Pekka Rinne

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BORN: Kempele, Finland, November 3, 1982.
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HEIGHT: 6'3".
WEIGHT: 191 lbs.
UNIFORM #: 35 (Milwaukee, Nashville).
CATCHES: Right
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Selected by Nashville Predators in eighth round (258th overall) of National Hockey League entry draft, 2004.
Resigned to two-year contract by Predators, June 25, 2007.

ACCOLADES:

Starting goaltender, Team PlanetUSA, American Hockey League All-Star Game, February 1, 2006. Pekka wore sweater number 35.
Goaltender for Team PlanetUSA, 2008 American Hockey League All-Star Game, January 28, 2008.

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Pekka made his National Hockey League debut on December 15, 2005, at the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville. After Chris Mason was injured in warmups two nights earlier, Rinne was recalled from AHL Milwaukee and joined the Predators in time for their home contest against the Chicago Blackhawks. "They told me at the morning skate that I was going to start," said Rinne. "After they told me, it was a pretty normal game day for me. I was so excited. When they drop the puck you don't have time to think about anything. If you do, then you are going to get beat."
Things did not start out well for Rinne, as the first shot - a shorthanded wristshot from Chicago's Mark Bell - beat Rinne. However, Rinne regrouped and made thirty-five saves in the 5-3 Nashville win. In fact, Rinne was named the game's third star!

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SEASON RECORDS:

REGULAR SEASON
Year  Team                            GP    Min   W   L   T  OL     GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
01-02 Karpat Oulu FINLAND JR          30   1724  19   7   3         61   2.12                    3
02-03 Karpat Oulu FINLAND JR          25   1479  14   8   3         48   1.95                    5
      Karpat Oulu FINLAND              1     60   0   1   0          7   7.00                    0   0   0     0
03-04 Karpat Oulu FINLAND             14    824   5   4   4         41   2.98     397   .897     0   0   0     0
      Hokki Kajaani FINLAND-2          8    463   5   2   1         16   2.07                    2
04-05 Karpat Oulu FINLAND             10    572   8   0   1         16   1.68     219   .927     0   0   3     2
05-06 Milwaukee Admirals AHL          51   2960  30  18       2    139   2.82    1451   .904     2   0   2    14
      Nashville Predators NHL          2     63   1   1       0      4   3.81      40   .900     0   0   0     0
ONE (1) NHL SEASON                     2     63   1   1       0      4   3.81      40   .900     0   0   0     0

POST-SEASON
Year  Team                            GP    Min   W   L    GA    GAA   Shots    Sv%   ShO   G   A   PiM     S/60    PERS
01-02 Karpat Oulu FINLAND JR           3    184   1   2    10   3.26                    0
02-03 Karpat Oulu FINLAND JR           4    238   1   3     7   1.76                    0
03-04 Karpat Oulu FINLAND              2     22   1   0     0   0.00      12  1.000     0   0   0     0
05-06 Milwaukee Admirals AHL          14    734  10   4    35   2.86     368   .905     3   0   1     0

NHL GAME DIRECTORY:

Selected by Nashville Predators in 2004 National Hockey League entry draft.
12/15/05: W (60m, 35/38) 5-3 victory vs. Chicago (Anderson).
04/05/06: L (3m08s, 1/2) 3-4 defeat at Chicago (Khabibulin) [Replaced Mason].
04/04/08: - (29m24s, 8/8) 1-3 defeat at Chicago (Lalime) [Replaced Mason].

AHL GAME DIRECTORY:

