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- Pekka Rinne is a Finnish professional hockey goaltender for the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was a Vezina Trophy finalist as the NHL's top regular season goaltender in 2011, 2012 and 2015 before winning the award in 2018.
Rinne holds the record for the most NHL wins by a Finland-born goaltender. Rinne is one of only 12 NHL goaltenders to score a goal in either the regular season or the playoffs.
In 2014, Rinne was named to the All-Star Team and selected as the Most Valuable Player of the 2014 IIHF World Championship as Finland claimed the silver medal. Rinne also participated in the 2015 IIHF World Championship the following year and was named the tournament's best goaltender, setting a new International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) record for minutes played without allowing a goal.
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- When he recorded his 300th win, he had the third-highest win percentage of all goaltenders with at least 300 wins, at 54.34%, behind only Martin Brodeur and Marc-André Fleury.
- On 24 November 2017, the Predators defeated the St. Louis Blues 2-0; the shutout was the 45th of Rinne's career, making him the NHL's all-time leader amongst Finnish-born goaltenders.
- On 16 March 2017, Rinne became the 67th goaltender to play at least 500 NHL games.
- On 25 April 2012, Rinne was named a finalist for the Vezina Trophy for the second consecutive year.
- Rinne was a Vezina Trophy finalist in 2015, marking his third career nomination for the award.
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