WC: Team Finland 2025

[Eye of Ra]

Will be really interesting to see Finland without Jalonen. I dont think anyone who was on the 4 nations will play at this tournament.

Perfect chance for Tolvanen, Macceli, Kiviranta, Pärssinen, K Kapanen, Puljärvi, Valimäki, Kupari, Pyyhtiä, Räty, Heinola to battle for a spot in the Olympics, if they are available.

S Helenius, K Helenius, Puustinen, Kemell, Lambert, Hyry, Jääskä, Innala, Nyman, Koivunen perhaps too.

Hämeenaho, Leppänen, Kiiskinen, Marjala, O Kapanen are some interesting players in Europe.

 

[SantosHalper]

I dont think anyone who was on the 4 nations will play at this tournament.

Teräväinen might, was left in a small role in 4Nations.

 

[FiLe]

I dont think anyone who was on the 4 nations will play at this tournament.

Saros just said that he's interested. (To be specific, he said it yesterday, so it's not an April Fools joke.)

 

[schmiedi3112]

Saros just said that he's interested. (And he said it yesterday, so it's not an April Fools joke.)

Would be great to have him. A lot of other will join when he is in i hope

 

[JabbaJabba]

Saros coming would be a great start. It has been awhile since Finland had an NHL starter in WC, although it hasn't really mattered that much to be honest. Hopefully he can excite some other bigger names to join. I am mainly looking at Teräväinen, Tolvanen, Määttä and Vaakanainen at this point. If Saros comes, I don't know if Luukkonen and Lankinen will though.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Puistola have been amazing this season. Should have a shot.

Jani Nyman 6 points in 10 nhl games. Would be foolish not to try him out.

 

[Eye of Ra]

An attempt on a possible team;

Maccelli - Kapanen - Tolvanen
Nyman - Borgström - Puistola
Hämeenaho - Mäntykivi - Jesse Kiiskinen
Räty - Koivunen - Björninen

Lehtonen - Rissanen
Salo - Thompson
Leppänen - Kinnunen

Saros
Larmi
Lehtinen

Young and exotic team.

 

[JabbaJabba]

Puistola have been amazing this season. Should have a shot.

Jani Nyman 6 points in 10 nhl games. Would be foolish not to try him out.

Nyman goes to the AHL after his NHL season is over.

 

[ES]

Nyman goes to the AHL after his NHL season is over.

He will, but if Firebirds loses on first round he can join the team.

 

[Playmaker82]

Finland has more options from NHL this year than f.ex last year. Especially on G.

Saros
Korpisalo
Luukkonen
Annunen
Lankinen
Blomqvist

Määttä
Vaakanainen
Tuomisto

Teravainen
Tolvanen
Maccelli
Puustinen
Raty
Koivunen
Pyythia

Could scramble together quite a nice team if some of the big names says yes. Although short on D.

 

[Eye of Ra]

Finland has more options from NHL this year than f.ex last year. Especially on G.

Saros
Korpisalo
Luukkonen
Annunen
Lankinen
Blomqvist

Määttä
Vaakanainen
Tuomisto

Teravainen
Tolvanen
Maccelli
Puustinen
Raty
Koivunen
Pyythia

Could scramble together quite a nice team if some of the big names says yes. Although short on D.

Tuomisto is an AHLer.

 

[ES]

First camp roster that plays first two games against Latvia on Wednesday and Thursday next week. Six rookies, those in italics. Jesper Peltonen is third-generation national team player, following his grandfather Esa and father Ville.

Goaltenders:
30 Lassi Lehtinen, MoDo Hockey, SHL
35 Oskari Salminen, JYP Jyväskylä

Defense:
2 Rasmus Rissanen, Linköping HC, SHL
6 Tony Sund, HIFK Helsinki
7 Valtteri Pulli, HC Lugano, NLA
23 Tobias Winberg, MoDo Hockey, SHL
36 Peetro Seppälä, Örebro HK, SHL
50 Mikael Seppälä, HV71, SHL
52 Jesper Peltonen, HC Lugano, NLA
71 Jesse Virtanen, HC Ambrì-Piotta, NLA

Forwards:
10 Kristian Vesalainen, IFK Helsinki
20 Viljami Marjala, TPS Turku
21 Patrik Puistola, Örebro HK, SHL
22 Teemu Engberg, KooKoo Kouvola
24 Hannes Björninen, Örebro HK, SHL
27 Jesse Kiiskinen, HPK Hämeenlinna
28 Tommi Tikka, HV71, SHL
38 Eetu Päkkilä, TPS Turku
39 Heikki Liedes, Kiekko-Espoo
40 Oiva Keskinen, Tappara Tampere
61 Santeri Huovila, JYP Jyväskylä
62 Robert Leino, Örebro HK, SHL
79 Arttu Tuomaala, Kiekko-Espoo
91 Petteri Puhakka, Tappara Tampere

 

[SantosHalper]

71 Jesse Virtanen, HC Ambrì-Piotta, NLA

WOW!

Last NT game in 2018-19 season

 

[JabbaJabba]

He will, but if Firebirds loses on first round he can join the team.

It is possible but for some reason team Finland hasn't been eager in inviting AHL players in the past. Would like to see Nyman at least at the camp if his team gets eliminated early.

 

[ES]

This might change now with a coaching change. It is worth of mention that Pennanen surely knows Nyman as he coached him for the majority of previous two seasons.

 

[Sanf]

This might change now with a coaching change. It is worth of mention that Pennanen surely knows Nyman as he coached him for the majority of previous two seasons.

Yep.

And you can already see some of Pennanen familiars in this team getting their chance. Päkkilä debuting. Tikka coming back after some years. Leino is not that surprising but probably gets better chance. That is pretty natural.