Samuli Niinisaari: Career Statistics
Position: Defenseman
Height: 6’-1”
Weight: 200 lbs
Hometown: Hamina, Finland
Previous team: Brown (ECAC)
Season totals
| Season | Team | GP | G | A | PTS | PTS/G | Pen | PIM | PIM/G | PPG | SHG | GWG | ENG |
| 2019-2020 | Brown | 29 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0.14 | 5 | 10 | 0.34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020-2021 | Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.14 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021-2022 | Brown | 29 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 0.41 | 5 | 10 | 0.34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022-2023 | Brown | 30 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0.27 | 4 | 8 | 0.27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023-2024* | Massachusetts | 27 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 0.44 | 2 | 4 | 0.15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Career Totals | 115 | 5 | 31 | 36 | 0.31 | 16 | 32 | 0.28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
*Exhibition Games do not count in team stats.
Game by game
| Date | Type | Opponent | G | A | PTS | PEN | PIM | Details |
| 10/07/23 | NC | American International | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0:00 | Scoring 2: Niinisaari (Morrow, Cosman) 5x5 18:54 (1st) |
| 10/20/23 | NC | @Minnesota State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 10/21/23 | NC | @Minnesota State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 10/27/23 | HE | @Boston University | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 10/28/23 | HE | Boston University | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 11/10/23 | HE | Vermont | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0:00 | Scoring 3: Morrow (Lautenbach, Niinisaari) 5x5 10:08 (3rd) |
| 11/11/23 | HE | Vermont | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2:00 | Penalties INTERFERENCE 08:44 (2nd) |
| 11/16/23 | HE | @Providence | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0:00 | Scoring 3: Mercuri (Lautenbach, Niinisaari) 5x5 19:12 (3rd) |
| 11/18/23 | HE | Providence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 11/24/23 | NC | @Harvard | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0:00 | Scoring 5: Mercuri (Connors, Niinisaari) 5x4 04:40 (3rd) 6: Connors (O'Hara, Niinisaari) 5x5 07:38 (3rd) |
| 12/01/23 | HE | @Vermont | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 01/20/24 | HE | @Northeastern | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 02/02/24 | HE | @Merrimack | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0:00 | Scoring 2: Morrow (Connors, Niinisaari) 5x5 06:25 (2nd) |
| 02/03/24 | HE | Maine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 02/09/24 | HE | @Connecticut | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0:00 | Scoring 1: Locmelis (Morrow, Niinisaari) 5x5 02:55 (3rd) |
| 02/10/24 | HE | Connecticut | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0:00 | Scoring 1: O'Neill (Niinisaari, Morrow) 5x5 08:03 (1st) |
| 02/16/24 | HE | Boston College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 02/18/24 | HE | @Boston College | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0:00 | Scoring 4: Locmelis (Niinisaari, Mercuri) 5x5 07:56 (3rd) |
| 02/23/24 | HE | New Hampshire | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0:00 | Scoring 1: Niinisaari (Lautenbach, Mercuri) 5x5 11:41 (1st) 3: Niinisaari (Locmelis) 5x5 18:12 (3rd) |
| 02/24/24 | HE | @New Hampshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 03/01/24 | HE | @UMass Lowell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 03/02/24 | HE | UMass Lowell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 03/08/24 | HE | @Maine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2:00 | Penalties HOLDING 12:27 (3rd) |
| 03/09/24 | HE | @Maine | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0:00 | Scoring 2: O'Hara (Murray, Niinisaari) 5x4 04:15 (2nd) |
| 03/16/24 | NC | @Providence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 03/22/24 | NC | vs. Boston College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 03/28/24 | NC | vs. Denver | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| Totals | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 4:00 |
| Date | Type | Opponent | G | A | PTS | PEN | PIM | Details |
| 10/29/22 | EC | @Yale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 10/30/22 | EC | Yale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 11/04/22 | EC | @Harvard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 11/05/22 | EC | @Dartmouth | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0:00 | Scoring 1: Crossman (Niinisaari, Cocca) 5x4 03:21 (1st) |
| 11/11/22 | EC | Quinnipiac | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 11/12/22 | EC | Princeton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2:00 | Penalties CROSSCHECKING 12:23 (1st) |
| 11/18/22 | EC | @Colgate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2:00 | Penalties HOLDING 07:45 (1st) |
| 11/19/22 | EC | @Cornell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 11/25/22 | NC | Holy Cross | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2:00 | Scoring 1: Bottrill (Niinisaari, Tonelli) 4x4 18:47 (2nd) Penalties ROUGHING 18:16 (1st) |
| 11/26/22 | NC | @Providence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 11/29/22 | NC | Boston College | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 12/03/22 | NC | @LIU | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0:00 | Scoring 2: Quisenberry (Tonelli, Niinisaari) 5x5 19:11 (1st) 5: Shostak (Plessis, Niinisaari) 5x5 19:40 (3rd) |
| 12/04/22 | NC | @LIU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 12/09/22 | EC | @Clarkson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0:00 | Scoring 2: Bottrill (Niinisaari, Albert) 5x5 05:38 (3rd) |
| 12/10/22 | EC | @St. Lawrence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 01/03/23 | NC | @Massachusetts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 01/07/23 | NC | @Merrimack | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0:00 | Scoring 3: Grandberg (Manty, Niinisaari) 5x5 03:25 (2nd) 6: Quisenberry (Sutton, Niinisaari) 5x5 14:34 (2nd) |
| 01/13/23 | EC | Union | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 01/14/23 | EC | Rensselaer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 01/20/23 | EC | Dartmouth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2:00 | Penalties BOARDING 09:31 (3rd) |
| 01/21/23 | EC | Harvard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 02/03/23 | EC | St. Lawrence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 02/04/23 | EC | Clarkson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 02/10/23 | EC | @Rensselaer | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0:00 | Scoring 3: Tonelli (Niinisaari) 5x5 06:11 (3rd) |
