Marko Palo

Marko Mikael "Adder" Palo (born 26 September 1967 in Jyväskylä, Finland) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Ässät, Espoo Blues, and HPK, and won the 1995 Swedish championship with HV 71. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 2005. Palo is also known as adder, because of his striped ice hockey socks.

During the 1994–1995 season he made up a fearsome duo together with Esa Keskinen for HV71.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1985–86 HPK FIN Jr 20 2 6 8 36 — — — — — 1985–86 HPK FIN II 2 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 1986–87 HPK FIN II 39 4 4 8 6 — — — — — 1987–88 HPK FIN Jr 21 6 10 16 16 — — — — — 1987–88 HPK FIN II 32 6 5 11 13 — — — — — 1988–89 HPK Liiga 37 6 11 17 30 — — — — — 1989–90 HPK Liiga 40 7 8 15 20 — — — — — 1990–91 HPK Liiga 41 6 7 13 30 8 0 3 3 0 1991–92 HPK Liiga 43 3 14 17 24 — — — — — 1992–93 HPK Liiga 47 17 15 32 12 12 7 4 11 2 1993–94 HPK Liiga 48 25 22 47 14 — — — — — 1994–95 HV71 SEL 37 16 13 29 24 13 5 7 12 16 1995–96 Malmö IF SEL 40 10 9 19 28 5 2 0 2 12 1996–97 HPK Liiga 44 6 19 25 57 10 3 7 10 4 1997–98 Kiekko-Espoo Liiga 48 13 18 31 12 8 1 0 1 0 1998–99 HPK Liiga 53 10 10 20 43 2 1 0 1 0 1999–2000 HPK Liiga 51 8 11 19 30 7 4 1 5 2 1999–2000 HC Slovnaft Vsetín ELH 3 1 0 1 0 — — — — — 2000–01 HPK Liiga 54 5 21 26 34 — — — — — 2001–02 Ässät Liiga 56 5 16 21 30 — — — — — Liiga totals 562 111 172 283 336 47 16 15 31 8 SEL totals 77 26 22 48 52 18 7 7 14 28

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1993 Finland WC 6 0 1 1 4 1994 Finland OG 8 2 3 5 4 1994 Finland WC 8 1 2 3 4 1995 Finland WC 8 1 0 1 2 Senior totals 30 4 6 10 14