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Sami Vatanen

Сами Ватанен

Position: defender
Player status: active player
Gender: male
Nationality: Finland
Birth date: 03.06.1991 (33 years)
Birth place: Jyväskylä, Finland

Height: 179 cm / 5' 11"
Weight: 84 kg / 185 lbs
Shoots: right
Draft 1: Anaheim Ducks, year: 2009, round: 4, position: 106
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Trivia:
Drafted 2010, 1 #2 overall by Metallurg Novokuznetsk in the KHL Draft

Named to SM-Liiga All-Star team 2010-11, 2011-12

Named Best Defenceman SM-Liiga 2010-11, 2011-12

Best+/- rating SM-Liiga 2010-11

Named to AHL First All-Star Team 2012-13

Named to AHL All-Rookie team 2012-13

2023-2024 CHL MVP

Season	Team	League	#	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
2021-22	Finland	World Championship	42	8	2	4	6	2	7
2021-22	Finland	National team games	42	4	0	0	0	0
2021-22	Finland	Olympics	42	6	0	3	3	4	1
2021-22	Finland	Euro Hockey Tour	42	7	0	4	4	4	-1
2016-17	Finland	World Cup of Hockey		3	0	0	0	2	-3
2016-17	Finland	National team games		3	0	1	1	2	-4
2013-14	Finland	Olympics		6	0	5	5	0	3
2011-12	Finland	Euro Hockey Tour		3	2	1	3	0	0
2010-11	Finland	U20 National team games (U20)	(C)	4	0	1	1	0
2010-11	Finland	Euro Hockey Tour		3	0	1	1	2	0
2010-11	Finland	WJC (U20)	(C)	6	0	4	4	4	7
2009-10	Finland	U20 National team games (U20)		11	6	7	13	6
2009-10	Finland	Euro Hockey Tour		3	0	0	0	2	1
2009-10	Finland	World Championship		7	0	0	0	6	-2
2009-10	Finland	WJC (U20)		6	2	3	5	0	2
2008-09	Finland	U18 National team games (U18)	(C)	16	4	11	15	46
2008-09	Finland	WJC18 (U18)	(C)	6	0	5	5	6	6
2007-08	Finland	U17 National team games (U17)	(C)	8	2	6	8	10
2007-08	Finland	WJC18 (U18)		6	0	3	3	4	-2
2006-07	Finland	U16 National team games (U16)		7	1	3	4	2

