Miikka Kiprusoff

He was chosen to play for Finland at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Torino but declined, citing a nagging hip injury as the reason why he isn't going to play. The Meridiana fleet consists of the following aircraft (at January 2006):. Miikka followed up his outstanding Stanley Cup performance with another excellent performance on behalf of Team Finland in the 2004 World Cup of Hockey tournament, where he backstopped the Finnish squad to a silver medal, losing in the gold medal final to Team Canada. However, later in the month an Italian court suspended the public service obligation contract with Meridiana until further notice. He has recently re-signed with the Calgary Flames for 3 years at $10M total/$3.334M per year (USD). In December 2004 it was reported that Meridiana had won the tender for all public service obligation routes from and to Sardinia. The game finished 4-0 and Kiprusoff stopped all of the twenty shots he faced, and was named the first star of the game. In January 2004 it was reported that Meridiana were planning to replace its McDonnell Douglas MD-82 fleet by 17 Airbus A320-200s.

He earned his first playoff shutout on April 13th, 2004 at the Pengrowth Saddledome, blanking the Vancouver Canucks. During 2004 Meridiana replaced four BAe 146-200s by four leased Airbus A319-100s, with plans for a fifth. He proceeded on an incredible playoff run, during which he had five more shutouts, helping the Flames to win the Western Conference championship en route to a narrow defeat to the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game Seven of the Stanley Cup Finals. It currently transports over 3 million passengers per year. Kiprusoff's outstanding goaltending, for which he was nominated for the Vezina Trophy, was instrumental in the Flames' qualifying for the playoffs. The airline was founded as Alisarda on March 29, 1963 by the Aga Khan to promote tourism to Sardinia. After spending three years as a reserve goalie with the Sharks, he was traded in 2003 to the Calgary Flames and immediately went on a roll, posting four shutouts and ending the regular season with a goals-against average of 1.69, the lowest all-time among all NHL goalies, though he played in too few total games (only 38, less than half of the 82-game NHL season) to qualify for the record books. .

He also played in the Swedish Elitserien before he made his NHL debut in 2000 with the San Jose Sharks after being drafted 116th overall in the 5th round at the 1995 NHL Entry Draft. For other usages of the name Meridiana, please refer to this disambiguation page. Miikka Kiprusoff won the SM-liiga gold medal in 1995 and 1999 in TPS as a goalie, and won the Urpo Ylönen trophy for best goaltender in 1999. Meridiana is a low-cost airline based in Italy. . 8 McDonnell Douglas MD-83. He has also played in the NHL. 9 McDonnell Douglas MD-82.

Miikka's older brother, Marko Kiprusoff, is currently a defenseman for TPS. 4 Airbus A319-100. His nickname is Kipper. Callsign: Merair. Miikka Kiprusoff (born October 26, 1976 in Turku, Finland) is a professional ice hockey goaltender. ICAO Code: ISS. 2004 - Won silver medal with Finland at the World Cup of Hockey. IATA Code: IG.

2001 - Represented Finland at the World Championships. 1998 - Represented Finland at the World Championships.