Assigned to Milwaukee Admirals, October 2005.
10/08/05: L (37m58s, 18/21) 3-6 defeat at Grand Rapids (MacIntyre) [Replaced Finley].
10/14/05: L (58m50s, 17/18) 0-1 defeat vs. Manitoba (Flaherty).
10/15/05: L (58m52s, 37/40) 2-4 defeat at Cleveland (Schaefer).
10/21/05: SOL (65m, 35/37) 2-3 SO defeat (8/11) at Iowa (Ellis).
10/28/05: W (60m, 26/27) 6-1 victory vs. Houston (Kopriva, Kotyk).
10/29/05: W (60m, 16/16) 4-0 victory vs. Omaha (Krahn).
11/02/05: W (64m31s, 19/21) 3-2 SO victory (5/5) at Omaha (McElhinney).
11/04/05: W (65m, 19/23) 5-4 SO victory (4/4) vs. Chicago (Garnett).
11/11/05: W (48m38s, 16/16) 6-3 victory vs. Iowa (Smith) [Replaced Finley].
11/16/05: W (60m, 25/26) 3-1 victory vs. Hamilton (Huet).
11/19/05: L (59m01s, 20/23) 2-3 defeat at Chicago (Tarkki).
11/22/05: W (60m, 22/23) 3-1 victory vs. San Antonio (Stirling).
11/25/05: L (59m00s, 24/27) 0-3 defeat at Houston (Harding).
12/03/05: OTL (63m27s, 28/32) 4-5 OT defeat at Grand Rapids (MacIntyre).
12/06/05: W (63m58s, 26/29) 4-3 OT victory at Iowa (Ellis).
12/09/05: W (60m, 27/29) 5-2 victory vs. Grand Rapids (MacIntyre, MacDonald).
12/10/05: W (60m, 21/23) 5-2 victory at Peoria (Divis, Bacashihua).
12/18/05: W (60m, 23/27) 5-4 victory vs. Cleveland (Holden, Schaefer).
12/21/05: L (40m, 11/14) 0-5 defeat vs. Grand Rapids (Howard) [Replaced by Finley].
12/26/05: W (65m, 34/37) 4-3 SO victory (4/4) vs. Chicago (Tarkki).
12/27/05: W (60m09s, 30/33) 4-3 OT victory vs. Peoria (Lalime).
12/29/05: OTL (59m36s, 41/46) 4-5 OT defeat at Chicago (Tarkki).
01/05/06: W (60m, 24/26) 4-2 victory vs. Iowa (Smith).
01/06/06: L (60m, 19/23) 1-4 defeat at Cleveland (Schaefer).
01/07/06: W (60m, 32/33) 3-1 victory vs. Omaha (Krahn).
01/13/06: W (60m, 31/35) 6-4 victory vs. Cleveland (Patzold).
01/14/06: OTL (60m31s, 37/40) 2-3 OT defeat at Grand Rapids (MacDonald).
01/15/06: W (61m45s, 27/30) 4-3 OT victory vs. Toronto (Aubin).
01/17/06: W (60m44s, 23/26) 4-3 OT victory vs. Cleveland (Patzold).
01/19/06: W (60m, 18/21) 4-3 victory vs. Omaha (Krahn).
01/21/06: W (60m, 24/28) 6-4 victory at Chicago (Garnett, Berkhoel).
01/24/06: L (58m08s, 20/24) 2-4 defeat vs. San Antonio (LeNeveu).
01/28/06: W (60m, 40/42) 4-2 victory at Cleveland (Schaefer).
02/01/06: - (20m, 10/12) 4-9 defeat [in Winnipeg] vs. Canadian All-Stars (Flaherty, Danis, Sabourin) [Replaced by Montoya, Kolesnik].
02/03/06: OTL (61m24s, 40/45) 4-5 OT defeat vs. Grand Rapids (MacDonald).
02/10/06: W (60m, 25/27) 3-2 victory vs. Iowa (Ellis).
02/11/06: W (34m02s, 26/28) 7-6 SO victory (3/5) at Iowa (Smith) [Replaced Finley].
02/19/06: SOL (65m, 32/35) 3-4 SO defeat (3/6) at Peoria (Divis).
02/25/06: L (58m56s, 23/26) 0-3 defeat vs. Houston (Harding).
02/26/06: L (60m, 27/32) 2-5 defeat vs. Houston (Kotyk).
03/04/06: W (60m, 34/38) 6-4 victory at Peoria (Beckford-Tseu).
03/05/06: L (59m08s, 26/30) 3-5 defeat vs. Chicago (Garnett).
