Saku MAENALANEN

Finland

Ice Hockey

Date of Birth: 29 May 1994

Age: 27

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.92/6'3''

Place of birth: TORNIO

Birth Country:

Finland

Residence: OULU

Residence Country:

Finland

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Ice Hockey	Men FIN Finland	1

Schedule

Location	Event	Status
National Indoor Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round - Group C #4 FIN Finland 6 SVK Slovakia 2	Finished
National Indoor Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round - Group C #10 LAT Latvia 1 FIN Finland 3	Finished
National Indoor Stadium	Men's Preliminary Round - Group C #16 FIN Finland 4 SWE Sweden 3	Finished
National Indoor Stadium	Men's Play-offs Quarterfinals #25 FIN Finland 5 SUI Switzerland 1	Finished
National Indoor Stadium	Men's Play-offs Semifinals #27 FIN Finland 2 SVK Slovakia 0	Finished
National Indoor Stadium	Men's Gold Medal Game #30 FIN Finland 2 ROC ROC 1	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Historical Results

World Championship
Rank	Event	Year	Location
2	Men	2021	Riga, LAT
5	Men	2018	Copenhagen / Herning, DEN

Occupation:

Athlete

Languages spoken:

Finnish

Club name:

Karpat

Position style:

Forward

Hand:

Left

National league:

SM-Liiga

Ambition:

To play in the NHL: "The NHL is still my dream and number one goal. There could still be an opportunity for one company here in the years to come." (liiga.fi, 9 Feb 2021)

General Interest

NORTH AMERICAN STINT
Played one season (2018-19) in North America, splitting time between the Carolina Hurricanes of the NHL and their American Hockey League (AHL) minor affiliate, Charlotte Checkers. Scored eight points in 34 NHL games.

PLAYING CAREER
Karpat, FIN (2013-18); Pelicans, FIN (2014-15); Charlotte Checkers, USA (2018-19); Carolina Hurricanes, USA (2018-19); Jokerit Helsinki, FIN (2019-21); Karpat, FIN (2021- ).

NHL DRAFT
Selected by the Nashville Predators with the 125th-overall pick in the 2013 NHL Entry Draft.

Milestones

Has played over 200 games in the SM-liiga over six seasons.

Won the SM-liiga championship with Karpat in 2018.

Legend

#:: Game
:: Gold
:: Gold Medal Event

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