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#35 PEKKA RINNE (G)6' 5", 207 lbs. / Nov 3, 1982 (27 years and 5 months)PECK-ah REEN-eh GP W-L-OT SO GAA SV%Drafted: Nashville’s tenth choice, 258th overall (eighth round), in the 2004 NHL Season 59 32-16-5 7 2.53 .911Entry Draft (June 27, 2004).2nd NHL / 2nd NSH SeasonCareer 113 62-32-9 14 2.42 .914Last Win: APR 10, 2010 vs ST. LOUISLast SO: MAR 27, 2010 vs DETROIT (5)Career Shootouts: 53/69 (.768), 11-5Season Highs: Shots Saves45 423/16 vs. PHI 3/16 vs. PHI• Set career highs in games played (58) and wins (32). Tied a career high in shutouts (7, set lastseason).• Posted a 12-4-1 record (second-most wins), a 1.96 goals-against average (third with more thanfive starts), .932 save percentage (tied for third with more than five starts) and four shutouts(first) after the Olympic break.• Became the second goalie in club history to record 30 wins in a season by stopping 31-of-33shots on April 1 vs. St. Louis (Tomas Vokoun is the other). Ranked third on the franchise's alltimewins list (62).• Posted four shutouts in a nine-game span from March 12-27, helping him move into second onthe franchise’s all-time shutout list (14). All of his shutouts have come since Dec. 1, 2008, mostin the League in that span.• Stopped 18 of his final 20 shootout attempts in 2009-10 (.900).• Posted a 149:04 shutout streak from March 16-21, second-longest in franchise history. Itincluded back-to-back whitewashes (18th vs. Minnesota, 20th vs. Columbus).• Named First Star of the Week on March 22 after going 4-0-0 with a 1.21 GAA, a .958 SV% andtwo shutouts for the week.• Named the NHL’s Third Star of the Week on March 15 after going 2-0-0 with a 1.44 GAA, .943SV% for the period.• In his 100th NHL appearance on March 12 at Anaheim, he stopped all 31 shots he faced in a 1-0shutout.• Tied franchise record with a seven-game winning streak from Nov. 12-25.• Named the NHL's Second Star of the Week on Oct. 26 after posting the best goals-againstaverage (0.76) and top save percentage (.968) in the League (among goalies playing more thanone game). He was also one of just two goalies to go 3-0-0 (along with San Jose’s EvgeniNabokov).NHL Playoff Notes:• Has yet to suit up of a Stanley Cup Playoff contest.Additional Playoff Notes:• Backstopped Milwaukee to the 2006 AHL Calder Cup Finals, posting 10 postseason wins andand three playoff shutouts.• Appeared in 24 AHL Playoff games from 2006-08, compiling a 12-12 record.• Helped Karpat Oulu capture Finnish Elite League championships in 2004 and 2005. He served asbackup to Minnesota’s Niklas Backstrom both seasons.