List of Olympic men's ice hockey players for Finland

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The Finnish national team celebrating after being awarded the bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics Finlandbronzecelebration2010WinterOlympics.jpg
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.

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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 Backstrom played two games at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Finnland-torhueter.jpg
Niklas Bäckström played two games at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Miikka Kiprusoff played five games at the 2010 Winter Olympics. MiikkaKiprusoff2010WinterOlympics.jpg
Miikka Kiprusoff played five games at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Goaltenders
PlayerOlympicsTournament(s)GPWLTMinSOGAGAAMedalsNotesRef(s)
Niklas Bäckström 1 2010 211012Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2010)
Jani Hurme 1 2002 312009
Markus Ketterer 1 1992 321008
Miikka Kiprusoff 1 2010 532011Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2010)
Antero Kivelä 1 1980 3111010
Mikko Koskinen 1 2018 5320297081.62
Juhani Lahtinen 2 1960, 1964 11560040
Kari Lehtonen 1 2014 211003Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2014)
Antti Leppänen 1 1976 5230018
Pekka Myllylä 1 1952 8260
Jarmo Myllys 3 1988, 1994, 1998 14103122Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1988)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1994)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1998)
Esko Niemi 1 1960 3111016
Antero Niittymäki 1 2006 651008Silver medal icon.svg Silver (2006)
Fredrik Norrena 1 2006 220000Silver medal icon.svg Silver (2006)
Pasi Nurminen 1 2002 110001
Tuukka Rask 1 2014 431007Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2014)
Ari Sulander 1 1998 3210011Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1998)
Kari Takko 1 1994 513122
Jukka Tammi 3 1988, 1992, 1994 1054124Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1988)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1994)
Jorma Valtonen 3 1972, 1980, 1984 1477050IIHFHOF (1999) [2]
Unto Wiitala 1 1952 IIHFHOF (2003) [lower-alpha 1] [2]
Urpo Ylönen 2 1968, 1976 1265131IIHFHOF (1997) [2]

