Jussi Markkanen

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BIOGRAPHY

BORN: Imatra, Finland, May 7, 1975.
HOME:
HEIGHT: 5'11".
WEIGHT: 183 lbs.
UNIFORM #: 30 (Edmonton), 40 (NY Rangers), 31 (Finland).
CATCHES: Left
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STRENGTHS:
WEAKNESSES:

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING:

"The Oilers drafted Markkanen in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft with the specific idea of backing up Tommy Salo in 2001-02. However, he won't see much playing time behind the Swedish Olympian. Furthermore, he may need time to adjust his game to North American shooters." (The Sports Forecaster Online 2001-02)

"The Oilers may have solved their lengthy quest for a solid backup to Tommy Salo. While Markkanen struggled in training camp last season, he became entrenched as the Oilers second stringer by mid-season. He's a sound positional goaltender, always ready for the first shot. He's also capable of taking over the lead role for small stretches. Markkanen must now work on handling the puck and controlling his rebounds. While the Finnish netminder won't steal minutes from Salo anytime soon, he'll continue to provide stability whenever the No. 1 man has the night off." (The Sports Forecaster 2002-03, p. 177)

"The Oil would love nothing more than to see Markkanen copy countryman Miikka Kiprusoff's success with the provincial rival Flames. However, the 30-year-old Finn is more likely to remain a No. 1A goalie - rather than emerge as the unquestioned starter. A broken collarbone may sideline Markkanen to start 2005-06." (The Sports Forecaster 2005-06, p. 103)

TRANSACTIONS:

Selected by Edmonton Oilers in fifth round (133rd overall) of National Hockey League entry draft, June 24, 2001.
Traded by Oilers (with fourth-round selection in 2004 draft) to New York Rangers for D Brian Leetch, June 30, 2003.
Resigned as restricted free agent with Oilers, July 17, 2003.
Traded by Rangers (with C Petr Nedved) to Edmonton Oilers for F Dwight Helminen, G Stephen Valiquette and a 2004 second-round selection, March 3, 2004.
Signed with Lada Togliatti (Russian League) during NHL lockout, September 25, 2004.
Re-signed to two-year contract as restricted free agent by Oilers, August 5, 2005.

ACCOLADES:

INJURIES:

Broken collarbone; missed one game, October 4, 2005.
Suffered flu; missed two games, February 7, 2006.

FIRSTS:

Markkanen's first National Hockey League game, first National Hockey League win, and first National Hockey League shutout all came on November 28, 2001, when his Oilers defeated Steve Shields and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim, 2-0. Georges Laraque scored for the Oilers midway through the first period, but Markkanen held onto the one goal lead until 4:42 remained, when Shawn Horcoff sealed the game. Markkanen made twenty-seven saves in the contest, including thirteen in the final period, and was chosen as the game's first star. Perhaps his best save came early in the third when, with Eric Brewer off for crosschecking, Markkanen made a glove save on Paul Kariya's one-timer from the slot.

PENALTY SHOTS:

Stopped penalty shot (Eric Meloche), Janaury 3, 2004.

NHL SHOOTOUTS:

October 8, 2005 - defeated Vancouver, 2-0 (Markus Naslund save, Todd Bertuzzi save).
December 10, 2005 - lost to NY Islanders, 1-2 (Alexei Yashin goal, Jason Blake save, Trent Hunter goal).
January 21, 2006 - lost to Phoenix, 1-2 (Mike Comrie save, Geoff Sanderson goal, Ladislav Nagy goal).
February 2, 2006 - lost to Columbus, 3-4 (Jaroslav Balastik goal, Rick Nash save, David Vyborny save, Nikolai Zherdev goal, Sergei Fedorov save, Jan Hrdina save, Trevor Letowski goal, Jason Chimera goal).
2005-06 season to date: 1 win, 3 losses, 8 saves on 16 chances.
February 20, 2007 - lost to Ottawa, 0-2 (Antoine Vermette miss, Dean McAmmond goal, Mike Comrie goal).
2006-07 season to date: 0 wins, 1 loss, 1 save on 3 chances.

