Finland men's national junior ice hockey team

The Finnish men's national under 20 ice hockey team is the national under-20 ice hockey team in Finland. The team represents Finland at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World U20 Championship.

Finland
Nickname(s)Nuoret Leijonat
(The Young Lions)
AssociationFinnish Ice Hockey Association
General Manager Kimmo Oikarinen
Head coach Jussi Ahokas
Assistants Tuomo Ruutu
Olli Salo
Jukka Varmanen
CaptainAarne Talvitie
Top scorerEsa Tikkanen (17)
Most pointsEsa Tikkanen (36)
Team colors         
IIHF codeFIN
First international
 Soviet Union 6 – 2 Finland 
(Leningrad, Soviet Union; December 27, 1973)
Biggest win
 Finland 19 – 1 Switzerland  
(Helsinki, Finland; March 27, 1979)
Biggest defeat
 Sweden 9 – 2 Finland 
(Gävle, Sweden; January 2, 1993)
 Canada 8 – 1 Finland 
(Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States; December 27, 2004)
 Canada 8 – 1 Finland 
(Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; December 26, 2011)
IIHF World U20 Championship
Appearances43 (first in 1974)
Best result Gold: (1987, 1998, 2014, 2016, 2019)
International record (W–L–T)
161–116–17
Medal record
IIHF World U20 Championship
1987 CzechoslovakiaFinland
1998 FinlandFinland
2014 SwedenFinland
2016 FinlandFinland
2019 CanadaFinland
1974 Soviet UnionFinland
1980 FinlandFinland
1981 West GermanyFinland
1984 SwedenFinland
2001 RussiaFinland
1982 USA/CanadaFinland
1988 Soviet UnionFinland
2002 Czech RepublicFinland
2003 CanadaFinland
2004 FinlandFinland
2006 CanadaFinland

WJC 2019 roster

Roster for the 2019 World Junior Championships:[1]

Pos. No. Player Team NHL rights
GK 1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Sudbury Wolves Buffalo Sabres
GK 31 Filip Lindberg University of Massachusetts Amherst
D 2 Oskari Laaksonen Tampereen Ilves Buffalo Sabres
D 3 Toni Utunen Tappara Tampere Vancouver Canucks
D 7 Urho Vaakanainen "A" Providence Bruins Boston Bruins
D 15 Henri Jokiharju "A" Buffalo Sabres Buffalo Sabres
D 21 Otto Latvala LeKi Lempäälä
D 34 Ville Heinola Rauman Lukko Winnipeg Jets
D 36 Anttoni Honka JYP Jyväskylä Carolina Hurricanes
F 10 Aleksi Heponiemi Oulun Kärpät Florida Panthers
F 12 Samuli Vainionpää Tampereen Ilves
F 13 Valtteri Puustinen HPK Hämeenlinna Pittsburgh Penguins
F 18 Teemu Engberg HIFK Helsinki
F 19 Rasmus Kupari Oulun Kärpät Los Angeles Kings
F 20 Eeli Tolvanen Milwaukee Admirals Nashville Predators
F 22 Santeri Virtanen SaiPa Lappeenranta Winnipeg Jets
F 23 Linus Nyman Rauman Lukko
F 24 Kaapo Kakko New York Rangers New York Rangers
F 25 Aarne Talvitie "C" Penn State University New Jersey Devils
F 27 Jesse Ylönen Pelicans Lahti Montreal Canadiens
F 28 Sami Moilanen Tappara Tampere
F 29 Anton Lundell HIFK Helsinki

World Junior Championship record

Year GP W L T GF GA Pts Rank
1974 Leningrad532021236
/ 1975 Winnipeg and Brandon / Minneapolis, Bloomington and Fargo5131101435th
1976 Tampere, Turku, Pori and Rauma4130121424th
1977 Banská Bystrica and Zvolen7430352984th
1978 Montreal and Quebec City6321452576th
1979 Karlstad and Karlskoga6240201944th
1980 Helsinki and Vantaa54102988
1981 Füssen and Landsberg531129187
/ 1982 Minnesota / Manitoba and Ontario7520472910
1983 Leningrad7340352966th
1984 Norrköping and Nyköping7610442112
1985 Turku and Helsinki7412422094th
1986 Mainly in Hamilton, Ontario7340312366th
1987 Piešťany, Trenčín, Nitra, and Topoľčany7511452311
1988 Moscow7511362011
1989 Anchorage and Alaska7241293756th
1990 Held mainly in Helsinki7421322194th
1991 Held in various communities in Saskatchewan7331353075th
1992 Füssen and Kaufbeuren7331222174th
1993 Held mainly in Gävle7331312075th
1994 Ostrava and Frydek-Mistek7430272484th
1995 Held mainly in Red Deer, Alberta7331292674th
1996 Massachusetts6240232446th
1997 Geneva and Morges6420261885th
1998 Helsinki and Hämeenlinna7601351313
1999 Winnipeg, and five other communities in Manitoba6330252065th
2000 Skellefteå and Umeå7241201957th
2001 Moscow and Podolsk7511221011
2002 Pardubice and Hradec Králové752+023910
2003 Halifax and Sydney, Nova Scotia742122159
2004 Helsinki and Hämeenlinna7520261210
2005 Grand Forks and Thief River Falls63*30142165th
2006 Vancouver, Kelowna and Kamloops74*3024198
2007 Mora and Leksand6240182366th
2008 Pardubice and Liberec62†40192456th
2009 Ottawa633^02014107th
2010 Saskatchewan6330212295th
2011 Buffalo / Western New York633+02211126th
2012 Calgary and Edmonton752+02922134th
2013 Ufa64†203419117th
2014 Malmö75*2^0271715
2015 Toronto and Montreal514^081447th
2016 Helsinki76*10352217
2017 Montreal and Toronto6330121099th
2018 Buffalo523+0181676th
2019 Vancouver and Victoria75*20231114
2020 Ostrava and Třinec734^22184104th
2021 Edmonton and Red Deer

Includes one win in extra time (in the preliminary round)
^ Includes one loss in extra time (in the preliminary round)
* Includes one win in extra time (in the playoff round)
+ Includes one loss in extra time (in the playoff round)

Head coaches (WJC)

References

  1. "Team Finland Roster". IIHF. Retrieved 28 December 2018.
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