Vili Saarijärvi

Born on: May 15, 1997
Birth place: Rovaniemi, Finland
Defenseman, shoots right
5 ' 10" (179 cm) | 172 lb (78 kg)

Drafted by: Detroit Red Wings, 3. round (#73 overall), in 2015 NHL Entry Draft

Championships & Medals

	Age	Year	Team	Event	Tournament Location / Series Result
	17	2015	Team Finland	U18 World Championship	Zug and Lucerne, Switzerland
	18	2016	Team Finland	U20 World Championship	Helsinki, Finland
	23	2021	Lukko Rauma	Liiga	Lukko Rauma defeated TPS Turku 3‑1 in a best of five series.
IIHF U18 World Championship Medals
IIHF U20 World Championship Medals
Finnish Championship Medals

Rows Seasons		Overall								Goals			per Game			Shots
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
2012‑13	Team Finland U16		15	13	2	3	5	26	-6	1	0	0	0.154	0.231	0.385
2013‑14	Team Finland U17		16	15	1	8	9	12	-2	1	0	0	0.067	0.533	0.600
2014‑15	Green Bay Gamblers	USHL	17	57	6	17	23	14		1	0	1	0.105	0.298	0.404	109	5.5
2014‑15	Team Finland U18		17	11	4	9	13	6	1	3	0	1	0.364	0.818	1.182
2015‑16	Toledo Walleye	ECHL	18	5	1	3	4	0	-3	1	0	0	0.200	0.600	0.800	13	7.7
2015‑16	Flint Firebirds	OHL	18	59	12	31	43	32	-15	8	0	1	0.203	0.525	0.729	219	5.5
2015‑16	Team Finland U20		18	12	1	5	6	4	0	0	0	0	0.083	0.417	0.500
2016‑17	Mississauga Steelheads	OHL	19	34	11	20	31	14	20	2	0	1	0.324	0.588	0.912	151	7.3
2016‑17	Team Finland U20		19	11	2	3	5	10	2	2	0	1	0.182	0.273	0.455	27	7.4
2017‑18	Toledo Walleye	ECHL	20	10	2	4	6	2	2	0	0	1	0.200	0.400	0.600	27	7.4
2017‑18	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL	20	42	0	11	11	10	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.262	0.262	76	0.0
2018‑19	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL	21	70	2	14	16	20	19	2	0	1	0.029	0.200	0.229	121	1.7
2019‑20	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL	22	13	0	1	1	2	-5	0	0	0	0.000	0.077	0.077	17	0.0
2019‑20	Tucson Roadrunners	AHL	22	25	0	6	6	4	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.240	0.240	28	0.0
2020‑21	Lukko Rauma	Liiga	23	50	9	27	36	26	25	1	0	2	0.180	0.540	0.720	234	3.8
2020‑21	Team Finland		23	6	2	1	3	4	-2	1	0	0	0.333	0.167	0.500	8	25.0
2021‑22	Lukko Rauma	Liiga	24	52	17	26	43	12	19	4	1	3	0.327	0.500	0.827	321	5.3
2021‑22	Team Finland		24	9	0	2	2	4	2	0	0	0	0.000	0.222	0.222
2022‑23	SC Langnau Tigers	NLA	25	49	11	22	33	12	-12	4	0	5	0.224	0.449	0.673	153	7.2
2022‑23	Team Finland		25	10	1	2	3	2	7	0	0	0	0.100	0.200	0.300
2023‑24	SC Langnau Tigers	NLA	26	50	8	29	37	10	-8	3	0	1	0.160	0.580	0.740	175	4.6
2023‑24	Team Finland		26	19	1	1	2	4	-3	1	0	0	0.053	0.053	0.105
2024‑25	SC Langnau Tigers	NLA	27	46	3	22	25	6	-7	1	0	2	0.065	0.478	0.543	128	2.3
2024‑25	Team Finland		27	16	1	5	6	0	9	0	0	0	0.063	0.313	0.375
2025‑26	Genève-Servette HC	NLA	28	51	5	32	37	38	-1	1	0	2	0.098	0.627	0.725	113	4.4
2025‑26	Team Finland		28	12	2	4	6	2	-5	0	0	0	0.167	0.333	0.500
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
	NLA Totals			196	27	105	132	66	-28	9	0	10	0.138	0.536	0.673	569	4.7
	AHL Totals			150	2	32	34	36	13	2	0	1	0.013	0.213	0.227	242	0.8
	Liiga Totals			102	26	53	79	38	44	5	1	5	0.255	0.520	0.775	555	4.7
	OHL Totals			93	23	51	74	46	5	10	0	2	0.247	0.548	0.796	370	6.2
	USHL Totals			57	6	17	23	14		1	0	1	0.105	0.298	0.404	109	5.5
	ECHL Totals			15	3	7	10	2	-1	1	0	1	0.200	0.467	0.667	40	7.5

Playoff Stats

Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
2016‑17	Mississauga Steelheads	OHL	19	20	5	10	15	8	10	3	1	0.250	0.500	0.750	76	6.6
2017‑18	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL	20	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	0.0
2018‑19	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL	21	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.000	0.000	1.000	1	100.0
2020‑21	Lukko Rauma	Liiga	23	11	0	7	7	4	4	0	0	0.000	0.636	0.636	49	0.0
2021‑22	Lukko Rauma	Liiga	24	7	2	1	3	4	1	0	1	0.286	0.143	0.429	40	5.0
2024‑25	SC Langnau Tigers	NLA	27	9	4	2	6	4	-7	3	0	0.444	0.222	0.667	26	15.4
2025‑26	Genève-Servette HC	NLA	28	12	2	5	7	8	1	2	0	0.167	0.417	0.583	21	9.5
	NLA Totals			21	6	7	13	12	-6	5	0	0.286	0.333	0.619	47	12.8
	OHL Totals			20	5	10	15	8	10	3	1	0.250	0.500	0.750	76	6.6
	Liiga Totals			18	2	8	10	8	5	0	1	0.111	0.444	0.556	89	2.2
	AHL Totals			2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0.500	0.000	0.500	2	50.0

