Hockey: Finnish medal targets while starting their world championship campaign
On the eve of the World Hockey Championship 2025. year, the name “Leo” – or “Lion” in English – echo around the world. Quite a positive sign for leijonat – lions – represent Finland in Stockholm, which will receive a quarter after returning in the quarterfinals, to reach the three consecutive finals from 2019. until 2022. years. The finishing layout Finland will be Finnish to the next world-end look will be the number of XIV – fourteen.
If Finland Should the finals of the Arena near the Swedish capital must first end up in the first four competitive groups A, and then do something that did not do from the fourth title 2022. years – win the World Cup.
Defeat for Canada and SwedenRespectively, in the quarterfinal phase, the last two editions resulted in the seventh and eighth set end, and the Finnish public will probably not tolerate similar performance for the third year running.
From 2024 tournaments, the main coach Jukka Jalonen crossed to lead Italy In their home winter Olympics next year. The task of returning Finnish on the former faucet fell on the former Auxiliary Coach of Antti Pennanen.
It will be expected to come to a good start tomorrow, when Finnish open the championship by taking Austria.
The Austrians are well embedded in playing at the highest level of international hockey, with 2025. their sixth consecutive year at the World Cup. Tests don’t get much easier for finks, which will also face Latvia, SlovakiaCanada, Sweden, France and Slovenia in a group of A.
Preparations for the tournament will not alleviate many nerves in front of a tricky group – after winning Latvia a month ago, Finland is one three and lost one friendly for Sweden, but then they were well beaten Czech Republic, Switzerland and Swedes in Czech Hockey games series.
Quick processing is needed in form if Finland wants to make their medal ambitions reality.
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Earlier today, Finland has announced that the defense counsel Mikko Lehtonen will present a team at the World CupContinuing an impressive 2025 after winning the hockey live champion with ZSC Lions Switzerland.
Lehtonen was a vice captain Mikael Granlund 12 months ago, and this time it will help him two forward – Chicago Blackhawk‘S Teuvo Terevainen and Hannes BjorninenFrom Sweden Orebro.
Terevainen is one of the six players on the National Hockey League (NHL) among the maximum 22 sliders and three goalkeepers named in the World Cup Squad
Of 25, all bars Joona Ikonen and Jan-Mikael Jarvinen are eligible for playing in the game against Austria.
Jarvinen is one of the five selected Liiga players, although no one represents four teams that reached at least semifinals, including champions Kalpa.
Finnish composition in full:
Guards: Justus Annuman (Nashville Predators), Emil Larmi (Vaxjo Lakers), Hair Saros (Nashville predators)
Defenders: Rasmus Rissanen (Linkoping), Mikko Lehtonen (Zurich Lions), Tony Sund (Hifk Helsinki), Vili Saariarvi (SCL Tigers), Nicholas matinpalo (Ottawa Senators), Atro Leppanen (Sport Vaasa), Robin Salo (Malmo Redhawks), Mikael Seppala (HV71)
Forward: Michael Ruohoma (Frolunda), To be hameenaho (Set), Waltteri Merela (SC Bern), Eeli tolvanen (Seattle Kraken), Patrick Puistola (Orebro), Hannes Bjorninen (Orebro), Joona Ikonen (Malmo Redhawks), Ahti Oksanen (Lausanne HC), Jan-Mikael Jarvinen (Assa), Eemil Erholtz (Exe), Juuso Psssinen (New York Rangers), Harri Pesonen (SCL Tigers), Teuvo Teravainen (Chicago Blackhawks), Juho Lammikko (Zurich Lions)