Eero Saari

Eero Saari
Born (1928-09-18)18 September 1928
Tampere, Finland
Died 29 April 2023(2023-04-29) (aged 94)
Tampere, Finland
Height 170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb; 12 st 0 lb)
Position Forward
Shot Left
Played for Ilves Tampere
National team  Finland
Playing career 1944–1956

Eero Olavi Saari (18 September 1928 – 29 April 2023) was a Finnish professional ice hockey player who played with the Tampereen Ilves of the SM-liiga and with the Finnish national team. He represented Finland at the 1951 Ice Hockey World Championships and in the ice hockey tournament at the 1952 Winter Olympics.[1][2]

Saari was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame Finland in 1994.[3] He was named an Ilves Hockey Legend in a ceremony held on 7 March 2020.[4] He is remembered as the first player on the Finnish national team to score a goal against Canada.[5]

Saari died in Tampere on 29 April 2023, at the age of 94.[6]

  1. ^ "Eero Saari - Olympic Ice Hockey | Finland". olympic.org. IOC. 18 June 2016. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Eero Saari Olympic Stats". Hockey-Reference.com. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Jääkiekkoleijonat". jaakiekkomuseo.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Ice Hockey Museum. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Ilves Hockey Legends -aatelointitilaisuus lauantaina 7.3. Ilves-HIFK-ottelussa". ilves.com (in Finnish). Ilves-Hockey Oy. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Ilves Hockey Legends". ilveshistoria.com (in Finnish). Ilves-Hockey Oy. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Eero Saari". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 May 2023.