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Finland men's national ice hockey team

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Finland
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Leijonat / Lejonen
(The Lions)
AssociationFinnish Ice Hockey Association
Head coachAntti Pennanen
AssistantsKari Lehtonen
Mikko Manner
Atu Selin
CaptainMikael Granlund
Most gamesRaimo Helminen (331)
Most pointsRaimo Helminen (207)
Team colors   
IIHF codeFIN
Ranking
Current IIHF3 Decrease 1 (27 May 2024)[1]
Highest IIHF1 (2022)
Lowest IIHF7 (2005)
First international
Finland  1–8  Sweden
(Helsinki, Finland; 29 January 1928)
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
Appearances70 (first in 1939)
Best result Gold: (1995, 2011, 2019, 2022)
World Cup / Canada Cup
Appearances7 (first in 1976)
Best result 2nd: (2004)
Olympics
Appearances18 (first in 1952)
Medals Gold: (2022)
Silver: (1988, 2006)
Bronze: (1994, 1998, 2010, 2014)
International record (W–L–T)
692–337–156
Medal record
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2022 Beijing Team
Silver medal – second place 1988 Calgary Team
Silver medal – second place 2006 Turin Team
Bronze medal – third place 1994 Lillehammer Team
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Nagano Team
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Vancouver Team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Sochi Team
World Cup / Canada Cup
Silver medal – second place 2004 Toronto
Bronze medal – third place 1991 Hamilton
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 1995 Sweden
Gold medal – first place 2011 Slovakia
Gold medal – first place 2019 Slovakia
Gold medal – first place 2022 Finland
Silver medal – second place 1992 Czechoslovakia
Silver medal – second place 1994 Italy
Silver medal – second place 1998 Switzerland
Silver medal – second place 1999 Norway
Silver medal – second place 2001 Germany
Silver medal – second place 2007 Russia
Silver medal – second place 2014 Belarus
Silver medal – second place 2016 Russia
Silver medal – second place 2021 Latvia
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Russia
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Latvia
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Canada

The Finnish men's national ice hockey team, nicknamed Leijonat / Lejonen ("The Lions" in Finnish and Swedish), 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, the United States, Czechia, Russia, and Sweden.

Finland won the world championship in 2022, their fourth title after 1995, 2011 and 2019. A duo of silver medals (1988, 2006) remained the country's best Olympic result until 2022 when the Finns achieved a breakthrough by winning their first Olympic gold after defeating Russia. At the Canada/World Cup, their best achievement is also a silver medal which they won in 2004.

History

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Finland's first appearance in an elite ice hockey competition was at the 1939 Ice Hockey World Championships in Switzerland. The result was a shared last place with Yugoslavia. Ten years later, Finland came to the 1949 Ice Hockey World Championships in Sweden. The Finns finished in 7th place by winning the consolation round. Finland's first appearance at the Winter Olympics occurred in 1952 in 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, meaning the game was 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 in its history at 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 Finland's lead to one goal and then leveled the score with the help of the Finns' mistake. The match eventually ended in a 4–4 draw, meaning 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 lack of success at 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 the 1988 Calgary Winter Olympics, where Finland clinched a surprise silver after defeating the unmotivated USSR.

At the 1995 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, Finland achieved its first gold in international ice hockey. The Finns reached the final with a 5–0 victory over France in the quarter-finals, and a 3–0 victory over the Czech Republic in the semi-finals. In the final, Finland 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 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 the 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 players from the National Hockey League (NHL) were released 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 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 (with only eight goals conceded throughout 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 2006 IIHF World Championship, Finland achieved third place after winning the bronze medal game against Canada. Petteri Nummelin was named to the Media All-Star Team.

At the 2007 IIHF World Championship, Finland lost the final to the Canadian team. The final marked the second time that Finland and Canada met in the gold medal game of a World Championship, the first time being in 1994. 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. The Finns 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 team on the board. With only 3 minutes left Antti Miettinen scored to bring Finland within one, 3–2. However, just one minute later Rick Nash scored on a skillful breakaway to put the game away, with Canada winning 4–2 and clinching the title. The Canadians were outshot 22–18, but their goaltender, Cam Ward, kept Canada 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 third place after winning the bronze medal game 4–0 against rivals Sweden.

At the 2010 Winter Olympics, Finland again came away with the bronze, winning 5–3 against Slovakia. During the tournament, Teemu Selänne 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 title, beating the Swedish national team by a score of 6–1 in the final. 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 then took a time-out with ten minutes left to play but did not manage to regroup, and Finland scored a further three goals courtesy of Janne Pesonen, Mika Pyörälä and Antti Pihlström to clinch the title.[6] Team Finland's Jarkko Immonen led the tournament in both goals and points scored, with 9 and 12 respectively.

