This third-string goalie revived the Calgary Flames

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3 ай бұрын

Looking back at Miikka Kiprusoff's time with the Calgary Flames.
The Flames had missed the playoffs for seven consecutive years, and were destined to make it eight, when Darryl Sutter traded for a little known goalie named Miikka Kiprusoff.
The Finnish goalie took the Flames all the way to Game 7 of the 2003-2004 Stanley Cup Finals, and gave the Flames incredible goaltending for nine seasons.
The Flames will retire Kiprusoff's jersey number 34 on March 2nd, 2024.
Includes NHL highlights, Calgary Flames highlights, and Miikka Kiprusoff highlights.
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@davidc1878 3 ай бұрын

Kiprusoff sure was a lot of fun to watch play. Great goalie.

@simont1709 3 ай бұрын

there was a kid that would dress like him and copy his moves at the game too !

@ch3fcl0ut 3 ай бұрын

Kiprusoff was one of my main influences into becoming a goalie myself growing up, he was always so fun to watch.

@kassu1526 3 ай бұрын

He is definitely most finn of finnish players . Heard some great stories about him. One of my all time favourites

@WeeJiiWee 3 ай бұрын

So many stories about him, but no verification! Legend! He doesn't care. :)

@darkazon5343 3 ай бұрын

Kipru was also one of the key factors for a second place finish the 2004 World Cup of Hockey for Finland

@ZacharyDarkes 3 ай бұрын

The 04 Cup run is why I became a Flames fan. Kipper was my idol when I was younger.

@zengroove16 3 ай бұрын

We called him Kipper. One of the best Goalies the Flames ever had. A true Legend and Master of the Butterfly 🦋 ( Lifts glass ) Here's to Kipper. 🔥

@JordanWilliams-ok4bx 3 ай бұрын

Even as a diehard Tampa fan, Kipper got me into hockey as a kid, I loved the netminder position since I first started watching and it was around #34s rise to power, I was in awe of him. Still have my #34 CCM jersey I wear every now and then even though its going on 20 years old. Forever happy I got to watch this man.

@Behindthesauna 3 ай бұрын

Jesus Christ! This was so detailed that my head is hurting...

@matteogavinson3549 3 ай бұрын

Even as a oilers fan man did I ever love him as a goalie. And he was one of my big inspiration growing up.

@nelsonarruda3272 3 ай бұрын

He was very underrated, he was a great goalie.

@aleksisuuronen5969 3 ай бұрын

There is a lot of finnish players who aren't looked Like That even when should. Like just Selänne who had a craazy career from the start to being able to play at that level in later years and everything in between. Having records. Still isn't mentioned much in like all time greats by just someones opinion. I don't know what it is. Maybe since it's kinda trait of being humble so players from say US or Russia comes to peoples mind more easily for the entertainment factor of not being at all humble. It might put finnish players a bit on the back of the mind.

@jamesdiato 3 ай бұрын

Kipper is a legend! A lot of little details about him I never knew, thanks for the video 😊

@RedHotHockeyYYC 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@tyj1234able 3 ай бұрын

I've been to two NHL games. One being his first game as a flame against Montreal. Excellent goalie.

@anonymousskunk 3 ай бұрын

Miikka embodied the Finnish cultural phenomenon of "sisu" perfectly, the sheer determination to power through any and all adversity, no matter what. Paljon onnea, Miikka Kiprusoff!

@garrettedgar1515 3 ай бұрын

You mean playing eyeballs deep in blow? Check.

@anonymousskunk 3 ай бұрын

@@garrettedgar1515 Grow up, kid.

@garrettedgar1515 3 ай бұрын

@@anonymousskunk lol he was a raging coke head. The team partied at the bar I worked at. He played high.

@anonymousskunk 3 ай бұрын

@@garrettedgar1515 stop speaking.

@garrettedgar1515 3 ай бұрын

@@anonymousskunk sniff sniff sniff

@Polly_Ticks 3 ай бұрын

I was lucky enough to see Kipper, Iggy and Phaneuf roll in to Morgan's pub one night after a big Flames win. They got on stage and threw down a killer GNR cover of Welcome to the Jungle with the band Brokentoyz. Damn, the Red Mile was something else back then

@jshaw3164 3 ай бұрын

Man, he was a good goalie. I remember when they first brought him in. I wasn't a fan of Turek, as a young kid I wanted Brathwaite to work, Roman Turek never gave me any faith. Kiprusoff was so much of a step up. Calgary was so lucky for a lot of years as you mention. We took it for granted now that it's gone...

