List of Olympic men's ice hockey players for Finland

The Finnish national team celebrating after being awarded the bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics

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 has participated in seventeen tournaments, the first in 1952 and the most recent in 2018. Finland has won six medals: two silver and four bronze, with the most recent medal being a bronze in 2014.

Teemu Selänne has scored the most goals, with 24, and has the most points, 43 while Saku Koivu have has the most assists, with 21. Selänne and Raimo Helminen have competed in the most Olympics, having taken part in six tournaments, while Helminen has played the most games of any skater, with 39.

Two players, Jari Kurri and Teemu Selänne, have been inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, while 17 players have been inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame, though Kalevi Numminen was inducted as a builder and Unto Wiitala as a referee.[1][2]

Key

Goaltenders

Niklas Bäckström played two games at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Miikka Kiprusoff played five games at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Goaltenders
Player Olympics Tournament(s) GP W L T Min SO GA GAA Medals Notes Ref(s)
Niklas Bäckström 1 2010 2 1 1 0 – 1 2 –  Bronze (2010)
Jani Hurme 1 2002 3 1 2 0 – 0 9 –
Markus Ketterer 1 1992 3 2 1 0 – 0 8 –
Miikka Kiprusoff 1 2010 5 3 2 0 – – 11 –  Bronze (2010)
Antero Kivelä 1 1980 3 1 1 1 – 0 10 –
Mikko Koskinen 1 2018 5 3 2 0 297 0 8 1.62
Juhani Lahtinen 2 1960, 1964 11 5 6 0 – 0 40 –
Kari Lehtonen 1 2014 2 1 1 0 – 0 3 –  Bronze (2014)
Antti Leppänen 1 1976 5 2 3 0 – 0 18 –
Pekka Myllylä 1 1952 8 2 6 0 – – – –
Jarmo Myllys 3 1988, 1994, 1998 14 10 3 1 – – 22 –  Silver (1988)
 Bronze (1994)
 Bronze (1998)
Esko Niemi 1 1960 3 1 1 1 – 0 16 –
Antero Niittymäki 1 2006 6 5 1 0 – 0 8 –  Silver (2006)
Fredrik Norrena 1 2006 2 2 0 0 – 0 0 –  Silver (2006)
Pasi Nurminen 1 2002 1 1 0 0 – 0 1 –
Tuukka Rask 1 2014 4 3 1 0 – 0 7 –  Bronze (2014)
Ari Sulander 1 1998 3 2 1 0 – 0 11 –  Bronze (1998)
Kari Takko 1 1994 5 1 3 1 – – 22 –
Jukka Tammi 3 1988, 1992, 1994 10 5 4 1 – – 24 –  Silver (1988)
 Bronze (1994)
Jorma Valtonen 3 1972, 1980, 1984 14 7 7 0 – – 50 – IIHFHOF (1999)[2]
Unto Wiitala 1 1952 – – – – – – – – IIHFHOF (2003)[a][2]
Urpo Ylönen 2 1968, 1976 12 6 5 1 – – 31 – IIHFHOF (1997)[2]