The Finns won their third world title at the 2019 IIHF World Championship in Slovakia, and after the cancelled tournament of 2020, they reached the final in the 2021 tournament, losing to Canada in overtime.

At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Finland won the gold medal for the first time, going undefeated and beating Russia in the final.[7][8][9] This allowed them to rise to first place in the IIHF World Ranking for the first time ever. In May 2022, Finland won their fourth World Championship, beating Canada in overtime after a hard-fought game. This was the third Canada–Finland final in a row, and the first time the Finns won a medal on home ice.[10]

Tournament record

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Olympic Games

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Heino Pulli at the 1960 Winter Olympics, Squaw Valley
Finland in the 2006 Winter Olympics semi-final match against Russia
Janne Niskala, Mikko Koivu, Joni Pitkänen, Tuomo Ruutu and Niklas Hagman at the 2010 Winter Olympics, Vancouver
Games GP W L T GF GA Coach Captain Round Finish
Belgium 1920 Antwerp Did not participate
France 1924 Chamonix
Switzerland 1928 St. Moritz
United States 1932 Lake Placid
Germany 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Switzerland 1948 St. Moritz
Norway 1952 Oslo 8 2 6 0 21 60 Risto Lindroos Aarne Honkavaara Round-robin 7th
Italy 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Did not participate
United States 1960 Squaw Valley 6 3 2 1 55 23 Canada Joe Wirkkunen Yrjö Hakala Consolation Round 7th
Austria 1964 Innsbruck 8 3 5 0 18 33 Canada Joe Wirkkunen Raimo Kilpiö Round-robin 6th
France 1968 Grenoble 8 4 3 1 28 25 Czechoslovakia Gustav Bubník Matti Reunamäki Round-robin 5th
Japan 1972 Sapporo 6 3 3 0 27 25 Seppo Liitsola Lasse Oksanen Final Round 5th
Austria 1976 Innsbruck 6 3 3 0 30 20 Seppo Liitsola Seppo Lindström Final Round 4th
United States 1980 Lake Placid 7 3 3 1 31 25 Kalevi Numminen Tapio Levo Final Round 4th
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1984 Sarajevo 6 2 3 1 31 26 Alpo Suhonen Anssi Melametsä Consolation Round 6th
Canada 1988 Calgary 8 5 2 1 34 14 Pentti Matikainen Timo Blomqvist Final Round  Silver
France 1992 Albertville 8 4 3 1 29 11 Pentti Matikainen Pekka Tuomisto 7th place game 7th
Norway 1994 Lillehammer 8 7 1 0 38 10 Sweden Curt Lindström Timo Jutila 3th place game  Bronze
Japan 1998 Nagano 6 3 3 0 20 19 Hannu Aravirta Saku Koivu 3th place game  Bronze
United States 2002 Salt Lake City 4 2 2 0 12 10 Hannu Aravirta Teemu Selänne Quarter-finals 6th
Italy 2006 Turin 8 7 1 0 29 8 Erkka Westerlund Saku Koivu Final  Silver
Canada 2010 Vancouver 6 4 2 19 13 Jukka Jalonen Saku Koivu 3th place game  Bronze
Russia 2014 Sochi 6 4 2 24 10 Erkka Westerlund Teemu Selänne 3th place game  Bronze
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang 5 3 2 16 9 Lauri Marjamäki Lasse Kukkonen Quarter-finals 6th
China 2022 Beijing 6 6 0 22 8 Jukka Jalonen Valtteri Filppula Final  Gold
Italy 2026 Milan / Cortina To be determined
Medals
Participations Gold Silver Bronze Total
18 1 2 4 7

