Mika Noronen

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Mika Noronen
Date of birth 17th June 1979
place of birth Tampere , Finland
size 188 cm
Weight 89 kg
position goalkeeper
number # 35
Catch hand Left
Draft
NHL Entry Draft 1997 , 1st round, 21st position
Buffalo Sabers
Career stations
until 1999 Tappara Tampere
1999-2003 Rochester Americans
2003-2006 Buffalo Sabers
2006-2008 Ak Bars Kazan
2008-2009 Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod
2009 Linköpings HC
JYP Jyväskylä
2009-2010 Helsingfors IFK
2010–2012 Rauman Lukko
2013-2014 HC Davos
2014 EHC Red Bull Munich
2014-2016 LeKi
Tappara

Mika Noronen (born June 17, 1979 in Tampere ) is a former Finnish ice hockey goalkeeper who played 71 games for the Buffalo Sabers and Vancouver Canucks in the National Hockey League . He also played for his hometown club Tappara in the Liiga and various other European clubs for many years . The greatest successes of his career include winning the gold medal at the U20 World Cup in 1998 , winning the IIHF European Champions Cup in 2007 and winning the Continental Cup in 2008 , both with Ak Bars Kazan .

Career

Beginnings at Tappara

Mika Noronen as goalkeeper for Rochester Americans (2002)

Mika Noronen began his career in the youth division of Tappara from his hometown of Tampere . In 1994 he won the U16-SM-sarja championship with the club's U16 team and then moved to the U18 division. During the 1996/97 season he made his debut for Tappara's professional team in the SM-liiga and was part of the professional squad from the following season.

Career in North America

In the 1997 NHL Entry Draft , he was selected in the first round in 21st place by the Buffalo Sabers . From 1999 he played with the Rochester Americans , the AHL farm team of the Buffalo Sabers and the Florida Panthers . In the 2000/01 season Mika Noronen was used for the first time in an NHL game. In the two years the Finn played twice for the Sabers and won both games. Due to his good statistics, the goalie was called up more and more often in Buffalo's starting squad and he was used 35 times in the 2003/2004 season. Mika Noronen became the eighth goalie in NHL history to score a goal. He achieved this on February 14, 2004 in a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs . In March 2006, Noronen was given in exchange for a draft right to the Vancouver Canucks , where he played his first game on March 14.

Successes and changing teams in Europe

Mika Noronen in the Helsingfors IFK jersey

Before the 2006/07 season, the Canucks committed Roberto Luongo and equipped him with a multi-year contract. Since Noronen didn't want to act only as a back-up again , he signed a contract with the Russian superleague club Ak Bars Kazan . With Kazan he won the European Champions Cup in 2007 and the IIHF Continental Cup in 2008 . During the 2007/08 season, Noronen missed several weeks due to an injury, so Ak Bars signed Robert Esche , who eventually replaced Noronen as the number 1 goalkeeper . Therefore, Noronen moved in July 2008 to the KHL club Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod . For Torpedo he completed 14 games in the KHL before moving to Linköpings HC in the Elitserien in January 2009 . He reached the playoffs with the LHC before being signed by JYP Jyväskylä to replace the injured Pekka Tuokkola in September 2009 . For this club he was on the ice in three games of the 2009/10 season before moving to Helsingfors IFK in December 2009 . With the HIFK Noronen reached the playoffs, in which he completed six games. After the 2009/10 season, Noronen was initially unemployed and only got a new contract with Rauman Lukko in November 2010 . Noronen also played for Lukko in the 2011/12 season and completed 51 games for the Rauma club . In the summer and autumn of 2012, Noronen looked unsuccessfully for a job abroad and was only hired by his hometown club Tappara in January 2013, which was looking for an experienced back-up for Juha Metsola .

The 2013/14 season began Noronen at the Swiss HC Davos , where he received a two-month contract in October 2013 to replace the injured Leonardo Genoni . In January 2014 he was signed by EHC Red Bull Munich from the German Ice Hockey League until the end of the season and completed eight appearances for the club. In the following season he was injured and only returned to the ice in February 2015 for the Finnish second division club Lempäälän Kisa . Due to good performance, he was used again as a back-up for Juha Metsola at Tappara during the season and signed an extension contract with Tappara after the season. He started the 2015/16 season at Tappara, but moved to the Malmö Redhawks in the fall . After about a month he left the Swedish club and was initially without a club. In February 2016, Noronen signed another contract with Lempäälän Kisa. For LeKi he played six more games in the Mestis before ending his career.