Skaters

Mikael Granlund scored 7 points at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Mikael Granlund 2010 WJC.jpg
Mikael Granlund scored 7 points at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Raimo Helminen appeared in six Winter Olympics, playing 39 games. Helminen's last game.jpg
Raimo Helminen appeared in six Winter Olympics, playing 39 games.
Jussi Jokinen played at both the 2006 and 2014 Winter Olympics. Jussi Jokinen 2008.jpg
Jussi Jokinen played at both the 2006 and 2014 Winter Olympics.
Niko Kapanen played in two Winter Olympics, scoring 5 points in 14 games. Niko Kapanen.jpg
Niko Kapanen played in two Winter Olympics, scoring 5 points in 14 games.
Mikko Koivu played at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics. MikkoKoivu2008IIHF.jpg
Mikko Koivu played at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics.
Saku Koivu scored 30 points over four Winter Olympics. Saku Koivu 2008.jpg
Saku Koivu scored 30 points over four Winter Olympics.
Leo Komarov played at the 2014 Winter Olympics. Leo Komarov, Finland-Russia IHWC 2012 Simifinal.JPG
Leo Komarov played at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Jere Lehtinen took part in five Winter Olympics. Jere Lehtinen.jpg
Jere Lehtinen took part in five Winter Olympics.
Ville Peltonen played in four Winter Olympics. VillePeltonen2008IIHF.jpg
Ville Peltonen played in four Winter Olympics.
Sami Salo played at four Winter Olympics. Sami Salo 2010 bronze.jpg
Sami Salo played at four Winter Olympics.
Teemu Selanne played in six Winter Olympics, setting team records for most goals and points. TeemuSelanne2010WinterOlympics.jpg
Teemu Selänne played in six Winter Olympics, setting team records for most goals and points.
Skaters
PlayerOlympicsTournament(s)GPGAPPIMMedalsNotesRef(s)
Antti Aalto 1 2002 40004
Juhamatti Aaltonen 1 2014 41012Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2014)
Seppo Ahokainen 1 1976 61456
Mika Alatalo 1 1994 72132Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1994)
Marko Anttila 1 2018 20112
Aleksander Barkov 1 2014 20112Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2014)
Aki Berg 3 1998, 2002, 2006 1810112Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1998)
Silver medal icon.svg Silver (2006)
Timo Blomqvist 2 1988, 1992 1612318Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1988)
Kari Eloranta 3 1980, 1988, 1992 23012126Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1988)
Mikko Eloranta 1 2002 42022
Jonas Enlund 1 2018 50000
Valtteri Filppula 1 2010 63030Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2010)
Mikael Granlund 1 2014 63474Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2014)
Tuomas Grönman 1 1998 60002Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1998)
Hannu Haapalainen 2 1976, 1980 121128
Matti Hagman 1 1976 61452
Niklas Hagman 3 2002, 2006, 2010 1855104Silver medal icon.svg Silver (2006)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2010)
Yrjö Hakala 2 1952, 1960 133362
Markku Hakulinen 1 1980 72462
Erik Hämäläinen 1 1994 81018Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1994)
Matti Harju 1 1968 83252
Teemu Hartikainen 1 2018 40110
Miro Heiskanen 1 2018 51012
Raimo Helminen 6 1984, 1988, 1992,
1994, 1998, 2002
396182416Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1988)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1994)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1998)
IIHFHOF (2012) [2]
Jukka Hentunen 1 2006 80002Silver medal icon.svg Silver (2006)
Juuso Hietanen 2 2014, 2018 112134Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2014)
Erkki Hytönen 2 1952 10000
Jarkko Immonen 2 2010, 2014 72022Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2010)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2014)
Pentti Isotalo 1 1952 80002
Risto Jalo 1 1984 62684
Heikki Järn 1 1972 52022
Hannu Järvenpää 1 1992 8561114
Iiro Järvi 1 1988 825710Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1988)
Arto Javanainen 1 1984 52354
Kari Johansson 1 1968 80004
Jussi Jokinen 2 2006, 2014 143692Silver medal icon.svg Silver (2006)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2014)
Olli Jokinen 4 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 24136196Silver medal icon.svg Silver (2006)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2010)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2014)
Julius Junttila 1 2018 50110
Timo Jutila 3 1984, 1992, 1994 2234716Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1994)IIHFHOF (2003) [2]
Tomi Kallio 1 2002 41232
Esko Kaonpää 1 1964 20000
Hannu Kapanen 1 1976 61344
Niko Kapanen 2 2006, 2010 142352Silver medal icon.svg Silver (2006)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2010)
Sami Kapanen 3 1994, 1998, 2002 182356Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1994)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1998)
Ossi Kauppi 1 1952 80000
Matti Keinonen 2 1968, 1972 1361716IIHFHOF (2002) [2]
Joonas Kemppainen 1 2018 52242
Esa Keskinen 2 1988, 1994 163586Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1988)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1994)
