3 Takeaways From Finland’s 3-2 Loss to Canada at the 2026 Olympics Andrew Epps | February 20, 2026 Finland was one stop from the gold medal game and then watched it slip away in the final minute. The Lions built a 2-0 lead, absorbed long stretches without the…
3 Takeaways From Finland’s 3-2 Overtime Win Over Switzerland at the 2026 Olympics Andrew Epps | February 18, 2026 Finland is through to the semifinals, but it took a full comeback and an overtime finish to get there. Switzerland built a 2-0 lead in the first period, but Finland…
3 Takeaways From Finland’s 11-0 Win Over Italy at the 2026 Milan Olympics Andrew Epps | February 14, 2026 Finland closed group play by doing exactly what the standings demanded, an 11-0 win over Italy that doubled as a goal-differential play and a systems check. Finland finished with 61…
3 Takeaways From Finland’s 4-1 Win Over Sweden at the 2026 Milan Olympics Andrew Epps | February 13, 2026 Finland needed a response after its opener, and it got one against Sweden with a 4-1 win in Milan. The Finnish Lions scored twice in the first period, absorbed Sweden’s…
3 Takeaways From Finland’s 4-1 Loss to Slovakia at the 2026 Milan Olympics Andrew Epps | February 11, 2026 Finland’s opener against Slovakia stayed level into the middle of the game, then broke quickly in the third period. Slovakia scored first, Finland tied it early in the second, then…
Finland Makes Late Goalie Switch, Joonas Korpisalo Replaces Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Andrew Epps | February 5, 2026 Finland’s men will open Olympic play in Milan next week without Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen. The Buffalo Sabres goaltender is out with a lower-body injury, and Boston Bruins netminder Joonas Korpisalo has…
What Rasmus Ristolainen Brings to Team Finland’s Defense-First Plan Andrew Epps | January 30, 2026 Olympic rosters are never just a list of the best names. They are a collection of jobs. Somebody has to kill penalties when the game tightens, somebody has to take…
Top 3 Finnish Skaters on the NHL Central Scouting 2026 Draft Board Andrew Epps | January 20, 2026 NHL Central Scouting’s International Skaters list is one of the tools scouts and fans can use to get a temperature check on how NHL evaluators are stacking the draft class…
How Team Finland Can Win the 2026 Winter Olympics Andrew Epps | January 12, 2026 Finland’s Olympic team is good enough to win the tournament, but they will need to play a certain way to beat Canada, the United States, and Sweden en route to…
Mikko Lehtonen Is Finland’s Lone Non-NHL Selection for Milano Cortina 2026 Andrew Epps | January 3, 2026 Finland’s Milano Cortina 2026 men’s roster is an NHL roster in practice, with one deliberate exception. Mikko Lehtonen, the ZSC Lions defenseman in Switzerland’s National League, is the only player…
Mikko Rantanen’s Case to Be Finland’s Captain at 2026 Olympics Andrew Epps | December 28, 2025 The Finnish Captain for this year’s Olympic team is normally set in stone. When Aleksander Barkov is healthy, he is the cleanest “Finnish captain” archetype in today’s NHL, an elite…
Juho Piiparinen Should Be on the Canucks Radar at the 2026 NHL Draft Andrew Epps | December 17, 2025 The Vancouver Canucks are not losing games randomly. As of this week, the Canucks sit last in the Pacific Division, with a 13-17-3 record, and they have not been able…
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