How a Finnish Nobody Became the NHL’s Most FEARED Goalie
🥅 From Unknown Finnish Prospect to NHL Legend: The Miikka Kiprusoff Story
Discover how a 5th round draft pick from Finland transformed into one of the NHL’s most dominant goaltenders. Miikka Kiprusoff’s incredible journey from the 116th overall selection to Vezina Trophy winner is hockey’s greatest underdog story.
🔥 What You’ll Discover:
How Kiprusoff set a modern NHL record with 1.69 GAA
His legendary 2004 Stanley Cup Finals performance with Calgary Flames
The trade from San Jose that changed everything
Why opposing superstars struggled against his Finnish technique
His Vezina Trophy and William M. Jennings Trophy winning season
Key Career Highlights:
319 NHL wins and 44 shutouts
First Finnish goalie to win an NHL playoff game
Calgary Flames franchise leader in multiple goaltending records
From backup in San Jose to franchise icon in Calgary
From TPS Finland to the NHL spotlight, witness how “Kipper” became one of hockey’s most respected netminders and why his quiet dominance made him a true legend.
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12 Comments
I somewhat mimic his philosophy in tending the floorball goal.
Starting at well over 50 my physics and reflexes are still at hand.
And it has showed succesful, at the level I compete.😌
Thank You for All this ! #34 Kipru was playing NHL too far away – to watch HIM play NHL games in Finland ! This was before – mobile phones and YouTube ! Kiitos as We say Merci
Suddenly he was facing NHLs best shooters, LIKE JEROME IGINLA! Man these videos could be good but they are garbage…
He played in Calgary for the rest of his career, he didn’t retire in Finland..
Kiprusoff, yeah. One of the best of the best.
This is dogshit ai spits out. Kipper deserves real facts, not this garbo
Against best shooters like Iginla?? They played in same team 😀
The scorpion
Mix of a Hasek and modern butterfly style
1:00 what the… that’s not his father at all. Somebody check up on AI a little. That’s just silly. The guy on the picture is Hannu Virta, a defense player from the same city and team as Miikka, with an AI generated mullet it seems. Virta played in the NHL in the 80’s and after returning to Turku, played with Marko Kiprusoff.
Jarome Iginla was trying to find weaknesses in the play of his own goalie? 😀 😀
This whole video is mostly total fiction. His first game in Flames wasn´t shutout against Detroit. It was 2-1 win against Montreal. His father is portrayed as mutant combination of his brother and other Finnish D Hannu Virta. Jarome Iginla tested his own goalie? The playoff stats and results are all BS. He did not play in Finland after NHL.
This is where we are today.