@AlexPeace246 3 ай бұрын

Being a Calgarian born in the mid 90’s. I have fond memories of this era of the Flames. Even though I was never a particularly big fan of hockey, and I’m still not today, it was definitely a good time going to the games back then and fandom was incredible.

@ayroau 3 ай бұрын

This was a fresh take on Kipper with much insights I had never heard! Thank you

@RedHotHockeyYYC 3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

@Kone5497 3 ай бұрын

Greatest Finnish goalie. And childhood favorite

@adamsusta4848 3 ай бұрын

Don’t you think Rinne is better? Don’t get me wrong, I love Kiprusoff too

@Kone5497 3 ай бұрын

@@adamsusta4848 nah. I think Rinne never reached the same level as Kipper. Plus, it's possible that without Kipper we wouldn't have Rinne, Rask, Niemi and Lehtonen. Someone had to show the way

@Jotainsontaa 3 ай бұрын

@@adamsusta4848 Kipper carried Flames almost his whole career and his stats are still pretty impressive. Rinne played with much better teams. It's crazy how Kipper played almost every year over 70 games and still keeps his stats pretty solid every year

@slebbeog 3 ай бұрын

@@Kone5497 "I think Rinne never reached the same level as Kipper." So confidently wrong. You're actually saying you never really saw either of them play at their prime for more than highlights.

@Kone5497 3 ай бұрын

@@slebbeog maybe not enough. I admit that I was a kid when Kipper played and I was able to follow Rinne much more easily. I suppose my opinion is more based on the legacy Kipperi left

@bikeracer6045 Ай бұрын

That was such a great era of Flames hockey to watch!!

@Rintamaa42 3 ай бұрын

I remember when as a kid that when opposing team had amazing goalie boys used to say "They got a Kipper"

@willbaldwin8031 3 ай бұрын

As a kid who became a goalie in part because he was 6 in 2004 and watched Kipper carry his hometown flames, thank you for this video

@lm1584 3 ай бұрын

Kipper would SMOKE cigarettes between periods - thats how talented he was (same as Lemieux in the 90s)

@jrahhk8223 3 ай бұрын

Great video! I went to every home game for the Flames in this playoff run - it's hard to explain just how much confidence Kipper gave the team. (Also - IT WAS IN)

@RedHotHockeyYYC 3 ай бұрын

It was in!!

@IceCoffee72 3 ай бұрын

The GOAT Kipper thanks for this awesome video

@RedHotHockeyYYC 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@flyingsealtv 3 ай бұрын

great work. i loved watching kipper play and im still sore about 2004 to this day! haha

@kimmokangas5889 3 ай бұрын

Kipper modest silent hero of Turku

@oskariitasaari1345 3 ай бұрын

Great video! Love kipper. Hes the GOAT

@davidcoleman730 3 ай бұрын

Damn, I didn’t realize how horrible the Flames were at scoring goals that season on the cup run

@earboysport 3 ай бұрын

Learning about Kipper with Harry Nilsson in the background rocks! great vid!

@pmon8597 3 ай бұрын

What a great video, and a great goalie and person!

@Aidan_M 3 ай бұрын

Really happy I stumbled across this channel! Love the knowledge you share in your videos, really hope you get more recognition from people

@RedHotHockeyYYC 3 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! Appreciate the support!

@fancycanuck 3 ай бұрын

one of the GOAT 🔥 🥅

@len6482 3 ай бұрын

One of my favorites. The Flames should've been the Stanley Cup Champs, bad bad call.

@bonn1771 3 ай бұрын

i wish i saw him play 1 more game in person

@LohiHarHar 3 ай бұрын

That was enjoyable good! Thanks, you have new sub!

@lambknot 3 ай бұрын

They overplayed him by the time the 1st round playoffs started.

@anza77 3 ай бұрын

He wasn't kidding me when he as a teen said that he is going for NFL... .. Down to earth guy... Still decades after.. he calls us old friends to have Sauna nights at his Mökki..

