Sakari Lindfors

Born on: April 27, 1966
Birth place: Helsinki, Finland
Goalie, catches left
5 ' 8" (172 cm) | 159 lb (72 kg)

Drafted by: Quebec Nordiques, 8. round (#150 overall), in 1988 NHL Entry Draft

Championships & Medals

	Age	Year	Team	Event	Tournament Location / Series Result
	20	1987	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	HIFK Helsinki defeated TPS Turku 5‑1 in the bronze medal game.
	21	1988	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	HIFK Helsinki defeated Ilves Tampere 6‑2 in the bronze medal game.
	25	1992	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	HIFK Helsinki defeated Ässät Pori 3‑2 in the bronze medal game.
	26	1992	Team Finland	World Championship	Prague and Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
	31	1998	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	HIFK Helsinki defeated Ilves Tampere 3‑0 in a best of five gold medal series.
IIHF World Championship Medals
Finnish Championship Medals

Stripe: Rows Seasons
Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	GAA	SV%	W	L	GA	SV	SO	TIME
1985‑86	Team Finland U20		19	3	2.67		2	1	8		0	180
1986‑87	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	20	20	3.87	0.885	6	8	65	498	0	1008
1987‑88	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	21	39	2.51	0.919	28	10	98	1107	4	2342
1988‑89	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	22	25	3.58	0.903	12	10	89	832	1	1494
1988‑89	Team Finland		22	2	3.00	0.929	0	0	4	52	0	80
1989‑90	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	23	42	3.49	0.895	23	15	146	1248	2	2512
1989‑90	Team Finland		23	8	2.74		2	4	20	140	0	438
1990‑91	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	24	41	3.49	0.905	21	19	142	1350	2	2445
1990‑91	Team Finland		24	7			1	5	39	104	0	399
1991‑92	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	25	38	3.45	0.895	20	15	127	1086	4	2211
1991‑92	Team Finland		25	3	1.33	0.938	3	0	4	60	0	180
1992‑93	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	26	39	3.22	0.902	21	13	123	1136	0	2293
1992‑93	Team Finland		26	3	1.68		1	2	5	13	1	179
1993‑94	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	27	43	3.12	0.901	20	18	128	1162	3	2460
1994‑95	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	28	44	2.77	0.925	28	13	119	1463	2	2576
1995‑96	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	29	38	2.99	0.913	17	15	110	1148	3	2210
1996‑97	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	30	29	3.22	0.900	11	14	89	800	0	1660
1997‑98	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	31	19	2.45	0.907	11	4	44	427	1	1079
1998‑99	Färjestad BK	EHL	32
1998‑99	Färjestad BK	Elitserien	32	21	2.54	0.908			52	511	2	1229
2000‑01	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	34	23	3.24	0.907	8	10	68	666	0	1258
2001‑02	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	35	32	2.99	0.902	10	18	89	820	1	1787
	Liiga Totals			472	3.15	0.905	236	182	1437	13743	23	27 335
	SHL Totals			21	2.54	0.908			52	511	2	1229

Playoff Stats

Season	Team	LGE	Age	GP	GAA	SV%	W	L	GA	SV	SO	TIME
1986‑87	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	20	2		0.943			3	50	0
1987‑88	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	21	6	4.40	0.897	3	3	25	217	0	341
1988‑89	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	22	2		0.918			7	78	0
1989‑90	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	23	2	4.03	0.910	0	2	8	81	0	119
1990‑91	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	24	3	4.67	0.880	1	2	14	103	0	180
1991‑92	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	25	9	3.12	0.923	5	4	28	337	0	538
1992‑93	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	26	4	3.06	0.913	1	3	12	126	0	235
1993‑94	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	27	3	3.59	0.920	0	3	10	115	0	167
1994‑95	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	28	3	2.02	0.938	0	3	6	90	0	178
1995‑96	HIFK Helsinki	SM-Liiga	29	3	3.67	0.890	0	3	11	89	0	180
1998‑99	Färjestad BK	Elitserien	32	3	3.70	0.877			10	71	0	162
1998‑99	Färjestad BK	European Hockey League	32	1	2.03	0.920			2	23	0	59
	Liiga Totals			37		0.912	10	23	124	1286	0	1938
	SHL Totals			3	3.70	0.877			10	71	0	162
	European Hockey League Totals			1	2.03	0.920			2	23	0	59

National Team Stats - Major Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	GAA	SV%	W	L	GA	SV	SO	TIME
Team Finland - U20 World Championship 1986	19	3	2.67		2	1	8		0	180
Team Finland - World Championship 1989	22	2	3.00	0.929	0	0	4	52	0	80
Team Finland - World Championship 1990	23	7	2.38	0.903	2	3	15	140	0	378
Team Finland - Goodwill Games 1990	24	4	6.00	0.825	1	3	22	104	0	220
Team Finland - World Championship 1992	26	3	1.33	0.938	3	0	4	60	0	180
Team Finland - World Championship 1993	26	1	0.00	1.000	1	0	0	13	1	60
World Championship Totals		13	1.98	0.920	6	3	23	265	1	698
Goodwill Games Totals		4	6.00	0.825	1	3	22	104	0	220
U20 World Championship Totals		3	2.67		2	1	8		0	180

National and Regional Team Stats - Miscellaneous Tournaments

Team	Age	GP	GAA	SV%	W	L	GA	SV	SO	TIME
Team Finland - Izvestia Tournament 1989	23	1	5.00		0	1	5		0	60
Team Finland - Deutschland Cup 1990	24
Team Finland - Izvestia Tournament 1990	24	2	4.03		0	1	8		0	119
Team Finland - Sweden Hockey Games 1991	24	1	9.00		0	1	9		0	60
Team Finland - Izvestia Tournament 1992	26	2	2.52		0	2	5		0	119
Men Totals		6			0	5	27		0	358