Skaters

Mikael Granlund scored 7 points at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Raimo Helminen appeared in six Winter Olympics, playing 39 games.
Jussi Jokinen played at both the 2006 and 2014 Winter Olympics.
Niko Kapanen played in two Winter Olympics, scoring 5 points in 14 games.
Mikko Koivu played at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics.
Saku Koivu scored 30 points over four Winter Olympics.
Leo Komarov played at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Jere Lehtinen took part in five Winter Olympics.
Ville Peltonen played in four Winter Olympics.
Sami Salo played at four Winter Olympics.
Teemu Selänne played in six Winter Olympics, setting team records for most goals and points.
Skaters
Player Olympics Tournament(s) GP G A P PIM Medals Notes Ref(s)
Antti Aalto 1 2002 4 0 0 0 4
Juhamatti Aaltonen 1 2014 4 1 0 1 2  Bronze (2014)
Seppo Ahokainen 1 1976 6 1 4 5 6
Mika Alatalo 1 1994 7 2 1 3 2  Bronze (1994)
Marko Anttila 1 2018 2 0 1 1 2
Aleksander Barkov 1 2014 2 0 1 1 2  Bronze (2014)
Aki Berg 3 1998, 2002, 2006 18 1 0 1 12  Bronze (1998)
 Silver (2006)
Timo Blomqvist 2 1988, 1992 16 1 2 3 18  Silver (1988)
Kari Eloranta 3 1980, 1988, 1992 23 0 12 12 6  Silver (1988)
Mikko Eloranta 1 2002 4 2 0 2 2
Jonas Enlund 1 2018 5 0 0 0 0
Valtteri Filppula 1 2010 6 3 0 3 0  Bronze (2010)
Mikael Granlund 1 2014 6 3 4 7 4  Bronze (2014)
Tuomas Grönman 1 1998 6 0 0 0 2  Bronze (1998)
Hannu Haapalainen 2 1976, 1980 12 1 1 2 8
Matti Hagman 1 1976 6 1 4 5 2
Niklas Hagman 3 2002, 2006, 2010 18 5 5 10 4  Silver (2006)
 Bronze (2010)
Yrjö Hakala 2 1952, 1960 13 3 3 6 2
Markku Hakulinen 1 1980 7 2 4 6 2
Erik Hämäläinen 1 1994 8 1 0 1 8  Bronze (1994)
Matti Harju 1 1968 8 3 2 5 2
Teemu Hartikainen 1 2018 4 0 1 1 0
Miro Heiskanen 1 2018 5 1 0 1 2
Raimo Helminen 6 1984, 1988, 1992,
1994, 1998, 2002 		39 6 18 24 16  Silver (1988)
 Bronze (1994)
 Bronze (1998) 		IIHFHOF (2012)[2]
Jukka Hentunen 1 2006 8 0 0 0 2  Silver (2006)
Juuso Hietanen 2 2014, 2018 11 2 1 3 4  Bronze (2014)
Erkki Hytönen 2 1952 1 0 0 0 0
Jarkko Immonen 2 2010, 2014 7 2 0 2 2  Bronze (2010)
 Bronze (2014)
Pentti Isotalo 1 1952 8 0 0 0 2
Risto Jalo 1 1984 6 2 6 8 4
Heikki Järn 1 1972 5 2 0 2 2
Hannu Järvenpää 1 1992 8 5 6 11 14
Iiro Järvi 1 1988 8 2 5 7 10  Silver (1988)
Arto Javanainen 1 1984 5 2 3 5 4
Kari Johansson 1 1968 8 0 0 0 4
Jussi Jokinen 2 2006, 2014 14 3 6 9 2  Silver (2006)
 Bronze (2014)
Olli Jokinen 4 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 24 13 6 19 6  Silver (2006)
 Bronze (2010)
 Bronze (2014)
Julius Junttila 1 2018 5 0 1 1 0
Timo Jutila 3 1984, 1992, 1994 22 3 4 7 16  Bronze (1994) IIHFHOF (2003)[2]
