Finland national men's ice hockey team 950383 225251609 2008-07-12T18:26:04Z LindsayH 86163 Disambiguate [[Halifax]] to [[Halifax Regional Municipality]] using [[:en:Wikipedia:Tools/Navigation_popups|popups]] {| class="wikitable" style="float:right; width:300px" |- |align=center|[[Image:Finland national men's ice hockey team logo.svg|250px]] |- style=background:#efefef !Association |- align=center |[[Finnish Ice Hockey Association]] |- style=background:#efefef !Current Olympic/World Cup coach |- align=center |[[ Jukka Jalonen ]] (2008-) |- style=background:#efefef !Current national team coach |- align=center | Jukka Jalonen (2008-) |- style=background:#efefef !Most Games |- align=center |[[Raimo Helminen]]: 331 |- style=background:#efefef !Most Points |- align=center |[[Raimo Helminen]]: 207 |- style=background:#efefef !First Game |- align=center |{{ih|SWE}} 8 - 1 {{ih-rt|FIN}} <br> ([[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]; [[January 29]], [[1928]]) |- style=background:#efefef !Largest win |- align=center |{{ih|FIN}} 19 - 2 {{ih-rt|AUS}} <br> ([[Squaw Valley]], [[United States]]; [[February 25]], [[1960]]) |- style=background:#efefef !Largest defeat |- align=center |{{ih|CAN|1957}} 24 - 0 {{ih-rt|FIN}} <br> ([[Oslo]], [[Norway]]; [[March 3]], [[1958]]) |- style=background:#efefef !International Competition |- align=center |''Current record'': (W-L-T) 605-688-157 |} The '''[[Finland|Finnish]] national [[ice hockey]] team''' or '''Leijonat''' ("the lions"), as it is called in [[Finland]], is one of the top rated ice hockey teams in the world. The [[IIHF]] currently ranks them 3rd<ref>http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/countries/finland.html</ref>. The team is governed by the [[Finnish Ice Hockey Association]]. Finland is considered a member of the "Big Seven", along with [[Canadian national men's hockey team|Canada]], [[Russian national ice hockey team|Russia]], the [[United States national men's hockey team|USA]], [[Slovak national ice hockey team|Slovakia]], [[Swedish national men's ice hockey team|Sweden]], and the [[Czech national ice hockey team|Czech Republic]]. Finland has a total of 52,597 registered players (1.0 % of its population). At the 1995 World championships Finland won a gold medal, beating [[Swedish national men's ice hockey team|Sweden]] in the final by a score of 4–1. In the [[2006 Winter Olympics]] Finland won a silver medal, coming close to winning in the final but succumbing 3–2 to [[Swedish national men's ice hockey team|Sweden]]. Finland's goaltender [[Antero Niittymäki]] was named the MVP of the tournament (only 8 goals against in the whole tournament) and [[Teemu Selänne]] the best forward of the tournament. [[Doug Shedden]] coached the Finnish national men's ice hockey team in the 2007–08 season. Under Shedden, Finland won bronze. His assistant coach [[Jukka Jalonen]] will succeed him as the head coach in 2008. The national team has retired [[Jari Kurri]]'s #17 jersey. It currently hangs in [[Hartwall Areena]] in [[Helsinki]]. Jari Kurri is currently the [[general manager]] of the team. ==2008 World Championship team== {| border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" |- bgcolor=AAD0FF !width=40|Pos. !width=40|No. !width=250|Player !width=250|Team |- |style="text-align:center;"|[[Goaltender (ice hockey)|GK]] |style="text-align:center;"|31 |[[Karri Rämö]] |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Tampa Bay Lightning]] |- |style="text-align:center;"|GK |style="text-align:center;"|32 |[[Niklas Bäckström]] |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Minnesota Wild]] |- |style="text-align:center;"|GK |style="text-align:center;"|35 |[[Petri Vehanen]] |{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Lukko]] |- |style="text-align:center;"|[[Defenceman (ice hockey)|D]] |style="text-align:center;"|4 |[[Ville Koistinen]] |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Nashville Predators]] |- |style="text-align:center;"|D |style="text-align:center;"|6 |[[Ossi Väänänen]] |{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Djurgårdens IF Hockey|Djurgårdens IF]] |- |style="text-align:center;"|D |style="text-align:center;"|7 |[[Antti-Jussi Niemi]] |{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Frölunda HC]] |- |style="text-align:center;"|D |style="text-align:center;"|19 |[[Mikko Luoma]] |{{flagicon|SWE}} [[HV71]] |- |style="text-align:center;"|D |style="text-align:center;"|21 |[[Janne Niskala]] |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Milwaukee Admirals]] |- |style="text-align:center;"|D |style="text-align:center;"|27 |[[Mikko Jokela]] |{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Jokerit]] |- |style="text-align:center;"|D |style="text-align:center;"|33 |[[Anssi Salmela]] |{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Tappara]] |- |style="text-align:center;"|D |style="text-align:center;"|40 |[[Sami Lepistö]] |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Hershey Bears]] |- |style="text-align:center;"|[[Forward (ice hockey)|F]] |style="text-align:center;"|8 |[[Teemu Selänne]] |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Anaheim Ducks]] |- |style="text-align:center;"|F |style="text-align:center;"|9 |[[Mikko Koivu]] '''[[Captain (ice hockey)|A]]''' |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Minnesota Wild]] |- |style="text-align:center;"|F |style="text-align:center;"|10 |[[Esa Pirnes]] |{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Färjestads BK]] |- |style="text-align:center;"|F |style="text-align:center;"|11 |[[Saku Koivu]] |{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Montreal Canadiens]] |- |style="text-align:center;"|F |style="text-align:center;"|12 |[[Olli Jokinen]] '''[[Captain (ice hockey)|A]]''' |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Phoenix Coyotes]] |- |style="text-align:center;"|F |style="text-align:center;"|15 |[[Tuomo Ruutu]] |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Carolina Hurricanes]] |- |style="text-align:center;"|F |style="text-align:center;"|16 |[[Ville Peltonen]] '''[[Captain (ice hockey)|C]]''' |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Florida Panthers]] |- |style="text-align:center;"|F |style="text-align:center;"|18 |[[Hannes Hyvönen]] |{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Kärpät]] |- |style="text-align:center;"|F |style="text-align:center;"|20 |[[Sean Bergenheim]] |{{flagicon|USA}} [[New York Islanders|NY Islanders]] |- |style="text-align:center;"|F |style="text-align:center;"|23 |[[Riku Hahl]] |{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Timrå IK]] |- |style="text-align:center;"|F |style="text-align:center;"|36 |[[Jussi Jokinen]] |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Tampa Bay Lightning]] |- |style="text-align:center;"|F |style="text-align:center;"|37 |[[Mika Pyörälä]] |{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Timrå IK]] |- |style="text-align:center;"|F |style="text-align:center;"|38 |[[Antti Pihlström]] |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Milwaukee Admirals]] |- |style="text-align:center;"|F |style="text-align:center;"|39 |[[Niko Kapanen]] |{{flagicon|USA}} [[Phoenix Coyotes]] |} ==Olympic record== {{MedalTop}} {{MedalSport | [[Ice hockey at the Olympic Games|Olympic Games]]}} {{MedalSilver| [[1988 Winter Olympics|1988 Calgary]]|[[Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics|Ice Hockey]]}} {{MedalBronze| [[1994 Winter Olympics|1994 