Position: | Forward |
Shoots: | Left |
Played For: | SM-liiga Ilves TaPa |
Birth Date: | January 14, 1918 |
Birth Place: | Tampere, Finland |
Death Place: | Tampere, Finland |
Career Start: | 1935 |
Career End: | 1946 |
Matti Wasama (January 14, 1918, Tampere, Finland – July 10, 1970, Tampere, Finland) was a former ice hockey Forward who played for Ilves. Matti Wasama was the father of Jarmo Wasama, one of the most promising ice hockey Defenders of his time.
Matti Wasama played in SM-liiga from 1935 to 1946. Wasama won the SM-liiga championship three times while he played for Ilves.
Matti Wasama also played for TaPa before he retired in 1946.
Matti Wasama along with his son, Jarmo, were driving home in February 1966, when their car suddenly struck a stalled tractor in foggy weather. Matti Wasama sustained heavy injuries while his son died despite attempts to revive him in hospital.
Matti Wasama never got over the accident and was deeply depressed until his death in 1970.