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Finland Veli-Matti Savinainen

#19 Tappara / Liiga - 23/24

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Veli-Matti Savinainen Facts

Date of Birth
Jan 05, 1986
Position
W/C
Age
38
Height
6'0" / 182 cm
Place of Birth
Espoo, FIN
Weight
181 lbs / 82 kg
Nation
Finland
Shoots
L
Youth Team
EKS
Contract
23/24
Highlights
1-time World Championship Gold Medal 1
1-time World Championship Silver Medal 1
1-time Champions Hockey League Champion 1
2-time Liiga All-Star Team 2
5-time Liiga Champion 5

Savinainen is a skilled two-way forward. He has very good puck control, but tends to hang onto it the puck for too long sometimes.
Is valuable on the penalty kill.
- Ulf Andersson, EP (2011)

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Veli-Matti Savinainen Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2001-02 Blues U16 U16 SM-sarja 12* 11* 4* 15* 18* -* | Playoffs 2 0 0 0 0 -
2002-03 Did not play * * * * * * |
2003-04 FoPS U20 U20 I-divisioona 28* 9* 8* 17* 45* -* |
2004-05 FoPS U20 U20 I-divisioona 12* 2* 6* 8* 20* -* |
FoPS U20 U20 Suomi-sarja 13* 6* 7* 13* 24* -* | Playoffs 2 0 3 3 32 -
2005-06 FoPS U20 U20 Suomi-sarja 1* 0* 2* 2* 2* -* |
FPS Mestis 35* 3* 3* 6* 20* -2* |
2006-07 FPS Mestis 44* 14* 19* 33* 60* -15* |
2007-08 Ässät SM-liiga 48* 4* 7* 11* 52* -3* |
KooKoo Mestis 2* 1* 1* 2* 2* 3* |
2008-09 Ässät SM-liiga 51* 6* 19* 25* 18* 10* |
2009-10 Ässät SM-liiga 50* 6* 7* 13* 48* -1* |
2010-11 Ässät SM-liiga 55* 9* 13* 22* 34* 16* | Playoffs 6 0 3 3 0 -2
2011-12 Ässät SM-liiga 60* 17* 14* 31* 67* 13* | Playoffs 4 1 1 2 2 0
Finland (all) International 5* 2* 0* 2* 2* 2* |
2012-13 Ässät SM-liiga 46* 20* 16* 36* 43* 7* | Playoffs 16 4 5 9 10 2
Finland WC 10* 3* 1* 4* 4* -3* |
Finland (all) International 13* 5* 1* 6* 6* -3* |
2013-14 Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk KHL 49* 13* 6* 19* 54* 1* |
Finland WC 7* 0* 0* 0* 2* -2* |
Finland (all) International 19* 2* 2* 4* 2* 1* |
2014-15 Leksands IF SHL 24* 5* 5* 10* 12* -4* |
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod KHL 25* 2* 3* 5* 4* -8* | Playoffs 4 0 0 0 10 1
Finland (all) International 3* 0* 0* 0* 0* -2* |
2015-16 Tappara Liiga 44* 7* 15* 22* 18* 13* | Playoffs 18 2 2 4 28 -9
2016-17 Tappara “A” Liiga 55* 30* 26* 56* 36* 15* | Playoffs 17 5 6 11 30 6
Finland WC 10* 3* 4* 7* 4* -3* |
Finland (all) International 16* 7* 5* 12* 10* -9* |
2017-18 Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk KHL 50* 9* 8* 17* 14* -23* |
Finland OG 5* 1* 1* 2* 2* -1* |
Finland WC 8* 4* 4* 8* 6* 10* |
Finland (all) “A” International 28* 7* 9* 16* 66* 13* |
2018-19 Kunlun Red Star KHL 37* 9* 9* 18* 45* -12* |
Finland “A” WC 10* 0* 5* 5* 0* 2* |
Finland (all) International 14* 1* 5* 6* 0* 4* |
2019-20 Jokerit KHL 44* 11* 13* 24* 27* -4* | Playoffs 6 3 0 3 6 1
Finland (all) International 2* 1* 0* 1* 0* 2* |
2020-21 Jokerit KHL 52* 14* 10* 24* 58* 5* | Playoffs 4 0 0 0 2 -2
Finland (all) International 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |
2021-22 Jokerit KHL 45* 5* 7* 12* 23* -5* |
Tappara Liiga 8* 3* 0* 3* 29* 0* | Playoffs 15 8 2 10 2 5
Finland (all) International 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |
2022-23 Tappara Liiga 54* 17* 27* 44* 30* 6* | Playoffs 14 7 7 14 12 7
2023-24 Tappara Liiga 23* 8* 11* 19* 8* 7* | Playoffs 12 4 4 8 35 5

