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.[1] 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.
| Marko Palo | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
26 September 1967 Jyväskylä, Finland | ||
| Played for |
Ässät Espoo Blues HPK HV 71 | ||
| Playing career | 1985–2006 | ||
During the 1994–1995 season he made up a fearsome duo together with Esa Keskinen for HV71.[2]
Career statistics edit
Regular season and playoffs edit
| 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 edit
| 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 | |||
References edit
- ^ Thorsten Engman (8 April 1995). "Jönköping svävar i ett saligt rus" (in Swedish). Dagens nyheter. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ^ Stellan Kvärre (8 April 1995). "Hvilken glädje!" (in Swedish). Dagens nyheter. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
External links edit
- Maroo Palo at Eliteprospects (in English)
- Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame bio (in Finnish)}