Juuse Saros

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Juuse Saros
Date of birth April 19, 1995
place of birth Forssa , Finland
size 178 cm
Weight 81 kg
position goalkeeper
number # 74
Catch hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 2013 , 4th round, 99th position
Nashville Predators
KHL Junior Draft 2015 , 1st round, 19th position
HK Dinamo Minsk
Career stations
2009-2015 Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho
2015-2018 Milwaukee Admirals
since 2015 Nashville Predators

Juuse Saros (born April 19, 1995 in Forssa ) is a Finnish ice hockey goalkeeper who has been under contract with the Nashville Predators in the National Hockey League since June 2015 .

Career

Juuse Saros began his career in 2009 in the youth division of Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho and went through all of the club's youth teams. In 2011 he achieved the best catch quota in the C-Juniors SM-sarja, the third highest division of this age group and was also voted the best goalkeeper and best player in the league and consequently also in the All-Star team. In 2012, with the best catch quota in the playoffs, he made a significant contribution to the fact that the A-Juniors of his club took third place in the SM-liiga, the highest Finnish division. In addition, in qualifying for the SM-sarja of the B-Juniors, he achieved both the best catch quota and the lowest goals against goals per game. The following year he was Finnish A-Juniors champion with Hämeenlinna Pallokerho. He himself achieved the best catch quota and the lowest average against goals in the SM-liiga of this age group and was therefore also voted best player and best goalkeeper as well as in the First All-Star team.

In the 2013 NHL Entry Draft , Saros was drawn by Nashville Predators in the fourth round as the 99th player. However, he stayed in Hämeenlinna for two more years and became a regular goalkeeper there. In his first season he achieved the second-best catch quota and the second lowest goal against goal in the Liiga behind Jussi Rynnäs from master Oulun Kärpät and was awarded the Jarmo Wasama commemorative trophy as Rookie of the Year . After he was selected in the first round in 19th position in the KHL Junior Draft by the Belarusian HK Dinamo Minsk in the first round, he moved to his NHL draft club in Nashville. He made his debut on November 28, 2015 in the 1: 4 loss to the Buffalo Sabers in the National Hockey League and was otherwise mainly used in the Predators' farm team, the Milwaukee Admirals , in the American Hockey League . At the end of the 2015/16 season he was elected to the all-rookie team there.

In the 2016/17 season, Saros received significantly more playing time in the NHL with 21 appearances, acted as second goalkeeper behind Pekka Rinne and reached the Stanley Cup final with the Predators, but lost to the Pittsburgh Penguins there . The following season the Finn was elected to the NHL All-Rookie Team and established himself as the second goalkeeper behind Rinne in the Predators' NHL squad for the 2018/19 season. In the following 2019/20 season, he played 40 more appearances than Rinne (36) and was also preferred to his compatriot in the 2020 playoffs .

International

Juuse Saros represented his home country at the U18 World Championships in 2012 , but when he was not used, and in 2013 when he was voted the best goalkeeper of the tournament with the second best catch rate and the second lowest goals against goals (behind the Canadian Philippe Desrosiers ) and with his performance contributed significantly to winning the bronze medal. In 2014 and 2015 he took part in the U20 World Championships. He was elected world champion with the Finnish junior selection 2014 and even with the best catch quota and the lowest goals against goals per game, he was also elected to the all-star team of the tournament.

During the 2013/14 season he made his debut for the men's national team and was nominated for the 2014 World Cup , in which he was not used, but won the silver medal with his team. The following year he made his first World Cup appearance in the men's area when he managed a shutout in the 3-0 preliminary round win against Slovakia . He also represented his colors in three games of the Euro Hockey Tour 2014/15 , which Finland finished second behind Sweden . Saros was also part of the Finnish squad at the 2016 World Cup and won the silver medal with the team again.