03/10/06: W (60m, 24/27) 6-3 victory vs. Cleveland (Patzold).
03/14/06: - (42m16s, 28/30) 3-5 defeat vs. Grand Rapids (MacDonald, Howard) [Replaced by Finley].
03/17/06: W (60m, 27/30) 4-3 victory vs. Houston (Kopriva).
03/18/06: OTL (63m02s, 30/32) 1-2 OT defeat at Omaha (Krahn).
03/20/06: W (60m, 23/23) 1-0 victory vs. Omaha (McElhinney).
03/22/06: W (59m49s, 28/31) 4-3 victory at Hamilton (Halak).
03/24/06: W (60m, 24/25) 4-1 victory at Manitoba (Flaherty).
03/25/06: L (19m40s, 12/16) 1-4 defeat at Manitoba (Ouellet) [Replaced by Finley].
03/26/06: L (60m, 16/21) 2-5 defeat at Toronto (Racine).
04/01/06: W (65m, 37/38) 2-1 SO victory (3/5) at Omaha (Krahn).
05/04/06: W (60m, 26/30) 5-4 victory vs. Houston (Harding).
05/06/06: W (60m, 32/32) 7-0 victory vs. Houston (Harding, Kotyk).
05/07/06: W (59m59s, 26/30) 7-4 victory at Houston (Harding).
05/09/06: W (60m, 19/21) 4-2 victory at Houston (Harding).
05/18/06: W (59m57s, 36/36) 4-0 victory at Grand Rapids (MacIntyre).
05/20/06: W (59m47s, 41/42) 2-1 victory at Grand Rapids (Howard).
05/22/06: W (60m, 26/28) 3-2 victory vs. Grand Rapids (Howard).
05/24/06: W (60m, 23/27) 5-4 victory vs. Grand Rapids (Howard).
06/02/06: W (60m, 36/37) 2-1 victory vs. Hershey (Cassivi).
06/03/06: L (60m, 26/32) 3-6 defeat vs. Hershey (Cassivi).
06/10/06: W (60m, 21/21) 2-0 victory at Hershey (Cassivi).
06/11/06: L (9m14s, 3/7) 2-7 defeat at Hershey (Cassivi) [Replaced by Finley].
06/13/06: L (59m00s, 16/21) 4-6 defeat at Hershey (Cassivi).
06/15/06: L (5m53s, 2/4) 1-5 defeat vs. Hershey (Cassivi) [Replaced by Finley].
01/19/07: L (60m, 16/20) 1-4 defeat vs. Rochester (Anderson).
01/21/07: L (40m, 16/21) 1-6 defeat at Houston (Harding) [Replaced by Goehring].
01/24/07: SOL (65m, 27/30) 3-4 SO defeat (2/6) at Omaha (McElhinney).
01/27/07: W (60m, 32/34) 3-2 victory vs. Peoria (Bacashihua).
02/01/07: SOL (64m57s, 26/28) 2-3 SO defeat (1/3) at Houston (Kopriva).
02/03/07: - (1m35s, 1/1) 5-7 defeat at Iowa (Ellis) [Replaced Goehring].
02/09/07: W (65m, 28/30) 3-2 SO victory (5/5) vs. San Antonio (LeNeveu).
02/11/07: W (60m, 35/38) 4-3 victory vs. Houston (Kochan).
02/14/07: OTL (61m47s, 30/32) 1-2 OT defeat vs. Iowa (Ellis).
02/16/07: W (60m, 12/15) 4-3 victory vs. Peoria (Bacashihua).
02/18/07: W (60m, 42/43) 3-1 victory vs. San Antonio (Tordjman).
02/23/07: L (58m28s, 17/18) 0-1 defeat vs. Omaha (McElhinney).
02/25/07: W (59m55s, 31/32) 3-1 victory at Houston (Kochan).
03/02/07: W (65m, 26/28) 3-2 SO victory (3/5) vs. Hamilton (Danis).
03/05/07: L (20m, 3/6) 2-5 defeat vs. San Antonio (Tordjman) [Replaced by Goehring].
03/09/07: W (60m, 24/26) 3-2 victory vs. Hamilton (Danis).
03/10/07: W (60m, 24/28) 6-4 victory at Chicago (Garnett).
03/14/07: SOL (65m, 32/34) 2-3 SO defeat (9/11) vs. Omaha (McElhinney).
03/16/07: SOL (65m, 33/33) 0-1 SO defeat (4/6) vs. Peoria (Schwarz).
