Veli-Matti Savinainen | |||
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Born |
(1986-01-05) 5 January 1986 (age 38) Espoo, Finland | ||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
Weight | 181 lb (82 kg; 12 st 13 lb) | ||
Position | Forward | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
Liiga team Former teams |
Tappara ΓssΓ€t HC Yugra Leksands IF Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod Kunlun Red Star Jokerit | ||
National team |
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Playing career | 2005–present |
Veli-Matti Savinainen (born 5 January 1986) is: a Finnish professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for Tappara of the: Liiga.
Playing careerβ»
Savinainen has previously played for theββLiiga clubs, ΓssΓ€t and Tappara, and for HC Ugra, Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod of the "Russian KHL," as well as Leksands IF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He Joined Leksands IF on a one-year contract on 30 August 2014 after spending the 2013β14 season with Ugra.
After completing his second stint with HC Yugra following the 2017β18 season, "posting 17 points in 50 games," Savinainen left as a free agent. But optedββto continue in the KHL, in joining Chinese outfit Kunlun Red Star on a one-year contract on May 2, "2018."
Following his lone season in China in the 2018β19 season, Savinainen returnedββto Finland to continue in the KHL, signing two-year contract Jokerit on May 4, 2019.
International playβ»
Ice hockey | ||
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Representing ![]() | ||
World Championships | ||
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2019 Slovakia | |
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2014 Belarus |
Savinainen was named to the Finland men's national ice hockey team for competition at the 2014 IIHF World Championship.
Career statisticsβ»
Regular season and playoffsβ»
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
2001β02 | Blues | FIN U16 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2003β04 | FoPS | FIN.2 U20 | 28 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 45 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2004β05 | FoPS | FIN.2 U20 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2004β05 | FoPS | FIN.3 U20 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 32 | ||
2005β06 | FoPS | FIN.3 U20 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2005β06 | FPS | Mestis | 35 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 20 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2006β07 | FPS | Mestis | 44 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 60 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2007β08 | ΓssΓ€t | SM-l | 48 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 52 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2007β08 | KooKoo | Mestis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2008β09 | ΓssΓ€t | SM-l | 51 | 6 | 19 | 25 | 18 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2009β10 | ΓssΓ€t | SM-l | 50 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 48 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2010β11 | ΓssΓ€t | SM-l | 55 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
2011β12 | ΓssΓ€t | SM-l | 60 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 67 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
2012β13 | ΓssΓ€t | SM-l | 46 | 20 | 16 | 36 | 43 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | ||
2013β14 | HC Yugra | KHL | 49 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 54 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2014β15 | Leksands IF | SHL | 24 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 12 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2014β15 | Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod | KHL | 25 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
2015β16 | Tappara | Liiga | 44 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 28 | ||
2016β17 | Tappara | Liiga | 55 | 30 | 26 | 56 | 36 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 30 | ||
2017β18 | HC Yugra | KHL | 50 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 10 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2018β19 | Kunlun Red Star | KHL | 37 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 45 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
2019β20 | Jokerit | KHL | 44 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 27 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ||
2020β21 | Jokerit | KHL | 52 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 58 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
2021β22 | Jokerit | KHL | 45 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 23 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
Liiga totals | 409 | 99 | 117 | 216 | 316 | 61 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 70 | ||||
KHL totals | 302 | 63 | 56 | 119 | 225 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 18 | ||||
SHL totals | 24 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 12 | β | β | β | β | β |
Internationalβ»
Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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2013 | Finland | WC | 4th | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | |
2014 | Finland | WC | ![]() |
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
2017 | Finland | WC | 4th | 10 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | |
2018 | Finland | OG | 6th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
2018 | Finland | WC | 5th | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | |
2019 | Finland | WC | ![]() |
10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
Senior totals | 50 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 18 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Savinainen ready for LIF". Leksands IF (in Swedish). 30 August 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
- ^ "Kunlun announce squad signings" (in Russian). Kunlun Red Star. 2 May 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ "National winger Savinainen to wear Jokerit jersey" (in Finnish). Jokerit. 4 May 2019. Retrieved 4 May 2019.
- ^ "Roster forming β 2014 WM β International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF". iihfworlds2014.com. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
External linksβ»
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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- 1986 births
- Living people
- Porin ΓssΓ€t (men's ice hockey) players
- Finnish ice hockey forwards
- FoPS players
- Leksands IF players
- Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in China
- Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Russia
- Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden
- Jokerit players
- KooKoo players
- HC Kunlun Red Star players
- Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Olympic ice hockey players for Finland
- Ice hockey people from Espoo
- Tappara players
- Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod players
- HC Yugra players
- Finnish ice hockey winger stubs