Finland men's national ice hockey team

Finland

Nickname(s)	Leijonat / Lejonen (The Lions)
Association	Finnish Ice Hockey Association
Head coach	Jukka Jalonen
Assistants	Kari Lehtonen Mikko Manner Ari-Pekka Selin
Captain	Marko Anttila
Most games	Raimo Helminen (331)
Most points	Raimo Helminen (207)
Team colors
IIHF code	FIN
Ranking
Current IIHF	2 1 (6 June 2021)[1]
Highest IIHF	1 (first in 2011 and in 2019)
Lowest IIHF	7 (2005)
First international
Finland  1–8  Sweden (Helsinki, Finland; 29 January 1928) Finland  2–1  Estonia (Helsinki, Finland; 20 February 1937)
Biggest win
Finland  20–1  Norway (Hämeenlinna, Finland; 12 March 1947)
Biggest defeat
Canada  24–0  Finland (Oslo, Norway; 3 March 1958)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances	63 (first in 1939)
Best result	Gold: (1995, 2011, 2019)
World Cup / Canada Cup
Appearances	7 (first in 1976)
Best result	2nd: (2004)
Olympics
Appearances	14 (first in 1952)
Medals	Silver: (1988, 2006) Bronze: (1994, 1998, 2010, 2014)

Medal record
Olympic Games
	1988 Calgary	Team
	2006 Turin	Team
	1994 Lillehammer	Team
	1998 Nagano	Team
	2010 Vancouver	Team
	2014 Sochi	Team
World Cup / Canada Cup
	2004 Toronto
	1991 Hamilton
World Championship
	1995 Sweden
	2011 Slovakia
	2019 Slovakia
	1992 Czechoslovakia
	1994 Italy
	1998 Switzerland
	1999 Norway
	2001 Germany
	2007 Russia
	2014 Belarus
	2016 Russia
	2021 Latvia
	2000 Russia
	2006 Latvia
	2008 Canada
European Championship
	1962 United States
	1985 Czechoslovakia
	1986 Soviet Union
	1987 Austria
	1991 Finland
Winter Universiade
	1981 Jaca
	1997 Muju-Jeonju
	1970 Rovaniemi
	1985 Belluno
	1989 Sofia
	1991 Sapporo
	2005 Innsbruck

The Finnish men's national ice hockey team, or Leijonat / Lejonen ("The Lions" in Finnish and Swedish), as it is called in Finland, is governed by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association. Finland is one of the most successful national ice hockey teams in the world and a member of the so-called "Big Six", the unofficial group of the six strongest men's ice hockey nations, along with Canada, United States, the Czech Republic, Russia and Sweden.

Finland won the world championship title in 2019, their third after 1995 and 2011. A duo of silver medals (1988, 2006) remain the country's best Olympic result. At the Canada/World Cup, their best achievement is also a silver medal which they won in 2004.

History[]

Finland's first appearance in an elite ice hockey competition was at 1939 Ice Hockey World Championships in Switzerland. The end result was shared last place with Yugoslavia. After 10 years later, Finland came to 1949 Ice Hockey World Championships at Sweden. The Finns finished 7th place by winning the Consolation Round. Finland's first appearance in an Winter Olympics was 1952 Oslo.

In the 1974 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships two players were suspended for doping. They were the Swede Ulf Nilsson and the Finn Stig Wetzell who failed a drug test for the forbidden substance ephedrine. Both players were suspended for the rest of the tournament. Nilsson failed the test after Sweden's game against Poland, which Sweden won 4–1. The game was awarded to Poland as a 5–0 forfeit. The Finn, Wetzell, failed the test after Finland's match against Czechoslovakia, which Finland won 5–2, which was also awarded to Czechoslovakia as a 5–0 forfeit. The Finns were able to defeat Czechoslovakia again on the last day, which would have earned their first medal in history, if not for the points lost in the forfeited win.

Finland was close again to winning the first medal of its history in the 1986 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, when it led 4–2 in the final minute of the medal round match against Sweden. However, in the last minute of the match Anders "Masken" Carlsson first narrowed the goal to the end and even leveled the match with the help of the Finns' mistake. The match finally ended in a 4–4 draw, Finland's ranking in the tournament was fourth place.