SEASON RECORDS:

REGULAR SEASON
Year  Team                        GP    Min   W   L   T  OL     GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
91-92 Sai-Lappeenranta FINLAND JR  2    120                     11   5.50                    0
92-93 Sai Lappennranta FINLAND JR  7    367                     28   4.57
      Sai Lappennranta FINLAND2   16    798                     60   4.51
93-94 Sai Lappeenranta FINLAND2   30   1726                     97   3.37
94-95 Sai Lappeenranta FINLAND2   43   2493                    122   2.93
95-96 Tappara Tampere FINLAND JR   5    298                     21   4.22
      Tappara Tampere FINLAND     23   1238  11   8   2         59   2.85                    1
96-97 Sai Lappeenranta FINLAND    41   2340   9  24   7        132   3.38                    0
97-98 Sai Lappeenranta FINLAND    48   2870  21  20   5        138   2.88                    4
98-99 Sai Lappeenranta FINLAND    48   2633  21  19   4        105   2.39                    4
99-00 Sai Lappeenranta FINLAND    48   2794   4  23   9        150   3.22                    2
00-01 Tappara Tampere FINLAND     52   3076  30  17   5        107   2.08                    9
01-02 Hamilton Bulldogs AHL        4    239   2   2   0          9   2.26     114   .921     0   0   0     0    28.62  968.75
      Edmonton Oilers NHL         14    784   6   4   2         24   1.84     336   .929     2   0   0     0    25.71  971.43
02-03 Edmonton Oilers NHL         22   1180   7   8   3         51   2.59     533   .904     3   0   1     2
03-04 New York Rangers NHL        26   1244   8  12   1         53   2.56     611   .913     2   0   0     0
      Edmonton Oilers NHL          7    394   2   2   2         12   1.83     182   .934     0   0   0     2
04-05 Lada Togliatti RUSSIA       54   3157  31   9   9         63   1.20                   11   0   1    18
05-06 Edmonton Oilers NHL         37   2016  15  12       6    105   3.12     873   .880     0   0   1     0
06-07 Edmonton Oilers NHL         22    992   5   9       1     52   3.14     457   .886     0   0   0     0
FIVE (5) NHL SEASONS             128   6610  43  47   8   7    297   2.70    2992  0.901     7   0   2     4
       
POST-SEASON
Year  Team                        GP    Min   W   L   GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
94-95 Sai Lappeenranta FINLAND2    3    179            5   1.67
97-98 Sai Lappeenranta FINLAND     3    164   0   3   11   4.02                    0   0   0     0
98-99 Sai Lappeenranta FINLAND     7    366   3   3   21   3.44                    0   0   0     0
00-01 Tappara Tampere FINLAND     10    608   7   3   18   1.77                    1   0   0     0
02-03 Edmonton Oilers NHL          1     14   0   0    1   4.29      12   .917     0   0   0     0
04-05 Lada Togliatti RUSSIA       10    627           15   1.43                    1   0   0     2
05-06 Edmonton Oilers NHL          6    360   3   3   13   2.16     137   .905     1   0   0     0
TWO (2) NHL POSTSEASONS            7    374   3   3   14   2.24     149  0.906     1   0   0     0

NHL GAME DIRECTORY:

