Liiga Vehanen has played his entire SM-liiga career for Lukko which is his hometown team. Vehanen has established himself as the starting goaltender for Lukko and played a solid season in
2007-08 season, earning himself a spot at the Finnish National Team roster. In the 2009
Karjala Tournament he was selected as the best goaltender. Vehanen also has played for
Mestis teams
Jääkotkat and
FPS.
Europe Vehanen has played in Europe for
HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk of
Russia,
Viking Hockey of
Norway, where he was voted best goaltender,
HC Val Pusterial Wolves in
Italy and
Mora IK in
Sweden. Midway through the
2009-10 season, he joined the
Kontinental Hockey League with
Ak Bars Kazan, he made an immediate impact to help Kazan claim the
Gagarin Cup, compiling the best Goals against average, save percentage and selected as the league's best goaltender. After three seasons with Ak Bars, Vehanen returned to Lukko for a solitary season before again resuming his career in the KHL with
HC Lev Praha. Vehanen took Praha to their maiden Gagarin Cup finals in the
2013-14 season, before the club disbanded. On 20 July 2014 Vehanen opted to sign with German club,
Eisbären Berlin of the
Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL), on a one-year contract. He eventually stayed until the conclusion of the
2017–18 season. He announced his retirement in late April 2018 shortly after falling short in the DEL finals. ==International Play==