Achievements and Awards

International

  • 2014 Lowest number of goals conceded in the U20 Junior World Championship
  • 2014 All-Star Team of the U20 Junior World Championship
  • 2014 silver medal at the world championship
  • 2016 silver medal at the world championship

Career statistics

Status: end of the 2019/20 season

    Regular season   Playoffs
season team league Sp S. N U / OT Min. GT SO GTS Sv% Sp S. N Min. GT SO GTS Sv%
2013/14 Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho Liiga 44 17th 16 9 2625 77 7th 1.76 92.8 6th 2 4th 367 14th 0 2.29 90.3
2014/15 Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho Liiga 47 13 18th 16 2834 101 6th 2.14 92.9 - - - - - - - -
2015/16 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 38 29 8th 0 2248 84 4th 2.24 92.0 2 0 2 117 5 0 2.57 89.1
2015/16 Nashville Predators NHL 1 0 1 0 58 3 0 3.10 87.0 - - - - - - - -
2016/17 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 15th 13 2 0 903 28 1 1.86 93.4 - - - - - - - -
2016/17 Nashville Predators NHL 21st 10 8th 3 1200 47 1 2.35 92.3 2 0 0 57 3 0 3.18 82.4
2017/18 Milwaukee Admirals AHL 9 3 5 1 542 26th 1 2.88 90.6 - - - - - - - -
2017/18 Nashville Predators NHL 26th 11 5 7th 1497 61 3 2.44 92.5 4th 0 0 114 2 0 1.05 95.2
2018/19 Nashville Predators NHL 31 17th 10 2 1697 74 3 2.62 91.5 1 0 0 46 1 0 1.33 95.2
2019/20 Nashville Predators NHL 40 17th 12 4th 2177 98 4th 2.70 91.4 4th 1 3 243 13 0 3.22 89.5
Liiga overall 19th 30th 34 25th 5459 178 13 1.96 92.9 6th 2 4th 367 14th 0 2.29 90.3
AHL total 62 45 15th 1 3693 138 6th 2.24 92.1 2 0 2 117 5 0 2.57 89.1
NHL overall 119 55 36 16 6628 283 11 2.56 91.8 11 1 3 458 69 0 2.49 90.7

International

Represented Finland at:

year team event result Sp S. N Min. GT SO GTS Sv%
2012 Finland U18 World Cup 4th Place Without any effort
2013 Finland U18 World Cup Bronze medal 7th 5 2 419 13 1 1.86 94.6
2014 Finland U20 World Cup gold medal 6th 5 1 345 9 0 1.57 94.3
2014 Finland WM Silver medal Without any effort
2015 Finland U20 World Cup 7th place 2 0 2 119 6th 0 3.03 87.5
2015 Finland WM 6th place 1 1 0 60 0 1 0.00 100
2016 Finland WM Silver medal 2 2 0 120 0 2 0.00 100.0
Juniors overall 15th 10 5 883 28 1 1.90 93.7
Men overall 3 3 0 180 0 3 0.00 100.0

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; 1  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Predators' Juuse Saros plays well NHL debut" at www.tennessean.com, accessed on January 11, 2016.
Squad of the Nashville Predators in the season 2019/20

Goalkeeper: Pekka Rinne  | Juuse Saros  
defender: Mattias Ekholm  ( A ) | Ryan Ellis  ( A ) | Dante Fabbro  | Korbinian Holzer  | Roman Josi  ( C ) | Yannick Weber  
Attacker: Viktor Arvidsson  | Nick Bonino  | Daniel Carr  | Matt Duchene  | Filip Forsberg  ( A ) | Mikael Granlund  | Rocco Grimaldi  | Calle Järnkrok  | Ryan Johansen  ( A ) | Colton Sissons  | Craig Smith  | Kyle Turris  | Austin Watson  
Head Coach:  John Hynes    Assistant  Coach : Dan Lambert  | Dan Muse    General Manager:  David Poile

personal data
SURNAME Saros, Juuse
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH April 19, 1995
PLACE OF BIRTH Forssa , Finland