FINLAND

P

Player

DOB

Club

G

Niklas Bäckström

13.02.1978

Minnesota Wild, NHL

G

Miikka Kiprusoff

26.10.1976

Calgary Flames, NHL

G

Antero Niittymäki

18.06.1980

Tampa Bay Lightning, NHL

D

Lasse Kukkonen

18.09.1981

Avangard Omsk, RUS

D

Sami Lepistö

17.10.1984

Phoenix Coyotes, NHL

D

Toni Lydman

25.09.1977

Buffalo Sabres, NHL

D

Janne Niskala

22.09.1981

Frölunda Gothenburg, SWE

D

Joni Pitkänen

19.09.1983

Carolina Hurricanes, NHL

D

Sami Salo

02.09.1974

Vancouver Canucks, NHL

D

Kimmo Timonen

18.03.1975

Philadelphia Flyers, NHL

F

Valtteri Filppula

20.03.1984

Detroit Red Wings, NHL

F

Niklas Hagman

05.12.1979

Toronto Maple Leafs, NHL

F

Jarkko Immonen

19.04.1982

Ak Bars Kazan, RUS

F

Olli Jokinen

05.12.1978

Calgary Flames, NHL

F

Niko Kapanen

29.04.1978

Ak Bars Kazan, RUS

F

Mikko Koivu

12.03.1983

Minnesota Wild, NHL

F

Saku Koivu

23.11.1974

Anaheim Ducks, NHL

F

Jere Lehtinen

24.06.1973

Dallas Stars, NHL

F

Antti Miettinen

03.07.1980

Minnesota Wild, NHL

F

Ville Peltonen

24.05.1973

Dynamo Minsk, BLR/KHL

F

Jarkko Ruutu

23.08.1975

Ottawa Senators, NHL

F

Tuomo Ruutu

16.02.1983

Carolina Hurricanes, NHL

F

Teemu Selänne

03.07.1970

Anaheim Ducks, NHL

• Forwards Jere Lehtinen (1994, 1998, 2002, 2006) and Teemu Selänne (1992, 1998, 2002, 2006) will play in their fifth Olympic Winter Games. It'll be the fourth time for Kimmo Timonen, Saku Koivu and Ville Peltonen.
• Peltonen has played the most international games (243) and scored the most goals (78) for Finland.
• The team looks quite different from the 2009 IIHF World Championship squad. Only six players on the Vancouver 2010 roster played in that tournament.
• Fourteen players from Turin 2006 will get another shot at winning the first Olympic gold for Finland. Four  years ago, they settled for silver with a painful loss to Sweden in the final.
• Finnish coach Jukka Jalonen had plenty of choices for his Olympic roster. He chose to go with 18 NHLers, four players from the Russian KHL, and one from Sweden.