National Team Stats - Major Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
Team Finland - Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2014	17	4	1	3	4	2	-1	1	0	0.250	0.750	1.000
Team Finland - U18 World Championship 2015	17	7	3	6	9	4	2	2	1	0.429	0.857	1.286	27	11.1
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 2016	18	7	0	4	4	2	0	0	0	0.000	0.571	0.571	11	0.0
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 2017	19	6	2	2	4	2	2	2	1	0.333	0.333	0.667	14	14.3
Team Finland - World Championship 2024	26	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.125	0.125	8	0.0
Team Finland - World Championship 2025	27	8	1	4	5	0	6	0	0	0.125	0.500	0.625	12	8.3
World Championship Totals		16	1	5	6	0	6	0	0	0.063	0.313	0.375	20	5.0
U20 World Championship Totals		13	2	6	8	4	2	2	1	0.154	0.462	0.615	25	8.0
U18 World Championship Totals		7	3	6	9	4	2	2	1	0.429	0.857	1.286	27	11.1
Hlinka Gretzky Cup Totals		4	1	3	4	2	-1	1	0	0.250	0.750	1.000

National and Regional Team Stats - Miscellaneous Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
Team Finland - U16 2‑Nations 2012	15	2	1	0	1	2	3	0	0	0	0.500	0.000	0.500
Team Finland - U16 4‑Nations 2012	15	3	0	1	1	4		0	0	0	0.000	0.333	0.333
Team Finland - U16 2‑Nations 2012	15	2	0	0	0	0	-3	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	9	0.0
Team Finland - U16 4‑Nations 2013	15	3	1	1	2	0	-2	1	0	0	0.333	0.333	0.667
Team Finland - U16 4‑Nations 2013	15	3	0	1	1	20	-4	0	0	0	0.000	0.333	0.333
Team Finland - U17 2‑Nations 2013	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - U17 2‑Nations 2013	16	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - U17 2‑Nations 2013	16	3	0	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	1.000	1.000	9	0.0
Team Finland - U17 5‑Nations 2014	16	4	1	2	3	6	-5	1	0	0	0.250	0.500	0.750	7	14.3
Team Finland - U17 4‑Nations 2014	16	3	0	3	3	4					0.000	1.000	1.000
Team Finland - U20 National Evaluation Camp 2015	18	5	1	1	2	2		0	0	0	0.200	0.200	0.400
Team Finland - U20 National Evaluation Camp 2016	19	5	0	1	1	8		0	0	0	0.000	0.200	0.200	13	0.0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Karjala Tournament 2020	23	3	1	1	2	2	-2	0	0	0	0.333	0.333	0.667	3	33.3
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Beijer Hockey Games 2021	23	3	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0.333	0.000	0.333	5	20.0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Karjala Tournament 2021	24	3	0	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.333	0.333
Team Finland - Men 2‑Nations 2022	24	2	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0.000	0.500	0.500
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Czech Hockey Games 2022	24	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Beijer Hockey Games 2022	24	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	0.0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Karjala Tournament 2022	25	3	0	1	1	2	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.333	0.333
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Beijer Hockey Games 2023	25	2	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	0.500	0.000	0.500	7	14.3
Team Finland - Men 2‑Nations 2023	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - Men 2‑Nations 2023	25	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - Men 2‑Nations 2023	25	2	0	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	0.000	0.500	0.500
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Karjala Tournament 2023	26	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - Men 2‑Nations 2024	26	2	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - Men 2‑Nations 2024	26	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - Men 2‑Nations 2024	26	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	2	0.0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Betano Hockey Games 2024	26	2	1	0	1	0	-1	1	0	0	0.500	0.000	0.500
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Swiss Ice Hockey Games 2024	27	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	6	0.0
Team Finland - Men 2‑Nations 2025	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	0.0
Team Finland - Men 2‑Nations 2025	27	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	3	0.0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Czech Hockey Games 2025	27	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.500	0.500
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Tampere 2025	28	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Swiss Ice Hockey Games 2025	28	3	0	2	2	2	-2	0	0	0	0.000	0.667	0.667	7	0.0
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Czech Hockey Games 2026	28	3	0	2	2	0	-3	0	0	0	0.000	0.667	0.667
Team Finland - EHT ‑ Beijer Hockey Games 2026	28	3	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0.667	0.000	0.667	6	33.3
Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
Men Totals		56	6	10	16	16	2	2	0	0	0.107	0.179	0.286	41
U17 Men Totals		15	1	8	9	12	-2	1	0	0	0.067	0.533	0.600	16
U16 Men Totals		13	2	3	5	26	-6	1	0	0	0.154	0.231	0.385	9
U20 Men Totals		10	1	2	3	10		0	0	0	0.100	0.200	0.300	13

All-Star Game Appearences

Year	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
2015	Team East	USHL	17	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	3	0.0
	USHL All-Star Game Totals			1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	3	0.0