Miikka Salomäki

Miikka Salomäki ( born March 9, 1993, Raahe ) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is since April 2013 in the Nashville Predators under contract on their farm team, the Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League, plays.

Career

Miikka Salomäki began his career as a hockey player in the junior department of Kärpät Oulu, for the first team, he made his debut in the SM- liiga in the season 2010/11. In his rookie year, he scored four goals in 43 games and had seven assists. In addition, the winger was standing in the pre-season in five games of the European Trophy on the ice and ran in three games in which he scored each a goal and an assist, as the Players out on loan for the Finnish U20 national team in Mestis, the second Finnish league, on.

Subsequently, he was first in the KHL Junior Draft in the second round than a total of 36 players from HK Dinamo Minsk and finally selected in the NHL Entry Draft in the second round than a total of 52 players from the Nashville Predators.

In April 2013, he received from the Predators a NHL entry-level contract for a term of three years and was the 2013/14 season with the Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League ordered.

Internationally

For Salomäki Finland took part in the U18 World Junior Championships in 2010 and 2011 and the U20 Junior World Cup 2011. At the 2010 U18 World Cup he won with his team the bronze medal at the 2011 U18 World Cup, he was elected one of the three best players of his team.

Awards and achievements

• 2010 bronze medal at the U18 World Youth Championship
• 2011 Top 3 players of Finland at the U18 World Youth Championship

SM- liiga stats

(End of season 2010/11)