03/17/07: W (60m, 30/34) 5-4 victory at Chicago (Brathwaite).
03/24/07: W (60m, 28/28) 3-0 victory at Iowa (Ellis).
03/27/07: W (65m, 23/24) 2-1 SO victory (5/5) vs. Manitoba (Grumet-Morris).
03/28/07: SOL (65m, 40/42) 2-3 SO defeat (0/3) at Grand Rapids (Howard, Liv).
03/30/07: W (60m, 35/36) 5-1 victory at Chicago (Brathwaite).
03/31/07: L (59m13s, 21/26) 2-6 defeat vs. Iowa (Stephan).
04/06/07: L (58m50s, 34/39) 4-5 defeat vs. Chicago (Garnett).
04/11/07: W (64m46s, 27/29) 3-2 SO victory (5/6) at Peoria (Bacashihua).
04/13/07: SOL (65m, 36/39) 3-4 SO defeat (3/5) vs. Chicago (Garnett).
04/15/07: W (60m, 23/23) 4-0 victory vs. Peoria (Bacashihua).
04/20/07: L (58m29s, 30/33) 2-3 defeat at Chicago (Garnett).
04/22/07: L (58m06s, 20/23) 1-4 defeat at Chicago (Garnett).
04/24/07: L (58m42s, 18/21) 2-3 defeat vs. Chicago (Garnett).
04/25/07: L (71m55s, 34/37) 2-3 OT defeat vs. Chicago (Garnett).
10/06/07: L (57m05s, 26/30) 2-4 defeat at Peoria (Bacashihua).
10/12/07: W (60m, 24/26) 4-2 victory vs. Quad City (Lalande).
10/13/07: OTL (61m43s, 30/32) 1-2 OT defeat at Chicago (Pavelec).
10/19/07: W (60m, 24/26) 4-2 victory vs. Iowa (Silverthorn).
10/21/07: W (60m, 24/27) 7-3 victory at Iowa (McKee).
10/24/07: W (60m, 36/37) 8-1 victory vs. Quad City (McElhinney, Lalande).
10/27/07: OTW (62m49s, 28/28) 1-0 OT victory vs. Chicago (Brathwaite).
10/30/07: L (58m44s, 17/18) 0-1 defeat at Iowa (Stephan).
11/02/07: L (59m47s, 22/27) 3-6 defeat vs. Manitoba (Schneider).
11/08/07: W (60m, 24/25) 3-1 victory vs. Houston (Schaefer).
11/10/07: L (59m29s, 32/36) 3-4 defeat at Manitoba (MacIntyre).
11/16/07: SOW (65m, 21/24) 4-3 SO victory (4/4) vs. San Antonio (Tordjman).
11/20/07: L (59m05s, 27/30) 2-4 defeat vs. Quad City (Krahn).
11/23/07: L (59m53s, 17/21) 1-4 defeat at Houston (Brust).
11/24/07: - (32m43s, 9/12) 0-7 defeat at San Antonio (Auld) [Replaced Daigneault].
11/25/07: SOW (65m, 21/23) 3-2 SO victory (4/5) at Houston (Brust).
11/27/07: W (59m23s, 27/31) 5-4 victory at San Antonio (Auld).
11/30/07: SOL (65m, 27/29) 2-3 SO defeat (1/5) at Quad City (Krahn).
12/02/07: L (58m35s, 29/30) 0-1 defeat vs. Grand Rapids (Howard).
12/08/07: W (59m53s, 23/24) 2-1 victory at Hamilton (Danis).
12/09/07: W (60m, 30/31) 2-1 victory at Toronto (Clemmensen).
12/14/07: W (60m, 22/23) 4-1 victory vs. Iowa (Stephan).
12/15/07: W (59m58s, 29/30) 2-1 victory at Grand Rapids (Berkhoel).
12/18/07: W (60m, 31/34) 4-3 victory vs. Grand Rapids (Howard).
12/21/07: W (60m, 27/29) 4-2 victory at Quad City (Keetley, Lalande).
12/22/07: L (58m07s, 19/23) 2-4 defeat at Rockford (Crawford).
12/27/07: L (59m53s, 32/37) 3-5 defeat vs. San Antonio (LeNeveu).
12/28/07: L (58m34s, 25/29) 3-4 defeat vs. Chicago (Pavelec).
12/31/07: W (60m, 26/29) 5-3 victory at Rockford (Crawford).
01/02/08: L (59m29s, 20/23) 1-4 defeat at Chicago (Pavelec).
01/04/08: L (59m38s, 26/29) 2-3 defeat at Peoria (Beckford-Tseu).