Lillehammer]]|[[Ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics|Ice Hockey]]}} {{MedalBronze| [[1998 Winter Olympics|1998 Nagano]]|[[Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics|Ice Hockey]]}} {{MedalSilver| [[2006 Winter Olympics|2006 Torino]]|[[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|Ice Hockey]]}} {{MedalBottom}} *[[Ice hockey at the 1952 Winter Olympics|1952]] - Finished in 7th place *[[Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics|1956]] - did not participate *[[Ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics|1960]] - Finished in 7th place *[[Ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics|1964]] - Finished in 6th place *[[Ice hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics|1968]] - Finished in 5th place *[[Ice hockey at the 1972 Winter Olympics|1972]] - Finished in 5th place *[[Ice hockey at the 1976 Winter Olympics|1976]] - Finished in 4th place *[[Ice hockey at the 1980 Winter Olympics|1980]] - Finished in 4th place *[[Ice hockey at the 1984 Winter Olympics|1984]] - Finished in 6th place *[[Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988]] - Won silver medal *[[Ice hockey at the 1992 Winter Olympics|1992]] - Finished in 7th place *[[Ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics|1994]] - Won bronze medal *[[Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics|1998]] - Won bronze medal *[[Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002]] - Finished in 6th place *[[Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics|2006]] - Won silver medal ([[Finnish national men's ice hockey team 2006 Winter Olympics roster|roster]]) ==Canada Cup record== *[[1976 Canada Cup|1976]] - Finished in 6th place *[[1981 Canada Cup|1981]] - Finished in 6th place *[[1984 Canada Cup|1984]] - Did not participate *[[1987 Canada Cup|1987]] - Finished in 6th place *[[1991 Canada Cup|1991]] - Finished in 3rd place ==World Cup record== *[[1996 World Cup of Hockey|1996]] - Finished in 5th place *[[2004 World Cup of Hockey|2004]] - Finished in 2nd place ==World championship record== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" |- ! Year !! Location !! Result |- | [[1939 World Ice Hockey Championships|1939]] || [[Zürich]] / [[Basel]], [[Switzerland]] || Finished in 13th place |- | [[1949 World Ice Hockey Championships|1949]] || [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]] || Finished in 7th place |- | [[1950 World Ice Hockey Championships|1950]] || [[London]], [[Great Britain]] || ''Did not participate'' |- | [[1951 World Ice Hockey Championships|1951]] || [[Paris]], [[France]] || Finished in 7th place |- | [[1953 World Ice Hockey Championships|1953]] || Basel / Zurich, Switzerland || ''Did not participate'' |- | [[1954 World Ice Hockey Championships|1954]] || Stockholm, Sweden || Finished in 6th place |- | [[1955 World Ice Hockey Championships|1955]] || [[Krefeld]] / [[Dortmund]] / [[Cologne]], [[West Germany]] || Finished in 9th place |- | [[1957 World Ice Hockey Championships|1957]] || [[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union]] || Finished in 5th place |- | [[1958 World Ice Hockey Championships|1958]] || [[Oslo]], [[Norway]] || Finished in 6th place |- | [[1959 World Ice Hockey Championships|1959]] || [[Prague]] / [[Bratislava]], [[Czechoslovakia]] || Finished in 6th place |- | [[1961 World Ice Hockey Championships|1961]] || [[Geneva]] / [[Lausanne]], Switzerland || Finished in 7th place |- | [[1962 World Ice Hockey Championships|1962]] || [[Colorado Springs, Colorado|Colorado Springs]] / [[Denver, Colorado|Denver]], [[Colorado]] || Finished in 4th place |- | [[1963 World Ice Hockey Championships|1963]] || Stockholm, Sweden || Finished in 5th place |- | [[1965 World Ice Hockey