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Harri Säteri
Harri Säteri
Born	29 December 1989 (age 34); Toijala, Finland
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb)
Position	Goaltender
Catches	Left
NL team; Former teams	EHC Biel; Tappara; Vityaz Podolsk; Florida Panthers; Sibir Novosibirsk; Arizona Coyotes
National team	Finland
NHL draft	106th overall, 2008; San Jose Sharks
Playing career	2007–present

Harri Säteri (born 29 December 1989) is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender, currently playing with EHC Biel in the National League (NL). Although drafted in 2008 by the San Jose Sharks, he did not play in an NHL game until nearly a decade later as a member of the Florida Panthers.

Playing career

Säteri's first full season at the senior level was 2008–09, when he played in 22 matches for Tappara in the SM-liiga. He was selected 106th overall in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft by the San Jose Sharks. He was later a first-round selection in the 2009 KHL Junior Draft by SKA Saint Petersburg.

On 1 June 2010, Säteri signed a three-year entry-level contract with San Jose.^[1]

Due to injuries to two San Jose Sharks goaltenders, who also happened to be Finnish (Antti Niemi and Antero Niittymäki), Säteri was on the bench serving as backup to Thomas Greiss on 8 October 2011, though he never went into the game.^[2]

After four seasons in the Sharks organization with American Hockey League affiliate, the Worcester Sharks, Säteri opted to leave North America. He signed a one-year contract with the Russian club Vityaz Podolsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), who earlier acquired his rights from SKA St. Petersburg, on 20 May 2014.^[3]^[4]

After three seasons with Vityaz in the KHL, Säteri opted to return to North America for another attempt with the NHL, signing a one-year, two-way contract with the Florida Panthers on 1 July 2017.^[5] On 2 January 2018, Säteri made his NHL debut in a 5–1 loss to the Minnesota Wild, where he allowed one goal on 14 shots.^[6]

On 1 July 2018, having opted to leave the Panthers as a free agent, Säteri agreed to sign a one-year, two-way contract with the Detroit Red Wings.^[7] Assigned to AHL affiliate, the Grand Rapids Griffins, Säteri was the starting goaltender for the duration of the 2018–19 season. Making 40 appearances, Säteri notched a career AHL-best 22 wins.

On 27 May 2019, unable to crack the Red Wings roster and as an impending free agent, Säteri signed a one-year contract to return to the KHL with Russian club, Sibir Novosibirsk.^[8]

In the midst of his third season in Sibir Novosibirsk, having completed the 2021–22 regular season, in March 2022, Säteri left the club during the KHL playoffs due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[9]

In March 2022, Säteri was signed as a free agent to a one-year, $750,000 contract to join the Toronto Maple Leafs,^[10] but was claimed off of waivers by the Arizona Coyotes.^[11]^[12]

As a free agent from his brief tenure with the Coyotes, Säteri returned to Europe and signed a one-year contract with Swiss club EHC Biel of the NL on 18 July 2022.^[13]

International play

Säteri was selected to be the starting goaltender for Finland at the 2022 Winter Olympics, where he backstopped the Finns to win their first-ever Olympic gold medal.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

			Regular season									Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	W	L	OT	MIN	GA	SO	GAA	SV%	GP	W	L	MIN	GA	SO	GAA	SV%
2005–06	HPK	Jr. A	1	0	1	0	54	3	0	3.66	.857	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006–07	Tappara	Jr. A	23	—	—	—	—	59	0	2.63	.924	10	—	—	—	31	0	3.03	.913
2007–08	Tappara	Jr. A	34	13	17	3	—	102	1	2.99	.908	3	0	3	—	8	0	2.70	.906
2008–09	Tappara	SM-l	22	6	12	3	1,253	48	2	2.30	.921	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2009–10	Tappara	SM-l	49	21	22	4	2,836	129	2	2.73	.915	9	4	5	572	27	0	2.83	.897
2010–11	Tappara	SM-l	37	9	19	8	2,147	106	2	2.96	.911	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2010–11	Worcester Sharks	AHL	7	1	3	1	351	15	0	2.56	.918	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2011–12	Worcester Sharks	AHL	38	15	20	1	2,116	101	2	2.86	.908	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2012–13	Worcester Sharks	AHL	39	14	21	3	2,201	106	1	2.89	.903	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2013–14	Worcester Sharks	AHL	45	18	24	2	2,646	130	1	2.95	.894	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2014–15	HC Vityaz	KHL	45	17	21	5	2,603	128	3	2.95	.911	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2015–16	HC Vityaz	KHL	45	15	23	6	2,565	104	4	2.43	.929	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2016–17	HC Vityaz	KHL	42	20	16	5	2,424	101	2	2.50	.929	4	0	4	216	20	0	5.56	.875
2017–18	Springfield Thunderbirds	AHL	29	14	9	3	1,670	64	4	2.30	.927	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2017–18	Florida Panthers	NHL	9	4	4	0	493	24	0	2.92	.911	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2018–19	Grand Rapids Griffins	AHL	40	22	11	5	2,368	112	0	2.84	.899	5	2	3	292	13	0	2.67	.911
2019–20	Sibir Novosibirsk	KHL	43	20	13	4	2353	84	2	2.14	.921	5	4	1	289	7	2	1.45	.961
2020–21	Sibir Novosibirsk	KHL	47	21	21	3	2,646	100	3	2.27	.922	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2021–22	Sibir Novosibirsk	KHL	38	14	16	5	2,167	73	6	2.02	.926	1	0	1	59	2	0	2.03	.933
2021–22	Arizona Coyotes	NHL	6	2	2	1	298	21	0	4.22	.866	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2022–23	EHC Biel-Bienne	NL	35	22	8	1	2019	77	7	2.29	.923	14	9	5	—	—	2	2.35	.922
2023–24	EHC Biel-Bienne	NL	43	23	16	1	2569	98	5	2.29	.919	7	2	4	—	—	0	2.17	.925
KHL totals			260	107	110	28	14,757	590	20	2.40	.923	10	4	6	564	29	2	3.08	.922
NHL totals			15	6	6	1	791	45	0	3.41	.895	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

International

Year	Team	Event	Result	GP	W	L	OT	MIN	GA	SO	GAA	SV%
2006	Finland	U17	8th	3	0	3	0	—	—	—	3.60	.899
2007	Finland	U18	7th	4	1	2	0	—	—	—	3.27	.899
2008	Finland	WJC	6th	3	0	2	0	151	10	0	3.98	.878
2009	Finland	WJC	7th	2	0	2	0	119	7	0	3.54	.870
2017	Finland	WC	4th	6	3	2	0	318	12	1	2.26	.916
2018	Finland	WC	5th	5	4	1	0	299	7	1	1.41	.939
2021	Finland	WC		3	2	0	1	189	3	1	0.95	.955
2022	Finland	OG		5	5	0	0	300	5	1	1.00	.962
2022	Finland	WC		2	1	1	0	125	3	0	1.44	.927
2024	Finland	WC	8th	5	1	4	0	304	11	0	2.17	.898
Junior totals				12	1	9	0	—	—	—	—	—
Senior totals				26	16	8	1	1,536	41	4	1.60	.933