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Position	Goalie
Catches	Left
Nickname	Kipper or Kippy
Height Weight	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 196 lb (89 kg)
NHL Team F. Teams	Calgary Flames San Jose Sharks
Nationality	Finland
Born	October 26, 1976, Turku, Finland
NHL Draft	116th overall, 1995 San Jose Sharks
Pro Career	1994 – present

Miikka "Kipper" Sakari Kiprusoff (born October 26, 1976 in Turku, Finland) is a professional hockey goaltender, currently playing for the Calgary Flames. He recently captured the 2006 Vezina Trophy as the National Hockey League's top goaltender.

Contents 1 Playing career 1.1 NHL years 2 Calgary records 3 International play 4 Personal Life 5 Awards 6 Career statistics 7 International play 7.1 International statistics 8 External links

kipper won the SM-liiga gold medal in 1995 and 1999 in TPS as a goalie, and won the Urpo Ylönen trophy for best goaltender in 1999. He also played in the Swedish Elitserien before he made his NHL debut in 2000 with the San Jose Sharks after being drafted 116th overall in the 5th round at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft.

After spending three years as a reserve goalie with the Sharks, Kiprusoff was traded in 2003 to the Calgary Flames. He ended the regular season with a goals-against average of 1.69, a modern NHL record. Kiprusoff was nominated for the Vezina Trophy. In the playoffs, he had five more shutouts, helping the Flames to win the Western Conference championship en route to a narrow defeat to the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game Seven of the Stanley Cup Finals.

Kiprusoff earned his first playoff shutout on April 13th, 2004 at the Pengrowth Saddledome, blanking the Vancouver Canucks. The game finished 4-0 and Kiprusoff stopped all of the twenty shots he faced, and was named the first star of the game.

The NHL resumed play in the 2005-06 season after the 2004-05 lockout. He was nominated for the Hart Trophy and won the Vezina Trophy as the league's best goaltender. He also won the William Jennings Trophy in recognition for playing on the team with the least goals allowed.

• On April 7, 2006, Kiprusoff broke the Flames' franchise record for wins in a season.
• He also broke the record for most games played in a season when he collected his 40th win of the season against the Minnesota Wild
• He also shattered the Calgary Flames' single-season shutout record with a career high 10 shutouts. The previous mark was held by Fred Brathwaite who had five.
• His 2003-04 1.69 GAA ranks 1st in the modern-day NHL; while it may be an understatement due to only having played 38 games with the Flames, his play was nevertheless stellar, and garnered him a nomination for the Vezina Trophy.

On March 27, 2007 Kiprusoff broke the Flames Goaltender Shutout record in a 1-0 shootout win over the Minnesota Wild with a record 21 shutouts in regular season play.

Kiprusoff followed up his outstanding 2004 Stanley Cup performance with another excellent performance on behalf of Team Finland in the 2004 World Cup of Hockey tournament, where he backstopped the Finnish squad to a silver medal, losing in the gold medal final to Team Canada.

He was also selected to play for Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin but declined, citing a nagging hip injury.

• Kiprusoff and his fiancee', Seidi, have a son, Aaro, born in the summer of 2005.
• He also has a Bullmastiff, Reiska.
• Kiprusoff's older brother, Marko Kiprusoff, is a defenseman for TPS as of June 2006 and has also played in the NHL with the Montreal Canadiens and New York Islanders.

• Urpo Ylönen trophy - 1999
• Jari Kurri trophy - 1999
• Vezina Trophy - 2006
• William M. Jennings Trophy - 2006
• NHL First All-Star Team - 2006
• NHL All-Star Team - 2007

				Regular season										Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	W	L	T	MIN	GA	SO	GAA	SV%		GP	W	L	MIN	GA	SO	GAA	SV%
1994-95	TPS	SM-l		4	4	0	0	240	12	0	3.00	?		2	?	?	120	7	?	3.50	?
1995-96	TPS	SM-l		12	?	?	?	550	38	0	4.14	?		3	?	?	114	4	?	2.10	?
1996-97	AIK Solna	Elit		42	?	?	?	2466	104	3	2.53	?		7	?	?	420	23	?	3.28	?
1997-98	AIK Solna	Elit		42	?	?	?	2457	110	0	2.69	?		5	?	?	300	8	?	1.60	?
1998-99	TPS	SM-l		39	26	6	6	2260	70	4	1.85	?		10	9	1	580	15	3	1.55	?
1999-00	Kentucky Thoroughblades	AHL		47	23	19	4	2759	144	3	2.48	?		5	1	3	239	13	0	3.27	?
2000-01	Kentucky Thoroughblades	AHL		36	19	9	6	2038	76	2	2.24	?		--	--	--	--	--	--	--	?
2000-01	San Jose Sharks	NHL		5	2	1	0	154	5	0	1.95	0.902		3	1	1	149	5	0	2.01	?
2001-02	Cleveland Barons	AHL		4	4	0	0	242	7	0	1.73	?		--	--	--	--	--	--	--	?
2001-02	San Jose Sharks	NHL		20	7	6	3	1041	43	2	2.49	0.915		1	0	0	7	0	0	0.00	?
2002-03	San Jose Sharks	NHL		22	5	14	0	1199	65	1	3.25	0.879		--	--	--	--	--	--	--	?
2003-04	Calgary Flames	NHL		38	24	10	4	2300	65	4	1.69	0.933		26	15	11	1655	51	5	1.85	?
2004-05	Timrå IK	Elit		46	46	?	?	2719	97	5	2.14	?		--	--	--	--	--	--	--	?
2005-06	Calgary Flames	NHL		74	42	20	0	4379	151	10	2.07	0.923		7	3	4	428	16	0	2.24	?
SM-liiga Totals				55	--	--	--	3049	120	4	2.36	?		15	--	--	814	26	--	1.91	?
Elitserien Totals				130	--	--	--	7642	311	8	2.44	?		13	--	--	776	36	0	2.78	?
AHL Totals				87	46	28	10	5039	227	5	2.70	?		5	1	3	239	13	0	3.27	?
NHL Totals				159	80	51	7	9070	329	17	2.18	0.919		37	19	16	2240	72	5	1.92	?

Medal record
Men's Ice hockey
Olympic Games
Silver	2004 World Cup of Hockey	Ice hockey

Played for Finland in:

• 1996 World Junior Championships
• 1998 World Championships
• 2001 World Championships
• 2004 World Cup of Hockey (silver medal)

Year	Comp	GP	W	L	T	MIN	GA	SO	GAA
1996	WJC	3	?	?	?	159	9	?	3.39
1998	WC	4	?	?	?	156	3	0	1.16
2001	WC	8	?	?	?	140	5	1	2.14
2004	WCH	6	4	1	1	363	9	2	1.48
WC CAREER TOTALS		12	?	?	?	196	8	1	1.50

• Statistics from NHL.com
• Statistics from Internet Hockey Database
• Bio and detailed statistics from hockeygoalies.org
• Miikka Kiprusoff on nhlfinns.com

Preceded by Tim Thomas	Winner of the Urpo Ylönen trophy 1998-99	Succeeded by Pasi Nurminen
Preceded by Olli Jokinen	Winner of the Jari Kurri trophy 1998-99	Succeeded by Tomi Kallio
Preceded by Martin Brodeur	Winner of the Jennings Trophy 2006	Succeeded by TBD
Preceded by Martin Brodeur	Winner of the Vezina Trophy 2006	Succeeded by TBD