Veli-Pekka Ketola 2 1968, 1972 14461017
Markku Kiimalainen 1 1980 71674
Raimo Kilpiö 2 1960, 1964 14106164
Marko Kiprusoff 1 1994 83364Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1994)
Tommi Kivistö 1 2018 40000
Erkki Koiso 1 1952 502213
Miika Koivisto 1 2018 50112
Mikko Koivu 2 2006, 2010 140448Silver medal icon.svg Silver (2006)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2010)
Saku Koivu 4 1994, 1998, 2006, 2010 289213034Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1994)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1998)
Silver medal icon.svg Silver (2006)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2010)
IIHFHOF (2017) [2]
Pertti Koivulahti 1 1976 62350
Leo Komarov 1 2014 60000Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2014)
Petri Kontiola 2 2014, 2018 1138116Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2014)
Lauri Korpikoski 1 2014 62241Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2014)
Ilpo Koskela 2 1968, 1972 141342
Jukka Koskilahti 1 1980 71010
Hannu Koskinen 1 1980 71122
Tapio Koskinen 1 1976 62020
Jarno Koskiranta 1 2018 50220
Lasse Kukkonen 4 2006, 2010, 2014, 2018 191128Silver medal icon.svg Silver (2006)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2010)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2014)
Jari Kurri 2 1980, 1998 133588Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1998)HHOF (2001) [1]
IIHFHOF (2000) [2]
Keijo Kuusela 1 1952 84152
Pekka Kuusisto 1 1968 500012
Antti Laaksonen 1 2006 80006Silver medal icon.svg Silver (2006)
Erkki Laine 2 1984, 1988 1446106Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1988)
Kari Laitinen 1 1988 83250Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1988)
Jani Lajunen 1 2018 40116
Reijo Laksola 1 1976 61124
Matti Lampainen 1 1960 62024
Janne Laukkanen 3 1992, 1994, 1998 2203322Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1994)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1998)
Harri Laurila 1 1992 80002
Jori Lehterä 1 2014 61340Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2014)
Tero Lehterä 1 1994 60110Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1994)
Jere Lehtinen 5 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 32119204Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1994)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1998)
Silver medal icon.svg Silver (2006)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2010)
IIHFHOF (2018) [2]
Rauno Lehtiö 1 1964 81120
Markus Lehto 1 1984 61122
Petteri Lehto 1 1984 622410
Erkki Lehtonen 1 1988 846102Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1988)
Mikko Lehtonen 1 2018 10000
Pertti Lehtonen 1 1984 60116
Pekka Leimu 1 1968 73144
Mikko Leinonen 1 1980 764100
Sami Lepistö 3 2010, 2014, 2018 1735810Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2010)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2014)
Henry Leppä 1 1976 63360
Reijo Leppänen 1 1980 65490
Tapio Levo 1 1980 61451
Juha Lind 2 1998, 2002 100116Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1998)
Jari Lindroos 1 1992 80446
Seppo Lindström 3 1968, 1972, 1976 1904410
Harri Linnonmaa 1 1972 51120
Lasse Litma 1 1980 704410
Jyrki Lumme 3 1988, 1998, 2002 1612318Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1988)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1998)
Esko Luostarinen 2 1960, 1964 135276
Toni Lydman 2 2006, 2010 1410112Silver medal icon.svg Silver (2006)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2010)
Olli Määttä 1 2014 63250Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2014)
Mikko Mäkelä 2 1992, 1994 1356114Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1994)
Kauko Mäkinen 1 1952 10000
Jarmo Mäkitalo 2 1980, 1984 133252
Sakari Manninen 1 2018 52130
Pekka Marjamäki 2 1972, 1976 112134IIHFHOF (1998) [2]
Anssi Melametsä 1 1984 643710
Ilkka Mesikämmen 1 1964 81120
Antti Miettinen 1 2010 51010Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2010)
Reijo Mikkolainen 1 1988 841510Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1988)
Lauri Mononen 1 1972 57076
Matti Murto 2 1972, 1976 114484
Antti-Jussi Niemi 1 2006 80002Silver medal icon.svg Silver (2006)
Mika Nieminen 3 1992, 1994, 1998 22813218Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1994)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1998)
Pertti Nieminen 1 1960 682108
Ville Nieminen 2 2002, 2006 120226Silver medal icon.svg Silver (2006)
Janne Niinimaa 2 1998, 2002 1006610Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1998)
Seppo Nikkilä 1 1964 72240
Janne Niskala 1 2010 60222Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2010)
Petteri Nummelin 1 2006 80222Silver medal icon.svg Silver (2006)
Timo Nummelin 1 1976 51014
Kalevi Numminen 2 1960, 1964 1451616IIHFHOF (2011) [lower-alpha 2] [2]
Teppo Numminen 4 1988, 1998, 2002, 2006 2438114Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1988)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1998)
Silver medal icon.svg Silver (2006)
IIHFHOF (2013) [2]
Atte Ohtamaa 1 2018 50000
