Tomi Sallinen (born 11 February 1989) is a Finnish professional

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who currently plays for

HC Kometa Brno HC Kometa Brno ("Comet" in English) is a professional ice hockey team based in Brno, Czech Republic. They play in the Czech Extraliga. Kometa is the most successful ice hockey club in the Czech Republic with 13 Czechoslovak (and Czech) league ch ...

of the Extraliga ledního hokeje (ELH). Sallinen previously played in the

KHL The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), Kontinental'naya khokkeynaya liga) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs b ...

for

Kunlun Red Star HC Kunlun Red Star () is a Chinese ice hockey club that joined the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) prior to the 2016–17 season. History Preparation of the team In March 2016, representatives of Kunlun Red Star and the KHL signed a protocol o ...

and Neftekhimik Nijnekamsk.

Playing career

Sallinen started his

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career with his hometown club,

Espoo Blues The Espoo Blues were an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga. They played in Espoo, Finland, at the Espoo Metro Areena. The club went bankrupt at the end of the 2015–16 Liiga season. History The club was established in February 1984 as Kiekko-Espoo ...

. In 2008 and 2011, he made the Liiga finals with the Blues, but did not capture the title. On 11 April 2014, Sallinen left the Blues to sign a one-year contract in Sweden with

Leksands IF Leksands Idrottsförening is a Swedish ice hockey team from the town of Leksand in the region of Dalarna. The team plays in the top-tier league, SHL, after succeeding through the 2019 SHL qualifiers and thus earning promotion to the SHL. The c ...

of the

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(SHL). Leksand was relegated in the 2014–15 SHL season, and Sallinen signed with SHL rivals

Djurgårdens IF Djurgårdens Idrottsförening, commonly known simply as Djurgårdens IF, Djurgården (), and (especially locally) Djurgår'n (), Dif or DIF – is a Swedish sports association with several sections, located in Stockholm. Name The club is nam ...

in April 2015. He left Sweden at the conclusion of the 2015-16 campaign to further his career in the

Kontinental Hockey League The Kontinental Hockey League (KHL; russian: Континентальная хоккейная лига (КХЛ), Kontinental'naya khokkeynaya liga) is an international professional ice hockey league founded in 2008. It comprises member clubs ba ...

(KHL), landing a deal with

HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk (russian: Нефтехимик Нижнекамск, en, Nizhnekamsk Petrochemist) is a professional ice hockey team based in Nizhnekamsk, in the Tatarstan, a federal subject of the Russian Federation. They are members ...

. In November 2016, he transferred to fellow KHL side HC Kunlun Red Star. On 14 September 2017 Sallinen was signed to a one-month contract by

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, valid through October 15. He was signed as an injury replacement for fellow countryman,

Tommi Santala Tommi Santala (born June 27, 1979 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is currently playing for HIFK of the Liiga. Playing career Santala started his pro career in Jokerit in the Finnish SM-liiga in the 1998–9 ...

. As a free agent prior to the 2018–19 season, Sallinen returned for a second stint in Sweden, initially agreeing to a contract with

Färjestad BK Färjestad Bollklubb (; abbreviated as FBK) is a Swedish professional ice hockey team based in Karlstad. Färjestad has had 21 Swedish Championship final appearances, winning ten times since the Swedish Hockey League (SHL; formerly Elitserien) ...

of the SHL on 22 May 2018. Unable to fully integrate into Farjestad's squad, Sallinen posted 4 points in 9 games before he was released from his contract on 18 December 2018. He remained in the SHL, transferring as a free agent to join Brynäs IF on 28 December 2018.

International play

Sallinen won silver representing

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at the 2014 and 2016 World Championships.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

External links

* 1989 births Living people Brynäs IF players Djurgårdens IF Hockey players Espoo Blues players Sportspeople from Espoo Färjestad BK players EHC Kloten players Leksands IF players HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk players HC Kunlun Red Star players Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Russia Finnish ice hockey centres {{Finland-icehockey-centre-stub