Wolf Pack Sign Goaltender Miika Wiikman
July 5, 2006 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Connecticut Whale News Release
Hartford, July 5, 2006: Hartford Wolf Pack general manager/head coach Jim Schoenfeld announced today that the Wolf Pack have signed goaltender Miika Wiikman to an American Hockey League contract. In accordance with team policy, terms of the contract were not disclosed.
Wiikman, a native of Mariestad, Sweden, played the last two seasons in Finland's top professional league, for HPK Hameenlinna. In 2005-06, the 21-year-old, 5-11, 177-pound backstop was named the winner of the Jari Kurri Trophy, given to the top player in the Finnish League playoffs. Wiikman helped lead HPK Hameenlinna to the Finnish League postseason title, with 1.98 playoff goals-against average and a 92.9% save percentage in 11 games. During the 2005-06 regular season he appeared in 34 games, posting a 2.09 goals-against average and a 92.9% save percentage.
In 2004-05, his first year of top-level pro competition, Wiikman played in 23 games with HPK Hameenlinna and registered a 2.38 goals-against average and a 92.3% save percentage. Prior to that, he spent one season in the Finnish First Division, after playing junior hockey in his native Sweden.
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