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Finland Santeri Salmela
#26 Ketterä / Mestis - 25/26
1-time U18 WJC Gold Medal 1
Date of Birth
Jun 10, 2000
Position
D
Age
25
Height
6'1" / 186 cm
Place of Birth
Lappeenranta, FIN
Weight
192 lbs / 87 kg
Nation
Finland
Shoots
L
Youth Team
KooKoo
Contract
25/26
Agency
PREMIUM

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Santeri Salmela Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2013-14 KooKoo U16 U16 Mestis 2* 0* 0* 0* 2* -* |
2014-15 KooKoo U16 “A” U16 SM-sarja Q 13* 2* 6* 8* 4* -* |
KooKoo U16 “A” U16 SM-sarja 34* 3* 11* 14* 30* -* |
2015-16 KooKoo U16 “A” U16 SM-sarja Q 8* 4* 2* 6* 2* -* |
KooKoo U16 “A” U16 SM-sarja 8* 1* 2* 3* 2* -* |
KooKoo U18 U18 SM-sarja 24* 3* 6* 9* 8* -* |
Finland U16 (all) International-Jr 9* 0* 0* 0* 2* -* |
2016-17 KooKoo U20 U20 SM-liiga 41* 2* 0* 2* 18* -4* |
KooKoo Liiga 9* 0* 3* 3* 2* -2* |
Finland U17 WHC-17 5* 0* 1* 1* 4* -* |
Finland U17 (all) International-Jr 20* 0* 4* 4* 12* -* |
2017-18 KooKoo U18 U18 SM-sarja 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* | Playoffs 6 0 0 0 2 -
KooKoo U20 “A” U20 SM-liiga 17* 0* 1* 1* 6* 2* | Playoffs 3 0 0 0 4 0
KooKoo Liiga 31* 0* 1* 1* 12* -3* |
Finland U18 “A” WJC-18 7* 0* 1* 1* 4* 0* |
Finland U18 (all) International-Jr 21* 0* 3* 3* 16* -* |
2018-19 KooKoo U20 U20 SM-liiga 34* 2* 11* 13* 50* 4* |
KooKoo Liiga 17* 0* 0* 0* 2* -7* |
Finland U20 (all) International-Jr 15* 0* 1* 1* 4* -* |
2019-20 KooKoo U20 U20 SM-liiga 9* 3* 1* 4* 4* -1* |
KooKoo Liiga 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |
KalPa Liiga 7* 1* 0* 1* 4* -3* |
Jokipojat Mestis 43* 6* 7* 13* 36* -8* |
Finland U20 (all) International-Jr 5* 0* 2* 2* 4* -* |
2020-21 Jukurit Liiga 53* 1* 4* 5* 38* -13* |
2021-22 Ketterä “A” Mestis 47* 2* 15* 17* 14* 6* | Playoffs 17 0 5 5 8 6
KooKoo Liiga 4* 0* 0* 0* 2* 1* |
2022-23 Ketterä Mestis 23* 2* 4* 6* 10* 11* | Playoffs 7 0 1 1 2 1
SaiPa Liiga 6* 0* 0* 0* 4* -5* |
2023-24 Ketterä “C” Mestis 44* 3* 7* 10* 24* 17* | Playoffs 16 3 5 8 16 10
Kärpät Liiga 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |
SaiPa Liiga 1* 0* 0* 0* 2* -1* |
2024-25 Jokerit Mestis 41* 2* 7* 9* 20* 24* | Playoffs 2 0 0 0 0 1
2025-26 Ketterä “C” Mestis 27* 1* 3* 4* 10* 2* |
Projected Mestis 47* 2* 5* 7* 17* 3* |

Santeri Salmela Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2015-16 Finland U16 YOG 6* 0* 0* 0* 1* 0* |
2017-18 Finland U18 Ivan Hlinka Memorial 4* 0* 1* 1* 2* -* |
2021-22 Ketterä Suomen Cup 6* 1* 2* 3* 4* -* |
2022-23 Ketterä Suomen Cup 6* 0* 4* 4* 0* -* |

Santeri Salmela Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
Ivan Hlinka Memorial (Hlinka Gretzky Cup) 1 4* 0* 1* 1* 0.25* 2* -* | 0 * * * * * *
International-Jr 5 70* 0* 10* 10* 0.14* 38* -* | 0 * * * * * *
Liiga 8 131* 2* 8* 10* 0.08* 66* -33* | 0 * * * * * *
Mestis 6 225* 16* 43* 59* 0.26* 114* 52* | 4 42 3 * 11 * 14 * 0.33 * 26 * 18 *
Suomen Cup 2 12* 1* 6* 7* 0.58* 4* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U16 Mestis 1 2* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 2* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U16 SM-sarja 2 42* 4* 13* 17* 0.40* 32* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U16 SM-sarja Q 2 21* 6* 8* 14* 0.67* 6* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U18 SM-sarja 2 24* 3* 6* 9* 0.38* 8* -* | 1 6 0 * 0 * 0 * 0.00 * 2 * - *
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja) 4 101* 7* 13* 20* 0.20* 78* 1* | 1 3 0 * 0 * 0 * 0.00 * 4 * 0 *
WHC-17 1 5* 0* 1* 1* 0.20* 4* -* | 0 * * * * * *
WJC-18 1 7* 0* 1* 1* 0.14* 4* 0* | 0 * * * * * *
YOG 1 6* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 1* 0* | 0 * * * * * *

Santeri Salmela Career Highlights

Season
Awards by season
Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
05/28/2025
05/28/2025 Confirmed Jokerit Ketterä
05/11/2024
05/11/2024 Confirmed Ketterä Jokerit
01/29/2024
01/29/2024 Loan Ketterä SaiPa
01/24/2024
01/24/2024 Loan Ketterä Kärpät
05/11/2023
05/11/2023 Extension Ketterä Ketterä
11/17/2022
11/17/2022 Loan Ketterä SaiPa
05/20/2022
05/20/2022 Extension Ketterä Ketterä
10/25/2021
10/25/2021 Loan Ketterä KooKoo
05/21/2021
05/21/2021 Confirmed Jukurit Ketterä
06/01/2020
06/01/2020 Confirmed KooKoo Jukurit
01/15/2020
01/15/2020 Loan KooKoo Jokipojat
12/21/2019
12/21/2019 Loan KooKoo KalPa
09/24/2019
09/24/2019 Loan KooKoo Jokipojat
12/23/2017
12/23/2017 Extension KooKoo KooKoo
08/13/2016
08/13/2016 Extension KooKoo U18 KooKoo
Player Biography and Trivia

2018 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #139 by FCHockey

2018 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #146 by McKeen's Hockey

2018 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #57 by NHL Central Scouting