The Finnish are coming into the 2015 World Juniors looking to repeat last year’s championship in Malmo, Sweden. A team you may remember most by the 5-1 trouncing of Team Canada in the semi-finals of last year. The 2015 squad is headed by Habs prospect Artturi Lehkonen, who will serve as the team’s captain, and first-round Dallas Stars pick Julius Honka anchoring the blue line. You will also see the tournaments’ youngest player in Jesse Puljujarvi, born in 1998 he is just 16 years old. Here is the full 2015 WJHC Finland Roster.
The returning players are goalie Ville Husso, another goalie Juuse Saros, Dallas star’s Julius Honka, F Jusso Ikonen, Habs’ Artturi Lehkonen and F Aleski Mustonen.
2015 WJHC Finland Roster
Forwards
Name
Age
Drafted
Current Team
Hometown
Sebastian Aho
17
Eligible 2015
Oulun Karpat
Rauma, Finland
Hannes Bjorninen
19
Undrafted
Lahti Pelicans
Lahti, Finland
Roope Hintz
18
Eligible 2015
Ilves
Tampere, Finland
Juuso Ikonen
19
Undrafted
JYP Jyvaskyla
Espoo, Finland
Antti Kalapudas
18
Undrafted
Oulun Karpat
Oulainen, Finland
Kasperi Kapanen
18
Pittsburgh Penguins. 22nd, 2014
KalPa
Kuopio, Finland
Artturi Lehkonen
19
Montreal Canadiens. 55th, 2013
Frolunda HC
Pikkio, Finland
Aleksi Mustonen
19
Undrafted
Ilves
Helsinki, Finland
Niko Ojamaki
19
Undrafted
Assat
Pori, Finland
Jesse Puljujarvi
16
Eligible 2016
Oulun Karpat
Alvkarleby, Sweden
Mikko Rantanen
18
Eligible 2015
HC TPS
Nousiainen, Finland
Otto Rauhala
19
Undrafted
Tappara
Ylojarvi, Finland
Julius Vahatalo
19
Detroit Red Wings. 166th, 2014
HC TPS
Vahto, Finland
Defensemen
Name
Age
Drafted
Current Team
Hometown
Julius Honka
19
Dallas Stars. 14th, 2014
Diskos
Jyvaskyla, Finland
Mika Ilvonen
19
Undrafted
Jaahonka
Espoo, Finland
Alex Lintuniemi
19
LA Kings. 60th, 2014
HIFK
Helsinki, Finland
Joonas Lyytinen
19
Nashville Predators.
KalPa
Espoo, Finland
Aleksi Mäkelä
19
Dallas Stars. 182nd, 2013
Ilves
Tampere, Finland
Atte Mäkinen
19
Undrafted
Tappara
Tampere, Finland
Sami Niku
18
Eligible 2015
JYP
Haapavesi, Finland
Goaltenders
Name
Age
Drafted
Current Team
Hometown
Ville Husso
19
St. Louis Blues. 94th, 2014
HIFK
Helsinki, Finland
Kaapo Kähkönen
18
Minnesota Wild. 109th, 2014
TuTo
Helsinki, Finland
Juuse Saros
19
Nashville Predators. 99th, 2013
HPK
Hameenlinna, Finland
Schedule
Finland vs USA Fri Dec 26 SO/L 1-2
Finland vs Slovakia Sat Dec 27 4pm EST
Finland vs Canada Mon Dec 29 8pm EST
Finland vs Germany Wed Dec 31 8pm EST
Tags: 2015 World Juniors, Artturi Lehkonen, Jesse Puljujarvi, Julius Honka, Team Finland
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