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

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in the

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(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

(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

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Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

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* 1988 births Living people Porin Ässät (men's ice hockey) players Finnish ice hockey right wingers HC Dynamo Moscow players HC Fribourg-Gottéron players HIFK (ice hockey) players Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics Jokerit players KalPa players Medalists at the 2014 Winter Olympics Mikkelin Jukurit players Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic ice hockey players for Finland Olympic medalists in ice hockey Ice hockey people from Pori Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod players Växjö Lakers players Örebro HK players {{Finland-icehockey-winger-stub