Sami Niku

Age 22 Oct 10, 1996

Haapavesi FIN

Defense shoots left

6'1" 185 cm

176 lbs 80 kg

ELC Signing Age 20

Waivers Signing Age 21

UFA Year 2024

Agent Jay Grossman

Draft Year 2015
Drafted Overall 198
Draft Round 7
Draft Team

Transaction History

Feb 12, 2019	Assigned	Winnipeg Jets assigned D Sami Niku to Manitoba (AHL).
Jan 27, 2019	Recalled	Winnipeg Jets recalled D Sami Niku from Manitoba (AHL).
Jan 20, 2019	Assigned	Winnipeg Jets assigned D Sami Niku to Manitoba (AHL).
Dec 14, 2018	Assigned	Winnipeg Jets assigned D Sami Niku to Manitoba (AHL).
Nov 11, 2018	Recalled	Winnipeg Jets recalled D Sami Niku from Manitoba (AHL).
May 14, 2018	Recalled	Winnipeg Jets recalled D Sami Niku from Manitoba (AHL).
Apr 18, 2018	Assigned	Winnipeg Jets assigned D Sami Niku to Manitoba (AHL).
Apr 17, 2018	Recalled	Winnipeg Jets recalled D Sami Niku from Manitoba (AHL).
Apr 6, 2018	Assigned	Winnipeg Jets assigned D Sami Niku to Iowa (AHL).
Apr 1, 2018	Recalled	Winnipeg Jets recalled D Sami Niku from Manitoba (AHL).
Sep 24, 2017	Assigned	Winnipeg Jets assigned D Sami Niku to Manitoba (AHL).
May 15, 2017		Winnipeg Jets signed D Sami Niku to a three-year, entry-level contract.

2018-2019 Regular Season Stats

Sami Niku	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	TOI	GF%	xGF%	Rel xGF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60
Winnipeg Jets	30	1	3	4	0	2	407	50.00	41.29	-3.83	43.99	-2.38	0.15	0.59
Sami Niku Stats by Elite Prospects							Sami Niku Advanced Stats by Offside Review

Career Stats

	Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	TOI	GF%	xGF%	Rel xGF%	CF%	Rel CF%	G60	P60	Playoffs	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
	2010-2011	JYP U16	Jr. C SM-sarja Q	9	1	2	3	4									Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0
		JYP U16	Jr. C SM-sarja	25	1	5	6	10									Playoffs	3	0	0	0	0
	2011-2012	JYP U16	Jr. C SM-sarja Q	7	0	4	4	2									Playoffs	3	0	3	3	0
		JYP U16	Jr. C SM-sarja	14	1	8	9	4									Playoffs	3	0	3	3	0
		Finland U16 (all)	International-Jr	1	0	0	0	0
		JYP U18	Jr. B SM-sarja	17	1	1	2	0
	2012-2013	JYP U20	Jr. A SM-liiga	30	0	8	8	22									Playoffs	6	0	0	0	0
		Finland U17 (all)	International-Jr	6	1	1	2	2
		Finland U17	WHC-17	5	1	1	2	4
		JYP U18	Jr. B SM-sarja	3	2	1	3	0
		JYP U17	Jr. B2 SM-sarja	0	0	0	0	0									Playoffs	7	1	4	5	0
		Finland U17	EYOF	3	0	1	1	2
	2013-2014	Finland U18	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	4	1	1	2	4
		JYP U20	Jr. A SM-liiga	20	4	10	14	20
		JYP-Akatemia	Mestis	30	0	3	3	16
		JYP U18	Jr. B SM-sarja	1	0	3	3	0
		Finland U18	WJC-18	5	1	0	1	0
		Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr	20	3	5	8	6
Draft Yr	2014-2015	JYP	Liiga	12	0	1	1	6
Draft Yr		Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	24	3	5	8	6
Draft Yr		JYP	Champions HL	1	0	0	0	0
Draft Yr		JYP-Akatemia	Mestis	39	3	22	25	24									Playoffs	6	0	5	5	0
Draft Yr		Finland U20	WJC-20	5	0	0	0	0
	2015-2016	JYP	Liiga	38	4	7	11	2									Playoffs	1	0	0	0	0
		JYP	Champions HL	6	0	1	1	2
		Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	17	2	3	5	8
		JYP-Akatemia	Mestis	7	0	2	2	4
		Finland U20	WJC-20	7	1	1	2	2
	2016-2017	JYP	Liiga	59	5	22	27	26									Playoffs	15	1	5	6	0
		JYP	Champions HL	8	1	2	3	4
	2017-2018	Manitoba Moose	AHL	76	16	38	54	30									Playoffs	9	1	2	3	0
		Winnipeg Jets	NHL	1	1	0	1	0	13	50.00	30.98	-9.40	49.76	4.68	4.59	4.59
	2018-2019	Manitoba Moose	AHL	20	3	9	12	14
		Winnipeg Jets	NHL	30	1	3	4	2	407	50.00	41.29	-3.83	43.99	-2.38	0.15	0.59
	2019-2020	Manitoba Moose	AHL	0	0	0	0	0
		Winnipeg Jets	NHL	0	0	0	0	0
Sami Niku Stats by Elite Prospects \| Sami Niku Advanced Stats by Offside Review

Signing Team

Signing Date May 15, 2017
Agent Jay Grossman

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Entry Level Contract | 3 Years $2,750,000 0.95% of cap space