Sakari Manninen

Sakari Manninen
Manninen with Finland in 2017
Born (1992-02-10) 10 February 1992 (age 32)
Oulu, Finland
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 157 lb (71 kg; 11 st 3 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
NL team
Former teams		 Genève-Servette HC
Oulun Kärpät
KalPa
HPK
Örebro HK
Jokerit
Salavat Yulaev Ufa
National team  Finland
NHL draft UndraftedЧЫГР
Playing career 2012–present

Sakari Manninen (born 10 February 1992) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward for Genève-Servette HC of the National League (NL).

Playing career

Manninen made his Liiga debut playing with Oulun Kärpät during the 2013–14 Liiga season.[1]

After the 2018–19 season, placing second on Jokerit in scoring with 20 goals and 48 points in 62 games, Manninen was traded by Jokerit to fellow KHL club, Salavat Yulaev Ufa, in exchange for financial considerations and the rights to Miro Heiskanen and Henrik Borgström on 17 May 2019.[2]

In March 2022, while in his third season with the club, Manninen left Salavat Yulaev Ufa during playoffs due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[3][4][5]

On 13 July 2022, Manninen as an undrafted free agent, opted to move to North America and was signed to his first ever NHL contract after agreeing to a one-year, $750,000 contract with the Vegas Golden Knights for the 2022–23 season.[6] After attending the Golden Knights training camp, Manninen was assigned to play in the American Hockey League (AHL) with affiliate, the Henderson Silver Knights. He remained with the Silver Knights for the duration of the season, posting 40 points through 53 regular season games.

As a pending free agent from the Golden Knights, Manninen opted to resume his European career in agreeing to a one-year contract with Swiss-based, Genève-Servette HC of the National League (NL), on 12 May 2023.[7]

International play

Medal record
Representing  Finland
Ice hockey
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Beijing
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Slovakia
Gold medal – first place 2022 Finland

In 2019 IIHF World Championship Manninen was the point leader of the Finnish national team that claimed the world championship.[8]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2008–09 Kärpät FIN U18 26 8 14 22 4 6 3 2 5 4
2009–10 Kärpät FIN U18 25ТпСв 5 25 30 12 5 2 1 3 0
2010–11 Kärpät Jr. A 39 13 29 42 26 — — — — —
2011–12 Kärpät Jr. A 46 23 39 62 14 3 1 2 3 2
2012–13 Hokki Mestis 38 13 16 29 8 4 0 3 3 0
2013–14 Kärpät Jr. A 9 3 7 10 8 — — — — —
2013–14 Kärpät Liiga 7 0 0 0 2 — — — — —
2013–14 Peliitat Mestis 10 4 5 9 2 — — — — —
2013–14 KalPa Liiga 8 1 0 1 4 — — — — —
2014–15 Kärpät Liiga 51 4 15 19 8 19 2 3 5 0
2014–15 Hokki Mestis 3 2 5 7 0 — — — — —
2015–16 HPK Liiga 51 10 21 31 12 — — — — —
2015–16 Kärpät Liiga 10 1 4 5 2 13 2 5 7 2
2016–17 HPK Liiga 57 16 24 40 12 7 2 3 5 0
2017–18 Örebro HK SHL 48 11 17 28 8 — — — — —
2018–19 Jokerit KHL 62 20 28 48 14 6 2 0 2 2
2019–20 Salavat Yulaev Ufa KHL 56 10 21 31 22 6 4 2 6 6
2020–21 Salavat Yulaev Ufa KHL 55 19 33 52 10 9 2 3 5 6
2021–22 Salavat Yulaev Ufa KHL 38 19 13 32 12 1 0 0 0 0
2022–23 Henderson Silver Knights AHL 53 14 26 40 24 — — — — —
Liiga totals 184 32 64 96 40 39 6 11 17 2
KHL totals 211 68 95 163 58 22 8 5 13 14

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
2018 Finland OG 6th 5 2 1 3 0
2018 Finland WC 5th 8 0 2 2 10
2019 Finland WC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 10 2 9 11 6
2022 Finland OG 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 4 3 7 0
2022 Finland WC 1st place, gold medalist(s) 10 6 4 10 2
Senior totals 39 14 19 33 18

Awards and honours

Award Year Ref
International
Olympic All-Star Team 2022 [9]
World Championship All-Star Team 2022 [10]

References

  1. ^ "Sakari Manninen - HPK - SM-LIIGA - Jatkoaika.com - Kaikki jääkiekosta" (in Finnish). Jatkoaika.com. 6 October 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  2. ^ "KHL transfer market". Kontinental Hockey League (in Russian). 17 May 2019. Retrieved 17 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Venäläismedia: Suomalaiset KHL-pelaajat lähtevät joukolla Venäjältä". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). 4 March 2022. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
  4. ^ Schram, Carol. "NHL Suspends Dealings With KHL As Russia's Ukraine Invasion Impacts Hockey World". Forbes.
  5. ^ "Snapshots: KHL Departures, AHL Signings, NHL Trade Market". Pro Hockey Rumors. 5 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Vegas Golden Knights announce roster transactions". Vegas Golden Knights. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Sakari Manninen est un Aigle!". gshc.ch (in Swiss French). 12 May 2013. Retrieved 13 May 2023.
  8. ^ Mennander, Pasi. "Leijonat - Sakari Manninen Leijonien paras pistemies – Tässä mestarijoukkueen pelaajien pisteet". www.leijonat.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 8 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Slafkovsky voted MVP". IIHF. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  10. ^ "Olkinuora MVP, All-Stars named". IIHF. Retrieved 29 May 2022.


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