@T_Crushed 3 ай бұрын

Truly something crazy that Kipper was a slow burn in the NHL because he was such hot shit in SM Liiga. Here you just couldn't go through a hockey talk without mentioning him and Filppula.

@levinelson434 3 ай бұрын

Hey thanks for the great video

@RedHotHockeyYYC 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for checking it out!

@randomname9758 3 ай бұрын

He was underrated because he played in Calgary but he got in player's heads before the game started like Carey Price in Montreal.

@BoloH. 3 ай бұрын

The man just loved hockey, not the stardom.

@288theabe 3 ай бұрын

And that’s why I prefer my goalie skates to be ridiculously sharp. So much better grip on the ice, I somehow know exactly where I am in my crease in relation to my net, and let’s not forget the push off between posts. I just forgot to take up smoking to become Kiprusoff 🤣🤣

@brandonblair6868 3 ай бұрын

This was good man

@RedHotHockeyYYC 3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@markusylitalo8376 3 ай бұрын

Kipper goes to same category of people as Kimi Räikkönen in F1. You never knew what kind of answere got from him in interviews. Didn't give a flying sh*t about what people thought about him outside the team. They both are INTERESTING people! He's one of the great players of amazing era of TPS players. S. Koivu, J. Lehtinen, P. Nummelin, M. Kiprusoff, A. Aalto, J. Hurme K. Timonen. Sure forgot someone but quite a few NHL players from the same team in finnish SM- liiga at the time. Golden time for TPS.

@colevleeming4532 3 ай бұрын

The goat.

@mikeappleyard1898 3 ай бұрын

Is there any chance we can convince Kipper to play for us again? He would be a massive upgrade in net for us even at his age and time away from hockey. Although a stick propped up in the net would also be an upgrade, so I guess that's not as big a compliment as I intended it to be.

@rootorbeggar6987 3 ай бұрын

whatre you on? Markys been solid af

@mikeappleyard1898 3 ай бұрын

@@rootorbeggar6987 No active goalie in the NHL has allowed more game tying goals in the final 3 minutes of the 3rd period than Jacob Markstrom. I do agree that he has been playing well since the All Star break, but his body of work since Edmonton exposed his weaknesses in the playoffs has ruined his career.

@JesusFriedChrist 3 ай бұрын

The last Flames game I went to was at 6:00pm on Sunday, March 24th, 2013, against St. Louis. 19,289 in attendance. Kipper got the first star of the game that night with 36 GS and 2 GA for a .947 SV%. The Flames scored once in each period, the first by Roman Červenka with assists by Dennis Wideman and T.J. Brodie. The second again by Roman Červenka with assists by Jiří Hudler and Mikael Backlund. Jarome Iginla scored the game winner at 12:58 into the final period with an assist by Alex Tanguay. Seeing Iggy and Kipper not only play in their final years as a Flames, but to see Kipper stand on his head, and to see Iggy score a GWG….nothing will ever top that in my life as a Cowtowner. Those really were the good old days…

@j3ss3jam3s5 3 ай бұрын

I have kiprusofin stick his young days in finnish team.

@travishancock2302 3 ай бұрын

🤘

@Bullshirt1983 3 ай бұрын

Kiprusoff was awesome! But he was soo good he made the Flames delusional and they resisted the rebuild.

@jiivee94 3 ай бұрын

One of my childhood idols. We finns are a tough breed 🇫🇮

@gambiit08 3 ай бұрын

adin hill has a similar story

@Knyght69 3 ай бұрын

So many people disrespected Kipper, I knew he was no 3rd string. Too bad Calgary was terrible, dispite his ability to stop 50+ shots a game, and the flames unable to shoot more then 13 times in a game.

@garrettedgar1515 3 ай бұрын

They partied at my bar. Cocaine everywhere. Dude was always lit.

@bb-gc2tx 3 ай бұрын

hall of famer ???

@itsgoodiewoodie 3 ай бұрын

True professional. Occasionally taking few beers before the game 🤣

@DogAmongMen 3 ай бұрын

Revived from sub-dead to normal dead. Also that division was not only weak but boring and low-scoring. And not because the goaltenders were great.

@user-qq5ut1rb6p 3 ай бұрын

Very interesting. Mikka - finnish name and Kiprusoff - emigrant variation of russian Kiprusov. Looks like he's fathers line are 1917 emigrants from Russia after tzar fall