Jarmo Myllys

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FinlandFinland  Jarmo Myllys Ice hockey player
Date of birth May 29, 1965
place of birth Savonlinna , Finland
size 173 cm
Weight 78 kg
position goalkeeper
Catch hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1987 , 9th round, 172nd position
Minnesota North Stars
Career stations
until 1983 SaPKo Savonnlinna
1983-1986 Ilves Tampere
1986-1988 Lukko Rauma
1988-1991 Minnesota North Stars
1991-1992 San Jose Sharks
1992-1993 KooKoo Kouvola
1993-1994 Lukko Rauma
1994-2001 Luleå HF
2001-2003 Espoo Blues
2003-2005 SaiPa Lappeenranta

Jarmo Pentti Kalevi Myllys (born May 29, 1965 in Savonlinna ) is a former Finnish ice hockey goalkeeper . During his career he played for the Minnesota North Stars and San Jose Sharks in the National Hockey League , as well as Ilves Tampere , Lukko Rauma , Espoo Blues and SaiPa Lappeenranta in the Finnish SM-liiga and Luleå HF and HV71 Jönköping in the Swedish Elitserien .

Career

As a player

Myllys began his career at SaPKo Savonlinna in his hometown and moved to Ilves Tampere for the 1983/84 season , where he played until the end of the 1985/86 season and won a championship. He then moved to Lukko Rauma for two seasons . In his last season in the SM-liiga he was awarded the Lasse-Oksanen trophy for the best player in the league.

For the season 1988/89 the goalkeeper moved to North America, where he ran up for the Minnesota North Stars , who had selected him in the NHL Entry Draft 1987 in the ninth round in 172nd position. In three seasons with the North Stars, the Finn was only used in twelve games and spent most of the time in the International Hockey League with Minnesota's farm team , the Kalamazoo Wings . In the summer of 1991 he moved to the San Jose Sharks due to the NHL Dispersal Draft . After he had played 27 games for the Sharks in the 1991/92 season , they sold him to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the summer of 1992 , for which he never played.

For the 1992/93 season Myllys returned to Finland, where he initially played for KooKoo Kouvola . In the following season he signed again for a year with his old club Lukko Rauma, then in 1994 to switch to the Swedish Elitserien to Luleå HF . In Luleå, he played a total of seven seasons until 2001 and was Swedish champion in 1996. He returned to Finland again for two years to the Espoo Blues . After another brief stint in Sweden with HV71 Jönköping in the 2003/04 season, he let his career end in his home country with SaiPa Lappeenranta . After the 2004/05 season , he ended his career.

International

Myllys plays for the Finnish national team in a total of two junior and six men's world championships . He also took part in three Winter Olympics and the World Cup of Hockey . At the Junior World Championships he was able to win a silver medal, at the Senior World Championships one gold and three silver medals, and one silver and three bronze medals at the Olympic Games. At the 1995 World Cup , he was voted Most Valuable Player .

As a trainer

In the 2014/15 season, Myllys worked as a goalkeeping coach and at times as an assistant coach at EC KAC . In the 2015/16 season he is assistant coach at Savonlinnan Pallokerho (SaPKo) from Mestis .

Achievements and Awards

International

NHL statistics

Seasons Games Victories Defeats draw Minutes GT Shutouts Sv% GTS
Regular season 4th 39 4th 27 1 1846 161 0 .859 5.23
Playoffs - - - - - - - - - -

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; 1  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

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personal data
SURNAME Myllys, Jarmo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Myllys, Jarmo Pentti Kalevi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH May 29, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Savonlinna , Finland