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Sakari Salminen

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Sakari Salminen
Born (1988-05-31) May 31, 1988 (age 36)
Pori, Finland
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

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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

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Salminen was selected to the Finnish National Team that won a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Career statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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Regular season Playoffs
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

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Medal record
Ice hockey
Representing  Finland
Winter Olympics
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sochi
Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
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

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  1. ^ "Finn, Sakari Salminen will play for Torpedo". Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. May 21, 2013. Retrieved May 21, 2013.
  2. ^ "Sakari Salminen avec Fribourg-Gottéron pour 2015/2016 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron". www.gotteron.ch. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  3. ^ "Salminen n'est plus un Dragon". www.laliberte.ch. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  4. ^ "Sakari Salminen är klar för Växjö Lakers". Expressen. February 2016. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  5. ^ "Sakari Salminen signs with Jokerit". Jokerit.com (in Finnish). May 4, 2016. Retrieved May 4, 2016.
  6. ^ "Sakari Salminen signs a contract with Dynamo" (in Russian). HC Dynamo Moscow. September 15, 2017. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
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