/4 | | College Players: |
21 | | High School: |
18 |
| Canadian: |
139 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
3 | | USA Citizens: |
37 | | U.S.-Born: |
36 |
| European: |
32 |
| Reached NHL: |
114 |
| Stanley Cup: |
17 | | Hall of Fame: |
2 |
| All-Star Game: |
14 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
7 |
| Olympians: |
30 |
| Picks Traded: |
38 |
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