At the 1992 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships, Finland's success and silver medal came as a surprise to many Finns, as the team was not expected to much because of inexperience and the poor success of the (1992 Albertville Winter Olympics) in the same year. The medal achieved in the tournament was the first World Championship medal and the second value medal after (1988 Calgary Winter Olympics).

In the 1995 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, Finland achieved its first ever gold in international ice hockey. Finland reached the final with a 5–0 victory over France in the quarterfinals, and a 3–0 victory over the Czech Republic in the semi-finals. In the finals, the Finns faced off against their hockey rivals and host of the 1995 tournament, Sweden. In the first period of the final, left wing Ville Peltonen scored a natural hat trick, and then assisted on Timo Jutila's first period goal to give Finland a 4–0 lead, on the way to an eventual 4–1 victory.

At the 1998 Olympic men's ice hockey tournament, Team Finland came away with Bronze, after defeating Canadian national team 3–2. Teemu Selänne led the tournament in goals scored (4) and total points achieved (10). The tournament was the first in which professional players from the National Hockey League (NHL) were allowed to participate, allowing national teams to be constructed using the best possible talent from each country. The 1998 Olympic tournament therefore came to be known as the "Tournament of the Century".

At the 2006 IIHF World Championship, Finland achieved 3rd place winning the bronze medal game against Canada. Petteri Nummelin was named to the Media All-Star team.

In the 2006 Winter Olympics, Finland won a silver medal, coming close to winning in the final but losing 3–2 to Sweden. Finland's goaltender Antero Niittymäki was named the MVP of the tournament (only 8 goals against in the whole tournament) and Teemu Selänne was voted best forward. The format was changed from the 1998 and 2002 tournaments, to a format similar to the 1992 and 1994 tournaments. The number of teams was reduced from 14 to 12. The 12 teams were split into two groups in the preliminary stage, which followed a round robin format. Each team played the other teams in their group once. The top four teams from each group advanced to the quarter-finals.

At the 2007 IIHF World Championship, Finland lost the finals to Canada's national team. The final marked the second time that Finland and Canada met in the final of a World Championship, the first time being in 1994. However, only a year before in 2006 Finland had defeated Canada 5–0 in the bronze medal game. In 2007, Canada were looking on form, being undefeated coming into the playoff round, while Finland had registered two losses in the run-up to the finals. Rick Nash scored on the powerplay at 6:10 into the first period on a one-timer from the point from a pass by Cory Murphy off of Matthew Lombardi, to put Canada up 1–0. Near the middle of the period, Eric Staal scored in similar fashion also on the powerplay, assisted by Justin Williams, and Mike Cammalleri. 9:11 into the second period, Colby Armstrong scored to give the Canadians a 3–0 lead. This goal ended up as the game winner. Finland had some discipline difficulty in the first two periods, taking 6 minutes apiece in penalties in both periods. Finland started to bring up the pressure in the last ten minutes, and Petri Kontiola scored a nice glove-side goal on Ward at 51:08 assisted by Ville Peltonen, to put the Finns on the board. Only with 3 minutes left Antti Miettinen scored to bring Finland within one, 3–2. However, only one minute later Rick Nash scored on a skillful breakaway to put the game away, 4–2 final for team Canada. The Canadians were outshot 22–18, but the Canadian goaltender, Cam Ward, kept them in the game as he was solid between the pipes. They also were able to capitalize on the powerplay, which ended up being decisive in the Canadian win. Kari Lehtonen was voted Tournament's best goaltender. At the 2008 IIHF World Championship, Finland achieved 3rd place winning the Bronze medal 4–0 against Sweden's national team.

At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Finland came away with 3rd place winning 5–3 against team Slovakia. During the tournament, Teemu Selänne of Finland became the all-time leader for points scored in the Olympics.^[2][3] He notched an assist in his second game of the tournament for 37 career points, surpassing Valeri Kharlamov of the Soviet Union, Vlastimil Bubník of Czechoslovakia, and Harry Watson of Canada.^[2][3]

At the 2011 IIHF World Championship, Finland won its second World Championship, beating the Swedish national team by a score of 6–1. As two highly ranked neighboring countries, Sweden and Finland have a long-running competitive tradition in ice hockey. Before the game, mainstream media in both countries titled the match "a dream final".^[4][5] After a goalless first period, Sweden opened the game with a 1–0 goal by Magnus Pääjärvi in the second period at 27:40. Seven seconds before the period's end, Finland's Jarkko Immonen scored to tie the game 1–1. Finland took the lead early in the third period, scoring two goals at 42:35 and 43:21 by Nokelainen and Kapanen. Sweden took a time-out before the last period's half but did not manage to regroup, and the tournament was decided by a clear 6–1 victory to Finland by Janne Pesonen's, Mika Pyörälä's and Pihlström goals.^[6] Team Finland's Jarkko Immonen led the Tournament in both goals and points scored with 9 and 12 respectively.

