Pasi Nurminen

Pasi Johan Olavi Nurminen (born 17 December 1975) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender. He was drafted by the Atlanta Thrashers as their sixth-round pick, #189 overall, in the 2001 NHL entry draft.

Playing career Nurminen started his playing career with Reipas Lahti in Finland and later moved on to Ketterä Imatra and Pelicans. In 1998 he moved to HPK and then to Jokerit a year later, where he won the Urpo Ylönen trophy as best goaltender in the SM-liiga. After two seasons with Jokerit, he moved across the Atlantic to represent the Atlanta Thrashers. Nurminen played for Malmö IF in the Swedish Elitserien, and his hometown team, Pelicans, during the NHL lockout. He retired in August 2005 after suffering a career-ending knee injury.

He currently works as a goaltending consultant for Pelicans, the SM-liiga hockey team he also partially owns. Starting from 2010, he also serves the same role for the Finnish National Team and has even featured as their backup goalie during the Euro Hockey Tour.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV% 1993–94 Reipas Lahti U20 FIN Jr. A 25 — — — — — — 3.80 — — — — — — — — — 1993–94 Reipas Lahti FIN 1 — — — 30 2 0 4.00 — — — — — — — — — 1994–95 Reipas Lahti U20 FIN Jr. A 16 — — — 963 40 2 2.49 — — — — — — — — — 1994–95 Reipas Lahti FIN-2 9 — — — 423 46 0 6.52 .812 — — — — — — — — 1995–96 Imatran Ketterä FIN-2 38 8 21 8 2204 146 0 3.97 .910 — — — — — — — — 1996–97 Pelicans FIN-2 30 — — — 1726 69 0 2.40 .925 3 — — 204 8 0 2.35 — 1997–98 Pelicans FIN-2 30 16 7 4 1744 48 7 1.65 .941 8 5 3 481 15 1 1.87 — 1998–99 HPK FIN 48 24 17 6 2811 127 2 2.71 .915 7 3 4 425 24 1 3.39 .908 1999–00 Jokerit FIN 48 24 14 9 2769 104 6 2.25 .931 11 7 4 719 22 2 1.84 .945 2000–01 Jokerit FIN 52 30 11 6 2971 107 5 2.16 .935 5 2 3 308 11 1 2.14 .928 2001–02 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 9 2 5 0 465 28 0 3.61 .898 — — — — — — — — 2001–02 Chicago Wolves AHL 20 9 9 1 1165 57 2 2.93 .904 21 15 5 1267 41 2 1.94 .935 2002–03 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 52 21 19 5 2856 137 2 2.88 .906 — — — — — — — — 2003–04 Atlanta Thrashers NHL 64 25 30 7 3738 173 3 2.78 .903 — — — — — — — — 2004–05 Pelicans FIN 16 2 7 6 965 48 0 2.98 .921 — — — — — — — — 2004–05 Malmö Redhawks SWE 30 — — — 1755 86 3 2.94 .900 — — — — — — — — NHL totals 126 48 54 12 7060 338 5 2.87 .904 — — — — — — — —

International Year Team Event GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA SV% 2000 Finland WC 1 1 0 0 60 1 0 1.00 .960 2001 Finland WC 7 5 1 0 411 12 0 1.75 .938 2002 Finland OLY 1 1 0 0 60 1 0 1.00 .952 2003 Finland WC 5 1 3 1 258 10 0 2.33 .923 Senior totals 14 8 4 1 789 24 1 1.83 —

Awards Urpo Ylönen trophy - 2000 Jack A. Butterfield Trophy - 2002