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This is the category for ice hockey players from Finland. Subcategories. This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total. ...
The list of Olympic men's ice hockey players for Finland consisted of 203 skaters and 22 goaltenders. Men's ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1920 (it was introduced at the 1920 Summer Olympics , and was permanently added to the Winter Olympic Games in 1924).
Finland's first appearance at the Winter Olympics occurred in 1952 in Oslo. In the 1974 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships two players were suspended for doping. They were the Swede Ulf Nilsson and the Finn Stig Wetzell who failed a drug test for the forbidden substance ephedrine. Both players were suspended for the rest of the tournament.
Ilta-Sanomat Player of the Year Award (Finnish: IS-tähtikisa) is an annual award given by the Finnish evening paper Ilta-Sanomat for the best individual players of Finnish top leagues in ice hockey (), basketball (), volleyball (Mestaruusliiga) and floorball (Salibandyliiga).
Sebastian Antero Aho (born 26 July 1997) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player and alternate captain for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). Aho formerly played with Oulun Kärpät in the Finnish SM-liiga. Aho made his professional debut with Oulun Kärpät during the 2013–14 season.
Kultainen kypärä ("the Golden Helmet") is an ice hockey award given to the best player in the Finnish Liiga. It is voted for by the players. It has been awarded since 1987. [1] In addition, a long running tradition by Veikkaus is for the current best scorer of a team to carry a golden helmet, also called kultainen kypärä or kultakypärä ...
The Finnish Ice Hockey Association (Finnish: Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto) is the national board for ice hockey in the country and has been instrumental in producing many world class ice hockey players. [8] [9] [10] Since 2011, the association has operated a financial support system for minor and junior ice hockey players from low-income families ...
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted to include women's hockey as an Olympic event in July 1992. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Finland has won four Olympic bronze medals in women's hockey, including the first bronze medal in women's ice hockey at the Winter Olympic games.