In recent years, Finland has been consistently ranked among the best teams in international hockey. Currently the team is ranked 3rd (26 May 2019) in the IIHF World Ranking. Finland won their third World Championship title at the 2019 IIHF World Championship in Slovakia.

Tournament record[]

Olympic Games[]

Games	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Coach	Captain	Finish
1920 Antwerp	was not involved								-
1924 Chamonix									–
1928 St. Moritz									–
1932 Lake Placid									–
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen									–
1948 St. Moritz									–
1952 Oslo	8	2	6	0	21	60		Aarne Honkavaara	7th
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo	Did not compete
1960 Squaw Valley	6	3	2	1	55	23		Yrjö Hakala	7th
1964 Innsbruck	8	3	5	0	18	33		Raimo Kilpiö	6th
1968 Grenoble	8	4	3	1	28	25	Gustav Bubník	Matti Reunamäki	5th
1972 Sapporo	6	3	3	0	27	25	Seppo Liitsola	Lasse Oksanen	5th
1976 Innsbruck	6	3	3	0	30	20	Seppo Liitsola	Seppo Lindström	4th
1980 Lake Placid	7	3	3	1	31	25	Kalevi Numminen	Tapio Levo	4th
1984 Sarajevo	6	2	3	1	31	26	Alpo Suhonen	Anssi Melametsä	6th
1988 Calgary	8	5	2	1	34	14	Pentti Matikainen	Timo Blomqvist	Silver
1992 Albertville	8	4	3	1	29	11	Pentti Matikainen	Pekka Tuomisto	7th
1994 Lillehammer	8	7	1	0	38	10	Curt Lindström	Timo Jutila	Bronze
1998 Nagano	6	3	3	0	20	19	Hannu Aravirta	Saku Koivu	Bronze
2002 Salt Lake City	4	2	2	0	12	10	Hannu Aravirta	Teemu Selänne	6th
2006 Turin	8	7	1	0	29	8	Erkka Westerlund	Saku Koivu	Silver
2010 Vancouver	6	4	2	0	19	13	Jukka Jalonen	Saku Koivu	Bronze
2014 Sochi	6	4	1	1	24	10	Erkka Westerlund	Teemu Selänne	Bronze
2018 Pyeongchang	5	3	0	2	16	9	Lauri Marjamäki	Lasse Kukkonen	6th
2022 Beijing							Jukka Jalonen
2026 Milan / Cortina							To be determined

Totals

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
16	0	2	4	6

World Championship[]

