Sakari Salminen
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Born |
Pori, Finland | May 31, 1988||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
Weight | 161 lb (73 kg; 11 st 7 lb) | ||
Position | Right Wing | ||
Shoots | Right | ||
KHL team Former teams |
Dynamo Moscow Ässät KalPa Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod HC Fribourg-Gottéron Växjö Lakers Jokerit | ||
National team |
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Playing career | 2007–present |
Sakari Jalmari Salminen (born May 31, 1988) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who currently plays in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) with HC Dynamo Moscow.
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.[1] 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.[2] He parted company with the club in late January 2016[3] and signed with the Växjö Lakers of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL) shortly after[4] to finish the season with the team.
In April 2016, he inked a one-year deal with Jokerit of the Kontinental Hockey League.[5] 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.[6]
International play
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Winter Olympics | ||
2014 Sochi |
Salminen was selected to the Finnish National Team that won a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
References
- ↑ "Finn, Sakari Salminen will play for Torpedo". Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. 2013-05-21. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
- ↑ "Sakari Salminen avec Fribourg-Gottéron pour 2015/2016 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron". www.gotteron.ch. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
- ↑ "Salminen n'est plus un Dragon". www.laliberte.ch. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
- ↑ "Sakari Salminen är klar för Växjö Lakers". Expressen. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
- ↑ "Sakari Salminen signs with Jokerit". Jokerit.com (in Finnish). 2016-05-04. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
- ↑ "Sakari Salminen signs a contract with Dynamo" (in Russian). HC Dynamo Moscow. 2017-09-15. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database