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Association
Finland Ice Hockey Association
Current Olympic/World Cup coach
Erkka Westerlund, 2004-2007
Current national team coach
Erkka Westerlund 2004-2007
Most Games
Raimo Helminen: 330
Most Points
Raimo Helminen: 206
First Game
Sweden 8 - 1 Finland (Helsinki, Finland; January 29, 1928)
Largest win
Finland 19 - 2 Australia (Squaw Valley, USA; February 25, 1960)
Largest defeat
Canada 24 - 0 Finland (Oslo, Norway; March 3, 1958)
World Championships
Gold medalists: 1 - 1995

Please add to this entry the roster of the world cup (most recent) and/or olympic (2006) for the Finnish men's hockey team The Finnish national men's ice hockey team or Leijonat, as it is called in Finland, is one of the most successful ice hockey teams in the world. The IIHF currently ranks them 4th. 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 four goals to one.

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.

Doug Shedden will coach the Finnish national men's ice hockey team in the 2007-08 season; Jukka Jalonen will succeed him in 2008.

Contents 1 Olympic record 2 World Cup record 3 Canada Cup record 4 European championship record 5 World championship record 6 List of head coaches 7 External links

Olympic medal record
Men’s Ice Hockey
Silver	1988 Calgary	Ice Hockey
Bronze	1994 Lillehammer	Ice Hockey
Bronze	1998 Nagano	Ice Hockey
Silver	2006 Torino	Ice Hockey

• 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)

Number 17 of the National team has frozen which was Jari Kurri's game jersey.

• 1996 - Lost quarter-final
• 2004 - Won silver medal

• 1976 - Finished in 6th place
• 1981 - Finished in 6th place
• 1984 - Did not participate
• 1987 - Finished in 6th place
• 1991 - Lost semi-final

• 1929 - Not ranked

• 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

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

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

Ice hockey in Finland
SM-liiga teams : Ässät | Blues | HIFK | HPK | Ilves | Jokerit | JYP | KalPa | Kärpät | Lukko | Pelicans | SaiPa | Tappara | TPS
Trophies and awards: Kultainen kypärä | Kalevi Numminen trophy | Jarmo Wasama memorial trophy | Matti Keinonen trophy | Raimo Kilpiö trophy | Urpo Ylönen trophy | Pekka Rautakallio trophy | Aarne Honkavaara trophy | Veli-Pekka Ketola trophy | Lasse Oksanen trophy | Jari Kurri trophy
Former teams : FPS | Jokipojat | KooKoo | Koo-Vee | Sport | TuTo
Other leagues and teams : Mestis | Suomi-sarja | Finnish national men's ice hockey team | Finnish national women's ice hockey team