Milwaukee Admirals Pekka Rinne Picked for the PlanetUSA AHL All-Star Team

MLN Newswire – mlntherawfeed.com - Milwaukee , WI —The American Hockey League announced today that Milwaukee Admirals goaltender Pekka Rinne has been selected to the PlanetUSA team in the 2008 AHL All Star Classic presented by Reebok at the Broome County Veteran’s Memorial Arena in Binghamton , NY on January 27^th and 28^th.

Rinne has started an impressive 31 of the Admirals 36 games this season and has amassed a 16-14-1 record, a 2.62 goals against average and a .906 save percentage to go along with one shutout. The Kempele, Finland native leads AHL goalies in minutes played (1900), games played (32), and is tied for the top spot in wins. From December 8^th to the 21^st he won six consecutive starts, establishing a new Admirals AHL mark for consecutive wins by a netminder.

Picked as a starter for the 2006 AHL All-Star Classic , Rinne has accumulated a 61-39-9 career record with the Admirals and stands in fifth place in Milwaukee history in wins, to go along with a seventh place ranking in games played (112). He backstopped the Admirals to the Calder Cup Finals in 2006 when he won nine straight playoff contests and accumulated a 10-4 mark with a 2.86 GAA and a .905 save percentage in the process.

Rinne has played in a pair of National Hockey League contests, picking up his first NHL win on December 15^th, 2005 against the Chicago Blackhawks . He will be joined in Binghamton by Admirals teammate Rich Peverley, who was selected to play for the Canadian squad at the All-Star Classic yesterday.

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