Sakari Pietilä

Finnish ice hockey player and coach

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Ice hockey player

Sakari Pietilä

Born	(1954-06-21) 21 June 1954 (age 70) Oulu, Finland
Position	Centre
Played for	IF Vallentuna BK
NHL draft	Undrafted
Playing career	1972–1981

Sakari Pietilä (born 21 June 1954) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player.

Pietilä was a SM-liiga head coach with HPK for the 1995–96 SM-liiga season and Jokerit for the 1997–98 SM-liiga season. He was the head coach of the Estonia men's national ice hockey team from 2013 until he was replaced by Ismo Lehkonen on January 23, 2015.^[1]