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Sami Vatanen

#45 Genève-Servette HC / NL - 24/25

2-time Liiga Best Defenseman (Pekka Rautakallio Award)

Date of Birth

Jun 03, 1991

Position

Age

Height

5'10" / 179 cm

Place of Birth

Jyväskylä, FIN

Weight

185 lbs / 84 kg

Nation

Finland

Shoots

Youth Team

JYP

Contract

24/25

Drafted

2009 round 4 #106 overall by Anaheim Ducks

Agency

PREMIUM

Father: Pentti Vatanen

Use/Embed statistics

Sami Vatanen Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-		POST	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2006-07	JYP U16 “A”	U16 SM-sarja Q	9*	7*	16*	23*	30*	-*	\|
	JYP U16 “A”	U16 SM-sarja	4*	5*	3*	8*	16*	-*	\|
	JYP U18	U18 SM-sarja	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-*	\|	Playoffs	7	1	0	1	2	-
	Finland U16 (all)	International-Jr	7*	1*	3*	4*	2*	-*	\|
2007-08	JYP U18	U18 SM-sarja Q	9*	2*	4*	6*	10*	-*	\|
	JYP U18	U18 SM-sarja	26*	7*	25*	32*	20*	-*	\|	Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0	-
	JYP U20	U20 SM-liiga	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-*	\|	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0	1
	Finland U17	WHC-17	5*	2*	3*	5*	8*	-*	\|
	Finland U17 (all) “C”	International-Jr	8*	2*	6*	8*	10*	-*	\|
	Finland U18	WJC-18	6*	0*	3*	3*	4*	-2*	\|
	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr	6*	0*	3*	3*	4*	-*	\|
2008-09	JYP U18	U18 SM-sarja Q	3*	1*	1*	2*	14*	-*	\|
	JYP U18	U18 I-divisioona	2*	2*	3*	5*	0*	-*	\|	Playoffs	1	1	1	2	14	-
	JYP U20	U20 SM-liiga	20*	3*	7*	10*	22*	-8*	\|
	D Team	Mestis	5*	1*	1*	2*	8*	-2*	\|
	Suomi U20	Mestis	2*	0*	0*	0*	2*	0*	\|
	Finland U18 “C”	WJC-18	6*	1*	1*	2*	2*	6*	\|
	Finland U18 (all) “C”	International-Jr	22*	5*	12*	17*	48*	-*	\|
2009-10	JYP	SM-liiga	55*	7*	23*	30*	44*	-1*	\|	Playoffs	14	3	4	7	6	1
	Suomi U20	Mestis	1*	0*	0*	0*	2*	1*	\|
	Finland U20	WJC-20	6*	2*	3*	5*	0*	2*	\|
	Finland U20 (all) “A”	International-Jr	17*	8*	10*	18*	6*	-*	\|
	Finland	WC	7*	0*	0*	0*	6*	-2*	\|
2010-11	JYP	SM-liiga	52*	11*	20*	31*	30*	30*	\|	Playoffs	3	1	1	2	0	4
	Suomi U20	Mestis	1*	0*	0*	0*	0*	-1*	\|
	Finland U20 “C”	WJC-20	6*	0*	4*	4*	4*	7*	\|
	Finland U20 (all) “C”	International-Jr	10*	0*	5*	5*	4*	-*	\|
2011-12	JYP	SM-liiga	49*	14*	28*	42*	40*	11*	\|	Playoffs	4	2	0	2	4	2
2012-13	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	8*	2*	0*	2*	0*	3*	\|
	Norfolk Admirals	AHL	62*	9*	36*	45*	44*	0*	\|
2013-14	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	48*	6*	15*	21*	22*	9*	\|	Playoffs	5	0	1	1	0	-2
	Norfolk Admirals	AHL	8*	2*	5*	7*	4*	0*	\|	Playoffs	5	0	3	3	4	2
	Finland	OG	6*	0*	5*	5*	0*	3*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	6*	0*	5*	5*	0*	3*	\|
2014-15	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	67*	12*	25*	37*	36*	5*	\|	Playoffs	16	3	8	11	8	5
2015-16	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	71*	9*	29*	38*	20*	8*	\|	Playoffs	7	1	3	4	6	4
2016-17	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	71*	3*	21*	24*	30*	3*	\|	Playoffs	12	1	5	6	4	-5
	Finland	WCup	3*	0*	0*	0*	2*	-3*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	6*	0*	1*	1*	4*	-7*	\|
2017-18	Anaheim Ducks	NHL	15*	1*	3*	4*	8*	-6*	\|
	New Jersey Devils	NHL	57*	3*	25*	28*	32*	-1*	\|	Playoffs	4	1	0	1	0	-1
2018-19	New Jersey Devils	NHL	50*	4*	13*	17*	22*	-17*	\|
2019-20	New Jersey Devils	NHL	47*	5*	18*	23*	22*	-12*	\|
	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	0*	\|	Playoffs	7	0	3	3	6	-1
2020-21	New Jersey Devils	NHL	30*	2*	4*	6*	18*	2*	\|
	Dallas Stars	NHL	9*	0*	0*	0*	2*	1*	\|
2021-22	Genève-Servette HC	NL	38*	9*	30*	39*	12*	1*	\|	Playoffs	2	1	0	1	0	1
	Finland	OG	6*	0*	3*	3*	4*	1*	\|
	Finland “A”	WC	8*	2*	4*	6*	2*	7*	\|
	Finland (all)	International	25*	2*	11*	13*	10*	0*	\|
2022-23	Genève-Servette HC	NL	13*	1*	13*	14*	6*	10*	\|	Playoffs	17	7	6	13	2	4
2023-24	Genève-Servette HC	NL	48*	9*	29*	38*	10*	2*	\|	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	0	-1
2024-25	Genève-Servette HC	NL	14*	3*	5*	8*	2*	-10*	\|
	Projected	NL	49*	11*	18*	29*	7*	-35*	\|

