Sami Tamminen (born July 19, 1997) is a Finnish professional

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playing for

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Career

Tamminen made his

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debut for

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during the

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, playing 29 games and scored one goal and three assists. He also had a loan spell with

KeuPa HT KeuPa HT are a semi-professional ice hockey team based in Keuruu, Finland. They are members of the second highest league in Finland, Mestis. The club was founded in 1995 in the Finnish fourth division II-Divisioona after the ice hockey club d ...

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that season where he played five games. The following season, Tamminen played 34 games for KooKoo and registered four goals and three assists. After scoring no points in 18 games during the

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, Tamminen was loaned to KOOVEE of Mestis for the remainder of the season. After failing to make the KooKoo lineup for the

2019–20 Liiga season The 2019–20 Liiga season was the 45th season of the Liiga (formerly SM-liiga), the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975. The last two game days (12 and 14 March 2020) of the regular season were scheduled to ...

, Tamminen was once again sent out on loan to Mestis, this time to

Hokki Kajaanin Hokki is a Finnish ice hockey team based at Kajaani. The team was founded in 1968. The club Hokki was promoted from Suomi-sarja to Mestis in the end of season 2001–02 after beating Diskos of Jyväskylä in qualifications. Hokki's h ...

for an indefinite period. He would play the entire season with Hokki, scoring seven goals and nine assists in 23 games as the team finished bottom of the Mestis standings. On August 6, 2020, Tamminen moved to Sweden and signed for Visby/Roma HK of Hockeyettan.Toppcenter klar for VR

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* 1997 births Living people Finnish ice hockey forwards Hokki players KeuPa HT players KooKoo players KOOVEE players People from Valkeala Sportspeople from Kymenlaakso {{Finland-icehockey-player-stub