Tomi Kallio 1 2002 4 1 2 3 2
Esko Kaonpää 1 1964 2 0 0 0 0
Hannu Kapanen 1 1976 6 1 3 4 4
Niko Kapanen 2 2006, 2010 14 2 3 5 2  Silver (2006)
 Bronze (2010)
Sami Kapanen 3 1994, 1998, 2002 18 2 3 5 6  Bronze (1994)
 Bronze (1998)
Ossi Kauppi 1 1952 8 0 0 0 0
Matti Keinonen 2 1968, 1972 13 6 1 7 16 IIHFHOF (2002)[2]
Joonas Kemppainen 1 2018 5 2 2 4 2
Esa Keskinen 2 1988, 1994 16 3 5 8 6  Silver (1988)
 Bronze (1994)
Veli-Pekka Ketola 2 1968, 1972 14 4 6 10 17
Markku Kiimalainen 1 1980 7 1 6 7 4
Raimo Kilpiö 2 1960, 1964 14 10 6 16 4
Marko Kiprusoff 1 1994 8 3 3 6 4  Bronze (1994)
Tommi Kivistö 1 2018 4 0 0 0 0
Erkki Koiso 1 1952 5 0 2 2 13
Miika Koivisto 1 2018 5 0 1 1 2
Mikko Koivu 2 2006, 2010 14 0 4 4 8  Silver (2006)
 Bronze (2010)
Saku Koivu 4 1994, 1998, 2006, 2010 28 9 21 30 34  Bronze (1994)
 Bronze (1998)
 Silver (2006)
 Bronze (2010) 		IIHFHOF (2017)[2]
Pertti Koivulahti 1 1976 6 2 3 5 0
Leo Komarov 1 2014 6 0 0 0 0  Bronze (2014)
Petri Kontiola 2 2014, 2018 11 3 8 11 6  Bronze (2014)
Lauri Korpikoski 1 2014 6 2 2 4 1  Bronze (2014)
Ilpo Koskela 2 1968, 1972 14 1 3 4 2
Jukka Koskilahti 1 1980 7 1 0 1 0
Hannu Koskinen 1 1980 7 1 1 2 2
Tapio Koskinen 1 1976 6 2 0 2 0
Jarno Koskiranta 1 2018 5 0 2 2 0
Lasse Kukkonen 4 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 19 1 1 2 8  Silver (2006)
 Bronze (2010)
 Bronze (2014)
Jari Kurri 2 1980, 1998 13 3 5 8 8  Bronze (1998) HHOF (2001)[1]
IIHFHOF (2000)[2]
Keijo Kuusela 1 1952 8 4 1 5 2
Pekka Kuusisto 1 1968 5 0 0 0 12
Antti Laaksonen 1 2006 8 0 0 0 6  Silver (2006)
Erkki Laine 2 1984, 1988 14 4 6 10 6  Silver (1988)
Kari Laitinen 1 1988 8 3 2 5 0  Silver (1988)
Jani Lajunen 1 2018 4 0 1 1 6
Reijo Laksola 1 1976 6 1 1 2 4
Matti Lampainen 1 1960 6 2 0 2 4
Janne Laukkanen 3 1992, 1994, 1998 22 0 3 3 22  Bronze (1994)
 Bronze (1998)
Harri Laurila 1 1992 8 0 0 0 2
Jori Lehterä 1 2014 6 1 3 4 0  Bronze (2014)
Tero Lehterä 1 1994 6 0 1 1 0  Bronze (1994)
Jere Lehtinen 5 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 32 11 9 20 4  Bronze (1994)
 Bronze (1998)
 Silver (2006)
 Bronze (2010) 		IIHFHOF (2018)[2]
Rauno Lehtiö 1 1964 8 1 1 2 0
Markus Lehto 1 1984 6 1 1 2 2
Petteri Lehto 1 1984 6 2 2 4 10
Erkki Lehtonen 1 1988 8 4 6 10 2  Silver (1988)
Mikko Lehtonen 1 2018 1 0 0 0 0
Pertti Lehtonen 1 1984 6 0 1 1 6
Pekka Leimu 1 1968 7 3 1 4 4
Mikko Leinonen 1 1980 7 6 4 10 0
Sami Lepistö 3 2010, 2014, 2018 17 3 5 8 10  Bronze (2010)
 Bronze (2014)
Henry Leppä 1 1976 6 3 3 6 0
Reijo Leppänen 1 1980 6 5 4 9 0
Tapio Levo 1 1980 6 1 4 5 1
Juha Lind 2 1998, 2002 10 0 1 1 6  Bronze (1998)
Jari Lindroos 1 1992 8 0 4 4 6
