Harri Säteri

Harri Säteri (born 29 December 1989) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is a goaltender for EHC Biel of the National League (NL). Although drafted in 2008 by the San Jose Sharks, he did not play in an NHL game until nearly a decade later as a member of the Florida Panthers.

Playing career Säteri's first full season at the senior level was 2008–09, when he played in 22 matches for Tappara in the SM-liiga. He was selected 106th overall in the 2008 NHL entry draft by the San Jose Sharks. He was later a first-round selection in the 2009 KHL Junior Draft by SKA Saint Petersburg.

On 1 June 2010, Säteri signed a three-year entry-level contract with San Jose.

Due to injuries to two San Jose Sharks goaltenders, who also happened to be Finnish (Antti Niemi and Antero Niittymäki), Säteri was on the bench serving as backup to Thomas Greiss on 8 October 2011, though he never went into the game.

After four seasons in the Sharks organization with American Hockey League affiliate, the Worcester Sharks, Säteri opted to leave North America. He signed a one-year contract with the Russian club Vityaz Podolsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), who earlier acquired his rights from SKA St. Petersburg, on 20 May 2014.

After three seasons with Vityaz in the KHL, Säteri opted to return to North America for another attempt with the NHL, signing a one-year, two-way contract with the Florida Panthers on 1 July 2017. On 2 January 2018, Säteri made his NHL debut in a 5–1 loss to the Minnesota Wild, where he allowed one goal on 14 shots.

On 1 July 2018, having opted to leave the Panthers as a free agent, Säteri agreed to sign a one-year, two-way contract with the Detroit Red Wings. Assigned to AHL affiliate, the Grand Rapids Griffins, Säteri was the starting goaltender for the duration of the 2018–19 season. Making 40 appearances, Säteri notched a career AHL-best 22 wins.

On 27 May 2019, unable to crack the Red Wings roster and as an impending free agent, Säteri signed a one-year contract to return to the KHL with Russian club, Sibir Novosibirsk.

In the midst of his third season in Sibir Novosibirsk, having completed the 2021–22 regular season, in March 2022, Säteri left the club during the KHL playoffs due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

In March 2022, Säteri was signed as a free agent to a one-year, $750,000 contract to join the Toronto Maple Leafs, but was claimed off of waivers by the Arizona Coyotes.

As a free agent from his brief tenure with the Coyotes, Säteri returned to Europe and signed a one-year contract with Swiss club EHC Biel of the NL on 18 July 2022.

International play

Säteri was selected to be the starting goaltender for Finland at the 2022 Winter Olympics, where he backstopped the Finns to win their first-ever Olympic gold medal.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP W L OT MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 2005–06 HPK Jr. A 1 0 1 0 54 3 0 3.66 .857 — — — — — — — — 2006–07 Tappara Jr. A 23 — — — — 59 0 2.63 .924 10 — — — 31 0 3.03 .913 2007–08 Tappara Jr. A 34 13 17 3 — 102 1 2.99 .908 3 0 3 — 8 0 2.70 .906 2008–09 Tappara SM-l 22 6 12 3 1,253 48 2 2.30 .921 — — — — — — — — 2009–10 Tappara SM-l 49 21 22 4 2,836 129 2 2.73 .915 9 4 5 572 27 0 2.83 .897 2010–11 Tappara SM-l 37 9 19 8 2,147 106 2 2.96 .911 — — — — — — — — 2010–11 Worcester Sharks AHL 7 1 3 1 351 15 0 2.56 .918 — — — — — — — — 2011–12 Worcester Sharks AHL 38 15 20 1 2,116 101 2 2.86 .908 — — — — — — — — 2012–13 Worcester Sharks AHL 39 14 21 3 2,201 106 1 2.89 .903 — — — — — — — — 2013–14 Worcester Sharks AHL 45 18 24 2 2,646 130 1 2.95 .894 — — — — — — — — 2014–15 HC Vityaz KHL 45 17 21 5 2,603 128 3 2.95 .911 — — — — — — — — 2015–16 HC Vityaz KHL 45 15 23 6 2,565 104 4 2.43 .929 — — — — — — — — 2016–17 HC Vityaz KHL 42 20 16 5 2,424 101 2 2.50 .929 4 0 4 216 20 0 5.56 .875 2017–18 Springfield Thunderbirds AHL 29 14 9 3 1,670 64 4 2.30 .927 — — — — — — — — 2017–18 Florida Panthers NHL 9 4 4 0 493 24 0 2.92 .911 — — — — — — — — 2018–19 Grand Rapids Griffins AHL 40 22 11 5 2,368 112 0 2.84 .899 5 2 3 292 13 0 2.67 .911 2019–20 Sibir Novosibirsk KHL 43 20 13 4 2353 84 2 2.14 .921 5 4 1 289 7 2 1.45 .961 2020–21 Sibir Novosibirsk KHL 47 21 21 3 2,646 100 3 2.27 .922 — — — — — — — — 2021–22 Sibir Novosibirsk KHL 38 14 16 5 2,167 73 6 2.02 .926 1 0 1 59 2 0 2.03 .933 2021–22 Arizona Coyotes NHL 6 2 2 1 298 21 0 4.22 .866 — — — — — — — — 2022–23 EHC Biel-Bienne NL 35 22 8 1 2019 77 7 2.29 .923 14 9 5 — — 2 2.35 .922 2023–24 EHC Biel-Bienne NL 43 23 16 1 2569 98 5 2.29 .919 7 2 4 — — 0 2.17 .925KHL totals 260 107 110 28 14,757 590 20 2.40 .923 10 4 6 564 29 2 3.08 .922NHL totals 15 6 6 1 791 45 0 3.41 .895 — — — — — — — —

International Year Team Event Result GP W L OT MIN GA SO GAA SV% 2006 Finland U17 8th 3 0 3 0 — — — 3.60 .899 2007 Finland U18 7th 4 1 2 0 — — — 3.27 .899 2008 Finland WJC 6th 3 0 2 0 151 10 0 3.98 .878 2009 Finland WJC 7th 2 0 2 0 119 7 0 3.54 .870 2017 Finland WC 4th 6 3 2 0 318 12 1 2.26 .916 2018 Finland WC 5th 5 4 1 0 299 7 1 1.41 .939 2021 Finland WC 3 2 0 1 189 3 1 0.95 .955 2022 Finland OG 5 5 0 0 300 5 1 1.00 .962 2022 Finland WC 2 1 1 0 125 3 0 1.44 .927 2024 Finland WC 8th 5 1 4 0 304 11 0 2.17 .898Junior totals 12 1 9 0 — — — — —Senior totals 26 16 8 1 1,536 41 4 1.60 .933