Former Philadelphia Flyers player and scout died peacefully in Finland on Wednesday. Ilkka Sinisalo spent nine seasons for the Flyers scoring 199 goals, 209 assists and 408 points in 526 career games for the orange and Black. Sinisalo finished his career scoring 7th most goals by a Finnish-born player in NHL history. He’s best seasons came in 1985 and 1986 scoring 73 and 76 points respectively. Sinisalo competed in two Stanley cup finals for the Flyers in 1985 and 1987.
Sinisalo played a total of 12 NHL season playing all but 56 of career games in a Flyers Uniform.
Sinisalo was a European scout for the Philadelphia Flyers from 2004 till 2017.