Year	Location	Coach	Captain	Result
1939	Zürich / Basel,   Switzerland			13th place
1949	Stockholm,  Sweden		Keijo Kuusela	7th place
1951	Paris,  France		Keijo Kuusela	7th place
1954	Stockholm,  Sweden		Matti Rintakoski	6th place
1955	Krefeld / Dortmund / Cologne, West Germany	Aarne Honkavaara	Matti Rintakoski	9th place
1957	Moscow,  Soviet Union	Aarne Honkavaara	Yrjö Hakala	4th place
1958	Oslo,  Norway	Aarne Honkavaara	Yrjö Hakala	6th place
1959	Prague / Bratislava,  Czechoslovakia		Yrjö Hakala	6th place
1961	Geneva / Lausanne,   Switzerland	Derek Holmes	Erkki Koiso	7th place
1962	Colorado Springs / Denver,  United States		Teppo Rastio	4th place
1963	Stockholm,  Sweden		Esko Luostarinen	5th place
1965	Tampere,  Finland		Raimo Kilpiö	7th place
1966	Ljubljana,  Yugoslavia	Augustin Bubník	Lalli Partinen	7th place
1967	Vienna,  Austria	Augustin Bubník	Matti Reunamäki	6th place
1969	Stockholm,  Sweden	Augustin Bubník	Juhani Wahlsten	5th place
1970	Stockholm,  Sweden	Seppo Liitsola	Lasse Oksanen	4th place
1971	Bern / Geneva,   Switzerland	Seppo Liitsola	Lasse Oksanen	4th place
1972	Prague,  Czechoslovakia	Seppo Liitsola	Lasse Oksanen	4th place
1973	Moscow,  Soviet Union	Len Lunde	Veli-Pekka Ketola	4th place
1974	Helsinki,  Finland	Kalevi Numminen	Veli-Pekka Ketola	4th place
1975	Munich / Düsseldorf,  West Germany	Seppo Liitsola	Seppo Lindström	4th place
1976	Katowice,  Poland	Seppo Liitsola	Lasse Oksanen	5th place
1977	Vienna,  Austria	Lasse Heikkilä	Pertti Koivulahti	5th place
1978	Prague,  Czechoslovakia	Kalevi Numminen	Seppo Repo	7th place
1979	Moscow,  Soviet Union	Kalevi Numminen	Juhani Tamminen	5th place
1981	Gothenburg / Stockholm,  Sweden	Kalevi Numminen	Juhani Tamminen	6th place
1982	Helsinki / Tampere,  Finland	Alpo Suhonen	Juhani Tamminen	5th place
1983	Düsseldorf / Dortmund / Munich, West Germany	Alpo Suhonen	Pekka Rautakallio	7th place
1985	Prague,  Czechoslovakia	Alpo Suhonen	Anssi Melametsä	5th place
1986	Moscow,  Soviet Union	Rauno Korpi	Kari Makkonen	4th place
1987	Vienna,  Austria	Rauno Korpi		5th place
1989	Stockholm / Södertälje,  Sweden	Pentti Matikainen	Timo Blomqvist	5th place
1990	Bern / Fribourg,   Switzerland	Pentti Matikainen	Arto Ruotanen	6th place
1991	Turku / Helsinki / Tampere,  Finland	Pentti Matikainen	Hannu Virta	5th place
1992	Prague / Bratislava,  Czechoslovakia	Pentti Matikainen	Pekka Tuomisto	Silver
1993	Dortmund / Munich,  Germany	Pentti Matikainen	Timo Jutila	7th place
1994	Bolzano / Canazei / Milano,  Italy	Curt Lindström	Timo Jutila	Silver
1995	Stockholm / Gävle,  Sweden	Curt Lindström	Timo Jutila	Gold
1996	Vienna,  Austria	Curt Lindström	Timo Jutila	5th place
1997	Helsinki / Turku / Tampere,  Finland	Curt Lindström	Timo Jutila	5th place
1998	Zürich / Basel,   Switzerland	Hannu Aravirta	Ville Peltonen	Silver
1999	Oslo / Lillehammer / Hamar,  Norway	Hannu Aravirta	Saku Koivu	Silver
2000	Saint Petersburg,  Russia	Hannu Aravirta	Raimo Helminen	Bronze
2001	Cologne / Hanover / Nuremberg,  Germany	Hannu Aravirta	Petteri Nummelin	Silver
2002	Gothenburg / Karlstad / Jönköping,  Sweden	Hannu Aravirta	Raimo Helminen	4th place
2003	Helsinki / Tampere / Turku,  Finland	Hannu Aravirta	Saku Koivu	5th place
2004	Prague / Ostrava,  Czech Republic	Raimo Summanen	Olli Jokinen	6th place
2005	Innsbruck / Vienna,  Austria	Erkka Westerlund	Ville Peltonen	7th place
2006	Riga,  Latvia	Erkka Westerlund	Ville Peltonen	Bronze
2007	Moscow / Mytishchi,  Russia	Erkka Westerlund	Ville Peltonen	Silver
2008	Quebec City / Halifax,  Canada	Doug Shedden	Ville Peltonen	Bronze
2009	Bern / Kloten,   Switzerland	Jukka Jalonen	Sami Kapanen	5th place
2010	Cologne / Mannheim / Gelsenkirchen,  Germany	Jukka Jalonen	Sami Kapanen	6th place
2011	Bratislava / Košice,  Slovakia	Jukka Jalonen	Mikko Koivu	Gold
2012	Helsinki,  Finland / Stockholm,  Sweden	Jukka Jalonen	Mikko Koivu	4th place
2013	Stockholm,  Sweden / Helsinki,  Finland	Jukka Jalonen	Lasse Kukkonen	4th place
2014	Minsk,  Belarus	Erkka Westerlund	Olli Jokinen	Silver
2015	Prague / Ostrava,  Czech Republic	Kari Jalonen	Jussi Jokinen	6th place
2016	Moscow / Saint Petersburg,  Russia	Kari Jalonen	Mikko Koivu	Silver
2017	Cologne,  Germany / Paris,  France	Lauri Marjamäki	Lasse Kukkonen	4th place
2018	Copenhagen / Herning,  Denmark	Lauri Marjamäki	Mikael Granlund	5th place
2019	Bratislava / Košice,  Slovakia	Jukka Jalonen	Marko Anttila	Gold
2020	Zürich / Lausanne,   Switzerland	Cancelled[7]
2021	Riga,  Latvia	Jukka Jalonen	Marko Anttila	Silver
2022	Tampere / Helsinki,  Finland	Jukka Jalonen

