Birth Date: | February 17, 1975 |
Birth Place: | Jyväskylä, Finland |
Height Ft: | 6 |
Height In: | 1 |
Weight Lb: | 187 |
Position: | Goaltender |
Catches: | Left |
Played For: | JYP Newcastle Jesters Ässät Ilves HK Olimpija Ljubljana Pelicans Diables Rouges de Briançon Alba Volán Székesfehérvár |
Career Start: | 1996 |
Career End: | 2011 2016–2017 |
Tommi Satosaari (born February 17, 1975, in Jyväskylä, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender.
Satosaari played his first five years as a pro with his hometown team JYP in the SM-liiga. When the team unloaded several players after a disappointing 1999-2000 season, Satosaari made his way abroad, spending the next season with the Newcastle Jesters in the British Ice Hockey Superleague (BISL). Satosaari then returned to Finland for a season with Ässät, and in 2002-2003 he represented REV Bremerhaven in the German second league in the fall, and finished the year with Ilves. In 2003-2004 Satosaari returned to Newcastle to play for the Newcastle Vipers in the British National League before and moving to HK Olimpija Ljubljana in Slovenia for the 2004-2005 season.
Returning to JYP, Satosaari was made Sinuhe Wallinheimo's backup, but when Wallinheimo performed exceptionally well Satosaari transferred to Pelicans for the rest of the season.