Finland Sakari Manninen
2-time World Championship Gold Medal 2
1-time Olympic Gold Medal 1
1-time Champions Hockey League Champion 1
1-time Liiga Champion 1
1-time Olympic All-Star Team 1
1-time World Championship All-Star Team 1
Date of Birth
Position
C/LW
Age
32
Height
5'10" / 179 cm
Place of Birth
Weight
179 lbs / 81 kg
Nation
Shoots
L
Contract
24/25

© Photo: Anton Vasyatin

Sakari Manninen Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2007-08 Kärpät U16 U16 SM-sarja Q 9* 1* 3* 4* 4* -* |
Kärpät U16 U16 SM-sarja 11* 4* 7* 11* 2* -* | Playoffs 7 3 4 7 0 -
2008-09 Kärpät U18 U18 SM-sarja 26* 8* 14* 22* 4* -* | Playoffs 6 3 2 5 4 -
2009-10 Kärpät U18 U18 SM-sarja 25* 5* 25* 30* 12* -* | Playoffs 5 2 1 3 0 -
2010-11 Kärpät U20 U20 SM-liiga 39* 13* 29* 42* 26* 7* | Relegation 10 3 11 14 8 7
Finland U19 (all) International-Jr 4* 3* 1* 4* 0* -* |
2011-12 Kärpät U20 “A” U20 SM-liiga 46* 23* 39* 62* 14* 26* | Playoffs 3 1 2 3 2 0
Kiekko-Laser Mestis 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
2012-13 Hokki Mestis 38* 13* 16* 29* 8* 11* | Playoffs 4 0 3 3 0 -7
2013-14 Kärpät U20 U20 SM-liiga 9* 3* 7* 10* 8* 10* |
Kärpät Liiga 7* 0* 0* 0* 2* -1* |
Peliitat Mestis 10* 4* 5* 9* 2* 0* |
KalPa Liiga 8* 1* 0* 1* 4* 0* |
2014-15 Kärpät Liiga 51* 4* 15* 19* 8* 14* | Playoffs 19 2 3 5 0 1
Hokki Mestis 3* 2* 5* 7* 0* 4* |
2015-16 HPK Liiga 51* 10* 21* 31* 12* -12* |
Kärpät Liiga 10* 1* 4* 5* 2* 2* | Playoffs 13 2 5 7 2 3
2016-17 HPK Liiga 57* 16* 24* 40* 12* 24* | Playoffs 7 2 3 5 0 -1
Finland (all) International 12* 0* 2* 2* 0* -2* |
2017-18 Örebro HK SHL 48* 11* 17* 28* 8* 4* |
Finland OG 5* 2* 1* 3* 0* 3* |
Finland WC 8* 0* 2* 2* 10* 3* |
Finland (all) International 29* 5* 8* 13* 12* 10* |
2018-19 Jokerit KHL 62* 20* 28* 48* 14* 15* | Playoffs 6 2 0 2 2 -4
Finland WC 10* 2* 9* 11* 6* 10* |
Finland (all) International 20* 8* 13* 21* 10* 18* |
2019-20 Salavat Yulaev Ufa KHL 56* 10* 21* 31* 22* -3* | Playoffs 6 4 2 6 6 6
Finland (all) International 3* 2* 1* 3* 0* 2* |
2020-21 Salavat Yulaev Ufa KHL 55* 19* 33* 52* 10* 18* | Playoffs 9 2 3 5 6 5
2021-22 Salavat Yulaev Ufa KHL 38* 19* 13* 32* 12* 3* | Playoffs 1 0 0 0 0 -1
Finland OG 6* 4* 3* 7* 0* 7* |
Finland WC 10* 6* 4* 10* 2* 2* |
Finland (all) International 28* 16* 13* 29* 6* 7* |
2022-23 Henderson Silver Knights AHL 53* 14* 26* 40* 24* 1* |
Finland WC 8* 3* 4* 7* 0* 3* |
Finland (all) International 11* 3* 6* 9* 2* 2* |
2023-24 Genève-Servette HC NL 50* 18* 23* 41* 26* -7* | Playoffs 2 1 1 2 4 -1
2024-25 Genève-Servette HC NL 14* 5* 9* 14* 6* 3* |
Projected NL 52* 19* 33* 52* 22* 11* |

Sakari Manninen Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2013-14 Kärpät ET 8* 1* 0* 1* 2* -* |
2014-15 Kärpät Champions HL 9* 2* 2* 4* 2* 0* |
2016-17 Finland EHT 8* 0* 1* 1* 0* -3* |
2017-18 Finland EHT 11* 3* 3* 6* 0* 1* |
2018-19 Finland “A” EHT 5* 3* 1* 4* 2* 2* |
2019-20 Finland EHT 3* 2* 1* 3* 0* 2* |
2021-22 Finland EHT 8* 5* 2* 7* 4* 5* |
2022-23 Finland EHT 3* 0* 2* 2* 2* -1* |
2023-24 Genève-Servette HC Champions HL 12* 3* 6* 9* 4* 2* |
2024-25 Genève-Servette HC Champions HL 6* 0* 6* 6* 2* 0* |

