Finnish national men's ice hockey team
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| Association |
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| Finland Ice Hockey Association |
| Current Olympic/World Cup coach |
| Erkka Westerlund, 2004-2007 |
| Current national team coach |
| Erkka Westerlund 2004-2007 |
| Most Games |
| Raimo Helminen: 330 |
| Most Points |
| Raimo Helminen: 206 |
| First Game |
 Sweden 8 - 1  Finland(Helsinki, Finland; January 29, 1928) |
| Largest win |
Finland 19 - 2  Australia(Squaw Walley, USA; February 25, 1960) |
| Largest defeat |
 Canada 24 - 0 Finland(Oslo, Norway; March 3, 1958) |
| World Championships |
| Gold medalists: 1 - 1995 |
The Finnish national men's ice hockey team or Leijonat, as it is called in Finland, is one of the most successful ice hockey teams in the world. The IIHF currently ranks them 4th. The team is governed by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association. Finland is considered a member of the "Big Seven", along with Canada, Russia, the USA, Slovakia, Sweden, and the Czech Republic. Finland has a total of 52,597 registered players (1.0% of its population).
At the 1995 World championships Finland won gold metal, beating Sweden in the final with result 4-1.
At the 2006 Winter Olympics they won the silver medal, barely losing in the final 3-2 to Sweden. Finland's goaltender Antero Niittymäki was named the MVP of the tournament.
Doug Shedden will be coaching the Finnish national men's ice hockey team in the 2007-08 season; he will be followed in this role by Jukka Jalonen in 2008.
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[edit] Olympic record
| Olympic medal record | |||
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| Men’s Ice Hockey | |||
| Silver | 1988 Calgary | Ice Hockey | |
| Bronze | 1994 Lillehammer | Ice Hockey | |
| Bronze | 1998 Nagano | Ice Hockey | |
| Silver | 2006 Torino | Ice Hockey | |
- 1952 - Finished in 7th place
- 1956 - did not participate
- 1960 - Finished in 7th place
- 1964 - Finished in 6th place
- 1968 - Finished in 5th place
- 1972 - Finished in 5th place
- 1976 - Finished in 4th place
- 1980 - Finished in 4th place
- 1984 - Finished in 6th place
- 1988 - Won silver medal
- 1992 - Finished in 7th place
- 1994 - Won bronze medal
- 1998 - Won bronze medal
- 2002 - Finished in 6th place
- 2006 - Won silver medal (roster)
[edit] World Cup record
[edit] Canada Cup record
- 1976 - Finished in 6th place
- 1981 - Finished in 6th place
- 1984 - Did not participate
- 1987 - Finished in 6th place
- 1991 - Finished tied in 3rd place
[edit] European championship record
- 1929 - Not ranked
[edit] World championship record
- 1949 - Finished in 7th place
- 1950 - Did not participate
- 1951 - Finished in 7th place
- 1953 - Did not participate
- 1954 - Finished in 6th place
- 1955 - Finished in 9th place
- 1957 - Finished in 5th place
- 1958 - Finished in 6th place
- 1959 - Finished in 6th place
- 1961 - Finished in 7th place
- 1962 - Finished in 4th place
- 1963 - Finished in 5th place
- 1965 - Finished in 7th place
- 1966 - Finished in 7th place
- 1967 - Finished in 6th place
- 1969 - Finished in 5th place
- 1970 - Finished in 4th place
- 1971 - Finished in 4th place
- 1972 - Finished in 4th place
- 1973 - Finished in 4th place
- 1974 - Finished in 4th place
- 1975 - Finished in 4th place
- 1976 - Finished in 5th place
- 1977 - Finished in 5th place
- 1978 - Finished in 7th place
- 1979 - Finished in 5th place
- 1981 - Finished in 6th place
- 1982 - Finished in 5th place
- 1983 - Finished in 7th place
- 1985 - Finished in 5th place
- 1986 - Finished in 4th place
- 1987 - Finished in 5th place
- 1989 - Finished in 5th place
- 1990 - Finished in 6th place
- 1991 - Finished in 5th place
- 1992 - Won silver medal
- 1993 - Finished in 7th place
- 1994 - Won silver medal
- 1995 - Won gold medal (roster)
- 1996 - Finished in 5th place
- 1997 - Finished in 5th place
- 1998 - Won silver medal
- 1999 - Won silver medal
- 2000 - Won bronze medal
- 2001 - Won silver medal
- 2002 - Finished in 4th place
- 2003 - Finished in 5th place
- 2004 - Finished in 6th place
- 2005 - Finished in 7th place
- 2006 - Won bronze medal
[edit] 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 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 2008-2010
[edit] External links
- All-time results of the Finnish national team - sorted by country
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| SM-liiga teams : Ässät | Blues | HIFK | HPK | Ilves | Jokerit | JYP | KalPa | Kärpät | Lukko | Pelicans | SaiPa | Tappara | TPS | |
| Trophies and awards: Kultainen kypärä | Kalevi Numminen trophy | Jarmo Wasama memorial trophy | Matti Keinonen trophy | Raimo Kilpiö trophy | Urpo Ylönen trophy | Pekka Rautakallio trophy | Aarne Honkavaara trophy | Veli-Pekka Ketola trophy | Lasse Oksanen trophy | Jari Kurri trophy | |
| Former teams : FPS | Jokipojat | KooKoo | Koo-Vee | Sport | TuTo | |
| Other leagues and teams : Mestis | Suomi-sarja | Finnish national men's ice hockey team | Finnish national women's ice hockey team | |
