Ari Sulander

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Ari Sulander Facts

Date of BirthJan 06, 1969
Age56
Place of BirthHelsinki, FIN
Nation
Finland / Switzerland
Youth TeamKojootit
PositionG
Height187 cm / 6'2"
Weight100 kg / 220 lbs
CatchesL
StatusRetired

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Ari Sulander became the first goaltender in history to score a (empty net) goal in the Swiss NLA (2002-12-17, Ambri-Piotta vs. ZSC Lions 4:6).

Son: Santtu Sulander

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Ari Sulander Statistics

Regular Season + Postseason (Basic Stats)

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S	Team	League	GP	GAA	SV%	SO	W-L-T	POST	GP	GAA	SV%	SO	W-L-T
1986-87	Jokerit U20	Jr. A SM-sarja	-	-	-	-	-
	Finland U18	EJC-18	-	-	-	-	-
1987-88	Jokerit U20	Jr. A SM-sarja	-	-	-	-	-	Playoffs	-	-	-	-	-
	Jokerit	I-divisioona	0	0.00	.000	-	-
1988-89	Jokerit U20	Jr. A SM-sarja	-	-	-	-	-
	Jokerit	I-divisioona	1	5.03	.810	0	-
	PvUKLoan	Jr. A SM-sarja	-	-	-	-	-
1989-90	Jokerit U20	Jr. A SM-sarja	-	-	-	-	-
	Jokerit	SM-liiga	7	4.47	.865	0	1-4-1
1990-91	Jokerit	SM-liiga	20	4.46	.842	0	4-12-1
1991-92	Jokerit	SM-liiga	12	3.88	.878	0	3-3-1	Playoffs	0	-	-	-	-
	Vantaa HTLoan	I-divisioona	1	3.00	.941	0	-
1992-93	Jokerit	SM-liiga	16	2.47	.923	0	9-5-1	Playoffs	1	3.03	.900	0	0-1-0
	Vantaa HTLoan	I-divisioona	11	3.55	.904	-	-
	Finland	WC	0	-	-	-	-
	Finland (all)	International	-	-	-	-	-
	Finland II (all)	International	-	-	-	-	-
1993-94	Jokerit	SM-liiga	35	2.64	.901	3	17-14-3	Playoffs	12	1.39	.942	3	9-3-0
	Finland II (all)	International	2	-	-	-	-
1994-95	Jokerit	SM-liiga	49	2.33	.911	2	33-10-6	Playoffs	11	2.00	.918	3	8-3-0
	Finland	WC	1	2.00	.875	0	-
1995-96	Jokerit	SM-liiga	44	1.80	.928	5	27-7-10	Playoffs	11	1.03	.958	2	9-2-0
	Finland	WC	1	3.00	.824	0	-
1996-97	Jokerit	SM-liiga	43	2.18	.924	4	30-11-2	Playoffs	9	1.75	.938	2	9-0-0
	Finland (all)	International	-	-	-	-	-
	Finland	WC	2	2.53	.896	-	-
1997-98	Jokerit	SM-liiga	33	2.47	.927	3	18-12-3	Playoffs	7	2.55	.917	2	4-2-0
	Finland	OG	2	2.00	.918	0	2-0-0
	Finland	WC	8	1.26	.956	-	-
	Finland (all)	International	-	-	-	-	-
1998-99	ZSC Lions	NLA	42	2.46	.929	2	25-9-7	Playoffs	7	3.27	.910	0	3-4-0
	Finland	WC	8	1.94	.922	0	-
1999-00	ZSC Lions	NLA	45	2.18	.933	5	26-15-4	Playoffs	15	2.19	.930	0	12-3-0
	Finland	WC	3	2.33	.881	1	-
2000-01	ZSC Lions	NLA	42	2.25	.927	3	24-10-8	Playoffs	16	1.99	.936	3	12-4-0
2001-02	ZSC Lions	NLA	40	2.44	-	2	20-15-4	Playoffs	15	2.94	-	0	7-8-0
	Finland (all)	International	2	6.00	.750	-	-
2002-03	ZSC Lions	NLA	44	2.39	-	2	25-11-8	Playoffs	12	2.17	-	2	5-7-0
2003-04	ZSC Lions	NLA	44	2.46	-	2	22-18-4	Playoffs	13	2.09	-	1	7-6-0
	GC Küsnacht Lions	NLB	1	0.00	1.000	1	1-0-0
2004-05	ZSC Lions	NLA	43	2.62	-	1	23-17-3	Playoffs	15	2.36	-	0	9-6-0
2005-06	ZSC Lions	NLA	43	3.05	-	1	18-22-3	Relegation	10	2.34	-	2	6-4-0
2006-07	ZSC Lions	NLA	43	2.72	-	2	21-19-3	Playoffs	4	1.82	-	0	3-1-0
	GC Küsnacht Lions	NLB	1	1.95	-	0	0-0-0
2007-08	ZSC Lions	NLA	49	2.33	-	4	27-16-6	Playoffs	17	2.04	-	1	12-3-2
	GC Küsnacht Lions	NLB	1	1.82	-	0	0-0-0
2008-09	ZSC Lions	NLA	27	3.22	-	0	18-7-2	Playoffs	2	2.51	-	0	0-2-0
2009-10	ZSC Lions	NLA	25	2.81	-	1	13-10-2	Playoffs	7	3.16	-	0	3-4-0
2010-11	ZSC Lions	NLA	9	2.80	.910	1	4-4-1	Playoffs	1	2.79	-	0	0-0-1
	GC Küsnacht Lions	NLB	20	3.17	-	0	9-8-3
	PelicansLoan	SM-liiga	5	2.66	.904	0	0-5-0
2011-12	ZSC Lions	NLA	14	2.77	.893	1	5-4-2	Playoffs	2	0.00	1.000	0	0-0-0
	GC Küsnacht Lions	NLB	4	2.01	-	1	2-2-0

