Catches Left Role Ice hockey player Position Goaltender Name Jussi Markkanen Career start 2001 | Playing career Weight 83 kg National team Finland Height 1.83 m | |
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Born May 8, 1975 (age 48)
Imatra, FIN ( 1975-05-08 ) SM-liiga team
Former teams SaiPa
RSL
Lada Togliatti
SM-liiga
SaiPa
Tappara
Jokerit
NHL
New York Rangers
Edmonton Oilers
KHL
HC CSKA Moscow
Nationalliga A
EV Zug NHL Draft 133rd overall, 2001
Edmonton Oilers Children Juho Markkanen, Olli-Matias Markkanen Similar People Andreas Bernard, Ty Conklin, Dwayne Roloson, Mika Noronen, Tommy Salo | ||
Jussi markkanen kaikki urat loppuvat joskus
Jussi Markkanen (born May 8, 1975) is a professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for EV Zug of the National League A (NLA). He has also played in the National Hockey League for the Edmonton Oilers and New York Rangers.
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- Jussi markkanen kaikki urat loppuvat joskus
- Jussi markkanen motivaatio ja voittajafiilis
- Playing career
- 2006 Stanley Cup playoffs
- Post NHL
- Personal
- References
Jussi markkanen motivaatio ja voittajafiilis
Playing career
Markkanen has played extensively in various European professional leagues as well as the NHL. He was selected in the fifth round of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, 133rd overall, by the Edmonton Oilers, as an over-aged entrant.
Markkanen played most of his NHL career in Edmonton, except for a single season stint with the New York Rangers. During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Markkanen played in the Russian Super League, where he posted a dominant 31–9–9 record. In July 2007, Jokerit informed that they had made a one-year contract with Markkanen for the next SM-liiga season.
2006 Stanley Cup playoffs
After an injury to Oilers starter Dwayne Roloson, Markkanen was selected by coach Craig MacTavish to finish the 2006 Stanley Cup finals as Edmonton's #1 goaltender.
Markkanen won the first Stanley Cup game of his career in Game 3 of the Finals against the Carolina Hurricanes on June 10, 2006, a game in which he earned the first star of the game.
In Game 5 of the final, Markkanen and the Oilers grabbed victory when Edmonton beat Carolina 4–3 in OT thanks to Fernando Pisani's short-handed breakaway goal. This earned Markkanen his second-ever NHL playoff victory. The win saw him face 24 shots on goal.
Game 6 of the final in Edmonton saw Markkanen stop all 16 Hurricane shots, his first career playoff shutout. This victory led the Oilers to game 7 of the Stanley Cup finals, which was held in Raleigh, North Carolina on June 19, 2006. Carolina went on to be victorious in Game 7. Markkanen gave up two goals and the Hurricanes later secured the win with an empty net goal late in the third period, defeating Edmonton 3–1 to win the Stanley Cup.
Post NHL
After the great season in Edmonton, Markkanen did not regain the same form in the following season and after the 2006–07 NHL season, Markkanen was out of contract.
Markkanen was contracted by Finnish top-runners Jokerit, who replaced Scott Langkow with Markkanen. Markkanen's move was a bit controversial because he owns a part of SaiPa, which also plays in the Finnish SM-liiga with Jokerit.
Markkanen played well in the 2007-08 regular season, placing himself among the top goaltenders in the league. Markkanen however sustained a heavy injury during his first playoff game and missed the remainder of the playoffs.
After the end of the season, it was announced that Markkanen would return to the Russian Super League, where he played during the 2004–05 lockout-season for Lada Togliatti. Markkanen's new club was the famous Russian side CSKA Moscow, where he made 25 appearances during the 2008-09 campaign. He left on April 7, 2009 and signed with EV Zug of the Swiss Nationalliga A. His first Zug stint ended at the conclusion of the 2012-13 season, when he opted to return to his native Finland.
From 2013 to February 2017, he played for SaiPa of the Finnish Liiga. In the 2013-14 season, he was presented with the Urpo Ylönen Trophy as the Liiga Goaltender of the Year. When his former club EV Zug came calling in February 2017, he signed with the Swiss team for the remainder of the 2016-17 season.
Personal
He is married to his wife, Sanna. Their family suffered a tragedy on September 23, 2008 in Moscow, as one of their two sons, Olli-Matias, died after falling out of a fifth-story window while playing in the living room with his older brother, Juho. He was only 4 years of age.