Championships|1965]] || [[Tampere]], [[Finland]] || Finished in 7th place |- | [[1966 World Ice Hockey Championships|1966]] || [[Ljubljana]], [[Yugoslavia]] || Finished in 7th place |- | [[1967 World Ice Hockey Championships|1967]] || [[Vienna]], [[Austria]] || Finished in 6th place |- | [[1969 World Ice Hockey Championships|1969]] || Stockholm, Sweden || Finished in 5th place |- | [[1970 World Ice Hockey Championships|1970]] || Stockholm, Sweden || Finished in 4th place |- | [[1971 World Ice Hockey Championships|1971]] || [[Berne]] / Geneva, Switzerland || Finished in 4th place |- | [[1972 World Ice Hockey Championships|1972]] || Prague, Czechoslovakia ||Finished in 4th place |- | [[1973 World Ice Hockey Championships|1973]] || Moscow, Soviet Union || Finished in 4th place |- | [[1974 World Ice Hockey Championships|1974]] || [[Helsinki]], Finland || Finished in 4th place |- | [[1975 World Ice Hockey Championships|1975]] || [[Munich]] / [[Dusseldorf]], West Germany || Finished in 4th place |- | [[1976 World Ice Hockey Championships|1976]] || [[Katowice]], [[Poland]] || Finished in 5th place |- | [[1977 World Ice Hockey Championships|1977]] || Vienna, Austria || Finished in 5th place |- | [[1978 World Ice Hockey Championships|1978]] || Prague, Czechoslovakia || Finished in 7th place |- | [[1979 World Ice Hockey Championships|1979]] || Moscow, Soviet Union || Finished in 5th place |- | [[1981 World Ice Hockey Championships|1981]] || [[Gothenburg]] / Stockholm, Sweden || Finished in 6th place |- | [[1982 World Ice Hockey Championships|1982]] || Helsinki / Tampere, Finland || Finished in 5th place |- | [[1983 World Ice Hockey Championships|1983]] || Düsseldorf / Dortmund / Munich, West Germany || Finished in 7th place |- | [[1985 World Ice Hockey Championships|1985]] || Prague, Czechoslovakia || Finished in 5th place |- | [[1986 World Ice Hockey Championships|1986]] || Moscow, Soviet Union || Finished in 4th place |- | [[1987 World Ice Hockey Championships|1987]] || Vienna, Austria || Finished in 5th place |- | [[1989 World Ice Hockey Championships|1989]] || Stockholm / [[Södertälje]], Sweden || Finished in 5th place |- | [[1990 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1990]] || Berne / [[Fribourg]], Switzerland || Finished in 6th place |- | [[1991 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1991]] || [[Turku]] / Helsinki / Tampere, Finland || Finished in 5th place |- | [[1992 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1992]] || Prague / [[Bratislava]], Czechoslovakia || '''Won [[Image:Med 2.png]] silver medal''' |- | [[1993 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1993]] || Dortmund / Munich, [[Germany]] || Finished in 7th place |- | [[1994 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1994]] || [[Bolzano]] / [[Canazei]] / [[Milano]], [[Italy]] || '''Won [[Image:Med 2.png]] silver medal''' |- | [[1995 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1995]] || Stockholm / [[Gävle]], Sweden || '''Won [[Image:Med 1.png]] gold medal''' ( [[Finnish national men's ice hockey team 1995 World Championships roster|roster]]) |- | [[1996 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1996]] || Vienna, Austria || Finished in 5th place |- | [[1997 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1997]] || Helsinki / Turku / Tampere, Finland || Finished in 5th place |- | [[1998 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1998]] || Zürich / Basel, Switzerland || '''Won [[Image:Med 2.png]] silver medal''' |- | [[1999 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1999]] || Oslo / [[Lillehammer]] / [[Hamar]], Norway || '''Won [[Image:Med 2.png]] silver medal''' |- | [[2000 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2000]] || [[Saint