World Championship

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The Finnish team that marked the country's debut at the World Championships in 1939
Matti Reunamäki, Heino Pulli and Seppo Nikkilä in 1960s
Seppo Lindström, Veli-Pekka Ketola, Jorma Valtonen and Lasse Oksanen at the 1969 World Championships
Matti Keinonen and Matti Murto at the 1970 World Championships
Germany and Finland at the 1993 World Championships
The United States and Finland go head-to-head at the 2005 IIHF World Championship
Finland and the United States at the 2008 IIHF World Championship
Year Location Coach Captain Finish Result
1939 Zürich / Basel,   Switzerland Risto Tiitola Erkki Saarinen Consolation Round 13th place
1949 Stockholm,  Sweden Risto Lindroos Keijo Kuusela Consolation Round 7th place
1951 Paris,  France Risto Lindroos Keijo Kuusela Group stage 7th place
1954 Stockholm,  Sweden Risto Lindroos Matti Rintakoski Group stage 6th place
1955 Krefeld / Dortmund / Cologne, West Germany Aarne Honkavaara Matti Rintakoski Group stage 9th place
1957 Moscow,  Soviet Union Aarne Honkavaara Yrjö Hakala Group stage 4th place
1958 Oslo,  Norway Aarne Honkavaara Yrjö Hakala Group stage 6th place
1959 Prague / Bratislava,  Czechoslovakia Canada Joe Wirkkunen Yrjö Hakala Final Round 6th place
1961 Geneva / Lausanne,   Switzerland Canada Derek Holmes Erkki Koiso Group stage 7th place
1962 Colorado Springs / Denver,  United States Canada Joe Wirkkunen Teppo Rastio Group stage 4th place
1963 Stockholm,  Sweden Canada Joe Wirkkunen Esko Luostarinen Group stage 5th place
1965 Tampere,  Finland Canada Joe Wirkkunen Raimo Kilpiö Group stage 7th place
1966 Ljubljana,  Yugoslavia Czechoslovakia Augustin Bubník Lalli Partinen Group stage 7th place
1967 Vienna,  Austria Czechoslovakia Augustin Bubník Matti Reunamäki Group stage 6th place
1969 Stockholm,  Sweden Czechoslovakia Augustin Bubník Juhani Wahlsten Group stage 5th place
1970 Stockholm,  Sweden Seppo Liitsola Lasse Oksanen Group stage 4th place
1971 Bern / Geneva,   Switzerland Seppo Liitsola Lasse Oksanen Group stage 4th place
1972 Prague,  Czechoslovakia Seppo Liitsola Lasse Oksanen Group stage 4th place
1973 Moscow,  Soviet Union Canada Len Lunde Veli-Pekka Ketola Group stage 4th place
1974 Helsinki,  Finland Kalevi Numminen Veli-Pekka Ketola Group stage 4th place
1975 Munich / Düsseldorf, West Germany Seppo Liitsola Seppo Lindström Group stage 4th place
1976 Katowice,  Poland Seppo Liitsola Lasse Oksanen Consolation Round 5th place
1977 Vienna,  Austria Lasse Heikkilä Pertti Koivulahti Consolation Round 5th place
1978 Prague,  Czechoslovakia Kalevi Numminen Seppo Repo Consolation Round 7th place
1979 Moscow,  Soviet Union Kalevi Numminen Juhani Tamminen Consolation Round 5th place
1981 Gothenburg / Stockholm,  Sweden Kalevi Numminen Juhani Tamminen Consolation Round 6th place
1982 Helsinki / Tampere,  Finland Alpo Suhonen Juhani Tamminen First Round 5th place
1983 Düsseldorf / Dortmund / Munich, West Germany Alpo Suhonen Pekka Rautakallio Consolation Round 7th place
1985 Prague,  Czechoslovakia Alpo Suhonen Anssi Melametsä Consolation Round 5th place
1986 Moscow,  Soviet Union Rauno Korpi Kari Makkonen Final Round 4th place
1987 Vienna,  Austria Rauno Korpi Pekka Järvelä Consolation Round 5th place
1989 Stockholm / Södertälje,  Sweden Pentti Matikainen Timo Blomqvist Consolation Round 5th place
1990 Bern / Fribourg,   Switzerland Pentti Matikainen Arto Ruotanen Consolation Round 6th place
1991 Turku / Helsinki / Tampere,  Finland Pentti Matikainen Hannu Virta Consolation Round 5th place
1992 Prague / Bratislava,  Czechoslovakia Pentti Matikainen Pekka Tuomisto Final Silver
1993 Dortmund / Munich,  Germany Pentti Matikainen Timo Jutila Quarter-finals 7th place
1994 Bolzano / Canazei / Milano,  Italy Sweden Curt Lindström Timo Jutila Final Silver
1995 Stockholm / Gävle,  Sweden Sweden Curt Lindström Timo Jutila Final Gold
1996 Vienna,  Austria Sweden Curt Lindström Timo Jutila Quarter-finals 5th place
1997 Helsinki / Turku / Tampere,  Finland Sweden Curt Lindström Timo Jutila Second Round 5th place
1998 Zürich / Basel,   Switzerland Hannu Aravirta Ville Peltonen Final Silver
1999 Oslo / Lillehammer / Hamar,  Norway Hannu Aravirta Saku Koivu Final Silver
2000 Saint Petersburg,  Russia Hannu Aravirta Raimo Helminen 3rd Place Game Bronze
2001 Cologne / Hanover / Nuremberg,  Germany Hannu Aravirta Petteri Nummelin Final Silver
2002 Gothenburg / Karlstad / Jönköping,  Sweden Hannu Aravirta Raimo Helminen 3rd Place Game 4th place
2003 Helsinki / Tampere / Turku,  Finland Hannu Aravirta Saku Koivu Quarter-finals 5th place
2004 Prague / Ostrava,  Czech Republic Raimo Summanen Olli Jokinen Quarter-finals 6th place
2005 Innsbruck / Vienna,  Austria Erkka Westerlund Ville Peltonen Quarter-finals 7th place
2006 Riga,  Latvia Erkka Westerlund Ville Peltonen 3rd Place Game Bronze
2007 Moscow / Mytishchi,  Russia Erkka Westerlund Ville Peltonen Final Silver
2008 Quebec City / Halifax,  Canada Canada Doug Shedden Ville Peltonen 3rd Place Game Bronze
2009 Bern / Kloten,   Switzerland Jukka Jalonen Sami Kapanen Quarter-finals 5th place
2010 Cologne / Mannheim / Gelsenkirchen,  Germany Jukka Jalonen Sami Kapanen Quarter-finals 6th place
2011 Bratislava / Košice,  Slovakia Jukka Jalonen Mikko Koivu Final Gold
2012 Helsinki,  Finland / Stockholm,  Sweden Jukka Jalonen Mikko Koivu 3rd Place Game 4th place
2013 Stockholm,  Sweden / Helsinki,  Finland Jukka Jalonen Lasse Kukkonen 3rd Place Game 4th place
2014 Minsk,  Belarus Erkka Westerlund Olli Jokinen Final Silver
2015 Prague / Ostrava,  Czech Republic Kari Jalonen Jussi Jokinen Quarter-finals 6th place
2016 Moscow / Saint Petersburg,  Russia Kari Jalonen Mikko Koivu Final Silver
2017 Cologne,  Germany / Paris,  France Lauri Marjamäki Lasse Kukkonen 3rd Place Game 4th place
2018 Copenhagen / Herning,  Denmark Lauri Marjamäki Mikael Granlund Quarter-finals 5th place
2019 Bratislava / Košice,  Slovakia Jukka Jalonen Marko Anttila Final Gold
2021 Riga,  Latvia Jukka Jalonen Marko Anttila Final Silver
2022 Tampere / Helsinki,  Finland Jukka Jalonen Valtteri Filppula Final Gold
2023 Tampere,  Finland / Riga,  Latvia Jukka Jalonen Marko Anttila Quarter-finals 7th place
2024 Prague / Ostrava,  Czech Republic Jukka Jalonen Mikael Granlund Quarter-finals 8th place
2025 Stockholm,  Sweden / Herning,  Denmark Antti Pennanen
Medals
Participations Gold Silver Bronze Total
70 4 9 3 16