Sami Vatanen Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2009-10	Finland	EHT	3*	0*	0*	0*	2*	1*	\|
2010-11	Finland	EHT	3*	0*	1*	1*	2*	0*	\|
2011-12	Finland	EHT	3*	2*	1*	3*	0*	0*	\|
2021-22	Finland	EHT	7*	0*	4*	4*	4*	-1*	\|
2023-24	Genève-Servette HC	Champions HL	13*	3*	9*	12*	4*	7*	\|
2024-25	Genève-Servette HC	Champions HL	7*	0*	7*	7*	6*	0*	\|

Sami Vatanen Career Totals

League	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	\|	Years	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
AHL	2	70*	11*	41*	52*	0.74*	48*	0*	\|	1	5	0 *	3 *	3 *	0.60 *	4 *	2 *
Champions HL	2	20*	3*	16*	19*	0.95*	10*	7*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
EHT	4	16*	2*	6*	8*	0.50*	8*	0*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
International	3	37*	2*	17*	19*	0.51*	14*	-4*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
International-Jr	5	70*	16*	39*	55*	0.79*	74*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
SM-liiga (Liiga)	3	156*	32*	71*	103*	0.66*	114*	40*	\|	3	21	6 *	5 *	11 *	0.52 *	10 *	7 *
Mestis	3	9*	1*	1*	2*	0.22*	12*	-2*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
NHL	9	473*	47*	153*	200*	0.42*	212*	-5*	\|	6	51	6 *	20 *	26 *	0.51 *	24 *	0 *
NL	4	113*	22*	77*	99*	0.88*	30*	3*	\|	3	21	8 *	6 *	14 *	0.67 *	2 *	4 *
OG	2	12*	0*	8*	8*	0.67*	4*	4*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
U16 SM-sarja	1	4*	5*	3*	8*	2.00*	16*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
U16 SM-sarja Q	1	9*	7*	16*	23*	2.56*	30*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
U18 I-divisioona	1	2*	2*	3*	5*	2.50*	0*	-*	\|	1	1	1 *	1 *	2 *	2.00 *	14 *	- *
U18 SM-sarja	2	26*	7*	25*	32*	1.23*	20*	-*	\|	2	8	1 *	0 *	1 *	0.13 *	2 *	- *
U18 SM-sarja Q	2	12*	3*	5*	8*	0.67*	24*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
U20 SM-liiga (U20 SM-sarja)	2	20*	3*	7*	10*	0.50*	22*	-8*	\|	1	2	0 *	0 *	0 *	0.00 *	0 *	1 *
WC	2	15*	2*	4*	6*	0.40*	8*	5*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WCup	1	3*	0*	0*	0*	0.00*	2*	-3*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WHC-17	1	5*	2*	3*	5*	1.00*	8*	-*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WJC-18	2	12*	1*	4*	5*	0.42*	6*	4*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*
WJC-20	2	12*	2*	7*	9*	0.75*	4*	9*	\|	0		*	*	*	*	*	*

Sami Vatanen Career Highlights

Season

Awards by season

2005-2006
- U16 Pohjola Camp Roster (JYP)
2007-2008
- U18 SM-sarja Most Assists by Defenseman (25)
- U18 SM-sarja Most Points by Defenseman (32)
2008-2009
- U18 WJC Bronze Medal
2009-2010
- SM-liiga Bronze Medal
- U20 WJC Top 3 Player on Team
2010-2011
2011-2012
2012-2013
- AHL All-Rookie Team
- AHL First All-Star Team
2013-2014
- Olympic Bronze Medal
2021-2022
- Olympic Gold Medal
- World Championship Gold Medal
2022-2023
- NL Champion (Genève-Servette)
- NL Championship Clinching Goal
2023-2024
- Champions Hockey League Champion

Transactions

DATE	STATUS	FROM	TO
11/29/2023
11/29/2023	Extension	Genève-Servette HC	Genève-Servette HC
05/26/2022
05/26/2022	Extension	Genève-Servette HC	Genève-Servette HC
09/27/2021
09/27/2021	Confirmed	Dallas Stars	Genève-Servette HC
04/12/2021
04/12/2021	Confirmed	New Jersey Devils	Dallas Stars
01/07/2021
01/07/2021	Confirmed	Carolina Hurricanes	New Jersey Devils
02/24/2020
02/24/2020	Confirmed	New Jersey Devils	Carolina Hurricanes
11/30/2017
11/30/2017	Confirmed	Anaheim Ducks	New Jersey Devils
06/18/2016
06/18/2016	Extension	Anaheim Ducks	Anaheim Ducks
07/22/2014
07/22/2014	Extension	Anaheim Ducks	Anaheim Ducks
05/31/2011
05/31/2011	Confirmed	JYP	Anaheim Ducks

Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 2010, 1 #2 overall by Metallurg Novokuznetsk in the KHL Draft

Cult/Star player for Genève-Servette HC

Cult/Star player for JYP