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Sami Aittokallio
Sami Aittokallio
Avalanche - Goaltender
NUMBER: 30
HEIGHT: 6' 1"
WEIGHT: 174
CATCHES: Left
BIRTHDATE: 08/06/1992
AGE: 20
BIRTHPLACE: Tampere, FIN
DRAFTED: COL: 2010-107 overall
2011-12: Backstopped Finland to a fourth-place finish at the 2012 IIHF World Junior Championship in Alberta…Posted a 3-2-0 record with a 2.52 goals-against average, .937 save percentage and one shutout in five games at the tournament…His .937 Sv% finished third among all netminders…Appeared in 11 games for Ilves in Finland’s top professional ice hockey league (SM-liiga)…Had a 1-6-3 record with a 2.82 goals-against average and .910 save percentage…Signed an entry-level contract with the Avalanche on May 11, 2012.

2010-11: Appeared in 16 games for Ilves in Finland’s top professional ice hockey league (SM-liiga)...Posted a 5-8-0 record with a 2.73 goals-against average and .909 save percentage...Also appeared in six games for Ilves Jr....Represented his country at the 2011 IIHF World Junior Championship in Buffalo...Appeared in one game during the tournament, stopping all seven shots he faced in 20 minutes of action.

2009-10: Played in 23 games for Ilves Jr. (Finland), posting a 3.20 goals-against average and .899 save percentage.

2008-09: Appeared in 13 contests for Ilves Jr., recording a 2.71 goals-against average and .906 save percentage...Was the No. 1 rated European goaltender in NHL Central Scouting’s final rankings for the 2010 Entry Draft...First Finnish-born player drafted by Colorado since 2002 (defenseman Mikko Kalteva) and the first-ever Finnish born goaltender selected by the Avalanche/ Nordiques franchise...Was the first European netminder selected by Colorado since Peter Budaj in 2001.

Personal: Last name is pronounced ay-toh-KAHL-ee-oh.