Santeri Salmela

Born on: June 10, 2000
Birth place: Lappeenranta, Finland
Defenseman, shoots left
6 ' 1" (186 cm) | 192 lb (87 kg)

Championships & Medals

	Age	Year	Team	Event	Tournament Location / Series Result
	17	2018	Team Finland	U18 World Championship	Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk, Russia
	21	2022	Ketterä Imatra	Mestis	Ketterä Imatra defeated Kiekko‑Espoo 4‑1 in a best of seven gold medal series.
	22	2023	Ketterä Imatra	Mestis	Kiekko‑Espoo defeated Ketterä Imatra 4‑2 in a best of seven gold medal series.
	23	2024	Ketterä Imatra	Mestis	IPK Iisalmi defeated Ketterä Imatra 4?3 in a best of seven gold medal series.
	24	2025	Jokerit Helsinki	Mestis	Jokerit Helsinki defeated IPK Iisalmi 4?1 in a best of seven gold medal series.
IIHF U18 World Championship Medals
Mestis 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%
2015‑16	Team Finland U16		15	9	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
2016‑17	KooKoo Kouvola	Liiga	16	9	0	3	3	2	-2	0	0	0	0.000	0.333	0.333	15	0.0
2016‑17	Team Finland U17		16	22	0	3	3	10	-8	0	0	0	0.000	0.136	0.136
2017‑18	KooKoo Kouvola	Liiga	17	31	0	1	1	12	-3	0	0	0	0.000	0.032	0.032	43	0.0
2017‑18	Team Finland U18		17	19	0	3	3	14	-2	0	0	0	0.000	0.158	0.158
2018‑19	KooKoo Kouvola	Liiga	18	17	0	0	0	2	-7	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	9	0.0
2018‑19	Team Finland U19		18	7	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.143	0.143
2018‑19	Team Finland U20		18	8	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
2019‑20	Jokipojat Joensuu	Mestis	19	43	6	7	13	36	-8	0	1	0	0.140	0.163	0.302	44	13.6
2019‑20	KalPa Kuopio	Liiga	19	7	1	0	1	4	-3	0	0	0	0.143	0.000	0.143	11	9.1
2019‑20	KooKoo Kouvola	Liiga	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	2	0.0
2019‑20	Team Finland U20		19	7	1	3	4	4	4	0	0	0	0.143	0.429	0.571
2020‑21	Jukurit Mikkeli	Liiga	20	53	1	4	5	38	-13	0	0	0	0.019	0.075	0.094	60	1.7
2021‑22	KooKoo Kouvola	Liiga	21	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	2	0.0
2021‑22	Ketterä Imatra	Mestis	21	47	2	15	17	14	6	1	0	0	0.043	0.319	0.362	82	2.4
2022‑23	SaiPa Lappeenranta	Liiga	22	6	0	0	0	4	-5	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	5	0.0
2022‑23	Ketterä Imatra	Mestis	22	23	2	4	6	10	11	0	0	0	0.087	0.174	0.261	25	8.0
2023‑24	Kärpät Oulu	Liiga	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	0.0
2023‑24	SaiPa Lappeenranta	Liiga	23	1	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	2	0.0
2023‑24	Ketterä Imatra	Mestis	23	44	3	7	10	24	17	1	0	2	0.068	0.159	0.227	50	6.0
2024‑25	Jokerit Helsinki	Mestis	24	41	2	7	9	20	24	0	0	1	0.049	0.171	0.220	43	4.7
2025‑26	Ketterä Imatra	Mestis	25	41	2	7	9	22	-1	0	0	1	0.049	0.171	0.220	113	1.8
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
	Mestis Totals			239	17	47	64	126	49	2	1	4	0.071	0.197	0.268	357	4.8
	Liiga Totals			131	2	8	10	66	-33	0	0	0	0.015	0.061	0.076	150	1.3

Playoff Stats

Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
2021‑22	Ketterä Imatra	Mestis	21	17	0	5	5	8	6	0.000	0.294	0.294	19	0.0
2022‑23	Ketterä Imatra	Mestis	22	7	0	1	1	2	1	0.000	0.143	0.143	1	0.0
2023‑24	Ketterä Imatra	Mestis	23	16	3	5	8	16	10	0.188	0.313	0.500	17	17.6
2024‑25	Jokerit Helsinki	Mestis	24	2	0	0	0	0	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	0.0
	Mestis Totals			42	3	11	14	26	18	0.071	0.262	0.333	38	7.9

National Team Stats - Major Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	A	P	PIM	+/-	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
Team Finland - Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament 2017	17	4	1	1	2	-1	0.250	0.250
Team Finland - U18 World Championship 2018	17	7	1	1	4	0	0.143	0.143	7	0.0
U18 World Championship Totals		7	1	1	4	0	0.143	0.143	7	0.0
Hlinka Gretzky Cup Totals		4	1	1	2	-1	0.250	0.250

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 - Youth Olympic Games 2016	15	6	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	6	0.0
Team Finland - U16 4‑Nations 2016	15	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - U17 2‑Nations 2016	16	3	0	0	0	2	-2	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	1	0.0
Team Finland - U17 2‑Nations 2016	16	3	0	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - U17 World Challenge Exhibition Games 2016	16	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - U17 World Challenge 2016	16	5	0	1	1	6		0	0	0	0.000	0.200	0.200
Team Finland - U17 2‑Nations 2016	16	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - U17 5‑Nations 2017	16	3	0	2	2	0	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.667	0.667
Team Finland - U17 5‑Nations 2017	16	4	0	0	0	0	-4	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - U18 5‑Nations 2017	17	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - U18 5‑Nations 2017	17	4	0	1	1	6	-2	0	0	0	0.000	0.250	0.250	4	0.0
Team Finland - U20 2‑Nations 2018	18	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - U20 World Summer Showcase 2018	18	4	0	0	0	0					0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - U20 2‑Nations 2018	18	3	0	0	0	4	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - U19 5‑Nations 2019	18	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000
Team Finland - U19 4‑Nations 2019	18	3	0	1	1	0	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.333	0.333	1	0.0
Team Finland - U20 3‑Nations 2019	19	2	0	1	1	4	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.500	0.500
Team Finland - U20 World Summer Showcase 2019	19	5	1	2	3	0	3				0.200	0.400	0.600	2	50.0
Team	Age	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-	PPG	SHG	GWG	G/GP	A/GP	P/GP	SOG	SH%
U17 Men Totals		22	0	3	3	10	-8	0	0	0	0.000	0.136	0.136	1
U20 Men Totals		15	1	3	4	8	3	0	0	0	0.067	0.200	0.267	2
U16 Men Totals		9	0	0	0	2	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.000	0.000	6
U18 Men Totals		8	0	1	1	8	-1	0	0	0	0.000	0.125	0.125	4
U19 Men Totals		7	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0.000	0.143	0.143	1