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Association
Finland Ice Hockey Association
Current Olympic/World Cup coach
Doug Shedden
Current national team coach
Doug Shedden
Most Games
Raimo Helminen: 330
Most Points
Raimo Helminen: 206
First Game
8 - 1 (Helsinki, Finland; January 29, 1928)
Largest win
19 - 2 (Squaw Valley, USA; February 25, 1960)
Largest defeat
24 - 0 (Oslo, Norway; March 3, 1958)
World Championships
''Gold medalists'': 1 - 1995

The 'Finnish national ice hockey team' or 'Leijonat' ("the lions"), as it is called in Finland, is one of the top rated ice hockey teams in the world. The IIHF currently ranks them 3rd. 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 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 attacker Teemu Selänne the best forward of the tournament. Also, four out of six players in the tournament all-star team were finns, which is quite remarkable.
Doug Shedden will coach the Finnish national men's ice hockey team in the 2007-08 season; Jukka Jalonen will succeed him in 2008.
The national team has frozen Jari Kurri's #17 jersey at his retirement. It currently hangs in Hartwall Areena in Helsinki.

Contents

Olympic record

Canada Cup record

World Cup record

World championship record

European championship record

List of head coaches

External links

Olympic record

★ 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)

Canada Cup record

★ 1976 - Finished in 6th place

★ 1981 - Finished in 6th place

★ 1984 - Did not participate

★ 1987 - Finished in 6th place

★ 1991 - Lost semi-final

World Cup record

★ 1996 - Lost quarter-final

★ 2004 - Lost final

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

★ 2007 - Won silver medal

European championship record

★ 1929 - Not ranked

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

External links

★ All-time results of the Finnish national team - sorted by country