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Created on: 10 May 2007
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Join Policy: Open
Created on: 10 May 2007
Description:
For fans of Finnish Icehockey. For fans of Finlands national hockey team, SM-Liiga and for the fans of all the Finnish icehockey players.
The Finnish men's national ice hockey team or Leijonat ("the lions"), as it is called in Finland 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 a gold medal, beating 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 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 then-assistant coach Jukka Jalonen succeeded him as the head coach after the tournament.
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.
Ranking:
2003 - 4.
2004 - 5.
2005 - 7.
2006 - 4.
2007 - 3.
2008 - 4.
Finland has won:
Olympics:
1988 Silver medal
1994 Bronze medal
1998 Bronze medal
2006 Silver medal
2010 ??????
Euro Hockey Tour:
1996-1997 Gold medal
1997-1998 Bronze medal
1998-1999 Silver medal
1999-2000 Gold medal
2000-2001 Gold medal
2001-2002 Gold medal
2002-2003 Gold medal
2003-2004 Gold medal
2004-2005 Bronze medal
2005-2006 Bronze medal
2007-2008 Silver medal
World Cup:
2004 Silver medal
World Championship:
1992 Silver medal (Final: Sweden vs. Finland, 5-2)
1994 Silver medal (Final: Canada vs. Finland, 2-1)
1995 Gold medal (Final: Finland vs. Sweden, 4-1)
1998 Silver medal (Final: Finland vs. Sweden, 0-1 & 0-0)
1999 Silver medal (Final: Finland vs. Czech, 1-3, 4-1, 0-1)
2000 Bronze medal (Bronze game: Finland vs. Canada, 2-1)
2001 Silver medal (Final: Finland vs. Czech, 2-3)
2006 Bronze medal (Bronze game: Finland vs. Canada, 5-0)
2007 Silver medal (Final: Finland vs. Canada, 2-4)
2008 Bronze medal (Bronze game: Finland vs. Sweden, 4-0)
2010 ??????
Active Discussions
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“Best team?” (10) July 2010 |
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“Vancouver 2010” (2) December 2009 |
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“MM-KISAT 09” (21) July 2009 |
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“NHL Entry Draft - Finnish Selections” (1) June 2009 |
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“Finnish Hockey Tag!” (2) May 2008 |
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