Jarmo Myllys
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| Olympic medal record | |||
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| Men's Ice hockey | |||
| Silver | 1988 Calgary | Team | |
| Bronze | 1994 Lillehammer | Team | |
| Bronze | 1998 Nagano | Team | |
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| 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.
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[edit] Career in Finland
Jarmo Myllys who was born in Savonlinna naturally started playing ice hockey in 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. "Jamo" spent a total of 4 seasons (1983-1987) in Ilves and moved to Rauman Lukko and stayed in Rauma for 1 (1987-1988) season before moving to NHL
[edit] NHL career
Myllys was a very small goalie but managed to gain a spot in Minnesota North Stars lineup. Myllys played 6 games in 1988-1989 season and spent the most of it in the farmteam of Minnesota, Kalamazoo Wings which played in the IHL. In his 3 seasons (1988-1991) in North Stars Myllys did not play over 10 games/season but in the IHL Myllys got to play. When San Jose Sharks was formed in 1991 Myllys moved to San Jose with the majority of North Stars players. In the Sharks Myllys finally got a chance to prove his worth and played 27 games during the 1991-1992 season. Unfortunately this was to be his last in NHL as Myllys returned to Finland in 1992.
[edit] Return from NHL
In 1992 Myllys joined a 1 Divisioona team KooKoo which played in Kouvola. After one season in KooKoo Myllys went to Lukko and stayed there for 1993-1994 Season. After his two season tenure in Finland, Myllys was contracted to Luleå HF which is a Swedish team who plays in Elitserien.
[edit] Career in Elitserien
In 1994 Jarmo Myllys moved to Sweden and started to play for Luleå HF which was a top team in Elitserien at the time. Myllys Established himself a star in Sweden and stayed 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. Myllys played in Espoo for 2 Seasons (2001-2003) but did not gain any success. After Blues, Myllys moved to SaiPa and played there firstly the 2003-2004 Season. Myllys quickly played in Elitserien at HV71 in the Play Offs and returned to SaiPa for his final season. Myllys Retired form playing after 2004-2005 Season and currently is the Goalkeeping Coach for SaiPa.
[edit] International Play
Aside his great success in club level Myllys also is an accomplished Goalkeeper in International plays. Myllys played a total of 188 times for Finland. Myllys competed in 7 World Championships Tournament's, 3 Olympic Tournament's and 2 Canada Cu'p/World Cup's. Jarmo Myllys had his finest hour in 1995 World Championship tournament as Finland won it's first (and only to date) World Championship by defeating Sweden, mostly thanks to Myllys supreme playing. 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] 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 |
