Saku Salminen

Saku Salminen (born October 20, 1994) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player. He most notably played in the Liiga.

Playing career Salminen was selected by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the 7th round (184th overall) of the 2013 NHL entry draft.

Salminen made his SM-liiga debut playing with Jokerit during the 2012–13 SM-liiga season.

Personal life Salminen has two hockey-playing brothers, older brother Sami who played for Northern Michigan University and in the Mestis, and younger brother Samu, who was drafted in the 3rd round of the 2021 NHL entry draft by the New Jersey Devils and as of the 2024–25 season plays for the University of Denver. Their father Pekka was a minor professional hockey player in Finland before switching to coaching.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2010–11 HIFK Jr. A 13 2 2 4 2 — — — — — 2011–12 Jokerit Jr. A 44 9 17 26 16 12 0 1 1 2 2012–13 Jokerit Jr. A 4 1 2 3 2 — — — — — 2012–13 Jokerit SM-liiga 13 1 1 2 12 — — — — — 2012–13 Kiekko-Vantaa Mestis 12 1 4 5 0 — — — — — 2013–14 Kiekko-Vantaa Mestis 13 0 2 2 16 — — — — — 2013–14 Jokerit Jr. A — — — — — 4 1 2 3 2 2014–15 HPK Liiga 36 3 5 8 4 — — — — — 2015–16 Jokerit KHL 9 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 2015–16 TUTO Hockey Mestis 7 2 2 4 0 — — — — — 2016–17 SaiPa Liiga 39 3 4 7 41 — — — — — 2017–18 SaiPa Liiga 45 2 3 5 10 9 0 1 1 4 2018–19 Anglet Hormadi Élite FRA 7 1 2 3 2 — — — — — 2018–19 ECDC Memmingen Ger.3 13 3 9 12 2 — — — — — 2018–19 ESV Kaufbeuren DEL2 12 2 1 3 2 — — — — — 2018–19 Vimmerby HC HockeyEttan 5 5 1 6 4 8 2 2 4 0 Liiga totals 133 9 13 22 67 9 0 1 1 4 KHL totals 9 0 1 1 0 — — — — —

International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2012 Finland U18 4th 7 0 5 5 0 2013 Finland WJC 7th 6 0 0 0 0 Junior totals 13 0 5 5 0