Posts About "Team Finland"
2020 WJC Team Finland Final Roster
December 23rd, 2019 Can Team Finland be the first team in over 10 years to win back-to-back gold medals at the IIHF World Junior Championships? This roster definitely has the talent. They are in Pool A where their biggest, and arguably their only, competition is Team Sweden. It's very possible, and the team will be expecting nothing less. With the...
2020 WJC Team Finland Preview
December 4th, 2019 After a gold medal victory at the 2019 IIHF World U20 Junior Hockey Championship, Team Finland is coming back looking for a consecutive first-place finish. If they can pull it off, it will be the first time since Canada's five-year run from 2005-2009 that a team has won back-to-back World Juniors Championships. Finland will be...
Who is the Leader in Hockey Player Development? — Part 2
August 28th, 2019 This article is the second part of my study into the player development models of the six leading nations in international hockey. Part 1 focused on the models used by Canada, the US and Sweden. An evaluation of their high-performance teams at the IIHF U-18 and U-20 World Championships over the last 10 years was provided, as well as...
Disappointing Finnish at the World Cup of Hockey
September 23rd, 2016 The World Cup of Hockey has come to end for Team Finland. The Finns finished last in Group B and for that matter last in the entire tournament. The performance by Finland was surprising, but the flaws on the roster were too much to overcome. The management team put a lot of hope on a young roster that didn’t seem ready. Lack of...
Laine’s World Cup Experience Beneficial for Jets
September 19th, 2016 Patrik Laine is just 18-years-old, but the Winnipeg Jets prospect cracked Finland’s roster for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey (WCOH) and has already taken on a crucial role with the team. The 6 foot 4, 206 pound Finnish right-wing was a force to be reckoned with all year-long playing in Finland’s top professional league (SM-Liiga),...
Goaltending & Defense Concerning for Finland
September 19th, 2016 Team Finland opened the round robin stage of the World Cup of Hockey against Team North America with a disappointing 4-1 loss. The perceived weaknesses of the team prior to the tournament showed up on Sunday night. Also, the Finns struggled in an area that was unexpected for a country with their reputation. Leaky Crease Nashville...
Pekka Rinne Will Start for Team Finland
September 18th, 2016 Nashville Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne will, as expected, get the start for Team Finland Sunday when the Finns open the World Cup against Team North America, according to Sami Hoffrén. Rinne started two of Finland's three exhibition games leading into Sunday's tournament kick off. He stopped 18 of 20 shots in a 3-2 win over Team...
Team Finland World Cup Preview
September 8th, 2016 Team Finland enters the World Cup of Hockey on a hot streak in international play. The Finns won the IIHF U20 World Junior Championship this year and won a Silver Medal at the World Championships back in the early summer. Finland is one of the top teams heading into the tournament, with a roster made up of a good mix of experience and...
Full 2016 World Cup of Hockey Rosters
May 28th, 2016 The final choices were made Friday for each of the eight teams (six national teams and two compilation teams) for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, taking place in Toronto from September 17th to October 1st. Each team announced their first 16 selections back in early March, and the final seven players were added to fill out the 23-man...
Team Finland Releases World Cup Roster
May 27th, 2016 Team Finland announced its final roster today for the World Cup of Hockey, which will be held in Toronto this September. The country has added an additional seven players to the final roster. Among them is 18-year-old Patrik Laine from Tappara and Sebastian Aho from Karpat. Aho is a Carolina Hurricanes prospect and is likely to join the...
Hurricanes Prospect Aho Carries Finland to Gold Medal Game
May 21st, 2016 Carolina Hurricanes prospect and Finnish Liiga MVP runner-up, Sebastian Aho, looked ready for his NHL debut next season as he scored twice to lead Team Finland past Russia and into the IIHF World Championships gold medal game. Must have seen 25+ games of Sebastian Aho this year. The #Canes are going to be very pleased with this young...
Finland's Firepower Goes Beyond Puljujarvi, Laine
December 22nd, 2015 Last year’s World Junior Championship was one to forget for Finland. They had only one win in the entire tournament as they lost against the Slovaks and later in the quarterfinal against Sweden to exit the tournament without a medal. They have struggled to score goals, tallied only five in four group stage games. For their home...
Aleksi Saarela: Hockey Prodigy Turns Prodigal Son
June 10th, 2015 Not long ago, his name was spoken in the same breath as Mikael Granlund, Teemu Pulkkinen, Teuvo Teräväinen, Rasmus Ristolainen and Aleksander Barkov. Not long ago, he won awards named after Sami Kapanen and Teppo Numminen. Not too long ago, Aleksi Saarela was a bonafide hockey prodigy. Some folks felt he was the top '97-born player...
