Sami Mettovaara

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Birth place: Ylivieska, Finland
Forward, shoots left
6 ' 2" (187 cm) | 207 lb (94 kg)
Birth place: Ylivieska, Finland
Forward, shoots left
6 ' 2" (187 cm) | 207 lb (94 kg)
Championships & Medals
| Age | Year | Team | Event | Tournament Location / Series Result | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 | 1996 | TPS Turku | SM-Liiga | Jokerit Helsinki defeated TPS Turku 3‑1 in a best of five gold medal series. | |
| 27 | 1997 | TPS Turku | European Hockey League | TPS Turku defeated Dynamo Moscow 5‑2 in the gold medal game. | |
| 27 | 1997 | TPS Turku | SM-Liiga | Jokerit Helsinki defeated TPS Turku 3‑0 in a best of five gold medal series. | |
| 28 | 1998 | Jokerit Helsinki | SM-Liiga | Jokerit Helsinki defeated Kiekko‑Espoo 8‑0 in the bronze medal game. | |
| 30 | 2000 | Jokerit Helsinki | SM-Liiga | TPS Turku defeated Jokerit Helsinki 3‑1 in a best of five gold medal series. | |
| 33 | 2003 | Kärpät Oulu | SM-Liiga | Tappara Tampere defeated Kärpät Oulu 3‑0 in a best of five gold medal series. | |
| Finnish Championship Medals | |||||
| European Hockey League Medals | |||||
| 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% |
| 1988‑89 | Kärpät Oulu | SM-Liiga | 19 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 6 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.353 | 0.176 | 0.529 | ||
| 1989‑90 | Kärpät Oulu | I-divisioona | 20 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 0.406 | 0.188 | 0.594 | |||||
| 1990‑91 | Kärpät Oulu | I-divisioona | 21 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 16 | -5 | 0.200 | 0.086 | 0.286 | |||||
| 1991‑92 | Kärpät Oulu | I-divisioona | 22 | 34 | 20 | 14 | 34 | 40 | 20 | 0.588 | 0.412 | 1.000 | |||||
| 1992‑93 | Kärpät Oulu | Finlandia-liiga | 23 | 43 | 28 | 21 | 49 | 16 | 19 | 0.651 | 0.488 | 1.140 | 232 | 12.1 | |||
| 1993‑94 | KalPa Kuopio | SM-Liiga | 24 | 39 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 42 | -7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.231 | 0.282 | 0.513 | ||
| 1994‑95 | KalPa Kuopio | SM-Liiga | 25 | 48 | 22 | 13 | 35 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0.458 | 0.271 | 0.729 | ||
| 1995‑96 | TPS Turku | SM-Liiga | 26 | 44 | 16 | 7 | 23 | 63 | -3 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0.364 | 0.159 | 0.523 | ||
| 1996‑97 | TPS Turku | SM-Liiga | 27 | 45 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0.444 | 0.378 | 0.822 | ||
| 1996‑97 | TPS Turku | EHL | 27 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.167 | 0.500 | 0.667 | ||
| 1996‑97 | Team Finland | | 27 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0.750 | 0.250 | 1.000 | |||||
| 1997‑98 | AIK | Elitserien | 28 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0.222 | 0.111 | 0.333 | ||||||
| 1997‑98 | Jokerit Helsinki | EHL | 28 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | ||
| 1997‑98 | Jokerit Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 28 | 24 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.167 | 0.167 | 0.333 | ||
| 1998‑99 | Jokerit Helsinki | EHL | 29 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -5 | 0.167 | 0.000 | 0.167 | |||||
| 1998‑99 | Jokerit Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 29 | 34 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 22 | -10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.059 | 0.118 | 0.176 | ||
| 1999‑00 | Peoria Rivermen | ECHL | 30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 1 | 0.0 |
| 1999‑00 | Jokerit Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 30 | 22 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.273 | 0.318 | 0.591 | 65 | 9.2 |
| 2000‑01 | Luleå HF | Elitserien | 31 | 48 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 69 | -6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.125 | 0.375 | 0.500 | 73 | 8.2 |
| 2001‑02 | Luleå HF | Elitserien | 32 | 46 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 57 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.152 | 0.152 | 0.304 | 66 | 10.6 |
| 2002‑03 | Kärpät Oulu | SM-Liiga | 33 | 53 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 36 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.189 | 0.113 | 0.302 | 110 | 9.1 |
| Season | Team | LGE | Age | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | G/GP | A/GP | P/GP | SOG | SH% |
| Liiga Totals | 326 | 95 | 72 | 167 | 235 | 15 | 23 | 0 | 14 | 0.291 | 0.221 | 0.512 | 175 | ||||
| Mestis Totals | 144 | 68 | 44 | 112 | 82 | 41 | 0.472 | 0.306 | 0.778 | 232 | |||||||
| SHL Totals | 112 | 17 | 27 | 44 | 132 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.152 | 0.241 | 0.393 | 139 | ||||
| European Hockey League Totals | 13 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.154 | 0.231 | 0.385 | |||||
| ECHL Totals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 1 | 0.0 | |||
Playoff Stats
| Season | Team | LGE | Age | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | G/GP | A/GP | P/GP | SOG | SH% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994‑95 | KalPa Kuopio | SM-Liiga | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | ||
| 1995‑96 | TPS Turku | SM-Liiga | 26 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.091 | 0.091 | 0.182 | ||
| 1996‑97 | TPS Turku | SM-Liiga | 27 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.083 | 0.250 | 0.333 | ||
| 1996‑97 | TPS Turku | European Hockey League | 27 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0.333 | 1.333 | ||
| 1997‑98 | Jokerit Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.200 | 0.200 | ||
| 1998‑99 | Jokerit Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | ||
| 1999‑00 | Jokerit Helsinki | SM-Liiga | 30 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.100 | 0.200 | 0.300 | 14 | 7.1 |
| 2000‑01 | Luleå HF | Elitserien | 31 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | -9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.167 | 0.167 | 21 | 0.0 |
| 2001‑02 | Luleå HF | Elitserien | 32 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.500 | 0.500 | 1.000 | 11 | 27.3 |
| 2002‑03 | Kärpät Oulu | SM-Liiga | 33 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 12 | 0.0 |
| Season | Team | LGE | Age | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | G/GP | A/GP | P/GP | SOG | SH% |
| Liiga Totals | 56 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 30 | -8 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.054 | 0.125 | 0.179 | 26 | ||||
| SHL Totals | 18 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.167 | 0.278 | 0.444 | 32 | 9.4 | |||
| European Hockey League Totals | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1.000 | 0.333 | 1.333 |
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 - EHT ‑ Sweden Hockey Games 1997 | 27 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0.750 | 0.250 | 1.000 | |||||
| Men Totals | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0.750 | 0.250 | 1.000 |
All-Star Game Appearences
| Year | Team | LGE | Age | GP | G | A | P | PIM | +/- | PPG | SHG | GWG | G/GP | A/GP | P/GP | SOG | SH% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Western All-Stars | SM-Liiga | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.000 | 1.000 | |||
| SM-Liiga All-Star Game Totals | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.000 | 1.000 |