Canada Cup / World Cup[]

Year	Coach	Captain	Finish	Rank
1976	Lasse Heikkilä	Veli-Pekka Ketola	Round-robin	6th
1981	Kalevi Numminen	Veli-Pekka Ketola	Round-robin	6th
1987	Rauno Korpi	Jari Kurri	Round-robin	6th
1991	Pentti Matikainen	Jari Kurri	Semi-final

Year	GP	W	OW	T	OL	L	GF	GA	Coach	Captain	Finish	Rank
1996	4	2	–	0	–	2	17	16	Curt Lindström	Jari Kurri	Quarter-final	5th
2004	6	4	0	1	0	1	17	9	Raimo Summanen	Saku Koivu	Final
2016	3	0	0	–	0	3	1	9	Lauri Marjamäki	Mikko Koivu	Group stage	8th

Euro Hockey Tour[]

• 1996–97 – Finished in
• 1997–98 – Finished in
• 1998–99 – Finished in
• 1999–00 – Finished in
• 2000–01 – Finished in
• 2001–02 – Finished in
• 2002–03 – Finished in
• 2003–04 – Finished in
• 2004–05 – Finished in
• 2005–06 – Finished in
• 2006–07 – Finished in 4th
• 2007–08 – Finished in
• 2008–09 – Finished in
• 2009–10 – Finished in
• 2010–11 – Finished in
• 2011–12 – Finished in
• 2012–13 – Finished in
• 2013–14 – Finished in
• 2014–15 – Finished in
• 2015–16 – Finished in
• 2016–17 – Finished in
• 2017–18 – Finished in
• 2018–19 – Finished in
• 2019–20 – Finished in
• 2020–21 – Finished in 4th

EHT Medal table[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Medals
9	7	6	22

Tournament summary[]

• Karjala Tournament:
  • Gold medal (, , , , , , , , 2005, 2010, 2013, 2017)
  • Silver medal (, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, , , )
  • Bronze medal (2016, )
• Channel One Cup / Izvestia Trophy:
  • Gold medal (, , 2021)
  • Silver medal (, , , , 2006, , , , , )
  • Bronze medal (, , , , , , , , , , , , , 2015, 2016, 2017, )
• Sweden Hockey Games:
  • Gold medal (, , , 2010, 2013, 2014, 2018)
  • Silver medal ( (February), 2006, 2008)
  • Bronze medal (, , (November), 2009, 2011, , )
• Czech Hockey Games:
  • Gold medal (, , , , 2012, (August) )
  • Silver medal (, , , , 2017, 2018, )
  • Bronze medal (, (April), (September), , )

Finland's Euro Hockey Tour (EHT) Cup medal table[]

As of the

Tournament	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Medals
Karjala Tournament	12	9	2	23
Channel One Cup	3	10	17	30
Sweden Hockey Games	7	3	7	17
Czech Hockey Games	6	7	5	18
Total	28	23	27	77

Euro Hockey Challenge[]

•  – Finished in
•  – Finished in
•  – Finished in
•  – Finished in
•  – Finished in
•  – Finished in
•  – Finished in
•  – Finished in

