Sakari Salminen | |||
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Born |
Pori, Finland | May 31, 1988||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
Weight | 161 lb (73 kg; 11 st 7 lb) | ||
Position | Right wing | ||
Shoots | Right | ||
team Former teams |
Free agent KalPa Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod HC Fribourg-Gottéron Växjö Lakers Jokerit Dynamo Moscow Ässät HIFK Örebro HK | ||
National team | Finland | ||
Playing career | 2007–present |
Sakari Jalmari Salminen (born May 31, 1988) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player. He is currently an unrestricted free agent who most recently played for Örebro HK in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).
Playing career
Salminen played in his native Finland for Liiga clubs, Porin Ässät and KalPa before signing a two-year contract with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) on May 21, 2013.[1] When his contract with Nizhny Novgorod was up, he moved to HC Fribourg-Gottéron of the Swiss National League A (NLA) for the 2015–16 season.[2] He parted company with the club in late January 2016[3] and signed with the Växjö Lakers of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) shortly after[4] to finish the season with the team.
In April 2016, he inked a one-year deal with Jokerit of the Kontinental Hockey League.[5] In the 2016–17 season, Salminen appeared in 56 games for Jokerit, registering 6 goals and 26 points.
With Jokerit opting not to continue their option with Salminen, he agreed to a one-year contract to remain in the KHL with Russian outfit, HC Dynamo Moscow, on September 15, 2017.[6]
International play
Salminen was selected to the Finnish National Team that won a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
2004–05 | Ässät | FIN U18 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2005–06 | Ässät | FIN U18 | 20 | 20 | 16 | 36 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 6 | ||
2005–06 | Ässät | FIN U20 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2006–07 | Ässät | FIN U20 | 31 | 21 | 30 | 51 | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2007–08 | Ässät | FIN U20 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 23 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 4 | ||
2007–08 | Ässät | SM-l | 30 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2007–08 | Jukurit | Mestis | 8 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2008–09 | Ässät | SM-l | 55 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2009–10 | Ässät | SM-l | 52 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2010–11 | KalPa | SM-l | 57 | 12 | 33 | 45 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 29 | ||
2011–12 | KalPa | SM-l | 54 | 24 | 23 | 47 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | ||
2012–13 | KalPa | SM-l | 54 | 26 | 29 | 55 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
2013–14 | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | KHL | 54 | 18 | 30 | 48 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||
2014–15 | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | KHL | 60 | 18 | 29 | 47 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
2015–16 | HC Fribourg–Gottéron | NLA | 43 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2015–16 | Växjö Lakers | SHL | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | ||
2016–17 | Jokerit | KHL | 56 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
2017–18 | Dynamo Moscow | KHL | 18 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2017–18 | Ässät | Liiga | 15 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
2018–19 | Ässät | Liiga | 35 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2018–19 | HIFK | Liiga | 22 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | ||
2019–20 | Örebro HK | SHL | 45 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2020–21 | Ässät | Liiga | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2021–22 | Ässät | Liiga | 55 | 7 | 26 | 33 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
SM-l/Liiga totals | 440 | 124 | 185 | 309 | 166 | 38 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 35 | ||||
KHL totals | 188 | 44 | 85 | 129 | 74 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
International
Medal record | ||
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Ice hockey | ||
Representing Finland | ||
Winter Olympics | ||
2014 Sochi |
Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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2008 | Finland | WJC | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
2013 | Finland | WC | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
2014 | Finland | OG | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
Junior totals | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |||
Senior totals | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
References
- ↑ "Finn, Sakari Salminen will play for Torpedo". Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. May 21, 2013. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
- ↑ "Sakari Salminen avec Fribourg-Gottéron pour 2015/2016 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron". www.gotteron.ch. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
- ↑ "Salminen n'est plus un Dragon". www.laliberte.ch. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
- ↑ "Sakari Salminen är klar för Växjö Lakers". Expressen. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
- ↑ "Sakari Salminen signs with Jokerit". Jokerit.com (in Finnish). May 4, 2016. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
- ↑ "Sakari Salminen signs a contract with Dynamo" (in Russian). HC Dynamo Moscow. September 15, 2017. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database