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Sami Niku (D)

Laval Rocket

Name: Sami Niku
Number: 14
Pos.: D
Shoots: L
Height: 6-0
Weight: 194
Birthdate: 1996-10-10
Birthplace: Haapavesi, Finland

Biography

NHL Entry Draft:

Winnipeg, Seventh Round, 198th Overall, 2015

Acquired:

Signed a three-year, entry-level contract with Winnipeg in 2017

Career Highlights/Trivia:

  • Set NHL career highs in games played (30), assists (3) and points (4) in 2018-19
  • Just the second rookie to ever win the Eddie Shore Award as the AHL's outstanding defenceman (2017-18)
  • Named to the 2018 AHL First All-Star Team and All-Rookie Team
  • Scored a goal in his NHL debut with Winnipeg, April 3/18 at Montreal
  • Finished 7th in SM-Liiga for scoring by a defenceman in 2016-17
  • Won SM-Liiga Bronze Medal with JYP (’17)
  • Won U20 World Junior Gold in his home country with Team Finland (’16.)
  • Won Gold Medal at EYOF with Team Finland in 2013-14
  • Played on Finland’s U17 and U18 national teams
  • One of five rookie defencemen named to the AHL First All-Star Team since 1975
  • With Mason Appleton, the first rookie teammates to be named AHL First Team All-Stars since 1988-89 (2018)
  • Played on the same U20 Gold Medal team as Winnipeg Jets forward Patrik Laine in 2016
  • Played his first professional game in SM-Liiga at age 17

View Game By Game Stats Player Stats

Regular Season Stats
Season Team GP G A PTS +/- SOG PIM SOG SOA SOGW SO
2021-22 Regular Season Laval Rocket 36 2 11 13 3 43 14 0 1 0 0.000
2019-20 Regular Season Manitoba Moose 18 3 11 14 -6 19 12 0 0 0 0.000
2018-19 Regular Season Manitoba Moose 20 3 9 12 -6 38 14 0 0 0 0.000
2017-18 Regular Season Manitoba Moose 76 16 38 54 17 139 30 0 0 0 0.000
Playoff Stats
Season Team GP G A PTS +/- SOG PIM SOG SOA SOGW SO
2022 Calder Cup Playoffs Laval Rocket 15 0 11 11 2 15 10 0 0 0 0.000
2018 Calder Cup Playoffs Manitoba Moose 9 1 2 3 -1 10 2 0 0 0 0.000

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