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Finland Santeri Saari
#44 KHT / II-divisioona - 25/26
1-time EYOF Silver Medal 1
Date of Birth
Oct 18, 1994
Position
D
Age
31
Height
6'4" / 192 cm
Place of Birth
Helsinki, FIN
Weight
214 lbs / 97 kg
Nation
Finland
Shoots
L
Youth Team
Kojootit
Contract
25/26
Drafted
2013 round 6 #173 overall by St. Louis Blues

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Santeri Saari Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2008-09 Jokerit U16 U16 SM-sarja Q 3* 0* 1* 1* 0* -* |
Jokerit U16 U16 SM-sarja 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
2009-10 Jokerit U16 U16 SM-sarja Q 7* 1* 4* 5* 2* -* |
Jokerit U16 U16 SM-sarja 24* 2* 10* 12* 18* -* | Playoffs 12 0 5 5 8 -
Jokerit U18 U18 SM-sarja 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
Finland U16 (all) International-Jr 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
2010-11 Jokerit U18 U18 SM-sarja 14* 0* 1* 1* 24* -* | Playoffs 9 0 2 2 4 -
Jokerit U20 U20 SM-liiga 3* 0* 0* 0* 2* 1* |
Finland U17 WHC-17 5* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
Finland U17 (all) International-Jr 9* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
2011-12 Jokerit U18 U18 SM-sarja Q 8* 1* 3* 4* 22* -* |
Jokerit U18 U18 SM-sarja 25* 6* 14* 20* 26* -* | Playoffs 11 3 2 5 2 -
Jokerit U20 U20 SM-liiga 13* 2* 2* 4* 10* 1* |
Finland U18 (all) International-Jr 7* 0* 1* 1* 4* 3* |
Finland U20 (all) International-Jr 4* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
2012-13 Jokerit U20 U20 SM-liiga 46* 5* 18* 23* 34* -5* |
Jokerit SM-liiga 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* 1* |
Kiekko-Vantaa Mestis 7* 0* 0* 0* 6* 1* |
Finland U19 (all) International-Jr 3* 0* 0* 0* 2* -* |
Finland U20 (all) International-Jr 3* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |
2013-14 Jokerit U20 U20 SM-liiga 7* 1* 5* 6* 4* -5* |
Kiekko-Vantaa Mestis 25* 1* 0* 1* 12* 2* |
Finland U20 (all) International-Jr 5* 0* 0* 0* 4* -* |
2014-15 Jokerit KHL 9* 1* 0* 1* 6* -2* |
BIK Karlskoga HockeyAllsvenskan 18* 0* 5* 5* 12* -8* |
Kiekko-Vantaa Mestis 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* 1* |
HPK Liiga 13* 2* 1* 3* 4* -4* |
2015-16 HPK Liiga 45* 3* 6* 9* 12* -9* |
2016-17 Peliitat Mestis 7* 1* 1* 2* 6* -4* |
2017-18 Espoo United Mestis 42* 2* 6* 8* 26* -3* |
2018-19 Vienna Capitals Silver Erste Liga 52* 10* 15* 25* 38* -34* | Playoffs 4 0 0 0 - -3
2019-20 Chamonix Ligue Magnus 22* 1* 2* 3* 45* -4* |
VEU Feldkirch AlpsHL 9* 1* 7* 8* 2* -2* |
VEU Feldkirch Austria2 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* | Playoffs 2 0 0 0 0 -2
Sparta Sarpsborg Norway 7* 1* 2* 3* 0* 1* |
2020-21 Sparta Sarpsborg Norway 19* 1* 3* 4* 10* -7* |
2021-22 Gyergyói HK Erste Liga 38* 3* 15* 18* 26* 4* | Playoffs 6 1 0 1 0 5
Gyergyói HK “A” Romania 18* 3* 5* 8* 10* 7* | Playoffs 1 0 0 0 0 0
2022-23 Gyergyói HK Erste Liga 29* 0* 2* 2* 10* 2* | Playoffs 18 0 1 1 - -1
Gyergyói HK Romania 19* 0* 7* 7* 10* 15* |
2023-25 Did not play * * * * * * |
2025-26 KHT II-divisioona 17* 8* 18* 26* 2* -* |

Santeri Saari Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2010-11 Finland U17 EYOF 3* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |
2014-15 Jokerit Spengler Cup 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* -1* |
2017-18 Espoo United Suomen Cup 4* 1* 2* 3* 2* -* |
2018-19 Vienna Capitals Champions HL 2* 0* 0* 0* 2* 2* |
2019-20 Chamonix French Cup 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |

