Saku Salmela

Born on: May 16, 1990
Birth place: Helsinki, Finland
Defenseman, shoots left
5 ' 10" (177 cm) | 185 lb (84 kg)

Championships & Medals

	Age	Year	Team	Event	Tournament Location / Series Result
	27	2018	HIFK Helsinki	Liiga	HIFK Helsinki defeated TPS Turku 3‑2 in the bronze medal game.
Finnish Championship Medals

Stripe: Rows Seasons
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
2006‑07	Team Finland U17		16	3	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0.0
2010‑11	Kiekko-Vantaa	Mestis	20	18	1	2	3	4	0	0	0	0	2.3
2011‑12	Kiekko-Vantaa	Mestis	21	37	10	8	18	16	18	0	0	2	10.2
2012‑13	Kiekko-Vantaa	Mestis	22	43	4	5	9	6	2	0	0	0	4.3
2013‑14	Kiekko-Vantaa	Mestis	23	56	2	15	17	32	-6	1	0
2014‑15	Ilves Tampere	Liiga	24	56	8	7	15	16	-6	6	0	3	5.0
2015‑16	Ilves Tampere	Liiga	25	55	2	15	17	16	0	0	0	0	1.3
2016‑17	HIFK Helsinki	Liiga	26	44	4	9	13	18	7	1	0	0	3.9
2017‑18	HIFK Helsinki	Liiga	27	57	2	4	6	53	-5	0	0	0	1.6
2018‑19	Ässät Pori	Liiga	28	58	3	9	12	12	-19	2	0	0	3.1
2019‑20	Ässät Pori	Liiga	29	56	2	10	12	22	-5	0	0	0	2.8
2020‑21	Kiekko-Vantaa	Mestis	30	2	0	0	0	2	-4	0	0	0	0.0
2021‑22	Kiekko-Espoo	Mestis	31	6	1	2	3	4	-1	1	0	0	5.9
2021‑22	Tappara Tampere	Liiga	31	9	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	6.3
2021‑22	KalPa Kuopio	Liiga	31	28	0	7	7	8	-5	0	0	0	0.0
2022‑23	KalPa Kuopio	Liiga	32	44	3	7	10	8	7	0	1	0	2.7
2023‑24	KalPa Kuopio	Liiga	33	31	3	2	5	10	4	0	0	0	12.0
2024‑25	KooKoo Kouvola	Liiga	34	45	2	3	5	10	19	0	0	0	3.5
2025‑26	KalPa Kuopio	Liiga	35	14	0	1	1	2	-6	0	0	0	0.0
2025‑26	HIFK Helsinki	Liiga	35	8	0	3	3	4	1	0	0	0	0.0
	Liiga Totals			505	30	78	108	179	-6	9	1	3	2.9
	Mestis Totals			162	18	32	50	64	9	2	0	2

Playoff Stats

Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
2010‑11	Kiekko-Vantaa	Mestis	20	3	0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0
2011‑12	Kiekko-Vantaa	Mestis	21	4	1	1	2	6	-3	0	0	0	11.1
2013‑14	Kiekko-Vantaa	Mestis	23	5	2	1	3	2	-6	0	1
2014‑15	Ilves Tampere	Liiga	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0
2016‑17	HIFK Helsinki	Liiga	26	14	1	1	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.1
2017‑18	HIFK Helsinki	Liiga	27	4	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0.0
2022‑23	KalPa Kuopio	Liiga	32	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0
2023‑24	KalPa Kuopio	Liiga	33	13	2	2	4	0	4	0	0	0	10.0
2024‑25	KooKoo Kouvola	Liiga	34	4	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	14.3
	Liiga Totals			39	4	4	8	4	9	0	0	0	6.0
	Mestis Totals			12	3	2	5	35	-8	0	1	0

National and Regional Team Stats - Miscellaneous Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	SH%
Team Finland - U17 2‑Nations 2007	16	3	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0.0
U17 Men Totals		3	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0