Miikka Kiprusoff
Miikka Kiprusoff
Miikka Sakari Kiprusoffis a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Calgary Flames and San Jose Sharks during his National Hockey Leaguecareer. He was selected in the fifth round, 116th overall, by the Sharks in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft, and has also played professionally for TPS of the Finnish SM-liiga, as well as for both AIK IF and Timrå IK of the Swedish Elitserien...
ProfessionHockey Player
Date of Birth26 October 1976
CityTurku, Finland
defense front job perfect shots
The defense did pretty much a perfect job in front of me. There were no breakaways, and most of the shots were from a long way out.
game left
There was pretty much the whole game left and it's a one-goal game. It's not that shocking.
good
It's a good thing but we need more wins.
few guys power shoot
It was a lot of shots, but they have a few guys who can shoot the puck, especially on the power play.
beforehand broke corners creating few fire goal hold knew rather work
It was important to get the right feeling. There was not much work to do, but a few times they broke in to the goal from the corners creating danger. I knew beforehand how the Czechs play, they don't fire that fast, rather they want to hold on to the puck.
challenge good great job knew power
We knew they have a great power play. It was a good challenge for us and we did a great job tonight.
hungry hunting knew playoff sharks spot tough
We knew the Sharks are real hungry now hunting for a playoff spot so we knew it was going to be a tough game.
building
We have been building on all the wins.
against both colorado feels fun game huge mean rest win won
This was a huge game for both teams, you could feel it in the building, and that made it a fun game to play. The win against Colorado wouldn't mean anything if we hadn't won tonight. It feels good, and we know every game is going to be like this one for the rest of the season.
best competition country ensure flames interest joining olympics opportunity playoff proud recovered represent totally
It is in the best interest of the Calgary Flames that I use this opportunity to ensure I am totally recovered for the NHL playoff drive. I have always been very proud to represent my country in international competition and I'm disappointed that I will not be joining them at the Olympics in Italy.
dominating easy follow lately leader playing
Lately he has been dominating games. It's easy to follow when our leader is playing great.
game next strongest work
It hasn't been the strongest part of my game this year. I have to work on them to be better next year.
chances good job stops
We had our chances to win, but their goalie did a very good job in making the stops that he had to.
morning open patience wait
I do it in the morning because I have no patience to wait to open them.