Ari Sulander Tournament Statistics

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S	Team	League	GP	GAA	SV%	SO	W-L-T
1990-91	Finland	Universiade	-	-	-	-	-
1994-95	Jokerit	European Cup	-	-	-	-	-
2000-01	ZSC Lions	Continental Cup	-	-	-	-	-
2002-03	Finland	EHT	2	1.92	.927	-	-
2005-06	ZSC Lions	Continental Cup	2	1.01	.961	-	-
2008-09	ZSC Lions	Champions HL	8	2.13	.930	1	6-1-1
2009-10	ZSC Lions	Victoria Cup	1	1.00	.971	0	1-0-0
2010-11	ZSC Lions	ET	3	3.63	.892	-	-

Team Staff History

S	Team	League	Role on team
2012-13	Switzerland U20	WJAC-19	Goaltending Coach
	Switzerland U20	WJC-20	Goaltending Coach
	Switzerland U20 (all)	International-Jr	Goaltending Coach
2013-14	Jokerit U20	U20 SM-liiga	Goaltending Coach
	Finland U20	WJC-20	Goaltending Coach
	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	Goaltending Coach
2014-15	Jokerit U20	U20 SM-liiga	Goaltending Coach
2021-22	Kärpät U17 Etelä	U17 Ylempi	Head Coach

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Ari Sulander Career Totals

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League	Years	GP	GAA	SV%	SO	W-L-T	Years	GP	GAA	SV%	SO	W-L-T
Champions HL	1	8	2.13	.930	1	6-1-1	0
Continental Cup	2	2*	1.01	.961	-	-	0
EHT	1	2	1.92	.927	-	-	0
EJC-18	1	-	-	-	-	-	0
ET	1	3	3.63	.892	-	-	0
European Cup	1	-	-	-	-	-	0
I-divisioona	4	13	-	-	0	-	0
International	5	4	6.00	.750	-	-	0
Jr. A SM-sarja	4	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
NLA (NL)	14	510	2.56	.893*	27	271-177-57	14	136	2.37	1.000*	9	79-52-3
NLB (SL)	5	27	2.82	1.000*	2	12-10-3	0
OG	1	2	2.00	.918	0	2-0-0	0
SM-liiga (Liiga)	10	264	2.54	.910	17	142-83-28	7	51	1.69	.935	12	39-11-0
Universiade	1	-	-	-	-	-	0
Victoria Cup	1	1	1.00	.971	0	1-0-0	0
WC	7	23	2.33*	.881*	1*	-	0

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Ari Sulander Career Highlights

Season	Awards by Season
	Swiss Hockey Hall of Fame
1991-1992	SM-liiga Champion
1992-1993	Liiga Best GAA (2.47)
1993-1994	SM-liiga Best Player in Playoffs (Jari Kurri Award) SM-liiga Champion
1994-1995	European Cup All-Star Team European Cup Champion Liiga Best GAA (2.33) SM-liiga Silver Medal World Championship Gold Medal
1995-1996	SM-liiga All-Star Team Liiga Best GAA (1.80) SM-liiga Best Goaltender (Urpo Ylönen Award) SM-liiga Best SVS% (.928) SM-liiga Champion
1996-1997	SM-liiga Champion
1997-1998	SM-liiga Bronze Medal Olympic Bronze Medal World Championship Best Goaltender World Championship Silver Medal
1998-1999	NLA Best GAA (2.46) NLA Goalie of the Year (Jacques Plante Trophy) World Championship Silver Medal
1999-2000	NLA Best GAA (2.20) NLA Champion (ZSC) World Championship Bronze Medal
2000-2001	NLA Best GAA (2.25) NLA Champion (ZSC) NL Most Shutouts Playoffs (3)
2002-2003	NL Scored a Goal as Goaltender
2003-2004	NL Media All-Star Team (Zürich) NL Most Shutouts Playoffs (1)
2007-2008	NLA Champion (ZSC) NLA Goalie of the Year (Jacques Plante Trophy) NL Most Minutes Played Playoffs (1086) NL Most Shutouts Playoffs (1) NL Most Wins Playoffs (12)
2008-2009	Champions Hockey League Champion
2011-2012	NLA Champion (ZSC) NL Most Popular Player Swiss Hockey Special Award
2013-2014	Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame (#220)

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Player	Period	Years	Teams
Mathias Seger (D)	1999-2012	13	ZSC Lions
Keijo Säilynoja (F)	1986-1998	12	Finland, Finland (all), Finland II (all), Jokerit, Jokerit U20
Mika Strömberg (D)	1986-1998	12	Finland, Finland (all), Jokerit, Jokerit U20, Vantaa HT
Waltteri Immonen (D)	1986-1998	12	Finland, Finland (all), Jokerit, Jokerit U20