Canada Cup / World Cup

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Year GP W OW T OL L GF GA Coach Captain Finish Rank
1976 5 1 0 4 16 42 Lasse Heikkilä Veli-Pekka Ketola Round-robin 6th
1981 5 0 1 4 6 31 Kalevi Numminen Veli-Pekka Ketola Round-robin 6th
1987 5 0 0 5 9 23 Rauno Korpi Jari Kurri Round-robin 6th
1991 6 2 1 3 13 20 Pentti Matikainen Jari Kurri Semi-final 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Year GP W OW T OL L GF GA Coach Captain Finish Rank
1996 4 2 0 2 17 16 Sweden Curt Lindström Jari Kurri Quarter-final 5th
2004 6 4 0 1 0 1 17 9 Raimo Summanen Saku Koivu Final 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2016 3 0 0 0 3 1 9 Lauri Marjamäki Mikko Koivu Group stage 8th
Medals
Participations Gold Silver Bronze Total
7 0 1 1 2

Euro Hockey Tour

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EHT Medal table

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Gold Silver Bronze Medals
9 9 8 26

Tournament summary

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

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Tournament Gold Silver Bronze Medals
Karjala Tournament 12 9 2 23
Channel One Cup 3 10 17 30
Sweden Hockey Games 8 4 7 19
Czech Hockey Games 7 7 6 20
Swiss Ice Hockey Games 0 0 2 2
Total 30 30 34 94

Euro Hockey Challenge

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Other tournaments

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Current roster

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Roster for the 2024 IIHF World Championship.[11][12]

