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).

Sakari Salminen
Born (1988-05-31) May 31, 1988
Pori, Finland
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 161 lb (73 kg; 11 st 7 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shoots Right
team
Former teams		 Free Agent
KalPa
Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
HC Fribourg-Gottéron
Växjö Lakers
Jokerit
Dynamo Moscow
Ässät
HIFK
Örebro HK
National team  Finland
Playing career 2007–present

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
Medal record
Ice hockey
Representing  Finland
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
  1. "Finn, Sakari Salminen will play for Torpedo". Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod. 2013-05-21. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
  2. "Sakari Salminen avec Fribourg-Gottéron pour 2015/2016 | HC Fribourg-Gottéron". www.gotteron.ch. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  3. "Salminen n'est plus un Dragon". www.laliberte.ch. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  4. "Sakari Salminen är klar för Växjö Lakers". Expressen. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  5. "Sakari Salminen signs with Jokerit". Jokerit.com (in Finnish). 2016-05-04. Retrieved 2016-05-04.
  6. "Sakari Salminen signs a contract with Dynamo" (in Russian). HC Dynamo Moscow. 2017-09-15. Retrieved 2017-09-15.
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