Risto Jalo

Risto Uolevi Jalo (born July 18, 1962) is a Finnish retired professional ice hockey player and current general manager of Ilves in the Finnish Liiga. He played in the SM-liiga with KOOVEE, Ilves, and HPK between 1979 and 1998. He also played 3 games in the National Hockey League with the Edmonton Oilers during the 1985–86 season. Internationally Jalo played for the Finnish national team at several tournaments, including four World Championships and the 1984 Winter Olympics. In 2004 he was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame. He served as general manager of Ilves from 1999 to 2004, and again since 2017.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1979–80 KOOVEE SMl 32 13 10 23 16 — — — — — 1980–81 Ilves SMl 16 3 3 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 1981–82 Ilves SMl 34 17 20 37 8 — — — — — 1982–83 Ilves SMl 33 14 36 50 20 2 0 2 2 0 1983–84 Ilves SMl 36 13 31 44 30 2 2 2 4 0 1983–84 Olympiajoukkue SMl 5 4 4 8 0 — — — — — 1984–85 Ilves SMl 35 17 21 38 18 9 3 4 7 5 1985–86 Ilves SMl 30 17 31 48 30 — — — — — 1985–86 Edmonton Oilers NHL 3 0 3 3 0 — — — — — 1986–87 Ilves SMl 44 23 31 54 38 — — — — — 1987–88 Ilves SMl 35 25 35 60 24 3 0 2 2 2 1988–89 Ilves SMl 22 5 15 20 6 5 4 8 12 2 1989–90 Ilves SMl 43 18 41 59 36 7 1 3 4 4 1990–91 IK Vita Hästen SWE-2 33 15 23 38 34 — — — — — 1991–92 Ilves SMl 40 14 18 32 16 — — — — — 1992–93 HC Fassa ITA 15 13 13 26 2 — — — — — 1993–94 Ilves SMl 46 12 23 35 32 4 0 2 2 0 1994–95 HPK SMl 50 12 33 45 30 — — — — — 1995–96 HPK SMl 34 10 21 31 40 9 1 3 4 18 1996–97 HPK SMl 38 16 26 42 22 7 2 3 5 4 1997–98 HPK SMl 21 4 10 14 53 — — — — — NHL totals 3 0 3 3 0 — — — — — SMl totals 594 237 409 646 421 56 17 32 49 37

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1980 Finland EJC 5 5 2 7 4 1981 Finland WJC 5 1 5 6 6 1982 Finland WJC 7 7 8 15 2 1983 Finland WC 10 1 2 3 4 1984 Finland OLY 6 2 6 8 4 1985 Finland WC 10 2 2 4 2 1987 Finland WC 10 0 4 4 10 1990 Finland WC 10 1 2 3 0 Junior totals 17 13 15 28 12 Senior totals 46 6 16 22 20