Santeri Saari Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
AlpsHL 1 9* 1* 7* 8* 0.89* 2* -2* | 0 * * * * * *
Austria2 1 0* 0* 0* 0* -* 0* -* | 1 2 0 * 0 * 0 * 0.00 * 0 * -2 *
Champions HL 1 2* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 2* 2* | 0 * * * * * *
Erste Liga 3 119* 13* 32* 45* 0.38* 74* -28* | 3 28 1 * 1 * 2 * 0.07 * 0 * 1 *
EYOF 1 3* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 0* 0* | 0 * * * * * *
French Cup 1 1* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 0* -* | 0 * * * * * *
HockeyAllsvenskan 1 18* 0* 5* 5* 0.28* 12* -8* | 0 * * * * * *
II-divisioona 1 17* 8* 18* 26* 1.53* 2* -* | 0 * * * * * *
International-Jr 5 32* 0* 1* 1* 0.03* 10* 3* | 0 * * * * * *
KHL 1 9* 1* 0* 1* 0.11* 6* -2* | 0 * * * * * *
Ligue Magnus 1 22* 1* 2* 3* 0.14* 45* -4* | 0 * * * * * *
Liiga (SM-liiga) 3 60* 5* 7* 12* 0.20* 16* -12* | 0 * * * * * *
Mestis 5 82* 4* 7* 11* 0.13* 50* -3* | 0 * * * * * *
Norway 2 26* 2* 5* 7* 0.27* 10* -6* | 0 * * * * * *
Romania 2 37* 3* 12* 15* 0.41* 20* 22* | 1 1 0 * 0 * 0 * 0.00 * 0 * 0 *
Spengler Cup 1 1* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 0* -1* | 0 * * * * * *
Suomen Cup 1 4* 1* 2* 3* 0.75* 2* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U16 SM-sarja 2 24* 2* 10* 12* 0.50* 18* -* | 1 12 0 * 5 * 5 * 0.42 * 8 * - *
U16 SM-sarja Q 2 10* 1* 5* 6* 0.60* 2* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U18 SM-sarja 3 40* 6* 15* 21* 0.53* 50* -* | 2 20 3 * 4 * 7 * 0.35 * 6 * - *
U18 SM-sarja Q 1 8* 1* 3* 4* 0.50* 22* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja) 4 69* 8* 25* 33* 0.48* 50* -8* | 0 * * * * * *
WHC-17 1 5* 0* 0* 0* 0.00* 0* -* | 0 * * * * * *
* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Santeri Saari Career Highlights

Season
Awards by season
Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
09/17/2025
09/17/2025 Confirmed No team KHT
08/20/2022
08/20/2022 Extension Gyergyói HK Gyergyói HK
08/05/2021
08/05/2021 Confirmed Sparta Sarpsborg Gyergyói HK
07/01/2020
07/01/2020 Extension Sparta Sarpsborg Sparta Sarpsborg
02/12/2020
02/12/2020 Confirmed VEU Feldkirch Sparta Sarpsborg
12/30/2019
12/30/2019 Confirmed Chamonix VEU Feldkirch
06/27/2019
06/27/2019 Confirmed Vienna Capitals Silver Chamonix
08/01/2018
08/01/2018 Confirmed Espoo United Vienna Capitals Silver
05/09/2017
05/09/2017 Confirmed Peliitat Espoo United
09/09/2016
09/09/2016 Confirmed HPK Peliitat
02/02/2015
02/02/2015 Confirmed Jokerit HPK
01/21/2015
01/21/2015 Loan Jokerit Kiekko-Vantaa
09/24/2014
09/24/2014 Loan Jokerit BIK Karlskoga
04/22/2014
04/22/2014 Extension Jokerit Jokerit
12/11/2012
12/11/2012 Extension Jokerit U20 Jokerit
Player Biography and Trivia

Career transactions
- 2015-02-02 • Signed to a end of the season + one-year contract with HPK
- 2015-01-29 • Mutual termination of contract with Jokerit
- 2014-04-23 • Signed to a two-year contract extension with Jokerit
- 2012-12-11 • Signed to a one-year contract with Jokerit
- 2012 • Contracted to Jokerit U20

Career assingments
- 2015-01-21 • Reassigned to Kiekko-Vantaa by Jokerit for a one game
- 2014-09-24 • Loaned to BIK Kalrlskoga by Jokerit until christmas break(Recalled end of November)
- 2013-2014 • Assigned to Jokerit U20
- 2013-2014 • Loaned to Kiekko-Vantaa by Jokerit
- 2012-2013 • Assigned to Jokerit U20
- 2012-2013 • Loaned to Kiekko-Vantaa by Jokerit

Other memorable dates
- 2015-02-17 • Scored first Liiga goal (vs.Sport)
- 2014-12-03 • Scored first KHL goal (assisted by P.Koukal and S.Moses), vs. Metallurg Magnitogorsk (I.Sorokin)
- 2014-11-27 • Made KHL debut against Sibir Novosibirsk +/-: -1 PIM: 0 S: 0 TOI: 4:12
- 2012-11-20 • Made Liiga debut(vs.Kärpät)