![]() įollowing Dan Ellis's stellar performance for Nashville in the 2007–08 season, starter Chris Mason was traded to the St. 900 save percentage and a goals against average (GAA) of 3.80. Rinne appeared in two NHL games with Nashville during the 2005–06 season. ![]() As a result, he had to have surgery and missed the first four months of the season. In the summer of 2006, Rinne was "roughed up by a couple of unknown assailants" and during the fight, he dislocated his shoulder. Initially, Rinne was slated to be the backup for Brian Finley, but Rinne became the starter as a consequence of Finley's poor play. He was signed by the Predators on 23 August 2005, and began his North American playing career with the Predators' top minor league affiliate, the Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League (AHL). Rinne was drafted 258th overall in the eighth round of the 2004 NHL Entry Draft by the Nashville Predators. He played his first two NHL games during the 2005–06 season. Rinne with the Nashville Predators in December 2005. Rinne was developed in Kärpät, playing predominantly for their junior team between 20, and for their men's team in championship-winning years 20, mostly as a backup to Niklas Bäckström. Rinne is one of only 13 NHL goaltenders to score a goal in either the regular season or the playoffs. He also holds the record for the most NHL wins by a Finnish-born goaltender. Rinne is Nashville's franchise leader in wins and shutouts, and is a four-time NHL All-Star. Rinne led the Predators to their first Stanley Cup Finals appearance in franchise history in 2017, losing to the Pittsburgh Penguins in six games. He won the Vezina Trophy as the NHL's best goaltender in the 2017–18 season, and was a finalist for the award four times. ![]() Drafted by the Nashville Predators in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, Rinne became their starting goaltender during the 2008–09 season and quickly established himself as one of the NHL's best goaltenders. Since the establishment of the fund, donations totaling more than $3 million have been made to the hospital and its programs.Pekka Rinne ( pronounced born 3 November 1982) is a Finnish former professional hockey goaltender. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt to raise funds and awareness for cancer research. ![]() The fund's focus is to support the Monroe Carell Jr. The bulk of his life-changing work has come through the 365 Pediatric Cancer Fund presented by Twice Daily, which he launched alongside former Predators Captain Shea Weber during the 2012-13 season. Off the ice, Rinne won the 2021 King Clancy Memorial Trophy, an appropriate recognition of a career spent dedicated to the Nashville and Middle Tennessee communities and the Predators Foundation. Further signifying his impact on the NHL's record books, Rinne is one of 12 goaltenders in League history to notch at least 350 wins and 60 shutouts, with eight members of that group enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Rinne's career goals-against average of 2.43 is tied for the fifth-best mark among goaltenders with at least 350 wins in NHL history, trailing only Dominik Hasek, Martin Brodeur, Jacques Plante and Jonathan Quick. The winner of the 2018 Vezina Trophy as the NHL's top goaltender, Rinne was also a finalist for the award three other times (2011, 20), he was a four-time NHL All-Star (2015, 2016, 20) and he was twice voted to the NHL's year-end All-Star Teams, including a First Team nod in 2017-18. Rinne, who served as Goaltending Coach for Finland's silver-medal team at the 2022 World Junior Championship, retired in July 2021 as the franchise leader in nearly every goaltending category, including games played (683), wins (369), goals-against average (2.43), total TOI (39,413:29), shutouts (60) and saves (17,627) in NHL history, he sits 19th in shutouts and is tied for 19th in victories. Having his experience and presence will deeply benefit our entire organization both on and off the ice." "In addition to being such an impactful person in our community, we have no doubt that he will be a valuable resource for all the goaltenders in our system. "Since his retirement from playing, we've reminisced fondly about all the memories Pekka provided not only everyone in our organization but Predators fans worldwide, so we couldn't be more excited to welcome him back in this capacity," Poile said. ![]()
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