SAKARI SALMINEN

BIRTHYEAR 1988-05-31 BIRTHPLACE Pori, FIN AGE 32 NATION Finland POSITION RW/LW SHOOTS R HEIGHT 180 cm / 5'11" WEIGHT 73 kg / 161 lbs YOUTH TEAM Ässät CONTRACT 21/22 Salminen is a fleet-footed winger with smooth hands. Offensive-minded, he has good hockey sense and vision. A skilled passer, too. Lacking in size, which can be a hinderance at times. - Erik K. Piri, EP (2016)

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CAREER STATISTICS

SEASON	TEAM	LEAGUE	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2002-03	Ässät U16	U16 SM-sarja	3	0	0	0	0		|
2003-04	Ässät U16	U16 SM-sarja	16	8	7	15	6		|	Playoffs	5	2	1	3	0
2004-05	Ässät U18	U18 SM-sarja	26	8	7	15	12		|
	Ässät U20	U20 SM-sarja	0	0	0	0	0		|	Relegation	3	0	0	0	0
2005-06	Ässät U18	U18 SM-sarja	20	20	16	36	6		|	Playoffs	8	6	10	16	6
	Ässät U20	U20 SM-sarja	19	4	9	13	10	4	|	Relegation	2	0	0	0	0
2006-07	Ässät U20	U20 SM-sarja	31	21	30	51	32	5	|	Relegation	3	3	2	5	4	3
	Suomi U20	Mestis	4	1	0	1	4	-4	|
2007-08	Ässät U20	U20 SM-sarja	12	18	5	23	4	11	|	Playoffs	12	5	10	15	4	6
	Ässät	Liiga	30	3	10	13	2	-12	|
	Jukurit	Mestis	8	1	5	6	0	-2	|
	Suomi U20	Mestis	5	3	2	5	2	3	|
	Finland U20	WJC-20	6	1	3	4	4	0	|
2008-09	Ässät	Liiga	55	16	14	30	16	-15	|	Relegation	13	5	3	8	4	-1
2009-10	Ässät	Liiga	52	12	13	25	20	-2	|
2010-11	KalPa	Liiga	57	12	33	45	10	-16	|	Playoffs	7	4	2	6	29	4
2011-12	KalPa	Liiga	54	24	23	47	16	17	|	Playoffs	7	1	6	7	0	1
	Finland (all)	International	5	1	2	3	0	3	|
2012-13	KalPa	Liiga	54	26	29	55	18	14	|	Playoffs	5	2	2	4	0	-2
	Finland	WC	10	1	2	3	0	1	|
	Finland (all)	International	22	4	5	9	2	5	|
2013-14	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	KHL	54	18	30	48	16	8	|	Playoffs	7	3	2	5	4	-2
	Finland	OG	2	0	0	0	4	1	|
	Finland (all)	International	8	3	2	5	4	2	|
2014-15	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	KHL	60	18	29	47	30	12	|	Playoffs	5	0	1	1	0	-2
	Finland (all)	International	7	3	1	4	0	2	|
2015-16	Gottéron	NL	43	10	15	25	10	-3	|
	Växjö Lakers HC	SHL	12	4	2	6	6	0	|	Playoffs	13	3	3	6	4	-2
2016-17	Jokerit	KHL	56	6	20	26	16	3	|	Playoffs	4	0	0	0	2	-3
	Finland (all)	International	2	0	1	1	0	-2	|
2017-18	Dynamo Moskva	KHL	18	2	6	8	12	3	|
	Ässät	Liiga	15	7	9	16	16	5	|	Playoffs	7	1	2	3	0	-3
2018-19	Ässät	Liiga	35	10	21	31	18	-2	|
	HIFK	Liiga	22	5	7	12	8	-2	|	Playoffs	12	4	3	7	6	-2
2019-20	Örebro HK	SHL	45	8	16	24	26	6	|
2020-21	Ässät	Liiga	-	-	-	-	-		|
TOURNAMENT STATISTICS
2011-12	KalPa	ET	8	3	3	6	0		|
	Finland	EHT	3	0	2	2	0	2	|
2012-13	KalPa	ET	5	2	4	6	0		|
	Finland	EHT	9	2	2	4	2	2	|
2013-14	Finland	EHT	6	3	2	5	0	1	|
2014-15	Finland	EHT	4	2	0	2	0	0	|
2015-16	Gottéron	Champions HL	4	1	2	3	6	0	|
	Gottéron	Swiss Cup	2	1	1	2	0		|
2016-17	Finland	EHT	2	0	1	1	0	-2	|

CAREER TOTALS

	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-		GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
								Postseason Filter postseason All types Playoffs Relegation
Champions HL:	4	1	2	3	0.75	6	0	|
EHT:	24	7	7	14	0.58	2	3	|
ET:	13	5	7	12	0.92	0	0	|
International:	44	11	11	22	0.50	6	10	|
KHL:	188	44	85	129	0.69	74	26	|	16	3	3	6	0.38	6	-7
Liiga:	374	115	159	274	0.73	124	-13	|	51	17	18	35	0.69	39	-3
Mestis:	17	5	7	12	0.71	6	-3	|
NL:	43	10	15	25	0.58	10	-3	|
OG:	2	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	|
SHL:	57	12	18	30	0.53	32	6	|	13	3	3	6	0.46	4	-2
Swiss Cup:	2	1	1	2	1.00	0	0	|
U16 SM-sarja:	19	8	7	15	0.79	6	-	|	5	2	1	3	0.60	0
U18 SM-sarja:	46	28	23	51	1.11	18	-	|	8	6	10	16	2.00	6
U20 SM-sarja:	62	43	44	87	1.40	46	20	|	20	8	12	20	1.00	8	9
WC:	10	1	2	3	0.30	0	1	|
WJC-20:	6	1	3	4	0.67	4	0	|

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

SEASON AWARDS BY SEASON 2005-2006 U18 SM-sarja Silver Medal 2007-2008 U20 SM-sarja Best PPG (1.92)   U20 SM-sarja Most Game Winning Goals (5)   U20 SM-sarja Second All-Star Team   U20 SM-sarja Silver Medal 2012-2013 SM-liiga All-Star Team 2013-2014 Olympic Bronze Medal

AWARDS BY LEAGUE - Olympic Bronze Medal 13/14 - SM-liiga All-Star Team 12/13 - U18 SM-sarja Silver Medal 05/06 - U20 SM-sarja Best PPG 07/08 - U20 SM-sarja Most Game Winning Goals 07/08 - U20 SM-sarja Second All-Star Team 07/08 - U20 SM-sarja Silver Medal 07/08

TRANSACTIONS

DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO	SOURCE
02/21/2021	Confirmed	No team	Ässät
06/04/2019	Confirmed	Ässät	Örebro HK
01/08/2019	Loan	Ässät	HIFK
11/11/2017	Confirmed	Dynamo Moskva	Ässät
09/15/2017	Confirmed	Jokerit	Dynamo Moskva
04/29/2016	Confirmed	Växjö Lakers HC	Jokerit
02/01/2016	Confirmed	Gottéron	Växjö Lakers HC
05/14/2015	Confirmed	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod	Gottéron
05/21/2013	Confirmed	KalPa	Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
11/20/2011	Extension	KalPa	KalPa
04/26/2010	Confirmed	Ässät	KalPa

PLAYER BIOGRAPHY AND TRIVIA

Cult/Star player for KalPa Cult/Star player for Ässät