Seppo Lindström 3 1968, 1972, 1976 19 0 4 4 10
Harri Linnonmaa 1 1972 5 1 1 2 0
Lasse Litma 1 1980 7 0 4 4 10
Jyrki Lumme 3 1988, 1998, 2002 16 1 2 3 18  Silver (1988)
 Bronze (1998)
Esko Luostarinen 2 1960, 1964 13 5 2 7 6
Toni Lydman 2 2006, 2010 14 1 0 1 12  Silver (2006)
 Bronze (2010)
Olli Määttä 1 2014 6 3 2 5 0  Bronze (2014)
Mikko Mäkelä 2 1992, 1994 13 5 6 11 4  Bronze (1994)
Kauko Mäkinen 1 1952 1 0 0 0 0
Jarmo Mäkitalo 2 1980, 1984 13 3 2 5 2
Sakari Manninen 1 2018 5 2 1 3 0
Pekka Marjamäki 2 1972, 1976 11 2 1 3 4 IIHFHOF (1998)[2]
Anssi Melametsä 1 1984 6 4 3 7 10
Ilkka Mesikämmen 1 1964 8 1 1 2 0
Antti Miettinen 1 2010 5 1 0 1 0  Bronze (2010)
Reijo Mikkolainen 1 1988 8 4 1 5 10  Silver (1988)
Lauri Mononen 1 1972 5 7 0 7 6
Matti Murto 2 1972, 1976 11 4 4 8 4
Antti-Jussi Niemi 1 2006 8 0 0 0 2  Silver (2006)
Mika Nieminen 3 1992, 1994, 1998 22 8 13 21 8  Bronze (1994)
 Bronze (1998)
Pertti Nieminen 1 1960 6 8 2 10 8
Ville Nieminen 2 2002, 2006 12 0 2 2 6  Silver (2006)
Janne Niinimaa 2 1998, 2002 10 0 6 6 10  Bronze (1998)
Seppo Nikkilä 1 1964 7 2 2 4 0
Janne Niskala 1 2010 6 0 2 2 2  Bronze (2010)
Petteri Nummelin 1 2006 8 0 2 2 2  Silver (2006)
Timo Nummelin 1 1976 5 1 0 1 4
Kalevi Numminen 2 1960, 1964 14 5 1 6 16 IIHFHOF (2011)[b][2]
Teppo Numminen 4 1988, 1998, 2002, 2006 24 3 8 11 4  Silver (1988)
 Bronze (1998)
 Silver (2006) 		IIHFHOF (2013)[2]
Atte Ohtamaa 1 2018 5 0 0 0 0
Janne Ojanen 2 1988, 1994 16 6 3 9 12  Silver (1988)
 Bronze (1994)
Hannu Oksanen 1 1984 6 0 0 0 0
Lasse Oksanen 3 1964, 1968, 1972 22 10 3 13 6 IIHFHOF (1999)[2]
Oskar Osala 1 2018 2 0 1 1 0
Marko Palo 1 1994 8 2 3 5 4  Bronze (1994)
Lalli Partinen 1 1968 8 0 0 0 2
Jukka Peltola 1 2018 4 0 1 1 2
Timo Peltomaa 1 1992 8 0 0 0 2
Esa Peltonen 4 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980 27 5 9 14 8 IIHFHOF (2007)[2]
Jorma Peltonen 3 1964, 1968, 1972 18 6 4 10 6
Ville Peltonen 4 1994, 1998, 2006, 2010 26 10 10 20 12  Bronze (1994)
 Bronze (1998)
 Silver (2006)
 Bronze (2010) 		IIHFHOF (2016)[2]
Antti Pihlström 1 2014 5 0 0 0 0  Bronze (2014)
Joni Pitkänen 1 2010 5 1 2 3 29  Bronze (2010)
Jukka Porvari 1 1980 7 7 4 11 4
Heino Pulli 2 1960, 1964 14 11 6 17 6
Mika Pyörälä 1 2018 5 1 0 1 0
Juha Rantasila 2 1968, 1972 11 4 2 6 8
Christian Rapp 1 1952 6 5 0 5 0
Kalevi Rassa 1 1960 4 0 1 1 0
Teppo Rastio 1 1960 5 4 2 6 4
Matti Rautiainen 1 1976 6 6 1 7 0
Esko Rekomaa 2 1952 1 0 0 0 0
Seppo Repo 1 1972 4 0 0 0 4
Matti Reunamäki 2 1964, 1968 16 4 2 6 7
Heikki Riihiranta 1 1972 6 1 1 2 2
Matti Rintakoski 1 1952 8 0 0 0 2
Kimmo Rintanen 1 1998 6 1 0 1 0  Bronze (1998)
Arto Ruotanen 3 1984, 1988, 1992 22 0 7 7 12  Silver (1988)