Season	Team	League	#	GP	G	A	P	PIM	+/-
2024-25	Genève-Servette HC	CHL	45	10	1	7	8	6	2
2024-25	Genève-Servette HC	National League	45	42	3	16	19	4	-6
2023-24	Genève-Servette HC	National League (Play-off)		2	0	0	0	0	-1
2023-24	Genève-Servette HC	CHL		13	3	8	11	4	4
2023-24	Genève-Servette HC	National League		48	9	29	38	10	2
2022-23	Genève-Servette HC	National League (Play-off)		17	7	6	13	2	4
2022-23	Genève-Servette HC	National League		13	1	13	14	6	10
2021-22	Genève-Servette HC	National League (Play-off)	45	2	1	0	1	0	1
2021-22	Genève-Servette HC	National League	45	38	9	30	39	12	1
2020-21	Dallas Stars	NHL	45	9	0	0	0	2	1
2020-21	New Jersey Devils	NHL	45	30	2	4	6	18	2
2019-20	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL (Play-off)	45	7	0	3	3	6	-1
2019-20	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	45	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-20	New Jersey Devils	NHL	45	47	5	18	23	22	-12
2018-19	New Jersey Devils	NHL		50	4	13	17	22	-17
2017-18	New Jersey Devils	NHL (Play-off)		4	1	0	1	0	-1
2017-18	New Jersey Devils	NHL		57	3	25	28	32	-1
2017-18	Anaheim Ducks	NHL		15	1	3	4	8	-6
2016-17	Anaheim Ducks	NHL (Play-off)		12	1	5	6	4	-5
2016-17	Anaheim Ducks	NHL		71	3	21	24	30	3
2015-16	Anaheim Ducks	NHL (Play-off)		7	1	3	4	6	4
2015-16	Anaheim Ducks	NHL		71	9	29	38	20	8
2014-15	Anaheim Ducks	NHL (Play-off)		16	3	8	11	8	5
2014-15	Anaheim Ducks	NHL		67	12	25	37	36	5
2013-14	Norfolk Admirals AHL	AHL (Play-off)		5	0	3	3	4	2
2013-14	Anaheim Ducks	NHL (Play-off)		5	0	1	1	0	-2
2013-14	Norfolk Admirals AHL	AHL		8	2	5	7	4	0
2013-14	Anaheim Ducks	NHL		48	6	15	21	22	9
2012-13	Norfolk Admirals AHL	AHL		62	9	36	45	44	0
2012-13	Anaheim Ducks	NHL		8	2	0	2	0	3
2011-12	JYP Jyväskylä	SM-liiga (Play-off)		4	2	0	2	4	2
2011-12	JYP Jyväskylä	SM-liiga		49	14	28	42	40	11
2010-11	JYP Jyväskylä	SM-liiga (Play-off)		3	1	1	2	0	4
2010-11	Team Finland U20	Mestis		1	0	0	0	0	-1
2010-11	JYP Jyväskylä	SM-liiga		52	11	20	31	30	30
2009-10	Team Finland U20	Mestis		1	0	0	0	2	1
2009-10	JYP Jyväskylä	SM-liiga (Play-off)		14	3	4	7	6	1
2009-10	JYP Jyväskylä	SM-liiga		55	7	23	30	44	-1
2008-09	JYP Jyväskylä	Jr. B I divisioona (U18, Play-off)		1	1	1	2	14
2008-09	JYP Jyväskylä	Jr. B I divisioona (U18)		2	2	3	5	0
2008-09	JYP Jyväskylä	Jr. B SM-sarja (U18, Preliminary)		3	1	1	2	14
2008-09	Team Finland U20	Mestis		2	0	0	0	2	0
2008-09	D Team	Mestis		5	1	1	2	8	-2
2008-09	JYP Jyväskylä	Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20)		20	3	7	10	22	-8
2007-08	JYP Jyväskylä	Jr. A SM-Liiga (U20, Play-off)		2	0	0	0	0	1
2007-08	JYP Jyväskylä	Jr. B SM-sarja (U18, Play-off)		1	0	0	0	0
2007-08	JYP Jyväskylä	Jr. B SM-sarja (U18)		26	7	25	32	20
2007-08	JYP Jyväskylä	Jr. B SM-sarja (U18, Preliminary)		9	2	4	6	10
2006-07	JYP Jyväskylä	Jr. B SM-sarja (U18, Play-off)		7	1	0	1	2
2006-07	JYP Jyväskylä	Jr. C SM-sarja (U16)		4	5	3	8	16
2006-07	JYP Jyväskylä	Jr. C SM-sarja (U16, Preliminary)		9	7	16	23	30

Note: All games might not be included

Date	League	Teams	Score		G		A		PIM		+/-
Jan. 15 2025 20:15	Champions Hockey League \| Semi Final 1	Genève-Servette HC ZSC Lions	1-6	\|		\|		\|		\|	-2
Dec. 17 2024 19:30	Champions Hockey League \| Quarter Final 2	Pinguins Bremerhaven Genève-Servette HC	2-2	\|		\|		\|		\|
Dec. 03 2024 19:45	Champions Hockey League \| Quarter Final 1	Genève-Servette HC Pinguins Bremerhaven	4-0	\|	1	\|	1	\|		\|	2
Nov. 12 2024 19:45	Champions Hockey League \| Round of 16	Lausanne HC Genève-Servette HC	0-5	\|		\|	1	\|		\|
Oct. 15 2024 18:30	Champions Hockey League	Fehervar AV19 Genève-Servette HC	2-5	\|		\|	1	\|		\|	1
Oct. 09 2024 19:45	Champions Hockey League	Genève-Servette HC KAC Klagenfurt	2-3 OT	\|		\|	1	\|	2	\|	-2
Sep. 14 2024 17:00	Champions Hockey League	Genève-Servette HC Ilves Tampere	4-3	\|		\|	1	\|	2	\|	2
Sep. 12 2024 19:45	Champions Hockey League	Genève-Servette HC Storhamar Ishockey	4-3 SO	\|		\|	2	\|		\|
Sep. 08 2024 15:00	Champions Hockey League	Pelicans Lahti Genève-Servette HC	5-4 SO	\|		\|		\|		\|	1
Sep. 06 2024 19:30	Champions Hockey League	Pinguins Bremerhaven Genève-Servette HC	3-2	\|		\|		\|	2	\|

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