Finland men's national ice hockey team
Finland Finland
The Finnish national ice hockey team is one of the leading teams in the world and is currently No. 2 in the IIHF World Ranking. Out it is from Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto. Finland's most important tournament wins were the 1995 World Championships and 2011. At the Olympic Winter Games in 1988 and 2006, she won the silver medal. At the World Cup of Hockey 2004 she was runner-up, after they were able to win the semi-finals against the United States and lost the final against Canada. In addition, they could 2002/2003 and 2003/2004 the Rosno Cup win, as well as 1996/97 and 1999/2000 to 2003/2004, the Euro Hockey Tour. Since 2013 Erkka Westerlund has been head coach of the Lions.
Locked jersey numbers
- # 14 Raimo Helminen
- # 17 Jari Kurri
Coach
- Finland Erkki Saarinen 1939-1941
- Finland Risto Lindroos 1945-1946
- Finland Henry Kvist 1946-1949
- Finland Risto Lindroos 1950-1954
- Finland Aarne Honkavaara 1954-1959
- Canada Joe Wirkkunen 1959-1960
- Canada Derek Holmes 1960-1961
- Canada Joe Wirkkunen 1961-1966
- Czechoslovakia Gustav Bubník 1966-1969
- Finland Seppo Liitsola 1969-1972
- Canada Len Lunde 1972-1973
- Finland Kalevi Numminen 1973-1974
- Finland Seppo Liitsola 1974-1976
- Finland Lasse Heikkilä 1976-1977
- Finland Kalevi Numminen 1977-1982
- Alpo Suhonen Finland 1982-1986
- Rauno Korpi of Finland 1986-1987
- Finland Pentti Matikainen 1987-1993
- Sweden Curt Lindström 1993-1997
- Finland Hannu Aravirta 1998-2003
- Finland Raimo Summanen 2003-2004
- Finland Erkka Westerlund 2005-2007
- Canada Doug Shedden 2007-2008
- Finland Jukka Jalonen 2008-2013
- Finland Erkka Westerlund 2013-2014
- Finland Kari Jalonen 2014-2016