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  • "I think Pekka is on track to be one of the best goaltenders in the NHL," vice president/general manager David Poile said.

    Nashville Predators Team Report 2010

  • Pekka Pesonen , the organization's secretary-general, said the rules will make farmers more reliant on handouts from Brussels, which he estimates already account for as much as 70% of farmers' incomes.

    EU Proposes New Limits on Farm Subsidies John W. Miller 2011

  • The key player for the Finns is goalie Pekka Rinne (Nashville).

    Denmark upsets USA in overtime at hockey worlds 2010

  • Finnish coach Pekka Hamalainen, who also faced both, said he would bet on Canada, which he says has more depth and physical strength to counter Team USA's superior quickness.

    USA, Canada used to high drama; gold medal on the line Thursday 2010

  • Pekka Rinne, who missed the past two games with a lower-body injury but said earlier today that he is 100 percent, is 6-foot-5, while rookie Anders Lindback, who is 2-0 in his first NHL starts, is 6-foot-6.

    Preparing for the Predators Katie Carrera 2010

  • Nashville's Pekka Rinne was denied a shutout when John Tavares extended his career-best point-scoring streak to nine games by scoring a goal with just 3:58 remaining.

    Predators Score on First Two Shots, Beat Islanders 2012

  • A first-rate international cast led by Gary Lehman and Violeta Urmana as the lovers, combined with a Bill Viola video and the admired Esa-Pekka Salonen as conductor, promised five hours of rapture, as well as complex technical challenge for all involved.

    Tristan und Isolde; LSO/Gergiev Fiona Maddocks 2010

  • Esa-Pekka Salonen takes to the podium, does a sequence of squats, swallows a vitamin pill, removes his jacket and, in T-shirt and jeans, takes his baton out of its black case.

    Esa-Pekka Salonen: 'Start again. That was disgusting' Martin Kettle 2010

  • Boston's Tim Thomas, Vancouver's Roberto Luongo and Nashville's Pekka Rinne—the leaders in both save percentage and goals-against average this season—were the three nominees, the league announced Friday.

    Lundqvist Doesn't Get a Nod for Vezina 2011

  • Esa-Pekka Salonen has extended his tenure with the Philharmonia – but is his Bartók season ill advised?

    Esa-Pekka Salonen: 'Start again. That was disgusting' Martin Kettle 2010

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