Finland men's national junior ice hockey team

Finland

Association	Finnish Ice Hockey Association
General Manager	Timo Backman
Head coach	Jukka Jalonen
Most points	Esa Tikkanen (35)
IIHF code	FIN
Home colours Away colours
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
Appearances	43 (first in 1974)
Best result	(1987, 1998, 2014, 2016)
International record (W–L–T)
138–102–15

Medal record
IIHF World U20 Championship
	1974 Soviet Union	Finland
	1980 Finland	Finland
	1981 West Germany	Finland
	1982 USA	Finland
	1984 Sweden	Finland
	1987 Czechoslovakia	Finland
	1988 Soviet Union	Finland
	1998 Finland	Finland
	2001 Russia	Finland
	2002 Czech Republic	Finland
	2003 Canada	Finland
	2004 Finland	Finland
	2006 Canada	Finland
	2014 Sweden	Finland
	2016 Finland	Finland

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.

WJC 2016 roster

Roster for the 2016 World Junior Championships:^[1]

Pos.	No.	Player	Team
GK	1	Kaapo Kähkönen	Espoo Blues
GK	30	Veini Vehviläinen	JYP Jyväskylä
GK	31	Emil Larmi	Peliitat
D	2	Sami Niku	JYP Jyväskylä
D	3	Miro Keskitalo	TPS
D	4	Olli Juolevi	London Knights
D	5	Eetu Sopanen	Peliitat
D	6	Joni Tuulola	HPK
D	7	Niko Mikkola	KalPa
D	18	Vili Saarijärvi	Flint Firebirds
F	9	Jesse Puljujärvi	Oulun Kärpät
F	10	Roope Hintz A	HIFK
F	12	Kasper Björkqvist	Espoo Blues
F	13	Miska Siikonen	Lahti Pelicans
F	15	Mikko Rantanen C	San Antonio Rampage
F	19	Aleksi Saarela	Ässät
F	20	Sebastian Aho A	Oulun Kärpät
F	21	Antti Kalapudas	Oulun Kärpät
F	23	Sebastian Repo	Lahti Pelicans
F	24	Kasperi Kapanen	Toronto Marlies
F	25	Julius Nättinen	Barrie Colts
F	28	Juho Lammikko	Kingston Frontenacs
F	29	Patrik Laine	Tappara

World Junior Championship record

Year	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts	Rank
1974	5	3	2	0	21	23	6	Won silver medal
1975	5	1	3	1	10	14	3	5th place
1976	4	1	3	0	12	14	2	4th place
1977	7	4	3	0	35	29	8	4th place
1978	6	3	2	1	45	25	7	6th place
1979	6	2	4	0	20	19	4	4th place
1980	5	4	1	0	29	8	8	Won silver medal
1981	5	3	1	1	29	18	7	Won silver medal
1982	7	5	2	0	47	29	10	Won bronze medal
1983	7	3	4	0	35	29	6	6th place
1984	7	6	1	0	44	21	12	Won silver medal
1985	7	4	1	2	42	20	9	4th place
1986	7	3	4	0	31	23	6	6th place
1987	7	5	1	1	45	23	11	Won gold medal
1988	7	5	1	1	36	20	11	Won bronze medal
1989	7	2	4	1	29	37	5	6th place
1990	7	4	2	1	32	21	9	4th place
1991	7	3	3	1	35	30	7	5th place
1992	7	3	3	1	22	21	7	4th place
1993	7	3	3	1	31	20	7	5th place
1994	7	4	3	0	27	24	8	4th place
1995	7	3	3	1	29	26	7	4th place
1996	6	2	4	0	23	24	4	6th place
1997	6	4	2	0	26	18	8	5th place
1998	7	6	0	1	35	13	13	Won gold medal
1999	6	3	3	0	25	20	6	5th place
2000	7	2	4	1	20	19	5	7th place
2001	7	5	1	1	22	10	11	Won silver medal
2002	7	5	2+	0	23	9	10	Won bronze medal
2003	7	4	2	1	22	15	9	Won bronze medal
2004	7	5	2	0	26	12	10	Won bronze medal
2005	6	3*	3	0	14	21	6	5th place
2006	7	4*	3	0	24	19	8	Won bronze medal
2007	6	2	4	0	18	23	6	6th place
2008	6	2†	4	0	19	24	5	6th place
2009	6	3	3^	0	20	14	10	7th place
2010	6	3	3	0	21	22	9	5th place
2011	6	3	3+	0	22	11	12	6th place
2012	7	5	2+	0	29	22	13	4th place
2013	6	4†	2	0	34	19	11	7th place
2014	7	5*	2^	0	27	17	15	Won gold medal
2015	5	1	4^	0	8	14	4	7th place
2016	7	6*	1	0	35	22	17	Won gold medal

† 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)

1977-78 Matti Väisänen 1979 Matti Reunamäki 1980-81 Olli Hietanen 1982 Alpo Suhonen 1983 Juhani Wahlsten 1984-85 Pentti Matikainen 1986-88 Hannu Jortikka 1989 Erkka Westerlund 1990 Hannu Jortikka 1991 Samu Kuitunen 1992-93 Jarmo Tolvanen 1994 Esko Nokelainen 1995-96 Harri Rindell 1997 Hannu Jortikka 1998 Hannu Kapanen 1999 Jukka Rautakorpi

2000 Hannu Kapanen 2001 Kari Jalonen 2002-03 Erkka Westerlund 2004 Hannu Aravirta 2005 Risto Dufva 2006 Hannu Aravirta 2007 Jarmo Tolvanen 2008-09 Jukka Rautakorpi 2010 Hannu Jortikka 2011 Lauri Marjamäki 2012 Raimo Helminen 2013 Harri Rindell 2014 Karri Kivi 2015 Hannu Jortikka 2016 Jukka Jalonen

References

1. http://www.leijonat.fi/maajoukkueet/u20/201516/mm2016/item/15335-nuorten-leijonien-joukkue-mm-kotikisoihin.html

External links

• QuantHockey - Team Finland U20 all-time statistical leaders