Selected by Edmonton Oilers in 2001 National Hockey League entry draft.
11/28/01: W (60m, 27/27) 2-0 victory at Anaheim (Shields).
12/07/01: - (40m00s, 9/10) 0-5 defeat at Dallas (Turco) [Replaced Salo].
12/14/01: W (60m, 22/23) 2-1 victory vs. Tampa Bay (Khabibulin).
12/28/01: W (60m, 25/27) 3-2 victory vs. Minnesota (Roloson).
01/06/02: - (30m15s, 3/7) 7-6 victory vs. Montreal (Theodore) [Replaced by Salo].
01/15/02: L (59m40s, 16/19) 2-3 defeat at St. Louis (Johnson).
02/05/02: L (58m39s, 32/35) 2-3 defeat at Atlanta (Nurminen).
02/08/02: T (63m53s, 27/28) 1-1 OT tie at Dallas (Belfour).
03/02/02: T (64m50s, 25/26) 1-1 OT tie vs. St. Louis (Johnson).
03/04/02: W (60m, 25/25) 3-0 victory at Buffalo (Biron, Essensa).
03/08/02: L (44m34s, 18/19) 4-5 defeat at Florida (Luongo) [Replaced Salo, replaced by Salo].
03/13/02: L (62m39s, 27/31) 3-4 OT defeat at Detroit (Hasek).
03/26/02: W (59m45s, 27/28) 3-1 victory vs. Columbus (Tugnutt).
04/14/02: W (60m, 29/31) 4-2 victory at Minnesota (Roloson).
10/24/02: L (58m45s, 22/24) 1-2 defeat vs. St. Louis (Sanford, Rudkowsky).
10/26/02: W (48m21s, 15/15) 4-3 victory vs. Anaheim (Giguere) [Replaced Salo].
10/28/02: L (60m32s, 24/28) 3-4 OT defeat vs. Dallas (Turco).
11/05/02: - (20m, 7/7) 2-5 defeat at NY Rangers (Richter) [Replaced Salo].
11/09/02: W (60m, 36/39) 6-3 victory at New Jersey (Brodeur).
11/11/02: L (59m45s, 25/31) 1-6 defeat at Boston (Grahame).
11/25/02: W (61m28s, 30/34) 5-4 OT victory at Detroit (Legace).
12/07/02: W (59m57s, 22/22) 4-0 victory at Florida (Luongo, Hurme, Luongo).
12/17/02: L (64m43s, 18/22) 3-4 OT defeat at Minnesota (Fernandez).
12/31/02: L (58m53s, 25/27) 1-4 defeat at Dallas (Turco).
01/08/03: W (60m, 32/32) 1-0 victory at Anaheim (Gerber).
01/18/03: L (63m35s, 23/26) 2-3 OT defeat vs. Nashville (Vokoun).
01/20/03: - (19m43s, 7/7) 3-4 defeat at Calgary (Turek) [Replaced Salo].
01/22/03: W (61m42s, 36/39) 4-3 OT victory vs. Detroit (Joseph).
02/07/03: L (59m11s, 20/24) 3-4 defeat vs. Calgary (Turek).
02/20/03: - (30m30s, 16/18) 2-6 defeat at Detroit (Joseph) [Replaced Salo].
02/25/03: - (18m52s, 5/5) 2-4 defeat at Colorado (Roy) [Replaced Salo].
02/27/03: L (59m23s, 27/30) 1-4 defeat at St. Louis (Sanford).
03/01/03: T (65m, 24/27) 3-3 OT tie at Columbus (Denis).
03/28/03: W (59m55s, 26/26) 4-0 victory vs. Columbus (Labbe).
03/31/03: T (65m, 25/30) 5-5 OT tie at St. Louis (Osgood).
04/03/03: T (65m, 17/20) 3-3 OT tie vs. San Jose (Toskala).
04/11/03: - (13m57s, 11/12) 1-6 defeat at Dallas (Turco) [Replaced Salo].
Traded by Oilers to New York Rangers.
10/11/03: L (59m42s, 31/36) 0-5 defeat at Columbus (Denis).
11/04/03: W (60m, 33/33) 3-0 victory vs. Dallas (Turco).
11/06/03: L (59m42s, 28/33) 3-6 defeat at Carolina (Weekes).
11/15/03: - (20m, 9/10) 0-5 defeat at New Jersey (Brodeur) [Replaced Dunham].
11/18/03: T (65m, 31/33) 2-2 OT tie at San Jose (Toskala).
11/23/03: W (60m, 23/25) 6-2 victory vs. Ottawa (Lalime, Prusek).
11/25/03: W (60m, 36/36) 2-0 victory at Tampa Bay (Khabibulin).
11/28/03: W (59m52s, 20/21) 4-1 victory at Pittsburgh (Fleury).
12/02/03: - (16m23s, 12/15) 4-5 defeat at Toronto (Belfour) [Replaced by Dunham].
12/12/03: W (60m, 19/20) 3-1 victory at Buffalo (Noronen).
12/26/03: L (23m35s, 11/12) 5-6 OT defeat vs. Toronto (Kidd, Belfour) [Replaced Dunham].
12/30/03: W (60m27s, 28/32) 3-2 OT victory at Los Angeles (Huet).
