SAMI VATANEN
International Skater - JYP Jr., Finland Jr.
Final Rank:16Midterm Rank:20
Position:DefensemanShoots:Right
Height:5' 10"Weight:167
Born:June 3, 1991
Born in:Jyvaskyla, FIN
Drafted: 2009: ANA (4th Round / 106th Overall) 
• Captained Team Finland to a bronze medal 5-4 win over Team Canada at the 2009 Under-18 World Championships in Fargo, North Dakota – he had five assists (0-5-5) and a plus-six rating in six games.

• Vatanen got his start in hockey at the age of five in his hometown youth league and he patterns his game after Finnish defenseman Petteri Nummelin because of his offensive side and good shot from the point.

• His most memorable hockey moment was playing in the World Under-17 Hockey Challenge – “I got the opportunity to feel how it is to play in Canada in front of a bigger crowd”.

NEWS ARTICLES

VATANEN TAKING ADVANTAGE OF HIS TIME

FAVORITES

NHL Team: Anaheim Ducks
NHL Player: Scott Niedermayer
Shootout Move: “Pavel Datsyuk’s”
Movie: I Am Legend
TV Show: CSI Miami
Video Game: Tiger Woods PGA Tour '07
Website: NHL.com
Pre-game meal: Chicken and Pasta
 

STATISTICS

SEASONTEAMLEAGUEGPGAPPIM
2023-2024GENEVESWISS489293810
2022-2023GENEVESWISS13113146
2021-2022GENEVESWISS389303912
2021-2022FINLAND (2022 IIHF World Championship)ITLTOUR82462
2021-2022FINLAND (2022 Olympic Hockey Tournament)ITLTOUR60334
2021-2022FIN (2021 Karjala Tournament)ITLTOUR30440
2021-2022FIN (2022 Czech Hockey Games)ITLTOUR20004
2021-2022FIN (2022 Beijer Hockey Games)ITLTOUR20000
2020-2021NEW JERSEYNHL3024618
2020-2021DALLASNHL90002
2019-2020NEW JERSEYNHL475182322
2018-2019NEW JERSEYNHL504131722
2017-2018NEW JERSEYNHL573252832
2017-2018ANAHEIMNHL151348
2016-2017ANAHEIMNHL713212430
2015-2016ANAHEIMNHL719293820
2014-2015ANAHEIMNHL6712253736
2013-2014ANAHEIMNHL486152122
2012-2013ANAHEIMNHL82020
2011-2012JYPFINLAND4914284240
2010-2011JYPFINLAND5211203130
2009-2010JYPFINLAND557233044
2008-2009JYP JR.FINLAND-JR.20371022
2008-2009JYP 2 (defunct)FINLAND-451128
2007-2008JYP JR.FINLAND-JR.359293830