Career
He played for Ilves. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 1985. He was elected to all-star team 5 times (one after death). Wasama possessed good skills for a defenseman in Finland and it is much speculated would Wasama have been the first Finnish player in the National Hockey League. In February of 1966, Wasama lost his life in an automobile accident that resulted from foggy weather conditions.
While on his way home from practice, Wasama"s car struck a tractor which had stalled on the road.
Wasama"s car also had a passenger, his father, who did suffer some injuries but survived the accident. Wasama"s father, Matti was also a former Ilves-player.
Wasama"s jersey number 2 was immediately retired from use by Ilves. The trophy which is handed out to the best "rookie" player in Master of Science-liiga is named as Jarmo Wasama memorial trophy in honour of Wasama.
Despite his young age by the time of his death Wasama had already played 74 times for national team including 3 World Championship tournaments and 1 Olympics.
The list included the 1965 World Championship tournament which was the first one held in Finland
International statistics.