Other tournaments[]

• Deutschland Cup: Gold medal ()
• Nissan Cup: Gold medal (, )
• Spengler Cup: Silver medal ()

Team[]

Current roster[]

Roster for the 2021 IIHF World Championship.^[8]

Head coach: Jukka Jalonen^[9]

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
2	D	Ville Pokka	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1994-06-03) 3 June 1994 (age 27)	Avangard Omsk
3	D	Olli Määttä	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	(1994-08-22) 22 August 1994 (age 27)	Los Angeles Kings
6	D	Tony Sund	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	(1995-08-04) 4 August 1995 (age 26)	HC Davos
7	D	Oliwer Kaski	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	(1995-09-04) 4 September 1995 (age 26)	Avangard Omsk
12	F	Marko Anttila – C	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	108 kg (238 lb)	(1985-05-27) 27 May 1985 (age 36)	Jokerit
13	F	Mikael Ruohomaa	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(1988-11-17) 17 November 1988 (age 33)	Sibir Novosibirsk
15	F	Anton Lundell	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	(2001-10-03) 3 October 2001 (age 20)	HIFK
20	F	Niko Ojamäki	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(1995-06-17) 17 June 1995 (age 26)	Linköping HC
21	F	Jere Innala	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	(1998-03-17) 17 March 1998 (age 23)	HPK
22	F	Arttu Ruotsalainen	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	(1997-10-29) 29 October 1997 (age 24)	Buffalo Sabres
24	F	Hannes Björninen	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(1995-10-19) 19 October 1995 (age 26)	Lahti Pelicans
25	F	Jere Karjalainen	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	82 kg (181 lb)	(1992-05-23) 23 May 1992 (age 29)	HC Sochi
27	F	Petri Kontiola – A	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	97 kg (214 lb)	(1984-10-04) 4 October 1984 (age 37)	HPK
29	G	Harri Säteri	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1989-12-29) 29 December 1989 (age 31)	Sibir Novosibirsk
31	G	Janne Juvonen	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(1994-10-03) 3 October 1994 (age 27)	Leksands IF
38	F	Teemu Turunen	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(1995-11-24) 24 November 1995 (age 26)	HC Davos
39	D	Kim Nousiainen	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	(2000-11-14) 14 November 2000 (age 21)	KalPa
40	D	Petteri Lindbohm	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	(1993-09-23) 23 September 1993 (age 28)	EHC Biel
45	G	Juho Olkinuora	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	(1990-11-04) 4 November 1990 (age 31)	Metallurg Magnitogorsk
47	F	Peter Tiivola	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	(1993-09-05) 5 September 1993 (age 28)	Ässät
48	F	Valtteri Puustinen	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	81 kg (179 lb)	(1999-06-04) 4 June 1999 (age 22)	HPK
50	D	Miika Koivisto	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(1990-07-20) 20 July 1990 (age 31)	Växjö Lakers
52	D	Mikael Seppälä	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	(1994-03-08) 8 March 1994 (age 27)	KalPa
55	D	Atte Ohtamaa – A	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	(1987-11-06) 6 November 1987 (age 34)	Oulun Kärpät
61	D		1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	(2000-04-23) 23 April 2000 (age 21)	Mikkelin Jukurit
76	F	Jere Sallinen	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	(1990-10-26) 26 October 1990 (age 31)	HIFK
80	F	Saku Mäenalanen	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	(1994-05-29) 29 May 1994 (age 27)	Jokerit
81	F	Iiro Pakarinen	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1991-08-25) 25 August 1991 (age 30)	Jokerit

Former national jerseys[]

Retired jerseys[]

Finland men's national retired numbers

No.	Player	Position	Career	Year of retirement
5	Timo Jutila	D	1979–1999	2018
8	Teemu Selänne	RW	1987–2014	2015
11	Saku Koivu	C	1992–2014	2015
14	Raimo Helminen	C	1982–2008	2010
16	Ville Peltonen	LW	1991–2014	2015
17	Jari Kurri	RW	1977–1998	2007
26	Jere Lehtinen	RW	1992–2010	2015
44	Kimmo Timonen	D	1991–2015	2018

Notable players[]

List of head coaches[]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• IIHF profile