01/01/04: L (33m35s, 9/10) 4-5 defeat at St. Louis (Divis) [Replaced Dunham].
01/03/04: W (60m, 40/41) 4-1 victory at Pittsburgh (Caron).
01/05/04: L (20m, 10/13) 0-5 defeat vs. Calgary (McLennan) [Replaced by Dunham].
01/22/04: - (20m, 6/7) 2-4 defeat vs. Philadelphia (Esche) [Replaced Dunham].
01/24/04: L (40m, 13/19) 1-9 defeat at Ottawa (Lalime) [Replaced by LaBarbera, replaced LaBarbera].
01/26/04: W (59m01s, 38/40) 5-2 victory vs. Florida (Luongo).
01/28/04: L (58m49s, 22/24) 1-2 defeat vs. Washington (Kolzig) [Replaced by Dunham].
01/31/04: L (58m49s, 26/28) 1-3 defeat at Buffalo (Biron).
02/12/04: L (58m45s, 18/20) 1-2 defeat vs. Philadelphia (Burke).
02/14/04: - (20m, 5/5) 2-6 defeat at Philadelphia (Burke) [Replaced Dunham].
02/16/04: L (59m56s, 27/31) 1-4 defeat vs. Ottawa (Lalime).
02/21/04: - (37m14s, 14/16) 3-7 defeat vs. New Jersey (Brodeur) [Replaced Dunham].
02/28/04: L (63m50s, 41/43) 1-2 OT defeat at Nashville (Vokoun).
03/02/04: L (49m52s, 11/13) 3-4 defeat vs. Atlanta (Nurminen) [Replaced Dunham].
Traded by Rangers to Edmonton Oilers.
03/04/04: T (65m, 27/28) 1-1 OT tie at St. Louis (Osgood).
03/09/04: T (65m, 30/31) 1-1 OT tie at Calgary (Kiprusoff).
03/12/04: L (64m27s, 20/24) 3-4 OT defeat vs. Vancouver (Cloutier).
03/21/04: W (60m, 32/34) 5-2 victory at San Jose (Nabokov).
03/28/04: W (59m47s, 25/27) 4-2 victory vs. Phoenix (Johnson).
03/30/04: L (59m19s, 27/28) 0-1 defeat at St. Louis (Osgood).
04/03/04: - (20m, 9/10) 2-5 defeat at Vancouver (Cloutier) [Replaced Conklin].
10/08/05: W (64m38s, 28/31) 4-3 SO victory (2/2) vs. Vancouver (Cloutier).
10/10/05: W (59m57s, 31/33) 4-2 victory at Anaheim (Giguere).
10/14/05: L (38m36s, 17/18) 2-3 defeat vs. Dallas (Hedberg) [Replaced Conklin].
10/15/05: L (59m01s, 25/27) 0-3 defeat at Calgary (Kiprusoff).
10/18/05: OTL (61m00s, 30/34) 3-4 OT defeat vs. Phoenix (Joseph).
10/20/05: L (58m43s, 19/22) 1-3 defeat at Calgary (Kiprusoff).
10/21/05: L (34m07s, 15/18) 1-7 defeat vs. Colorado (Aebischer) [Replaced by Conklin, replaced Conklin].
10/25/05: L (59m48s, 27/32) 3-5 defeat at Colorado (Aebischer).
10/28/05: W (59m48s, 19/22) 5-3 victory at Dallas (Turco).
10/29/05: W (59m52s, 23/24) 5-1 victory at Nashville (Vokoun).
11/01/05: W (60m, 23/24) 5-1 victory vs. Columbus (Denis).
11/03/05: W (61m51s, 35/38) 4-3 OT victory at Detroit (Osgood).
11/04/05: W (59m56s, 34/36) 7-2 victory at St. Louis (Lalime, Divis).
11/07/05: L (41m48s, 19/23) 0-4 defeat at Dallas (Turco) [Replaced by Morrison].
11/08/05: L (59m13s, 24/27) 2-3 defeat at Nashville (Vokoun).
11/11/05: W (60m, 29/30) 3-1 victory at Columbus (Denis).
11/13/05: L (57m18s, 16/19) 1-3 defeat at Chicago (Khabibulin).
11/17/05: W (60m28s, 23/28) 6-5 OT victory vs. Detroit (Osgood).
11/19/05: L (44m02s, 17/21) 3-4 defeat vs. Chicago (Anderson) [Replaced by Morrison].
12/01/05: W (60m, 23/26) 5-3 victory vs. Vancouver (Auld, McVicar).
12/03/05: OTL (64m23s, 21/26) 4-5 OT defeat vs. Boston (Toivonen).
12/10/05: SOL (64m37s, 22/24) 2-3 SO defeat (1/3) at NY Islanders (DiPietro).
12/17/05: W (56m54s, 16/18) 5-4 OT victory at Vancouver (Ouellet) [Replaced Morrison].
12/19/05: W (34m09s, 10/11) 5-4 victory vs. Calgary (Kiprusoff) [Replaced Morrison].
12/21/05: - (23m48s, 5/9) 7-6 victory at Vancouver (Auld) [Replaced by Conklin].
12/30/05: W (59m56s, 29/31) 4-2 victory vs. Nashville (Vokoun).
12/31/05: L (59m31s, 19/25) 5-6 defeat at Calgary (Kiprusoff).
