Salo

Vancouver, B.C. - Vancouver Canucks President and General Manager Mike Gillis announced today that defenceman Sami Salo has been assigned to the Manitoba Moose of the AHL for a conditioning assignment.

In 2009.10 the 6’3”, 212 lbs. defenceman registered 28 points (9-19-28) in 68 games played. He also collected six points (1-5-6) in 12 playoff games.

In 470 NHL games with the Canucks, the Turku, Finland, native has collected 204 points (62-142-204) and 178 penalty minutes. Salo ranks 33rd all-time in team scoring and is the seventh highest scoring Canucks defenceman. His 40 career power play goals rank first overall amongst Canucks defencemen and his +74 with Vancouver ranks second all-time amongst Canucks blue-liners.

In 665 career NHL games, Salo has collected 273 points (81-192-273) and 228 penalty minutes.

Salo was originally acquired by Vancouver from Ottawa in exchange for Peter Schaefer on Sept. 21, 2002.

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PP	SH	GW	S	S%
1991-1992	Kiekko-67 Turku Jr.-Fin-Jr.	23	4	5	9		26
1992-1993	Kiekko-67 Turku Jr.-Fin-Jr.	21	9	4	13		4
1993-1994	TPS Turku Jr.-Fin-Jr.	36	7	13	20		16
1994-1995	TPS Turku Jr.-Fin-Jr.	14	1	3	4		6
1994-1995	Kiekko-67 Turku-Finland-2	19	4	2	6		4
1994-1995	TPS Turku-Finland	7	1	2	3		6
1995-1996	TPS Turku-Finland	47	7	14	21		32
1996-1997	TPS Turku-Finland	48	9	6	15		10
1996-1997	TPS Turku-EuroHL	6	0	2	2		6
1997-1998	Jokerit Helsinki-Finland	35	3	5	8		24
1997-1998	Jokerit Helsinki-EuroHL	6	1	1	2		2
1998-1999	Senators	61	7	12	19	20	24	2	0	1	106	6.6
1998-1999	Detroit Vipers-IHL	5	0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	12	0.0
1999-2000	Senators	37	6	8	14	6	2	3	0	1	85	7.1
2000-2001	Senators	31	2	16	18	9	10	1	0	0	61	3.3
2000-2001	Finland-WC-A	9	3	6	9		6
2001-2002	Senators	66	4	14	18	1	14	1	1	2	122	3.3
2001-2002	Finland-Olympics	4	0	0	0		0
2002-2003	Canucks	79	9	21	30	9	10	4	0	1	126	7.1
2003-2004	Canucks	74	7	19	26	8	22	5	0	2	143	4.9
2003-2004	Finland-WC-A	7	0	3	3		0
2004-2005	Finland-W-Cup	6	0	1	1		2
2004-2005	Frolunda HC Goteborg-Sweden	41	6	8	14		18
2005-2006	Canucks	59	10	23	33	9	38	9	0	2	140	7.1
2005-2006	Finland-Olympics	6	1	3	4		0
2006-2007	Canucks	67	14	23	37	21	26	5	0	6	143	9.8
2007-2008	Canucks	63	8	17	25	8	38	6	0	1	122	6.6
2008-2009	Canucks	60	5	20	25	5	26	5	0	2	110	4.5
2009-2010	Canucks	68	9	19	28	14	18	6	0	3	119	7.6
2009-2010	Finland-Olympics	6	1	1	2		4
	NHL Totals	665	81	192	273	110	228	47	1	21	1,277	6.3

Season	Team	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PP	SH	GW	S	S%
1993-1994	TPS Turku Jr.-Fin-Jr.	7	0	1	1	0	10				0	0.0
1994-1995	TPS Turku-Finland	1	0	0	0	0	0				0	0.0
1995-1996	TPS Turku-Finland	11	1	3	4	0	8					0.0
1996-1997	TPS Turku-Finland	10	2	3	5	0	4					0.0
1996-1997	TPS Turku-EuroHL	2	0	0	0		2
1997-1998	Jokerit Helsinki-Finland	8	0	1	1	0	2				0	0.0
1998-1999	Senators	4	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0	10	0.0
1999-2000	Senators	6	1	1	2	-8	0	1	0	0	19	5.3
2000-2001	Senators	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	0.0
2001-2002	Senators	12	2	1	3	4	4	0	0	0	19	10.5
2002-2003	Canucks	12	1	3	4	-2	0	0	0	0	19	5.3
2003-2004	Canucks	7	1	2	3	-3	2	1	0	0	19	5.3
2004-2005	Frolunda HC Goteborg-Sweden	14	1	6	7	0	2					0.0
2006-2007	Canucks	10	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	27	0.0
2008-2009	Canucks	7	3	4	7	0	2	2	0	2	12	25.0
2009-2010	Canucks	12	1	5	6	2	2	1	0	0	18	5.6
	NHL Totals	74	9	17	26	-10	14	5	0	2	157	5.7