International

Mika Noronen began to represent his native Finland in international tournaments early in his career. At the World U-17 Hockey Challenge 1995 he took second place with the Finnish U-17 national team and was himself appointed to the tournament's all-star team. A year later he won the silver medal at the U18 European Championship with the U18 junior team and was called up again to the All-Star team. At the U18 European Junior Championships in 1997 , he became European Champion, after having participated in the U20 World Junior Championships with the Finnish U20 team at the turn of the year 1996/97 . At the end of the European Championship tournament in 1997, he was recognized as the best goalkeeper for his good performance and reassigned to the All-Star team.

Another year later he won the gold medal at the U20 Junior World Championship . He was used in five games, all of which ended with victories for the Finns and achieved excellent statistical values with a catch rate of 93.4 percent and an average goal conceded of 1.53. Therefore, he was appointed to the Second All-Star Team of the World Cup.

In the senior sector, he represented his home country at the 2004 World Cup , where the Finnish national team took sixth place.

Achievements and Awards

American Hockey League

International

Career statistics

( 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)

Europe

season team league Sp Min S. N U / OT GT Sv% GTS SO
1995/96 Tappara U18-SM-Zarya 5 299 13 2.61
1995/96 Tappara U20-I-divisioona 16 962 37 2.31 2
1996/97 Hermes I-divisioona 2 91 11 86.8 7.25 0
1996/97 Tappara SM-liiga 5 215 1 3 0 17th 87.6 4.73 0
1997/98 Tappara U20-SM-liiga 6th 365 4th 1 1 13 93.3 2.14
1997/98 Tappara SM-liiga 31 1703 14th 12 3 83 90.0 2.92 1
1998/99 Tappara SM-liiga 43 2494 18th 20th 5 135 89.3 3.24 2
2004/05 HPK SM-liiga 27 1614 14th 8th 4th 54 92.7 2.01 1
2006/07 Ak Bars Kazan Super league 33 1877 66 91.0 2.11 2
2007/08 Ak Bars Kazan Super league 15th 906 37 88.9 2.45 0
2008/09 Linköpings HC Elitserien 3 160: 00 1 1 0 11 89.5 4.13 0
2008/09 torpedo KHL 14th 712: 51 2 9 2 31 89.0 2.61 1
2009/10 JYP SM-liiga 6th 365 5 1 0 14th 89.9 2.30 0
2009/10 HIFK SM-liiga 25th 1487 17th 8th 0 58 91.8 2.34 2
2010/11 Lukko SM-liiga 27 1598 13 10 4th 55 92.9 2.06 5
2011/12 Lukko SM-liiga 50 2868 17th 22nd 8th 125 91.4 2.61 2
2012/13 LeKi Mestis 2 124 96.5 0.97 1
2012/13 Tappara SM-liiga 1 60 1 0 0 3 91.9 3.00 0
2013/14 Red Bull Munich DEL 5 311: 39 2 3 0 11 94.61 2.12 0
2013/14 HC Davos NLA 15th 892 7th 8th 0 42 91.86 2.83 1
2014/15 LeKi Mestis 4th 8th 93.65 2.01
2015/16 LeKi Mestis 6th 354 22nd 88.66 3.73
2015/16 Malmo Redhawks SHL 1 40 0 1 0 4th 75.0 6.00 0
2015/16 Tappara SM-liiga 3 188 1 0 2 93.0 1.59 0