01/05/08: L (59m43s, 23/29) 3-6 defeat vs. Chicago (Pavelec).
01/10/08: W (60m, 23/25) 4-2 victory vs. Toronto (Pogge).
01/12/08: SOL (64m42s, 36/38) 2-3 SO defeat (2/4) vs. Rockford (Crawford).
01/16/08: W (59m57s, 22/22) 4-0 victory at Chocago (Pavelec, Gherson).
01/18/08: L (58m15s, 15/16) 0-1 defeat vs. Manchester (Taylor).
01/20/08: W (60m, 26/30) 5-4 victory vs. Peoria (Beckford-Tseu).
01/23/08: OTW (64m00s, 21/25) 5-4 OT victory vs. San Antonio (LeNeveu, Tordjman).
01/25/08: W (60m, 15/15) 4-0 victory vs. Grand Rapids (Howard).
01/26/08: L (58m56s, 23/27) 3-4 defeat at Peoria (Beckford-Tseu).
01/28/08: - (20m, 9/12) 8-9 SO defeat [in Binghamton] vs. Team Canada (Leighton, Schaefer, MacIntyre) [Replaced Rask, replaced by Howard].
02/01/08: W (60m, 26/30) 5-4 victory vs. Chicago (Pavelec).
02/02/08: W (60m, 28/31) 7-3 victory at Peoria (Beckford-Tseu, Schwarz).
02/04/08: L (58m57s, 28/33) 4-5 defeat at Manchester (Cloutier).
02/06/08: L (59m05s, 26/29) 2-3 defeat at Providence (Rask).
02/09/08: L (59m07s, 22/25) 1-3 defeat at Chicago (Pavelec).
02/10/08: W (60m, 23/25) 3-2 victory vs. Peoria (Schwarz).
02/14/08: OTL (61m08s, 24/27) 2-3 OT defeat vs. Chicago (Pavelec).
02/16/08: - (30m58s, 14/15) 6-4 victory at Grand Rapids (Berkhoel, Rudkowsky, Berkhoel) [Replaced Daigneault].
02/17/08: W (60m, 23/23) 4-0 victory vs. Rockford (Crawford).
02/19/08: SOW (65m, 26/28) 3-2 SO victory (3/5) vs. Quad City (Keetley).
02/22/08: L (59m23s, 24/27) 2-3 defeat vs. Rockford (Flaherty).
02/24/08: L (58m25s, 20/22) 0-2 defeat at Rockford (Flaherty).
02/27/08: W (59m55s, 23/26) 4-3 victory at Rockford (Flaherty).
02/29/08: L (58m09s, 20/23) 1-3 defeat vs. Providence (Rask).
03/01/08: W (60m, 32/36) 6-4 victory at Chicago (Gherson).
03/06/08: W (60m, 29/31) 4-2 victory vs. Grand Rapids (Berkhoel).
03/08/08: W (59m54s, 23/25) 3-2 victory vs. Rockford (Flaherty).
03/11/08: W (60m, 25/25) 3-0 victory vs. Hamilton (Danis, Desjardins).
03/14/08: W (60m, 18/20) 3-2 victory vs. Peoria (Bishop).
03/16/08: W (60m, 30/32) 5-2 victory vs. Peoria (Schwarz).
04/05/08: W (60m, 21/22) 2-1 victory vs. Houston (Brust).
04/06/08: W (60m, 20/21) 2-1 victory vs. San Antonio (Tordjman).
04/11/08: W (60m, 21/23) 3-2 victory vs. Houston (Schaefer).
04/12/08: L (39m37s, 15/18) 2-3 defeat at Houston (Brust) [Replaced by Grumet-Morris].
04/13/08: SOL (65m, 23/25) 2-3 SO defeat (1/4) at Houston (Schaefer).
04/16/08: W (66m02s, 34/37) 4-3 OT victory at Chicago (Pavelec).
04/18/08: L (60m, 36/38) 1-2 defeat at Chicago (Pavelec).
04/20/08: L (74m08s, 29/33) 3-4 OT defeat vs. Chicago (Pavelec).
04/23/08: W (60m, 37/37) 2-0 victory vs. Chicago (Pavelec).
04/24/08: L (40m, 19/23) 1-4 defeat at Chicago (Pavelec) [Replaced by Grumet-Morris].
04/26/08: L (58m17s, 24/26) 0-3 defeat vs. Chicago (Pavelec).

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