Pasi Nurminen

Infobox Ice Hockey Player
played_for = NHL
Atlanta Thrashers
SM-liiga
Pelicans
HPK
Jokerit
Elitserien
Malmö Redhawks
position = Goaltender
catches = Left
height_ft = 5
height_in = 10
weight_lb = 210
nationality = FIN
birth_date = Birth date and age|1975|12|17|mf=y
birth_place = Lahti, FIN
draft = 189th overall
draft_year = 2001
draft_team = Atlanta Thrashers
career_start = 1994
career_end = 2005

Pasi Nurminen (born December 17, 1975 in Lahti, Finland) is a Finnish retired ice hockey goaltender. He was drafted by the Atlanta Thrashers as their sixth-round pick, #189 overall, in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft.

Nurminen started his playing career with Reipas Lahti in Finland and later moved on to Kettera Imatra and Pelicans. In 1998 he moved to HPK and then to Jokerit a year later, where he won the Urpo Ylönen trophy as best goaltender in the SM-liiga. After two season with Jokerit, he moved across the Atlantic to represent the Atlanta Thrashers. Nurminen played for Malmö IF in the Swedish Elitserien, and his hometown team, Pelicans, during the NHL lockout. He retired in the fall of 2005 due to a serious knee injury. He currently works as a goaltending consultant for Pelicans, the SM-liiga hockey team he also partially owns.

Awards

* Urpo Ylönen trophy - 2000
* Jack A. Butterfield Trophy - 2002

External links

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