Reijo Ruotsalainen 1 1988 8 4 2 6 0  Silver (1988)
Jarkko Ruutu 3 2002, 2006, 2010 18 2 1 3 49  Silver (2006)
 Bronze (2010)
Tuomo Ruutu 2 2010, 2014 12 2 4 6 4  Bronze (2010)
 Bronze (2014)
Eero Saari 1 1952 8 0 1 1 0
Timo Saari 1 1976 6 0 0 0 8
Timo Saarikoski 1 1992 8 0 0 0 0
Olli Saarinen 1 1980 7 0 1 1 4
Simo Saarinen 3 1984, 1988, 1992 19 1 3 4 24  Silver (1988)
Keijo Säilynoja 1 1992 8 1 0 1 4
Eero Salisma 1 1952 7 0 4 4 0
Jorma Salmi 1 1960 4 1 2 3 0
Sakari Salminen 1 2014 2 0 0 0 4  Bronze (2014)
Sami Salo 4 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 22 2 5 7 4  Silver (2006)
 Bronze (2010)
 Bronze (2014)
Veli-Matti Savinainen 1 2018 5 1 1 2 2
Jouni Seistamo 2 1960, 1964 13 8 4 12 8
Teemu Selänne 6 1992, 1998, 2002,
2006, 2010, 2014 		37 24 19 43 24  Bronze (1998)
 Silver (2006)
 Bronze (2010)
 Bronze (2014) 		HHOF (2017)[1]
IIHFHOF (2017)[2]
Lauri Silván 1 1952 8 3 1 4 0
Ville Sirén 2 1984, 1992 14 0 3 3 18
Arto Sirviö 1 1984 6 3 0 3 0
Petri Skriko 2 1984, 1992 14 7 8 15 12
Voitto Soini 1 1960 4 3 0 3 6
Pasi Sormunen 1 1994 7 0 0 0 10  Bronze (1994)
Mika Strömberg 1 1994 7 2 2 4 10  Bronze (1994)
Kai Suikkanen 1 1988 8 1 0 1 4  Silver (1988)
Raimo Summanen 2 1984, 1992 14 6 7 13 10
Jorma Suokko 1 1964 8 1 1 2 2
Seppo Suoraniemi 1 1980 7 1 3 4 6
Timo Susi 2 1980, 1988 15 2 6 8 8  Silver (1988)
Juhani Tamminen 1 1972 6 1 3 4 6
Esa Tikkanen 1 1998 6 1 1 2 0  Bronze (1998)
Kimmo Timonen 5 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 30 3 10 13 8  Bronze (1998)
 Silver (2006)
 Bronze (2010)
 Bronze (2014)
Paavo Tirkkonen 1 1998 6 0 0 0 0
Eeli Tolvanen 1 2018 5 3 6 9 4
Jari Torkki 1 1988 8 1 0 1 2  Silver (1988)
Antti Törmänen 1 1998 6 0 0 0 0  Bronze (1998)
Harri Tuohimaa 1 1984 6 3 2 5 8
Pekka Tuomisto 2 1988, 1992 16 5 2 7 10  Silver (1988)
Timo Turunen 1 1972 5 2 5 7 2
Ossi Väänänen 2 2002, 2014 8 0 3 3 0  Bronze (2014)
Seppo Vainio 1 1960 2 0 0 0 4
Petri Varis 1 1994 6 1 1 2 2  Bronze (1994)
Sami Vatanen 1 2014 6 0 5 5 0  Bronze (2014)
Jorma Vehmanen 2 1972, 1976 8 5 2 7 2
Ismo Villa 1 1980 7 1 0 1 0
Hannu Virta 1 1994 8 2 1 3 2  Bronze (1994)
Jukka Virtanen 1 1988 8 0 1 1 0  Silver (1988)
Juhani Wahlsten 3 1960, 1964, 1968 22 8 4 12 8 IIHFHOF (2006)[2]
Jarmo Wasama 1 1964 8 0 1 1 6
Jukka Wuolio 1 1952 7 1 2 3 2
Juha Ylönen 2 1998, 2002 10 0 1 1 10  Bronze (1998)

References

Notes

  1. ^ Inducted as a referee
  2. ^ Inducted as a builder

Citations

  1. ^ a b c Hockey Hall of Fame
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r International Ice Hockey Federation

References

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