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Finland Saku Salminen
#50 SaiPa / Liiga - 25/26
1-time Liiga Champion 1
Date of Birth
Nov 13, 1999
Position
D
Age
26
Height
6'0" / 184 cm
Place of Birth
Tampere, FIN
Weight
194 lbs / 88 kg
Nation
Finland
Shoots
L
Youth Team
Tappara
Contract
26/27

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Saku Salminen Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2013-14 Tappara U16 U16 SM-sarja Q 8* 0* 2* 2* 2* -* |
Tappara U16 U16 SM-sarja 17* 1* 0* 1* 4* -* |
2014-15 Tappara U16 U16 SM-sarja Q 9* 0* 2* 2* 2* -* |
Tappara U16 U16 SM-sarja 19* 1* 4* 5* 10* -* |
2015-16 Tappara U18 U18 SM-sarja 48* 1* 6* 7* 12* -* | Playoffs 3 0 0 0 0 -
2016-17 Tappara U18 “C” U18 SM-sarja 48* 1* 13* 14* 65* -* | Playoffs 4 0 1 1 0 -
2017-18 Tappara U20 U20 SM-liiga 52* 0* 7* 7* 20* 12* | Playoffs 8 0 1 1 4 -4
LeKi U20 U20 Mestis 1* 0* 0* 0* 2* -* |
2018-19 Tappara U20 U20 SM-liiga 51* 3* 9* 12* 26* 16* | Playoffs 3 0 1 1 0 0
2019-20 Tappara U20 “C” U20 SM-liiga 49* 3* 12* 15* 34* 8* | Playoffs 3 0 1 1 2 0
KOOVEE Mestis 3* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |
2020-21 TUTO Hockey U20 U20 SM-sarja 3* 0* 0* 0* 0* -1* |
TUTO Hockey Mestis 24* 2* 7* 9* 18* 7* | Playoffs 3 0 2 2 0 2
Tappara Liiga 7* 0* 0* 0* 0* 1* |
2021-22 Tappara Liiga 42* 0* 3* 3* 4* -7* |
Kiekko-Vantaa Mestis 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |
KOOVEE Mestis 2* 0* 0* 0* 2* 0* |
KeuPa HT Mestis 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |
2022-23 Pelicans Liiga 44* 2* 5* 7* 18* -2* | Playoffs 14 0 0 0 6 -7
2023-24 Pelicans Liiga 22* 0* 3* 3* 4* -3* | Playoffs 8 0 1 1 27 1
2024-25 SaiPa Liiga 50* 2* 13* 15* 41* 14* | Playoffs 21 2 4 6 18 3
2025-26 SaiPa “A” Liiga 27* 1* 2* 3* 6* -1* |
Projected Liiga 53* 2* 4* 6* 12* -2* |

Saku Salminen Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2021-22 Tappara Champions HL 9* 0* 1* 1* 2* -5* |
2023-24 Pelicans Champions HL 3* 0* 0* 0* 0* 1* |

Saku Salminen Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
Champions HL 2 12* 0* 1* 1* 0.08* 2* -4* | 0 * * * * * *
Liiga 6 192* 5* 26* 31* 0.16* 73* 2* | 3 43 2 * 5 * 7 * 0.16 * 51 * -3 *
Mestis 3 32* 2* 7* 9* 0.28* 20* 7* | 1 3 0 * 2 * 2 * 0.67 * 0 * 2 *
U16 SM-sarja 2 36* 2* 4* 6* 0.17* 14* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U16 SM-sarja Q 2 17* 0* 4* 4* 0.24* 4* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U18 SM-sarja 2 96* 2* 19* 21* 0.22* 77* -* | 2 7 0 * 1 * 1 * 0.14 * 0 * - *
U20 Mestis 1 1* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 2* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U20 SM-sarja (U20 SM-liiga) 4 155* 6* 28* 34* 0.22* 80* 35* | 3 14 0 * 3 * 3 * 0.21 * 6 * -4 *

Saku Salminen Career Highlights

Season
Awards by season
Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
12/22/2025
12/22/2025 Extension SaiPa SaiPa
05/10/2024
05/10/2024 Confirmed Pelicans SaiPa
06/02/2023
06/02/2023 Extension Pelicans Pelicans
07/26/2022
07/26/2022 Confirmed Tappara Pelicans
02/02/2022
02/02/2022 Loan Tappara KeuPa HT
12/29/2021
12/29/2021 Loan Tappara KOOVEE
11/25/2021
11/25/2021 Loan Tappara Kiekko-Vantaa
04/15/2020
04/15/2020 Confirmed Tappara U20 TUTO Hockey