01/10/06: W (59m58s, 17/18) 3-1 victory at Pittsburgh (Fleury).
01/12/06: OTL (60m08s, 17/22) 4-5 OT defeat at NY Rangers (Lundqvist).
01/14/06: - (25m53s, 7/8) 3-5 defeat vs. Ottawa (Hasek) [Replaced Conklin].
01/16/06: L (57m44s, 16/19) 1-3 defeat vs. Buffalo (Miller).
01/21/06: SOL (65m, 26/29) 3-4 SO defeat (1/3) at Phoenix (Joseph).
01/25/06: W (59m40s, 19/22) 6-3 victory at Anaheim (Giguere).
02/02/06: SOL (64m55s, 18/19) 1-2 SO defeat (4/8) vs. Columbus (Denis).
02/06/06: - (47m23s, 28/33) 6-5 SO victory vs. Anaheim (Giguere) [Replaced by Morrison].
02/12/06: - (51m31s, 14/16) 4-5 SO defeat vs. St. Louis (Sanford) [Replaced Morrison, replaced by Morrison].
03/01/06: L (39m59s, 7/10) 2-4 defeat vs. St. Louis (Sanford) [Replaced by Morrison].
06/07/06: L (59m50s, 21/26) 0-5 defeat at Carolina (Ward).
06/10/06: W (59m57s, 24/25) 2-1 victory vs. Carolina (Ward).
06/12/06: L (58m45s, 18/20) 1-2 defeat vs. Carolina (Ward).
06/14/06: W (63m26s, 21/24) 4-3 OT victory at Carolina (Ward).
06/17/06: W (59m54s, 16/16) 4-0 victory vs. Carolina (Ward).
06/19/06: L (58m31s, 24/26) 1-3 defeat at Carolina (Ward).
10/17/06: W (59m56s, 21/22) 2-1 victory vs. Vancouver (Sabourin).
10/26/06: L (22m56s, 12/16) 2-6 defeat at Phoenix (LeNeveu) [Replaced by Roloson].
11/12/06: L (58m43s, 25/29) 3-5 defeat at St. Louis (Sanford).
11/30/06: - (30m07s, 8/9) 3-7 defeat vs. Colorado (Budaj) [Replaced Roloson].
12/02/06: - (19m44s, 2/2) 0-4 defeat vs. Columbus (Norrena) [Replaced Roloson].
12/06/06: W (60m, 28/29) 3-1 victory vs. Carolina (Ward).
12/15/06: - (15m20s, 1/1) 1-4 defeat at Colorado (Budaj) [Replaced Roloson].
12/21/06: W (59m51s, 21/23) 3-2 victory at Phoenix (Joseph).
12/30/06: L (59m42s, 19/25) 2-6 defeat vs. Vancouver (Luongo).
01/20/07: - (16m21s, 7/7) 0-4 defeat vs. Calgary (Kiprusoff) [Replaced Roloson].
01/27/07: W (60m 32/35) 4-3 victory vs. Los Angeles (Burke).
01/31/07: W (59m37s, 20/22) 5-2 victory vs. Columbus (Conklin).
02/20/07: SOL (63m50s, 31/34) 3-4 SO defeat (1/3) at Ottawa (Gerber).
03/01/07: - (20m, 6/8) 0-5 defeat vs. Minnesota (Harding) [Replaced Roloson].
03/07/07: L (59m20s, 22/24) 1-3 defeat vs. Tampa Bay (Denis).
03/09/07: - (1m18s, 0/1) 1-5 defeat at Anaheim (Bryzgalov) [Replaced by Roloson].
03/12/07: L (59m53s, 31/36) 1-5 defeat at Los Angeles (Garon).
03/21/07: - (25m43s, 11/12) 1-5 defeat vs. Colorado (Budaj) [Replaced Roloson].
03/24/07: L (60m, 22/26) 0-4 defeat vs. Nashville (Vokoun).
03/29/07: L (59m48s, 37/41) 2-5 defeat at St. Louis (Bacashihua).
04/03/07: L (60m, 23/26) 0-3 defeat at Minnesota (Backstrom).
04/05/07: L (60m, 26/29) 0-3 defeat at Minnesota (Backstrom).

INTERNATIONAL GAME DIRECTORY:

Played for Finland at 2002 IIHF World Championships (Sweden).
04/27/02: W (60m, 10/10) 3-0 victory vs. Ukraine (Simchuk).
04/30/02: W (60m, 30/31) 3-1 victory vs. Slovakia (Lasak).
05/02/02: W (60m, 18/19) 3-1 victory vs. Austria (Suttnig).
05/04/02: W (60m, 28/28) 1-0 victory vs. Russia (Sokolov).
05/05/02: L (59m41s, 20/24) 2-4 defeat vs. Sweden (Salo
05/07/02: W (60m, 34/35) 3-1 victory vs. United States (Miller) [Quarterfinals].
05/09/02: L (70m, 9/11) 2-3 SO (1/3) defeat vs. Russia (Sokolov) [Semifinals].
Played for Finland in 2004 IIHF World Championships (Czech Republic).
04/26/04: W (60m, 11/12) 5-1 victory vs. Ukraine (Simchuk).

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