Petersburg]], [[Russia]] || '''Won [[Image:Med 3.png]] bronze medal''' |- | [[2001 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2001]] || [[Cologne]] / [[Hanover]] / [[Nuremberg]], Germany || '''Won [[Image:Med 2.png]] silver medal''' |- | [[2002 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2002]] || Gothenburg / [[Karlstad]] / [[Jönköping]], Sweden || Finished in 4th place |- | [[2003 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2003]] || Helsinki / Tampere / Turku, Finland || Finished in 5th place |- | [[2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2004]] || Prague / [[Ostrava]], [[Czech Republic]] ||Finished in 6th place |- | [[2005 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2005]] || [[Innsbruck]] / Vienna, Austria ||Finished in 7th place |- | [[2006 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2006]] || [[Riga]], [[Latvia]] || '''Won [[Image:Med 3.png]] bronze medal''' |- | [[2007 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2007]] || Moscow / [[Mytishchi]], Russia ||'''Won [[Image:Med 2.png]] silver medal''' |- | [[2008 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2008]] || [[Quebec City]] / [[Halifax Regional Municipality|Halifax]], Canada || '''Won [[Image:Med 3.png]] bronze medal''' |} ==European championship record== *[[1929]] - Not ranked == Notable Players == *[[Aarne Honkavaara]] [[1943]]-[[1953]] *[[Keijo Kuusela]] [[1938]]-[[1959]] *[[Lasse Oksanen]] [[1962]]-[[1977]] *[[Esa Peltonen]] [[1965]]-[[1982]] *[[Raimo Kilpiö]] [[1956]]-[[1967]] *[[Teppo Rastio]] [[1953]]-[[1964]] *[[Heino Pulli]] [[1957]]-[[1965]] *[[Juhani Tamminen]] [[1969]]-[[1982]] *[[Heikki Riihiranta]] [[1967]]-[[1983]] *[[Urpo Ylönen]] [[1965]]-[[1979]] *[[Unto Wiitala]] [[1946]]-[[1956]] *[[Jari Kurri]] [[1979]]-[[1998]] *[[Janne Ojanen]] [[1986]]-[[2008]] *[[Raimo Helminen]] [[1983]]-[[2008]] *[[Mika Nieminen]] [[1988]]-[[2000]] *[[Timo Jutila]] [[1983]]-[[1997]] *[[Saku Koivu]] [[1992]]- *[[Ville Peltonen]] [[1993]]- *[[Jere Lehtinen]] [[1991]]- *[[Ari Sulander]] [[1992]]- *[[Jarmo Myllys]] [[1986]]-[[2001]] *[[Jukka Tammi]] [[1985]]-[[1998]] *[[Esa Tikkanen]] [[1985]]-[[2000]] == List of head coaches == *[[Erkki Saarinen]] [[1939]]–[[1941]] *[[Risto Lindroos]] [[1945]]–[[1946]] *[[Henry Kvist]] [[1946]]–[[1949]] *Risto Lindroos [[1950]]–[[1954]] *[[Aarne Honkavaara]] [[1954]]–[[1959]] *[[Joe Wirkkunen]] [[1959]]–[[1960]] *[[Derek Holmes (ice hockey)|Derek Holmes]] [[1960]]–[[1961]] *Joe Wirkkunen [[1961]]–[[1966]] *[[Gustav Bubnik]] [[1966]]–[[1969]] *[[Seppo Liitsola]] [[1969]]–[[1972]] *[[Len Lunde]] [[1972]]–[[1973]] *[[Kalevi Numminen]] [[1973]]–[[1974]] *Seppo Liitsola [[1974]]–[[1976]] *[[Lasse Heikkilä]] [[1976]]–[[1977]] *Kalevi Numminen [[1977]]–[[1982]] *[[Alpo Suhonen]] [[1982]]–[[1986]] *[[Rauno Korpi]] [[1986]]–[[1987]] *[[Pentti Matikainen]] [[1987]]–[[1993]] *[[Curt Lindström]] [[1993]]–[[1997]] *[[Hannu Aravirta]] [[1997]]–[[2003]] *[[Raimo Summanen]] [[2003]]–[[2004]] *[[Erkka Westerlund]] [[2004]]–[[2007]] *[[Doug Shedden]] [[2007]]–[[2008]] *[[Jukka Jalonen]] [[2008]]– {{SM-liiga}} {{IIHF}} [[Category:Ice hockey teams in Finland|National team]] [[Category:National ice hockey teams]] [[Category:National sports teams of Finland|Ice Hockey]] [[cs:Finská hokejová reprezentace]] [[de:Finnische Eishockeynationalmannschaft]] [[fr:Équipe de Finlande de hockey sur glace]] [[hr:Finska reprezentacija u hokeju na ledu]] [[lv:Somijas hokeja izlase]] [[lt:Suomijos vyrų ledo ritulio rinktinė]] [[pl:Reprezentacja Finlandii w hokeju na lodzie mężczyzn]] [[ru:Сборная Финляндии по хоккею с шайбой]] [[sk:Fínske národné hokejové mužstvo]] [[sl:Finska hokejska reprezentanca]] [[fi:Suomen miesten jääkiekkomaajoukkue]] [[sv:Finlands herrlandslag i ishockey]]