Sakari Manninen Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
AHL 1 53* 14* 26* 40* 0.75* 24* 1* | 0 * * * * * *
Champions HL 3 27* 5* 14* 19* 0.70* 8* 2* | 0 * * * * * *
EHT 6 38* 13* 10* 23* 0.61* 8* 6* | 0 * * * * * *
ET 1 8* 1* 0* 1* 0.13* 2* -* | 0 * * * * * *
International 6 103* 34* 43* 77* 0.75* 30* 37* | 0 * * * * * *
International-Jr 1 4* 3* 1* 4* 1.00* 0* -* | 0 * * * * * *
KHL 4 211* 68* 95* 163* 0.77* 58* 33* | 4 22 8 * 5 * 13 * 0.59 * 14 * 6 *
Liiga 4 184* 32* 64* 96* 0.52* 40* 27* | 3 39 6 * 11 * 17 * 0.44 * 2 * 3 *
Mestis 4 51* 19* 26* 45* 0.88* 10* 15* | 1 4 0 * 3 * 3 * 0.75 * 0 * -7 *
NL 2 64* 23* 32* 55* 0.86* 32* -4* | 1 2 1 * 1 * 2 * 1.00 * 4 * -1 *
OG 2 11* 6* 4* 10* 0.91* 0* 10* | 0 * * * * * *
SHL 1 48* 11* 17* 28* 0.58* 8* 4* | 0 * * * * * *
U16 SM-sarja 1 11* 4* 7* 11* 1.00* 2* -* | 1 7 3 * 4 * 7 * 1.00 * 0 * - *
U16 SM-sarja Q 1 9* 1* 3* 4* 0.44* 4* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U18 SM-sarja 2 51* 13* 39* 52* 1.02* 16* -* | 2 11 5 * 3 * 8 * 0.73 * 4 * - *
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja) 3 94* 39* 75* 114* 1.21* 48* 43* | 2 13 4 * 13 * 17 * 1.31 * 10 * 7 *
WC 4 36* 11* 19* 30* 0.83* 18* 18* | 0 * * * * * *

Sakari Manninen Career Highlights

Season
Awards by season
Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
04/10/2024
04/10/2024 Extension Genève-Servette HC Genève-Servette HC
05/12/2023
05/12/2023 Confirmed Henderson Silver Knights Genève-Servette HC
07/14/2022
07/14/2022 Confirmed Salavat Yulaev Ufa Vegas Golden Knights
04/07/2021
04/07/2021 Extension Salavat Yulaev Ufa Salavat Yulaev Ufa
05/17/2019
05/17/2019 Confirmed Jokerit Salavat Yulaev Ufa
05/25/2018
05/25/2018 Confirmed Örebro HK Jokerit
04/06/2017
04/06/2017 Confirmed HPK Örebro HK
02/13/2016
02/13/2016 Loan HPK Kärpät
05/11/2015
05/11/2015 Confirmed Kärpät HPK
09/09/2014
09/09/2014 Loan Kärpät Hokki
02/27/2014
02/27/2014 Extension Kärpät Kärpät
01/13/2014
01/13/2014 Loan Kärpät KalPa
09/08/2013
09/08/2013 Confirmed Hokki Kärpät
03/10/2012
03/10/2012 Confirmed Kärpät U20 Hokki
Player Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for Salavat Yulaev Ufa

Career transactions
- 2017-04-06 • Signed to a two-year contract with Örebro
- 2015-05-11 • Signed to a three-year contract with HPK
- 2014-02-27 • Signed to a one-year contract extension(option used) with Kärpät
- 2013-09-08 • Signed to a one-year + option year(team) contract with Kärpät
- 2012-03-09 • Signed to a one-year contract with Hokki

Career assingments
- 2014-09-09 • Loaned to Hokki by Kärpät indefinitely
- 2014-01-13 • Loaned to KalPa by Kärpät up to 15th February
- 2013-11-15 • Loaned to Peliitat by Kärpät until the christmas break

Other memorable dates
- 2014-01-23 • Scored first Liiga goal (vs.Ässät)
- 2013-09-14 • Made Liiga debut (vs.SaiPa)

Played in Kiekko-Laser (Finland2) during the season 2011-2012: GP 2, G 0, A 0, TP 0, PIM 0, +/- -1.
Due to team's bankruptcy all player statistics were removed from official records.