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Sakari Salminen

{{short description|Finnish ice hockey player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2020}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Sakari Salminen

| image = Sakari Salminen 2016.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1988|5|31}}

| birth_place = Pori, Finland

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 161

| position = Right wing

| shoots = Right

| league =

| team = Free agent

| prospect_team =

| prospect_league =

| former_teams = KalPa
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
HC Fribourg-Gottéron
Växjö Lakers
Jokerit
Dynamo Moscow
Ässät
HIFK
Örebro HK

| ntl_team = FIN

| draft =

| draft_year =

| draft_team =

| career_start = 2007

}}

Sakari Jalmari Salminen (born May 31, 1988) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player. He is currently an unrestricted free agent who most recently played for Örebro HK in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).

Playing career

Salminen played in his native Finland for Liiga clubs, Porin Ässät and KalPa before signing a two-year contract with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) on May 21, 2013.{{cite web| url = http://www.hctorpedo.ru/index.php?newsid=4293 | title = Finn, Sakari Salminen will play for Torpedo | publisher = Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | date = 2013-05-21 | accessdate = 2013-05-21}} When his contract with Nizhny Novgorod was up, he moved to HC Fribourg-Gottéron of the Swiss National League A (NLA) for the 2015–16 season.{{Cite web|url=http://www.gotteron.ch/news/details/news/GotteronNews/detail/1862.html?cHa=&cHash=91bb6cf1164b877acda5294789ca06c0|title=Sakari Salminen avec Fribourg-Gottéron pour 2015/2016 {{!}} HC Fribourg-Gottéron|website=www.gotteron.ch|access-date=2016-05-04}} He parted company with the club in late January 2016{{Cite web|url=http://www.laliberte.ch/info-regionale/hockey-sur-glace/salminen-n-est-plus-un-dragon-330330#.VymdzsdDt8c|title=Salminen n'est plus un Dragon|website=www.laliberte.ch|access-date=2016-05-04}} and signed with the Växjö Lakers of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) shortly after{{Cite web|url=http://www.expressen.se/kvallsposten/sport/sakari-salminen-ar-klar-for-vaxjo-lakers/|title=Sakari Salminen är klar för Växjö Lakers|website=Expressen|date=February 2016 |access-date=2016-05-04}} to finish the season with the team.

In April 2016, he inked a one-year deal with Jokerit of the Kontinental Hockey League.{{Cite web|url=http://www.jokerit.com/sakari-salminen-jokereihin|title=Sakari Salminen signs with Jokerit |website=Jokerit.com| date = 2016-05-04 | language = Finnish | access-date=2016-05-04}} In the 2016–17 season, Salminen appeared in 56 games for Jokerit, registering 6 goals and 26 points.

With Jokerit opting not to continue their option with Salminen, he agreed to a one-year contract to remain in the KHL with Russian outfit, HC Dynamo Moscow, on September 15, 2017.{{cite web| url = https://dynamo.ru/news/7550-sakari_salminen_podpisal_kontrakt_s____dinamo__ | title = Sakari Salminen signs a contract with Dynamo | publisher = HC Dynamo Moscow | date = 2017-09-15 | accessdate = 2017-09-15 | language = Russian}}

International play

Salminen was selected to the Finnish National Team that won a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Regular season

! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! colspan="5" | Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

