Sakari Lindfors (born April 27, 1966) is a Finnish former professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

player who played in the

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. He played for

HIFK HIFK, the Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna, Helsingfors (IFK, Helsingfors) rf (officially abbreviated IFK Helsingfors, colloquially often Helsingfors IFK or Helsingin IFK) is a multi-sport association based in Helsinki, Finland. Formed in 1897 on ...

and had time abroad in Italian, Swedish and Austrian leagues. He was inducted into the

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in 2005.

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Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame bio
* 1966 births Finnish ice hockey goaltenders HIFK (ice hockey) players Graz 99ers players Färjestad BK players Quebec Nordiques draft picks Olympic silver medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in ice hockey Medalists at the 1988 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Finland Ice hockey players at the 1988 Winter Olympics Ice hockey people from Helsinki Living people {{Finland-icehockey-goaltender-stub