| 02/11/23 | EC | @Union | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 02/17/23 | EC | @Princeton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 02/18/23 | EC | @Quinnipiac | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 02/24/23 | EC | Cornell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 02/25/23 | EC | Colgate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 03/04/23 | NC | @Clarkson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| Totals | 0 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 8:00 |
| Date | Type | Opponent | G | A | PTS | PEN | PIM | Details |
| 10/30/21 | EC | Yale | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2:00 | Scoring 1: Plessis (Niinisaari, Quisenberry) 5x5 18:10 (1st) Penalties HOLDING 10:58 (2nd) |
| 11/05/21 | EC | Princeton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0:00 | Scoring 1: Bliss (Maloney, Niinisaari) 4x5 00:52 (1st) |
| 11/06/21 | EC | Quinnipiac | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 11/23/21 | EC | @Harvard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 11/26/21 | NC | @Holy Cross | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0:00 | Scoring 1: Quisenberry (Bliss, Niinisaari) 5x5 19:47 (2nd) |
| 11/27/21 | NC | Providence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2:00 | Penalties HOLDING 14:09 (1st) |
| 12/03/21 | EC | Harvard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 12/04/21 | EC | Dartmouth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2:00 | Penalties HOLDING 13:10 (1st) |
| 12/07/21 | NC | @Boston College | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0:00 | Scoring 1: Jallen (Crozier, Niinisaari) 5x5 14:48 (2nd) |
| 12/10/21 | EC | @Yale | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 12/31/21 | NC | Boston University | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 01/02/22 | NC | Merrimack | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 01/21/22 | EC | @Union | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0:00 | Scoring 1: Crossman (Niinisaari, Maloney) 5x4 06:32 (2nd) |
| 01/22/22 | EC | @Rensselaer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 01/28/22 | EC | @Princeton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2:00 | Scoring 1: Niinisaari (Sutton, Harris) 5x5 13:26 (2nd) Penalties HOLDING 07:46 (1st) |
| 01/30/22 | NC | LIU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2:00 | Penalties BOARDING 19:60 (3rd) |
| 02/01/22 | EC | Cornell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 02/04/22 | EC | Clarkson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 02/05/22 | EC | St. Lawrence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 02/08/22 | EC | @Quinnipiac | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0:00 | Scoring 1: Jallen (Niinisaari, Albert) 5x5 14:18 (2nd) |
| 02/11/22 | EC | @Dartmouth | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0:00 | Scoring 2: Tonelli (Niinisaari, Albert) 5x5 01:40 (2nd) |
| 02/14/22 | EC | Colgate | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0:00 | Scoring 1: Crozier (Niinisaari, Albert) 5x5 06:54 (1st) |
| 02/18/22 | EC | Rensselaer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 02/19/22 | EC | Union | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0:00 | Scoring 2: Maloney (Niinisaari, Andreozzi) 5x5 18:51 (2nd) |
| 02/25/22 | EC | @St. Lawrence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 02/26/22 | EC | @Clarkson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 03/04/22 | NC | @St. Lawrence | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0:00 | Scoring 1: Jallen (Krys, Niinisaari) 5x4 05:36 (2nd) |
| 03/05/22 | NC | @St. Lawrence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 03/06/22 | NC | @St. Lawrence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| Totals | 1 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 10:00 |
(No games played)
| Date | Type | Opponent | G | A | PTS | PEN | PIM | Details |
| 11/01/19 | EC | @Yale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2:00 | Penalties Interference 9:29 (2nd) |
| 11/02/19 | EC | Yale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 11/08/19 | EC | @Cornell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 11/09/19 | EC | @Colgate | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0:00 | Scoring 2: Crozier (Plessis, Niinisaari) 16:16 (2nd) |
| 11/15/19 | EC | Harvard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 11/16/19 | EC | Dartmouth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2:00 | Penalties Hooking 7:17 (3rd) |
| 11/22/19 | EC | Clarkson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 11/23/19 | EC | St. Lawrence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 11/26/19 | NC | @Bentley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2:00 | Penalties Holding 19:52 (2nd) |
| 11/30/19 | NC | @Providence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 12/06/19 | EC | @Union | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 12/07/19 | EC | @Rensselaer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 12/10/19 | NC | Massachusetts | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 01/04/20 | NC | @New Hampshire | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 01/08/20 | NC | @Boston University | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 01/11/20 | NC | Arizona State | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0:00 | Scoring 1: Beaudoin (Dodd, Niinisaari) 4:59 (3rd) |
| 01/12/20 | NC | Arizona State | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 01/31/20 | EC | @St. Lawrence | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 02/01/20 | EC | @Clarkson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0:00 | Scoring 1: Burston (Marshall, Niinisaari) 7:28 (3rd) |
| 02/07/20 | EC | Princeton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 02/08/20 | EC | Quinnipiac | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 02/14/20 | EC | @Dartmouth | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 02/15/20 | EC | @Harvard | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2:00 | Penalties Holding 10:03 (1st) |
| 02/21/20 | EC | Colgate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2:00 | Penalties Tripping 8:04 (2nd) |
| 02/22/20 | EC | Cornell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 02/28/20 | EC | @Quinnipiac | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 02/29/20 | EC | @Princeton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 03/06/20 | NC | @Colgate | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0:00 | |
| 03/07/20 | NC | @Colgate | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0:00 | Scoring 1: Niinisaari (Weberg, Dodd) 0:18 (1st) |
| Totals | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 10:00 |