Head coach: Jukka Jalonen

No. Pos. Name Height Weight Birthdate Team
2 D Rasmus Rissanen 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) 98 kg (216 lb) (1991-07-13) 13 July 1991 (age 33) Sweden Örebro HK
3 D Olli MäättäA 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 89 kg (196 lb) (1994-08-22) 22 August 1994 (age 30) United States Detroit Red Wings
4 D Mikko LehtonenA 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 89 kg (196 lb) (1994-01-16) 16 January 1994 (age 30) Switzerland ZSC Lions
7 D Oliwer Kaski 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) 89 kg (196 lb) (1995-09-04) 4 September 1995 (age 29) Sweden HV71
12 F Jere Innala 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) 83 kg (183 lb) (1998-03-17) 17 March 1998 (age 26) Sweden Frölunda HC
13 F Jesse Puljujärvi 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 93 kg (205 lb) (1998-05-07) 7 May 1998 (age 26) United States Pittsburgh Penguins
15 F Juha Jääskä 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 89 kg (196 lb) (1998-02-09) 9 February 1998 (age 26) Finland HIFK Helsinki
18 D Vili Saarijärvi 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 78 kg (172 lb) (1997-05-15) 15 May 1997 (age 27) Switzerland SCL Tigers
19 F Konsta Helenius 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 82 kg (181 lb) (2006-05-11) 11 May 2006 (age 18) Finland Mikkelin Jukurit
21 F Patrik Puistola 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 82 kg (181 lb) (2001-01-11) 11 January 2001 (age 23) Finland Mikkelin Jukurit
24 F Hannes Björninen 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 91 kg (201 lb) (1995-10-19) 19 October 1995 (age 29) Sweden Örebro HK
25 F Pekka Jormakka 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) 80 kg (180 lb) (1990-09-14) 14 September 1990 (age 34) Finland Mikkelin Jukurit
27 F Oliver Kapanen 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 81 kg (179 lb) (2003-07-29) 29 July 2003 (age 21) Finland KalPa Kuopio
29 G Harri Säteri 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) 90 kg (200 lb) (1989-12-29) 29 December 1989 (age 34) Switzerland EHC Biel
30 G Lassi Lehtinen 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) 80 kg (180 lb) (1999-02-25) 25 February 1999 (age 25) Sweden MoDo Hockey
33 G Emil Larmi 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) 84 kg (185 lb) (1996-09-28) 28 September 1996 (age 28) Sweden Växjö Lakers
38 D Veli-Matti Vittasmäki 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 87 kg (192 lb) (1990-07-03) 3 July 1990 (age 34) Finland Tappara
48 F Valtteri Puustinen 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) 83 kg (183 lb) (1999-06-04) 4 June 1999 (age 25) United States Pittsburgh Penguins
50 D Juuso Riikola 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) 86 kg (190 lb) (1993-11-09) 9 November 1993 (age 30) Switzerland SCL Tigers
57 F Arttu Hyry 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) 97 kg (214 lb) (2001-04-06) 6 April 2001 (age 23) Finland Oulun Kärpät
62 D Jesper Mattila 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) 80 kg (180 lb) (1997-10-09) 9 October 1997 (age 27) Finland KalPa Kuopio
64 F Mikael GranlundC 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) 84 kg (185 lb) (1992-02-26) 26 February 1992 (age 32) United States San Jose Sharks
71 F Ahti Oksanen 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 98 kg (216 lb) (1993-03-10) 10 March 1993 (age 31) Sweden IK Oskarshamn
80 F Saku Mäenalanen 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) 94 kg (207 lb) (1994-05-29) 29 May 1994 (age 30) Switzerland SCL Tigers
81 F Iiro Pakarinen 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) 90 kg (200 lb) (1991-08-25) 25 August 1991 (age 33) Finland HIFK Helsinki

Uniform evolution

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Retired jerseys

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Raimo Helminen in the chair after his last international match
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

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List of head coaches

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References

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  11. ^ "MM-kisat käyntiin perjantaina - A-maajoukkue Prahaan tällä kokoonpanolla" (in Finnish). leijonat.fi. 5 May 2024.
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  13. ^ "Jalonen Leijonien seuraava päävalmentaja". mtv3.fi (in Finnish). 7 June 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  14. ^ "IS: Marjamäki on Leijonien uusi päävalmentaja". mtv3.fi (in Finnish). 28 August 2015. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  15. ^ "Jukka Jalonen palaa Leijonien päävalmentajaksi". iltalehti.fi (in Finnish). 4 October 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
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