Janne Ojanen 2 1988, 1994 1663912Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1988)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1994)
Hannu Oksanen 1 1984 60000
Lasse Oksanen 3 1964, 1968, 1972 22103136IIHFHOF (1999) [2]
Oskar Osala 1 2018 20110
Marko Palo 1 1994 82354Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1994)
Lalli Partinen 1 1968 80002
Jukka Peltola 1 2018 40112
Timo Peltomaa 1 1992 80002
Esa Peltonen 4 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980 2759148IIHFHOF (2007) [2]
Jorma Peltonen 3 1964, 1968, 1972 1864106
Ville Peltonen 4 1994, 1998, 2006, 2010 2610102012Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1994)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1998)
Silver medal icon.svg Silver (2006)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2010)
IIHFHOF (2016) [2]
Antti Pihlström 1 2014 50000Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2014)
Joni Pitkänen 1 2010 512329Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2010)
Jukka Porvari 1 1980 774114
Heino Pulli 2 1960, 1964 14116176
Mika Pyörälä 1 2018 51010
Juha Rantasila 2 1968, 1972 114268
Christian Rapp 1 1952 65050
Kalevi Rassa 1 1960 40110
Teppo Rastio 1 1960 54264
Matti Rautiainen 1 1976 66170
Esko Rekomaa 2 1952 10000
Seppo Repo 1 1972 40004
Matti Reunamäki 2 1964, 1968 164267
Heikki Riihiranta 1 1972 61122
Matti Rintakoski 1 1952 80002
Kimmo Rintanen 1 1998 61010Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1998)
Arto Ruotanen 3 1984, 1988, 1992 2207712Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1988)
Reijo Ruotsalainen 1 1988 84260Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1988)
Jarkko Ruutu 3 2002, 2006, 2010 1821349Silver medal icon.svg Silver (2006)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2010)
Tuomo Ruutu 2 2010, 2014 122464Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2010)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2014)
Eero Saari 1 1952 80110
Timo Saari 1 1976 60008
Timo Saarikoski 1 1992 80000
Olli Saarinen 1 1980 70114
Simo Saarinen 3 1984, 1988, 1992 1913424Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1988)
Keijo Säilynoja 1 1992 81014
Eero Salisma 1 1952 70440
Jorma Salmi 1 1960 41230
Sakari Salminen 1 2014 20004Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2014)
Sami Salo 4 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 222574Silver medal icon.svg Silver (2006)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2010)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2014)
Veli-Matti Savinainen 1 2018 51122
Jouni Seistamo 2 1960, 1964 1384128
Teemu Selänne 6 1992, 1998, 2002,
2006, 2010, 2014
3724194324Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1998)
Silver medal icon.svg Silver (2006)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2010)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2014)
HHOF (2017) [1]
IIHFHOF (2017) [2]
Lauri Silván 1 1952 83140
Ville Sirén 2 1984, 1992 1403318
Arto Sirviö 1 1984 63030
Petri Skriko 2 1984, 1992 14781512
Voitto Soini 1 1960 43036
Pasi Sormunen 1 1994 700010Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1994)
Mika Strömberg 1 1994 722410Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1994)
Kai Suikkanen 1 1988 81014Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1988)
Raimo Summanen 2 1984, 1992 14671310
Jorma Suokko 1 1964 81122
Seppo Suoraniemi 1 1980 71346
Timo Susi 2 1980, 1988 152688Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1988)
Juhani Tamminen 1 1972 61346
Esa Tikkanen 1 1998 61120Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1998)
Kimmo Timonen 5 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 30310138Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1998)
Silver medal icon.svg Silver (2006)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2010)
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2014)
Paavo Tirkkonen 1 1998 60000
Eeli Tolvanen 1 2018 53694
Jari Torkki 1 1988 81012Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1988)
Antti Törmänen 1 1998 60000Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1998)
Harri Tuohimaa 1 1984 63258
Pekka Tuomisto 2 1988, 1992 1652710Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1988)
Timo Turunen 1 1972 52572
Ossi Väänänen 2 2002, 2014 80330Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2014)
Seppo Vainio 1 1960 20004
Petri Varis 1 1994 61122Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1994)
Sami Vatanen 1 2014 60550Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (2014)
Jorma Vehmanen 2 1972, 1976 85272
Ismo Villa 1 1980 71010
Hannu Virta 1 1994 82132Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1994)
Jukka Virtanen 1 1988 80110Silver medal icon.svg Silver (1988)
Juhani Wahlsten 3 1960, 1964, 1968 2284128IIHFHOF (2006) [2]
Jarmo Wasama 1 1964 80116
Jukka Wuolio 1 1952 71232
Juha Ylönen 2 1998, 2002 1001110Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze (1998)

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Notes

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

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