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Finland Saku Vesterinen
#28 KooKoo / Liiga - 22/23
Date of Birth
Feb 28, 1999
Position
D
Age
26
Height
6'0" / 183 cm
Place of Birth
Siilinjärvi, FIN
Weight
183 lbs / 83 kg
Nation
Finland
Shoots
R
Youth Team
KalPa
Status
Retired

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Saku Vesterinen Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2014-15 KalPa U16 “C” U16 SM-sarja Q 9* 2* 10* 12* 2* -* |
KalPa U16 “C” U16 SM-sarja 26* 2* 11* 13* 18* -* |
Finland U16 (all) International-Jr 1* 0* 1* 1* 0* -* |
2015-16 KalPa U18 U18 SM-sarja 37* 7* 20* 27* 14* -* | Playoffs 3 0 2 2 0 -
2016-17 Charlottetown Islanders QMJHL 57* 3* 16* 19* 16* 26* | Playoffs 7 0 2 2 0 3
Finland U18 (all) International-Jr 7* 0* 3* 3* 0* -* |
2017-18 Charlottetown Islanders QMJHL 59* 7* 28* 35* 24* -7* | Playoffs 18 1 8 9 2 -5
2018-19 KalPa U20 U20 SM-liiga 21* 5* 9* 14* 8* -1* |
KalPa Liiga 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |
Finland U20 (all) International-Jr 3* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
2019-20 IPK Mestis 31* 1* 16* 17* 14* 8* |
2020-21 SaPKo Mestis 17* 1* 5* 6* 4* 2* |
Hermes Mestis 10* 1* 4* 5* 2* -5* | Playoffs 12 2 4 6 2 1
2021-22 KooKoo Liiga 11* 0* 2* 2* 0* 3* |
2022-23 KooKoo Liiga 5* 0* 0* 0* 0* -2* |
Ketterä Mestis 7* 0* 4* 4* 4* 3* |

Saku Vesterinen Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2016-17 Finland U18 Ivan Hlinka Memorial 4* 0* 1* 1* 0* -4* |
2018-19 IPK Suomen Cup 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |
2019-20 IPK Suomen Cup 4* 0* 1* 1* 0* -* |

Saku Vesterinen 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* 0* -4* | 0 * * * * * *
International-Jr 3 11* 0* 4* 4* 0.36* 0* -* | 0 * * * * * *
Liiga 3 18* 0* 2* 2* 0.11* 0* 1* | 0 * * * * * *
Mestis 3 65* 3* 29* 32* 0.49* 24* 8* | 1 12 2 * 4 * 6 * 0.50 * 2 * 1 *
QMJHL 2 116* 10* 44* 54* 0.47* 40* 19* | 2 25 1 * 10 * 11 * 0.44 * 2 * -2 *
Suomen Cup 2 5* 0* 1* 1* 0.20* 0* 0* | 0 * * * * * *
U16 SM-sarja 1 26* 2* 11* 13* 0.50* 18* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U16 SM-sarja Q 1 9* 2* 10* 12* 1.33* 2* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U18 SM-sarja 1 37* 7* 20* 27* 0.73* 14* -* | 1 3 0 * 2 * 2 * 0.67 * 0 * - *
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja) 1 21* 5* 9* 14* 0.67* 8* -1* | 0 * * * * * *
* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Saku Vesterinen Career Highlights

Season
Awards by season
Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
04/21/2023
04/21/2023 Confirmed KooKoo Retired
10/01/2022
10/01/2022 Loan KooKoo Ketterä
04/26/2022
04/26/2022 Extension KooKoo KooKoo
05/18/2021
05/18/2021 Confirmed Hermes KooKoo
02/07/2021
02/07/2021 Confirmed SaPKo Hermes
09/23/2020
09/23/2020 Confirmed KalPa SaPKo
05/11/2018
05/11/2018 Confirmed Charlottetown Islanders KalPa
Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2016, 1 #30 overall by Charlottetown Islanders in the CHL Import Draft

Drafted 2016, 13 #204 overall by Chicago Steel in the USHL Entry Draft

2017 NHL Entry Draft: Ranked #198 by NHL Central Scouting