Veli-Matti Savinainen Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2012-13 Finland EHT 3* 2* 0* 2* 2* 0* |
2013-14 Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk Nadezhda Cup 6* 2* 0* 2* 4* -5* |
Finland EHT 6* 0* 1* 1* 0* 0* |
2014-15 Finland EHT 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* -1* |
2015-16 Tappara Champions HL 8* 0* 3* 3* 2* 3* |
2016-17 Tappara Champions HL 4* 1* 0* 1* 25* 1* |
Finland EHT 6* 4* 1* 5* 6* -6* |
2017-18 Finland EHT 10* 1* 2* 3* 31* 0* |
2018-19 Finland EHT 2* 1* 0* 1* 0* 2* |
2019-20 Finland EHT 2* 1* 0* 1* 0* 2* |
2020-21 Finland EHT 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |
2021-22 Finland EHT 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |
Tappara Champions HL 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |
2022-23 Tappara Champions HL 13* 4* 3* 7* 12* 2* |
2023-24 Tappara Champions HL 5* 0* 2* 2* 12* -3* |
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Veli-Matti Savinainen Game Log

Date Team Opp Score G A TP PIM +/- SOG PPG SHG TOI
Liiga
2024-04-22T15:30:00+0000 Tappara @ Pelicans
2024-04-20T14:00:00+0000 Tappara vs Pelicans
2024-04-13T14:00:00+0000 Tappara vs KalPa
2024-04-12T15:30:00+0000 Tappara @ KalPa
2024-04-09T15:30:00+0000 Tappara vs KalPa
2024-04-06T14:00:00+0000 Tappara @ KalPa
2024-04-05T15:30:00+0000 Tappara vs KalPa
2024-03-30T14:00:00-0100 Tappara @ TPS
2024-03-28T15:30:00-0100 Tappara vs TPS
2024-03-23T14:00:00-0100 Tappara vs TPS
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Veli-Matti Savinainen Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
Champions HL 5 31* 5* 8* 13* 0.42* 51* 3* | 0 * * * * * *
EHT 9 33* 9* 4* 13* 0.39* 39* -3* | 0 * * * * * *
International 10 103* 25* 22* 47* 0.46* 86* 8* | 0 * * * * * *
KHL 7 302* 63* 56* 119* 0.39* 225* -46* | 3 14 3 * 0 * 3 * 0.21 * 18 * 0 *
Liiga (SM-liiga) 11 494* 127* 155* 282* 0.57* 383* 83* | 8 102 31 * 30 * 61 * 0.60 * 119 * 14 *
Mestis 3 81* 18* 23* 41* 0.51* 82* -14* | 0 * * * * * *
Nadezhda Cup 1 6* 2* 0* 2* 0.33* 4* -5* | 0 * * * * * *
OG 1 5* 1* 1* 2* 0.40* 2* -1* | 0 * * * * * *
SHL 1 24* 5* 5* 10* 0.42* 12* -4* | 0 * * * * * *
U16 SM-sarja 1 12* 11* 4* 15* 1.25* 18* -* | 1 2 0 * 0 * 0 * 0.00 * 0 * - *
U20 I-divisioona 2 40* 11* 14* 25* 0.63* 65* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U20 Suomi-sarja 2 14* 6* 9* 15* 1.07* 26* -* | 1 2 0 * 3 * 3 * 1.50 * 32 * - *
WC 5 45* 10* 14* 24* 0.53* 16* 4* | 0 * * * * * *

Veli-Matti Savinainen Skill Rating

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Shooting Accuracy
16
Teamwork
14
Puckhandling
14
Passing
14
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Veli-Matti Savinainen Connections

Player Period Teams
Juuso Hietanen (D) 2011-2022 10 Finland (OG), Finland, Finland (EHT), Finland (all), Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
Atte Ohtamaa (D) 2012-2022 9 Finland, Finland (OG), Finland (EHT), Finland (all)
Sakari Salminen (F) 2007-2017 8 Finland, Finland (EHT), Finland (all), Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod, Ässät
Ville Pokka (D) 2012-2022 8 Finland, Finland (EHT), Finland (all)
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DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
05/10/2023
05/10/2023 Extension Tappara Tappara
05/25/2022
05/25/2022 Extension Tappara Tappara
02/28/2022
02/28/2022 Confirmed Jokerit Tappara
08/10/2021
08/10/2021 Extension Jokerit Jokerit
05/04/2019
05/04/2019 Confirmed Kunlun Red Star Jokerit
05/02/2018
05/02/2018 Confirmed Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk Kunlun Red Star
06/14/2017
06/14/2017 Confirmed Tappara Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk
07/11/2015
07/11/2015 Confirmed Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Tappara
11/27/2014
11/27/2014 Confirmed Leksands IF Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
08/30/2014
08/30/2014 Confirmed Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk Leksands IF
07/03/2013
07/03/2013 Confirmed Ässät Yugra Khanty-Mansiysk
11/17/2011
11/17/2011 Extension Ässät Ässät
12/04/2009
12/04/2009 Extension Ässät Ässät
02/09/2009
02/09/2009 Extension Ässät Ässät

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