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Finland Veli-Matti Savinainen

#19 Tappara / Liiga - 23/24

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GP
G
A
TP
+/-
5
1
0
1
-1
10
4
4
8
+4
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Scoring Leaders
# Player GP G A TP
1. Antonin Verreault 65 32 70 102
2. Justin Gill 63 38 58 96
3. Mathieu Cataford 63 39 47 86
4. Israel Mianscum 60 34 51 85
5. Markus Vidicek 62 42 42 84
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Veli-Matti Savinainen Facts

Date of Birth
Position
W/C
Age
38
Height
6'0" / 182 cm
Place of Birth
Weight
181 lbs / 82 kg
Nation
Shoots
L
Youth Team
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)

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* |

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
2024-03-12T15:30:00-0100 Tappara vs HPK
2024-03-09T13:00:00-0100 Tappara vs Kärpät
2024-01-27T12:00:00-0100 Tappara @ HIFK
2024-01-26T15:30:00-0100 Tappara vs Ilves
2024-01-23T15:30:00-0100 Tappara vs Jukurit
2023-11-25T14:00:00-0100 Tappara vs TPS
2023-11-18T14:00:00-0100 Tappara @ HIFK
2023-11-17T15:30:00-0100 Tappara vs Ilves
2023-11-04T14:00:00-0100 Tappara @ SaiPa
2023-11-03T15:30:00-0100 Tappara @ 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* | 7 90 27 * 26 * 53 * 0.59 * 84 * 9 *
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

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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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