Urpo Ylönen

Urpo Yrjö Juhani Ylönen (born May 25, 1943 in Käkisalmi, Finland) is a goaltending coach and a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for TuTo and TPS. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 1988 and to the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1997. SM-liiga has named the goalie of the year award after him; the Urpo Ylönen trophy.
After his sporting career, Ylönen has made a renowned career as the head goaltending coach of TPS. Many European experts have called Ylönen "the best goaltending coach in Europe, if not in the world". Ylönen has been producing top level goalies year after year, including Miikka Kiprusoff, Fredrik Norrena, Antero Niittymäki, Jani Hurme, Alexander Salak and Ari Sulander.
==External links==
*Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame page
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Category:1943 births
Category:Living people
Category:Finnish ice hockey goaltenders
Category:Ice hockey players at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Category:Ice hockey players at the 1976 Winter Olympics
Category:IIHF Hall of Fame inductees
Category:Olympic ice hockey players of Finland
Category:HC TPS players
Category:TuTo players