Sakari Salminen
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| Sakari Salminen | |||
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| Born | May 31, 1988 Pori, Finland |
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| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 159 lb (72 kg; 11 st 5 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| KHL team Former teams |
Jokerit Ässät KalPa Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod HC Fribourg-Gottéron Växjö Lakers |
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| National team |  Finland |
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| Playing career | 2007–present | ||
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| Ice hockey | ||
| Representing Finland |
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| Winter Olympics | ||
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2014 Sochi | |
Sakari Jalmari Salminen (born May 31, 1988) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who currently plays for KHL outfit Jokerit.
Career
He 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 two-year deal with Jokerit of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).[5]
National Team
Salminen was selected to the Finnish National Team that won a bronze medal at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.
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- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Sportspeople from Pori
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