Keijo Säilynoja

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image=

| played_for = SM-liiga
Jokerit
SaiPa
Blues

| position = Right wing

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 2

| weight_lb = 196

| ntl_team = FIN

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1970|02|17}}

| birth_place = Vantaa, FIN

| draft = 122nd overall

| draft_year = 1990

| draft_team = Edmonton Oilers

| career_start = 1988

| career_end = 2001

}}

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

{{MedalCountry | {{flagicon|Finland}} Finland }}

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=

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! colspan="5" | Regular season

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

1986–87

| Jokerit

| FIN U20

| 27

| 9

| 7

| 16

| 6

| —

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| 1987–88

| Jokerit

| FIN U20

| 33

| 23

| 27

| 50

| 4

| —

1988–89

| Jokerit

| FIN U20

| 4

| 10

| 5

| 15

| 0

| —

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| 1988–89

| Jokerit

| FIN.2

| 34

| 21

| 19

| 40

| 8

| —

1989–90

| Jokerit

| SM-l

| 41

| 15

| 13

| 28

| 14

| —

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| 1990–91

| Jokerit

| FIN U20

| 1

| 0

| —

1990–91

| Jokerit

| SM-l

| 44

| 21

| 25

| 46

| 14

| —

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| 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

| 2

| 0

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| 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

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 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

| 4

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| 1997–98

| Jokerit

| SM-l

| 28

| 3

| 5

| 8

| 2

| 1

| 3

| 2

1998–99

| SaiPa

| SM-l

| 28

| 7

| 14

| 21

| 26

| —

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| 1999–2000

| SaiPa

| SM-l

| 44

| 6

| 7

| 13

| 16

| —

2000–01

| Blues

| SM-l

| 14

| 1

| 3

| 4

| —

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! colspan="3" | SM-l totals

! 420

! 142

! 139

! 281

! 183

! 53

! 14

! 11

! 25

! 14

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

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! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

1988

| Finland

| EJC

| 6

| 8

| 4

| 12

| 4

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| 1989

| Finland

| WJC

| 7

| 2

| 0

| 2

1990

| Finland

| WJC

| 7

| 4

| 3

| 7

| 2

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| 1992

| Finland

| OG

| 8

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 4

1992

| Finland

| WC

| 7

| 2

| 1

| 3

| 0

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| 1993

| Finland

| WC

| 6

| 0

| 2

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! colspan=3 | Junior totals

! 20

! 14

! 7

! 21

! 8

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan=3 | Senior totals

! 21

! 3

! 1

! 4

! 6

External links

{{Ice hockey stats}}

{{succession box | before = Teemu Selänne | title = Winner of the Raimo Kilpiö trophy | years = 1991-92 | after = Esa Keskinen}}

{{succession box | before = Matti Virmanen | title = General Manager of Jokerit | years = 2008- | after = current}}

Category:1970 births

Category:Living people

Category:Edmonton Oilers draft picks

Category:Finnish ice hockey right wingers

Category:Ice hockey players at the 1992 Winter Olympics

Category:Jokerit players

Category:Olympic ice hockey players for Finland

Category:Ice hockey people from Vantaa

Category:SaiPa players