Meet the Team: An early look at what Finland might look like at the 2022 World Juniors
Tue, 14 Dec 21 19:31:55 +0000
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Team Finland is looking to improve their third-place finish from last year.
The roster is arguably quite a bit stronger up front compared to last year's iteration with many notable returnees. The defence, however, has taken big hits with Ville Heinola, Santeri Hatakka and Mikko Kokkonen all graduating, and a lot will be asked from the reigning best defenceman of the tournament Topi Niemelä.
In net, Finland has two good options for the starting position and the pre-tournament and the group stage games will likely play a big part in determining who gets to start in the deciding matches.
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World Juniors 2022
Meet the Team
Finland U20
Finland U20 (all)
Finland U20
Liiga
Mestis
U20 SM-sarja
U18 SM-sarja
Joel Blomqvist
Aleksi Heimosalmi
Samuel Helenius
Roni Hirvonen
Juha Jatkola
Roby Järventie
Oliver Kapanen
Joakim Kemell
Ville Koivunen
Brad Lambert
Leevi Meriläinen
Juuso Mäenpää
Joel Määttä
Rami Määttä
Topi Niemelä
Olli Nikupeteri
Petteri Nurmi
Ville Ottavainen
Kasper Puutio
Sami Päivärinta
Ruben Rafkin
Aatu Räty
Kasper Simontaival
Eemil Viro
Kalle Väisänen