Jarmo Myllys

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Olympic medal record
Men's Ice hockey
Silver	1988 Calgary	Team
Bronze	1994 Lillehammer	Team
Bronze	1998 Nagano	Team

Position	Goaltender
Nickname	"Jamo"
Height Weight	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 171 lb (78 kg)
SM-Liiga Team F. Teams	Retired Ilves Lukko SaiPa Blues Minnesota North Stars (NHL) San Jose Sharks (NHL) Kalamazoo Wings (IHL) Kansas City Blades (IHL) SaPKo (1-Divisioona) KooKoo (1-Divisioona) Luleå HF (Elitserien) HV71 (Elitserien)
Nationality	Finland
Born	May 29, 1965, Savonlinna, FIN
NHL Draft	172nd overall, 1987 Minnesota North Stars
Pro Career	1982 – 2005

Jarmo Myllys (born May 29, 1965 in Savonlinna, Finland) is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender. He was drafted by the Minnesota North Stars as their ninth-round pick, #172 overall, in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft. He is currently the goalkeeping coach for the Finnish hockey team SaiPa.

Contents 1 Career in Finland 2 NHL career 3 Return from NHL 4 Career in Elitserien 5 Return to Finland 6 International Play 7 Career Stats 8 Trivia 9 External links

[edit] Career in Finland

Jarmo Myllys was born in Savonlinna and started playing ice hockey for the local team Savonlinnan Pallokerho or SaPKo. He played his first adult season (1982-1983) in SaPko but moved to Tampere for SM-Liiga games in Ilves. Myllys spent a total of 4 seasons (1983-1987) in Ilves then moved to Rauman Lukko where he stayed for 1 season (1987-1988) before moving to the NHL.

[edit] NHL career

Myllys gained a spot in the Minnesota North Stars lineup. He played 6 NHL games in the 1988-1989 season but spent most the year with the North Stars farmteam, Kalamazoo Wings of the IHL. In his 3 seasons (1988-1991) with North Stars Myllys never played more that 10 games in a season. He spent most of these seasons in the IHL. When the San Jose Sharks were formed in 1991 Myllys moved to San Jose along with several North Stars players. Myllys played 27 games for the Sharks during the 1991-1992 season. This was his last season in NHL, as Myllys returned to Finland in 1992.

[edit] Return from NHL

In 1992 Myllys joined the 1 Divisioona team KooKoo, which played in Kouvola. After one season with KooKoo Myllys went to Lukko and stayed there for 1993-1994 Season. After his second season in Finland, Myllys was contracted to Luleå HF, a Swedish team which plays in Elitserien.

[edit] Career in Elitserien

In 1994 Jarmo Myllys moved to Sweden and started to play for Luleå HF. Myllys established himself as a star in Sweden, staying in Luleå for 7 Seasons (1994-2001). During that time Myllys won several awards and played twice in the Elitserien All Star game. Myllys also scored a goal in an Elitserien game, which is a rare feat for goalkeepers. After 2001 Myllys returned to Finland.

[edit] Return to Finland

Jarmo Myllys was signed by Espoon Blues in 2001. He played in Espoo for 2 Seasons (2001-2003) with little success. After his time with the Blues, Myllys moved to SaiPa and played there for the 2003-2004 season. Myllys played in Elitserien for HV71 in the playoffs, then returned to SaiPa for his final season. Myllys retired from playing after 2004-2005 season.

[edit] International Play

Aside from his great success in club level play, Myllys was also an accomplished goalkeeper in international competition. Myllys played a total of 188 times for Finland. Myllys competed in 7 World Championships Tournaments, 3 Olympic Tournaments and 2 World Cups. Myllys had his finest hour in the 1995 World Championship tournament as Finland won its first World Championship by defeating Sweden, mostly thanks to Myllys' supreme playing.^{[citation needed]} Overall Jarmo Myllys is one of the most accomplished Goalkeepers in Finnish Hockey history.

[edit] Career Stats

                                            --- Regular Season ---  ---- Playoffs ----
Season   Team                        Lge    GP    G    A  Pts  PIM  GP   G   A Pts PIM
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1982-83  SaPKo Savonlinna           Fin1    28    0    0    0    0  --  --  --  --  --
1983-84  Ilves Tampere               FNL    29    0    1    1    2  --  --  --  --  --
1984-85  Ilves Tampere               FNL    31    0    0    0    4  9    0   0   0   0
1985-86  Ilves Tampere               FNL    36    0    0    0    2  --  --  --  --  --
1986-87  Lukko Rauma                 FNL    43    0    1    1   40  --  --  --  --  --
1987-88  Lukko Rauma                 FNL    44    0    1    1    6   8   0   0   0  12
1988-89  Kalamazoo Wings             IHL    30    0    1    1    4   6   0   0   0   0
1988-89  Minnesota North Stars       NHL     6    0    0    0    0  --  --  --  --  --
1989-90  Kalamazoo Wings             IHL    49    0    8    8   39   5   0   0   0   0
1989-90  Minnesota North Stars       NHL     4    0    0    0    0  --  --  --  --  --
1990-91  Kalamazoo Wings             IHL    39    0    4    4   14  10   0   0   0  22
1990-91  Minnesota North Stars       NHL     2    0    0    0    2  --  --  --  --  --
1991-92  Kansas-City Blades          IHL     5    0    0    0    2  --  --  --  --  --
1991-92  San Jose Sharks             NHL    27    0    1    1    2  --  --  --  --  --
1992-93  KooKoo Kouvola             Fin1    41    0    6    6   18   6   0   1   1   2
1993-94  Lukko Rauma                 FNL    46    0    3    3    8   9   0   1   1   4
1994-95  Lulea HF                    SEL    37    0    4    4   22   9   0   0   0  14
1995-96  Lulea HF                    SEL    40    0    2    2   30  13   0   0   0   2
1996-97  Lulea HF                    SEL    37    0    3    3   56  10   0   0   0  10
1997-98  Lulea HF                    SEL    43    0    0    0   22
1998-99  Lulea HF                    SEL    47    0    0    0   58   9   0   0   0  14
1999-00  Lulea HF                    SEL    44    0    1    1   46
2000-01  Lulea HF                    SEL    46    1    3    4   53  10   0   1   1   4
2001-02  Blues                       FNL    56    0    2    2   22   3   0   0   0   2
2002-03  Blues                       FNL    19    0    0    0   14   7   0   0   0   0
2003-04  SaiPa Lappeenranta          FNL    41    0    1    1   24  --  --  --  --  --
2003-04  HV71 Jonkoping              SEL     4    0    0    0    0  13   0   0   0   0
2004-05  SaiPa Lappeenranta          FNL    54    0    0    0   24  --  --  --  --  --
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        Fin1 Totals                         69    0    6    6   18   6   0   1   1   2       
         FNL Totals                        409    0    9    9  146  38   0   1   1  18
         SEL Totals                        299    1   14   15  287  76   0   1   1  56
         NHL Totals                         39    0    1    1    4  --  --  --  --  --
         IHL Totals                        118    0   12   12   59  21   0   0   0  22

Seasons  Team                               GP    G    A  Pts  PIM  
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1985-01  Finland                           188    0    4    4   18

                   

[edit] Trivia

• Jarmo Myllys was the childhood hero of the Atlanta Thrashers goalie Kari Lehtonen.

[edit] External links

• Jarmo Myllys on nhlfinns.com

Preceded by Pekka Järvelä

Winner of the Kultainen kypärä trophy 1987-88

Succeeded by Jukka Vilander

Preceded by Hannu Virta

Winner of the President's trophy 1996-97

Succeeded by Teemu Selänne