Sakari Salminen

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. 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. He parted company with the club in late January 2016 and signed with the Växjö Lakers of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) shortly after to finish the season with the team.

In April 2016, he inked a one-year deal with Jokerit of the Kontinental Hockey League. 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.

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 Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2004–05 Ässät FIN U18 26 8 7 15 12 — — — — — 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 — — — — — 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 2007–08 Ässät SM-l 30 3 10 13 2 — — — — — 2007–08 Jukurit Mestis 8 1 5 6 0 — — — — — 2008–09 Ässät SM-l 55 16 14 30 16 — — — — — 2009–10 Ässät SM-l 52 12 13 25 20 — — — — — 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 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 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 — — — — — 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 2017–18 Dynamo Moscow KHL 18 2 6 8 12 — — — — — 2017–18 Ässät Liiga 15 7 9 16 16 7 1 2 3 0 2018–19 Ässät Liiga 35 10 21 31 18 — — — — — 2018–19 HIFK Liiga 22 5 7 12 8 12 4 3 7 6 2019–20 Örebro HK SHL 45 8 16 24 26 — — — — — 2020–21 Ässät Liiga 11 2 0 2 12 — — — — — 2021–22 Ässät Liiga 55 7 26 33 30 — — — — — SM-l/Liiga totals 440 124 185 309 166 38 12 15 27 35 KHL totals 188 44 85 129 74 16 3 3 6 6

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 2008 Finland WJC 6 1 3 4 4 2013 Finland WC 10 1 2 3 0 2014 Finland OG 2 0 0 0 4 Junior totals 6 1 3 4 4 Senior totals 12 1 2 3 4