NHL and AHL

season team league Sp Min S. N U / OT GT SaT SVS Sv% GTS SO
1999/00 Rochester Americans AHL 54 3089 33 13 4th 112 1408 1296 92.0 2.18 6th
2000/01 Rochester Americans AHL 47 2753 26th 15th 5 100 1143 1043 91.3 2.18 4th
2000/01 Buffalo Sabers NHL 2 108 2 0 0 5 39 34 87.2 2.77 0
2001/02 Rochester Americans AHL 45 2764 16 17th 12 115 1217 1102 90.6 2.50 3
2001/02 Buffalo Sabers NHL 10 518 4th 3 1 23 217 194 89.4 2.66 0
2002/03 Rochester Americans AHL 19th 1169 5 9 5 55 568 513 90.3 2.82 2
2002/03 Buffalo Sabers NHL 16 891 4th 9 3 36 411 375 91.2 2.42 1
2003/04 Buffalo Sabers NHL 35 1796 11 17th 2 77 821 744 90.6 2.57 2
2005/06 Rochester Americans AHL 2 121 0 2 0 6th 59 53 89.8 2.99 0
2005/06 Buffalo Sabers NHL 4th 169 1 2 0 12 77 65 84.4 4.27 0
2005/06 Vancouver Canucks NHL 4th 170 1 1 0 10 77 67 87.0 3.52 0
NHL overall 71 3652 23 32 6th 163 1642 1479 90.1 2.68 3

Play-offs

season team league Sp Min S. N GT Sv% GTS SO
1995/96 Tappara U18-SM-sarja 5 1.6
1995/96 Tappara U20-I-divisioona 9 89.7 2.66
1996/97 Tappara U20-I-divisioona 13 92.4 1.99
1997/98 Tappara U20-SM-Liiga 4th 262 2 2 91.8 2.52 0
1997/98 Tappara SM-liiga 4th 196 1 2 12 87.8 3.67 0
1999/00 Rochester Americans AHL 21st 1234 13 8th 37 93.6 1.8 6th
2000/01 Rochester Americans AHL 4th 249 1 3 11 88.5 2.64 0
2001/02 Rochester Americans AHL 1 59 0 1 3 87 3.06 0
2004/05 HPK SM-liiga 9 482 4th 4th 21st 91.8 2.61 1
2006/07 Ak Bars Kazan Super league 16 941 89 2.23 0
2008/09 Linköpings HC Elitserien 3 221 8th 89.6 2.17 1
2009/10 HIFK SM-liiga 6th 372 2 4th 91.7 2.42 1
2010/11 Lukko SM-liiga 12 696 6th 6th 91.5 2.22 1
2011/12 Lukko SM-liiga 1 58 0 1 80 5.19 0
2013/14 Red Bull Munich DEL 3 178: 59 1 2 10 90.57 3.36 0
2014/15 Tappara SM-liiga 1 64 0 1 89.5 1.89 0
2014/15 LeKi Mestis 5 8th 95.68 1.67

International

year team event result Sp Min S. N U / OT GT Sv% GTS SO
1996 Finland U18 European Championship Silver medal 3 180 3 96.6 1.00 0
1997 Finland U20 World Cup 5th place 2 120 4th 94.5 2.00 0
1997 Finland U18 European Championship gold medal 5 300 8th 94.0 1.60 0
1998 Finland U20 World Cup gold medal 5 314 5 0 0 8th 93.4 1.53 1
1999 Finland U20 World Cup 5th place 3 159 1 2 0 11 83.1 4.14 0
2004 Finland WM Rank 6 5 309 2 2 1 12 90.9 2.33 1

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sabers rally (again) for seventh victory in eight games. In: cbssports.com. February 14, 2004, accessed March 27, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Noronen Traded To Canucks. In: nhl.com. March 9, 2006, accessed March 27, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Finsky brankář Noronen for NHL do Kazane odchází. In: sport.aktualne.cz. August 5, 2006, Retrieved March 28, 2019 (Czech).
  4. ^ The circus comes to town. In: webarchive.iihf.com. July 7, 2008, accessed March 27, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Mika Noronen tuuraamaan JYP-vahti Tuokkolaa. September 21, 2009, accessed March 27, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Mika Noronen HIFK: n maalille. In: liiga.fi. December 6, 2009, accessed March 27, 2019 (Finnish).
  7. ↑ Mika Noronen Lukkoon. In: liiga.fi. November 29, 2010, accessed March 27, 2019 (Finnish).
  8. ↑ National League - HC Davos brings Noronen as Genoni replacement. In: srf.ch. October 23, 2013, accessed March 27, 2019 .
  9. ↑ EHC brings new goalkeeper - Mike Noronen is coming - EHC Munich. In: merkur.de. January 14, 2014, accessed March 27, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Malmö Redhawks förstarkker målvaktssidan. In: malmoredhawks.com. Retrieved March 27, 2019 (Swedish).
personal data
SURNAME Noronen, Mika
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH 17th June 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Tampere , Finland