# Pasi Nurminen

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

## Playing career

Nurminen started his playing career with Reipas Lahti in Finland and later moved on to Ketterä 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 seasons 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 August 2005 after suffering a career-ending knee injury.
He currently works as a goaltending consultant for Pelicans, the SM-liiga hockey team he also partially owns. Starting from 2010, he also serves the same role for the Finnish National Team and has even featured as their backup goalie during the Euro Hockey Tour.

## Career statistics
### Regular season and playoffs

| | | | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | T | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% | GP | W | L | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% |
| 1993–94 | Reipas Lahti U20 | FIN Jr. A | 25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3.80 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1993–94 | Reipas Lahti | FIN | 1 | — | — | — | 30 | 2 | 0 | 4.00 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1994–95 | Reipas Lahti U20 | FIN Jr. A | 16 | — | — | — | 963 | 40 | 2 | 2.49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1994–95 | Reipas Lahti | FIN-2 | 9 | — | — | — | 423 | 46 | 0 | 6.52 | .812 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1995–96 | Imatran Ketterä | FIN-2 | 38 | 8 | 21 | 8 | 2204 | 146 | 0 | 3.97 | .910 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1996–97 | Pelicans | FIN-2 | 30 | — | — | — | 1726 | 69 | 0 | 2.40 | .925 | 3 | — | — | 204 | 8 | 0 | 2.35 | — |
| 1997–98 | Pelicans | FIN-2 | 30 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 1744 | 48 | 7 | 1.65 | .941 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 481 | 15 | 1 | 1.87 | — |
| 1998–99 | HPK | FIN | 48 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 2811 | 127 | 2 | 2.71 | .915 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 425 | 24 | 1 | 3.39 | .908 |
| 1999–00 | Jokerit | FIN | 48 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 2769 | 104 | 6 | 2.25 | .931 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 719 | 22 | 2 | 1.84 | .945 |
| 2000–01 | Jokerit | FIN | 52 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 2971 | 107 | 5 | 2.16 | .935 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 308 | 11 | 1 | 2.14 | .928 |
| 2001–02 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 465 | 28 | 0 | 3.61 | .898 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2001–02 | Chicago Wolves | AHL | 20 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1165 | 57 | 2 | 2.93 | .904 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1267 | 41 | 2 | 1.94 | .935 |
| 2002–03 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 52 | 21 | 19 | 5 | 2856 | 137 | 2 | 2.88 | .906 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2003–04 | Atlanta Thrashers | NHL | 64 | 25 | 30 | 7 | 3738 | 173 | 3 | 2.78 | .903 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004–05 | Pelicans | FIN | 16 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 965 | 48 | 0 | 2.98 | .921 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2004–05 | Malmö Redhawks | SWE | 30 | — | — | — | 1755 | 86 | 3 | 2.94 | .900 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| NHL totals | NHL totals | NHL totals | 126 | 48 | 54 | 12 | 7060 | 338 | 5 | 2.87 | .904 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |

### International

| Year | Team | Event | | GP | W | L | T | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% |
| 2000 | Finland | WC | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .960 |
| 2001 | Finland | WC | | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 411 | 12 | 0 | 1.75 | .938 |
| 2002 | Finland | OLY | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 1 | 0 | 1.00 | .952 |
| 2003 | Finland | WC | | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 258 | 10 | 0 | 2.33 | .923 |
| Junior totals | Junior totals | Junior totals | Junior totals | 14 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 789 | 24 | 1 | 1.83 | — |

## Awards

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