Shoots Right Role Ice hockey player Date joined 2013 Name Sakari Salminen Positions Winger | Playing career Weight 75 kg National team Finland Height 1.77 m | |
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Born May 31, 1988 (age 35)
Pori, Finland ( 1988-05-31 ) KHL team
Former teams Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
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KalPa Olympic medals Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's Ice Hockey Similar People Jarkko Immonen, Juuso Hietanen, Antti Pihlstrom, Sami Lepisto, Juhamatti Aaltonen | ||
Sakari salminen khl
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.
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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.
