Raimo Ilmari Helminen is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player. He is often called "Raipe" or "Maestro" by his fans. He is the world record holder for most international games played by a hockey player, as well as for tied for being the hockey player in the most Olympic Games, and his 26 seasons as a professional is one of the longest careers in professional hockey history. He is currently the head coach of TPS.
The Finnish men's national ice hockey team, nickname Leijonat / Lejonen, as it is called in Finland, is governed by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association. Finland is one of the most successful national ice hockey teams in the world and a member of the so-called "Big Six", the unofficial group of the six strongest men's ice hockey nations, along with Canada, United States, the Czech Republic, Russia and Sweden.
Mats Torsten Näslund, nicknamed "Le Petit Viking", is a Swedish former ice hockey player. He played as a left winger. Despite his small size at only five feet and seven inches, Näslund is best known for being one of the top forwards with the National Hockey League's Montreal Canadiens in the 1980s. In addition to the Canadiens, Näslund played for Timrå IK, Brynäs IF, and Malmö IF of the Swedish Elite League, and HC Lugano of the National League A. He made a short NHL comeback attempt in 1995 with the Boston Bruins following a lockout, and retired after the season's conclusion.
The men's ice hockey tournament at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, Japan, was the 12th Olympic Championship. Games were held at the Makomanai Ice Arena and at the Tsukisamu Indoor Skating Rink. The Soviet Union won its fourth gold medal. The United States won the silver, while Czechoslovakia won the bronze. Canada did not send a team to the event for the first time since ice hockey was first competed at the Olympics in 1920, instead competing with and defeating the Soviets in a competition later that year known as the Summit Series. Canada would not send a men's hockey team to the Olympics until 1980.
Reijo Ruotsalainen is a Finnish former ice hockey defenceman. He was twice named Finland's top defenceman, and won two Stanley Cups with the Edmonton Oilers, in 1987 and 1990.
Tom Sandberg is a former nordic combined skier from Mo i Rana, Norway who competed from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s.
Gösta "Knivsta" Sandberg was a Swedish football, ice hockey, and bandy player in Djurgårdens IF. In 1956 he received the Guldbollen, and he was voted "Djurgårdare of the century" in 1991. His nickname derives from the town he was born and grew up in, Knivsta. He was capped 52 times for the national team in football, eight times in hockey, and three times in bandy.
Hannu Aravirta is a Finnish ice hockey player and an ice hockey coach for the Finnish national men's team, SM-liiga and Elitserien.
Timo Juhani "Juti" Jutila is a retired Finnish ice hockey defenceman.
Simo Mikko Yrjänä Leinonen is a retired Finnish Ice hockey player and currently the chief executive of Finnish elite league SM-liiga team Tappara. He played 162 games in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers and Washington Capitals.
Tuomas Tarkki is a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender, currently serving as director of goaltending coaching for the under-18 (U18) team of Vaasan Sport in the U18 SM-sarja and as an assistant coach to the Finnish women's national U18 team. He played college ice hockey in the NCAA and professionally in the Finnish Liiga, the American Hockey League (AHL), the Swedish Elitserien, the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), the Czech Extraliga, and the Danish Metal Ligaen.
Ringette is a non-contact winter team sport using ice hockey skates, straight sticks with drag-tips and a blue, rubber, pneumatic ring designed for use on ice surfaces. The sport is played on ice hockey rinks using both the ice hockey markings and some markings specific to ringette; the objective is to score more goals than the opposing team. Ringette is among a small number of organized team sports created exclusively for women.
Inge Jonas Mikael Sandberg is a retired Swedish ice hockey goaltender. He is currently working as a goaltending coach and assistant general manager of Tingsryds AIF of the HockeyAllsvenskan.
Niklas is a male name, most common in Sweden and the Swedish-speaking population of Finland. It is also used as a surname. Notable people with that name include:
Christian Sandberg is a Swedish professional ice hockey player (centre) currently playing as captain with AIK of the HockeyAllsvenskan (Allsv). Sandberg has a brother, Filip Sandberg, and a cousin, Tobias Sandberg, both also playing professional ice hockey. Sandberg played as a youth with IK Bele.
Sandberg is a Swedish surname, meaning "Sand Mountain". Zandberg is a variant spelling.
Filip Sandberg is a Swedish professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for Skellefteå AIK of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL).
Events from the year 1958 in Sweden
Mikael Sandberg may refer to:
