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2022-23 Men's Ice Hockey Roster
Jersey Number 19
Samuli Niinisaari
- Class:
- Senior
- Position:
- Defenseman
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 187
- Hometown:
- Hamina, Finland
- Last Team:
- Lincoln (USHL)
2022-23: Academic All-Ivy … Assistant captain … Skated in all 30 games as a senior defenseman … Finished the campaign with eight assists … Recorded two assists in Brown’s wins over LIU (Dec. 3) and in Brown’s win at #8 Merrimack (Jan. 7) … Finished the season with 67 blocked shots and 34 shots on goal.
2021-22: Earned Second Team All-Ivy and Academic All-Ivy honors after skating in 29 games … Finished the campaign with one goal and 11 assists for 12 points … Led the team in assists and finished fifth on the team in scoring … Blocked 48 shots to finish second on the team … Posted assists in three straight games in February … Played in nine Ivy League games and finished with a goal and five points … One of nine Ivy defensemen with four or more assists … Finished with 23 blocks in Ivy play – the second most behind Krys.
2020-21: Season canceled due to COVID-19.
2019-20: Skated in 29 games as a rookie defenseman … finished with one goal and three assists … scored his first career goal at Colgate (3/7) in the ECAC first round series … blocked 26 shots … appeared in 20 conference games … took 20 shots.
BEFORE BROWN: Played the 2018-19 season with the Lincoln Stars of the United States Hockey League … finished the season with seven goals and 13 assists … earned the Team MVP award at the end of the season as well as the Most Likely to Succeed award … previously played for KooKoo in Finland, where he served as team captain in 2017-18, and finished with 16 assists and 20 points that season.
PERSONAL: Son of Sanna Vallittu-Niinisari and Risto Niinisari … has one brother, Joona, and one sister, Emilia.
2021-22: Earned Second Team All-Ivy and Academic All-Ivy honors after skating in 29 games … Finished the campaign with one goal and 11 assists for 12 points … Led the team in assists and finished fifth on the team in scoring … Blocked 48 shots to finish second on the team … Posted assists in three straight games in February … Played in nine Ivy League games and finished with a goal and five points … One of nine Ivy defensemen with four or more assists … Finished with 23 blocks in Ivy play – the second most behind Krys.
2020-21: Season canceled due to COVID-19.
2019-20: Skated in 29 games as a rookie defenseman … finished with one goal and three assists … scored his first career goal at Colgate (3/7) in the ECAC first round series … blocked 26 shots … appeared in 20 conference games … took 20 shots.
BEFORE BROWN: Played the 2018-19 season with the Lincoln Stars of the United States Hockey League … finished the season with seven goals and 13 assists … earned the Team MVP award at the end of the season as well as the Most Likely to Succeed award … previously played for KooKoo in Finland, where he served as team captain in 2017-18, and finished with 16 assists and 20 points that season.
PERSONAL: Son of Sanna Vallittu-Niinisari and Risto Niinisari … has one brother, Joona, and one sister, Emilia.
Brown Men's Ice Hockey ECAC Opening Round Promotion
Friday, March 06
1976 Ivy League Champions, the men’s ice hockey program
Sunday, March 01
Bennett Puck Drop ceremony #brown
Sunday, March 01
Brown vs Dartmouth: Men's Ice Hockey Highlights
Tuesday, February 17
