ICE HOCKEY: TEAM FINLAND ( SUOMI - FINLAND ) FINLAND IS WORLD CHAMPION 2011!!!:)

2012 groups announced World Champion Finland hosts both Canada and United States 18-05-11		Back
ZURICH – The two groups for the 2012 IIHF World Championship in Helsinki, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden (May 4-20, 2012) have been announced by the IIHF. It will be the first time in modern history that the men’s IIHF World Championship will be co-hosted by two countries. Helsinki Stockholm Finland Russia Canada Sweden USA Czech Republic Switzerland Germany Slovakia Norway Belarus Latvia France Denmark Kazakhstan Italy The Helsinki venue will be the 13,349-seat Hartwall Areena, while the games in Stockholm will be played at the 13,850-seat Globe Ericsson Arena. This is the first time since 1997 that the men’s IIHF World Championship will be played with two preliminary round groups. The new format will see the top four teams in each group advance to the quarter-finals. The last-placed teams in each group (positions 8) will be relegated to Division I Group A. Note: The quarter-finals will be played within the respective groups as opposed to the cross-over system. Two quarter-finals will be played in Helsinki and two in Stockholm (May 17). Both semi-finals (May 19), Bronze medal and Gold medal games (May 20) will be played in Helsinki. The schedule for the 76th IIHF World Championship will be announced soon. The group composition is determined by the 2011 IIHF World Ranking. As the order of the World Ranking would have had the two hosting countries Finland (ranked 2) and Sweden (ranked 3) seeded into the same group, the following provision in the IIHF Sport Regulations was applied to have Finland and Sweden separated: If a championship pool consists of two groups to take place in two countries whose teams are seeded into the same group, the hosting country team in the lower position will switch its position with the team in the same position of the other group.

ICE HOCKEY: TEAM FINLAND ( SUOMI - FINLAND ) FINLAND IS WORLD CHAMPION 2011!!!:)

Finland

• Head coach: Jukka Jalonen (FIN)

[edit] Skaters

Number	Position	Player	Club	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
4	D	Väänänen, OssiOssi Väänänen	Jokerit	9	0	0	0	4
5	D	Kukkonen, LasseLasse Kukkonen	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	9	0	0	0	0
6	D	Jaakola, TopiTopi Jaakola	Luleå HF	9	0	1	1	6
9	F	Koivu, MikkoMikko Koivu	Minnesota Wild	9	2	6	8	4
15	F	Ruutu, TuomoTuomo Ruutu	Carolina Hurricanes	9	6	0	6	8
18	D	Lepistö, SamiSami Lepistö	Columbus Blue Jackets	9	0	3	3	6
19	D	Välivaara, JyrkiJyrki Välivaara	JYP	9	0	3	3	8
20	F	Pesonen, JanneJanne Pesonen	AK Bars Kazan	9	2	5	7	4
21	D	Niskala, JanneJanne Niskala	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	9	1	3	4	4
24	F	Lajunen, JaniJani Lajunen	Espoo Blues	4	2	1	3	2
26	F	Immonen, JarkkoJarkko Immonen	AK Bars Kazan	9	9	3	12	2
28	D	Salmela, AnssiAnssi Salmela	New Jersey Devils	9	1	2	3	4
29	F	Nokelainen, PetteriPetteri Nokelainen	Jokerit	9	1	1	2	8
37	F	Pyörälä, MikaMika Pyörälä	Frölunda HC	9	1	2	3	4
39	F	Kapanen, NikoNiko Kapanen	AK Bars Kazan	9	2	1	3	2
40	F	Pihlström, AnttiAntti Pihlström	JYP	9	2	1	3	0
41	D	Puistola, PasiPasi Puistola	HV71	9	0	3	3	4
47	F	Lahti, JanneJanne Lahti	Jokerit	5	0	0	0	0
50	F	Aaltonen, JuhamattiJuhamatti Aaltonen	Metallurg Magnitogorsk	9	1	2	3	6
58	F	Joensuu, JesseJesse Joensuu	New York Islanders	0	0	0	0	0
64	F	Granlund, MikaelMikael Granlund	HIFK	9	2	7	9	2
71	F	Komarov, LeoLeo Komarov	UHC Dynamo	8	0	2	2	2

[edit] Goaltenders

Number	Player	Club	GP	W	L	Min	GA	GAA	SV%	SO
31	Vehanen, PetriPetri Vehanen	AK Bars Kazan	8	5	1	388:13	8	1.24	95.43	1 !1
33	Hovinen, NikoNiko Hovinen	Pelicans	0	0	0	00:00	0	0.00	000.00	0 !0
35	Lassila, TeemuTeemu Lassila	HPK	3	0	0	164:26	6	2.19	91.30	0 !0

ICE HOCKEY: TEAM FINLAND ( SUOMI - FINLAND ) FINLAND IS WORLD CHAMPION 2011!!!:)

It's gold for Finland! Five-goal third period lifts Finns to first world title since 1995 15-05-11
BRATISLAVA – It is a great day in Finnish hockey history. In the latest chapter of hockey’s classic Nordic rivalry, Finland demolished Sweden 6-1 in the gold medal game of the 2011 IIHF World Championship. Petteri Nokelainen scored the first of five third-period Finnish goals, and it stood up as the winner.

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