Marko Palo
# 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 | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | 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 | Liiga totals | Liiga totals | 562 | 111 | 172 | 283 | 336 | 47 | 16 | 15 | 31 | 8 |
| SEL totals | SEL totals | 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 | Senior totals | Senior totals | 30 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 14 |