2004–05

| Ässät

| FIN U18

| 26

| 8

| 7

| 15

| 12

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2005–06

| Ässät

| FIN U18

| 20

| 20

| 16

| 36

| 6

| 8

| 6

| 10

| 16

| 6

2005–06

| Ässät

| FIN U20

| 19

| 4

| 9

| 13

| 10

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2006–07

| Ässät

| FIN U20

| 31

| 21

| 30

| 51

| 32

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

2007–08

| Ässät

| FIN U20

| 12

| 18

| 5

| 23

| 4

| 12

| 5

| 10

| 15

| 4

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| 2007–08

| Ässät

| SM-l

| 30

| 3

| 10

| 13

| 2

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

2007–08

| Jukurit

| Mestis

| 8

| 1

| 5

| 6

| 0

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2008–09

| Ässät

| SM-l

| 55

| 16

| 14

| 30

| 16

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

2009–10

| Ässät

| SM-l

| 52

| 12

| 13

| 25

| 20

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2010–11

| KalPa

| SM-l

| 57

| 12

| 33

| 45

| 10

| 7

| 4

| 2

| 6

| 29

2011–12

| KalPa

| SM-l

| 54

| 24

| 23

| 47

| 16

| 7

| 1

| 6

| 7

| 0

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2012–13

| KalPa

| SM-l

| 54

| 26

| 29

| 55

| 18

| 5

| 2

| 2

| 4

| 0

2013–14

| Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod

| KHL

| 54

| 18

| 30

| 48

| 16

| 7

| 3

| 2

| 5

| 4

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2014–15

| Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod

| KHL

| 60

| 18

| 29

| 47

| 30

| 5

| 0

| 1

| 1

| 0

2015–16

| HC Fribourg–Gottéron

| NLA

| 43

| 10

| 15

| 25

| 10

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2015–16

| Växjö Lakers

| SHL

| 12

| 4

| 2

| 6

| 6

| 13

| 3

| 3

| 6

| 4

2016–17

| Jokerit

| KHL

| 56

| 6

| 20

| 26

| 16

| 4

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 2

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2017–18

| Dynamo Moscow

| KHL

| 18

| 2

| 6

| 8

| 12

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

2017–18

| Ässät

| Liiga

| 15

| 7

| 9

| 16

| 16

| 7

| 1

| 2

| 3

| 0

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2018–19

| Ässät

| Liiga

| 35

| 10

| 21

| 31

| 18

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

2018–19

| HIFK

| Liiga

| 22

| 5

| 7

| 12

| 8

| 12

| 4

| 3

| 7

| 6

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2019–20

| Örebro HK

| SHL

| 45

| 8

| 16

| 24

| 26

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

2020–21

| Ässät

| Liiga

| 11

| 2

| 0

| 2

| 12

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2021–22

| Ässät

| Liiga

| 55

| 7

| 26

| 33

| 30

| —

| —

| —

| —

| —

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | SM-l/Liiga totals

! 440

! 124

! 185

! 309

! 166

! 38

! 12

! 15

! 27

! 35

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! colspan="3" | KHL totals

! 188

! 44

! 85

! 129

! 74

! 16

! 3

! 3

! 6

! 6

=International=

{{MedalTableTop|name=no}}

{{MedalSport | Ice hockey}}

{{MedalCountry | {{ih|FIN}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Winter Olympics}}

{{MedalBronze| 2014 Sochi |}}

{{MedalBottom}}

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! Year

! Team

! Event

! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" |

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

2008

| Finland

| WJC

| 6

| 1

| 3

| 4

| 4

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| 2013

| Finland

| WC

| 10

| 1

| 2

| 3

| 0

2014

| Finland

| OG

| 2

| 0

| 0

| 0

| 4

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | Junior totals

! 6

! 1

! 3

! 4

! 4

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! colspan="3" | Senior totals

! 12

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

References

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External links

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Category:1988 births

Category:Living people

Category:Porin Ässät (men's ice hockey) players

Category:Finnish ice hockey right wingers

Category:HC Dynamo Moscow players

Category:HC Fribourg-Gottéron players

Category:HIFK (ice hockey) players

Category:Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Category:Jokerit players

Category:KalPa players

Category:Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics

Category:Mikkelin Jukurit players

Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Finland

Category:Olympic ice hockey players for Finland

Category:Olympic medalists in ice hockey

Category:Ice hockey people from Pori

Category:Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod players

Category:Växjö Lakers players

Category:Örebro HK players

Category:21st-century Finnish sportsmen

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