Keijo Säilynoja

Keijo Henrik Säilynoja (born February 17, 1970, in Vantaa, Finland) is a retired Finnish ice hockey player

Playing career

Jokerit (1988-1998) Säilynoja started his career for Jokerit in 1988, while the team was playing in Finnish First Division. Jokerit were promoted to SM-liiga in 1989 and Säilynoja had made himself as one of the solid players in Jokerit lineup.

Säilynoja had a reputation for being good at Penalty Shots

Säilynoja played in Jokerit for 10 seasons and won the Finnish Championship four times and finished second once.

SaiPa (1998-2000) After his 10 years for Jokerit, Säilynoja moved to Lappeenranta and played two seasons for SaiPa.

Espoo Blues (2000-2001) Säliynoja's final SM-liiga season was with Espoo Blues and he retired from active play in 2001.

After retirement After his retirement, Säilynoja started working out on Banking business and served as the chairman for Finnish ice hockey Players Association.

In 2008, Säilynoja was named as the General Manager for Jokerit

International career

Säilynoja played 46 games for Finnish national team.

Säilynoja was part of the 1992 World Championship squad which won Silver.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1986–87 Jokerit FIN U20 27 9 7 16 6 — — — — — 1987–88 Jokerit FIN U20 33 23 27 50 4 — — — — — 1988–89 Jokerit FIN U20 4 10 5 15 0 — — — — — 1988–89 Jokerit FIN.2 34 21 19 40 8 — — — — — 1989–90 Jokerit SM-l 41 15 13 28 14 — — — — — 1990–91 Jokerit FIN U20 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1990–91 Jokerit SM-l 44 21 25 46 14 — — — — — 1991–92 Jokerit SM-l 42 21 25 46 14 10 5 6 11 2 1992–93 Jokerit SM-l 47 29 13 42 14 3 1 1 2 0 1993–94 Jokerit SM-l 37 11 8 19 43 12 2 0 2 6 1994–95 Jokerit SM-l 20 6 7 13 4 8 2 1 3 0 1995–96 Jokerit SM-l 34 12 11 23 14 8 2 1 3 0 1996–97 Jokerit SM-l 41 10 8 18 12 4 0 1 1 4 1997–98 Jokerit SM-l 28 3 5 8 8 8 2 1 3 2 1998–99 SaiPa SM-l 28 7 14 21 26 — — — — — 1999–2000 SaiPa SM-l 44 6 7 13 16 — — — — — 2000–01 Blues SM-l 14 1 3 4 4 — — — — — SM-l totals 420 142 139 281 183 53 14 11 25 14

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1988 Finland EJC 6 8 4 12 4 1989 Finland WJC 7 2 0 2 2 1990 Finland WJC 7 4 3 7 2 1992 Finland OG 8 1 0 1 4 1992 Finland WC 7 2 1 3 0 1993 Finland WC 6 0 0 0 2 Junior totals 20 14 7 21 8 Senior totals 21 3 1 4 6