- Toni Lydman
Toni Lydman (born September 25, 1977 in Lahti) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player. He has played in the NHL for the Calgary Flames and currently the Buffalo Sabres. Lydman was drafted by Calgary in the 4th round, 89th overall at the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. He spent 4 seasons playing in Finland's SM-liiga for Tappara in Tampere and HIFK in Helsinki before making his NHL debut for the Flames in the 2000-01 NHL season. - Sami Kapanen
Sami Kapanen (born 14 June, 1973, in Vantaa, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward who currently plays for Philadelphia Flyers in the NHL. He is the older brother of Kimmo Kapanen. - Tim Thomas
Tim Thomas (born April 15 1974, in Flint, Michigan, US) is an American NHL ice hockey goaltender who currently plays for the Boston Bruins. Thomas was raised in Davison, Michigan. - Tony Salmelainen
Tony Salmelainen (born August 8, 1981 in Espoo, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward. He was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers as their second-round pick in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. Salmelainen started his ice hockey career as a junior player in the Blues organisation, and moved to HIFK for his SM-liiga debut in the 1999-2000 season. In an eventful debut, Salmelainen scored his first goal in his very first shift, and was injured later in the game. - Jere Karalahti
Jere Karalahti (born March 25, 1975, in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Kings as their sixth-round pick in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. Karalahti has played his entire Finnish hockey career in HIFK. He transferred to North America in 1999 after difficulties with his visa, playing the rest of the season for the LA Kings. - Kimmo Timonen
Kimmo Timonen (born March 18 1975, in Kuopio, Finland) is a professional ice hockey Defenceman in the NHL. He currently plays for the Philadelphia Flyers. - Juuso Riksman
Juuso Riksman (born April 1, 1977 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender. Riksman played junior hockey in the HIFK organization, but started his pro career with Hermes of Kokkola, then in the 1st division. After a visit to Kiruna in the Swedish 1st division, Riksman returned to HIFK. When Tom Draper was hired as HIFK's starting goaltender, Riksman signed with MoDo Hockey in Sweden, and after two seasons in Sweden, … - Ville Peltonen
Ville Peltonen (born May 24, 1973 in Vantaa, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward. He was drafted by the San Jose Sharks as their third-round pick, #58 overall, in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft - Roman Vopat
Roman Vopat (born April 21, 1976 in Litvinov, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech professional ice hockey forward. He was drafted by the St. Louis Blues as their seventh-round draft pick, #172 overall, in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft. Vopat started his playing career in his native Litvinov, and made a long career in North America before returning to Europe. After a season with the Essen Mosquitoes of the German league, Vopat played five seasons in Finland, for Pelicans, Ilves, and HIFK. - Brett Harkins
Brett Harkins is an American professional ice hockey left wing. He was drafted in the seventh round, 133rd overall, by the New York Islanders in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft. He played seventy-eight games in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins, Florida Panthers, and Columbus Blue Jackets. He is currently playing in Sweden, most recently with Rögle BK of Allsvenskan. - Tom Draper
Tom Draper (born November 20, 1966, in Outremont, Quebec, Canada) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender. He was chosen in the eighth round, 165th overall, by the Winnipeg Jets in the 1985 NHL Entry Draft. Draper played collegiately at the University of Vermont and, after college, played one season in Finland with Tappara of the SM-liiga. He made his North American professional debut with the AHL's Moncton Hawks in the 1988-89 season, … - Miika Elomo
Miika Elomo (born April 21, 1977 in Turku, Finland) is a Finnish ice hockey player. Drafted 23rd overall by the Washington Capitals in the 1995 NHL Entry Draft, Elomo played just two games for the Capitals before he was traded in 2000 to the Calgary Flames, althrough he never played for the organization. He currently plays hockey in Finland. - Billy Tibbetts
Billy Tibbetts (born October 14, 1974 in Boston, Massachusetts) is a professional hockey player who last played on the Boston Bruins roster. On September 18, 2006, Tibbetts was officially released from the club. Previously, he had played for the New York Rangers, Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins of the NHL. - Tom Askey
Tom Askey (born October 4, 1974 in Tonawanda, New York) is an American professional ice hockey goaltender. He was drafted by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim as their eighth-round pick, #186 overall, in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. - Jarkko Ruutu
Jarkko Ruutu (born August 23, 1975 in Vantaa, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward for the Pittsburgh Penguins. He is the older brother of Mikko and Tuomo Ruutu. In summer 2006 it was announced that Ruutu and his longtime girlfriend, Finnish model Niina Kurkinen, are engaged. - Esa Tikkanen
Esa Tikkanen (born January 25, 1965 in Helsinki, Finland) is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey forward. He played for the Edmonton Oilers, New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues, New Jersey Devils, Vancouver Canucks, Florida Panthers, and the Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League and won five Stanley Cups. - Kimmo Kuhta
Kimmo Kuhta (born June 19, 1975 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward. Apart from spending the 2005-06 season in the Swiss league, Kuhta has represented HIFK in the SM-liiga since 1998. - Teemu Laakso
Teemu Laakso (born August 27, 1987 in Tuusula, Finland is an ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted 78th overall by the Nashville Predators in the 2005 NHL Entry Draft. Laakso currently plays for HIFK in Finland's SM-liiga. He has also played with Team Finland in two Under-18 world championships and two Under-20 world championships. - Mike Legg
Mike Legg (born May 25, 1975) is a former Canadian ice hockey player. He is most famous for a goal he scored while playing for the University of Michigan, against the University of Minnesota, in which he picked the puck up onto his stick behind the net and wrapped it around into the top corner of the net. The goal was widely recognized around the hockey world, Legg was awarded "Goal of the Year" by Inside Hockey and the stick he used was donated to the Hockey Hall of Fame. - Eric Perrin
Eric Perrin (Born November 1, 1975 in Laval, Quebec) is a center for the Atlanta Thrashers. He played college hockey at the University of Vermont, and went undrafted by the NHL. After spending several years playing minor league hockey, including a stint in Finland, Perrin was playing for the Hershey Bears when he was called up by the Lightning with 4 games left in the 2003-04 NHL season. - Peter White
Peter White (born March 15, 1969 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a professional ice hockey player. He plays center for HIFK in the SM-Liiga. - Robert Schnabel
Robert Schnabel (born November 10 in Prague, the Czech Republic) is a Czech professional ice hockey defenseman. He was drafted by the New York Islanders in round 3, #79 overall, of the 1997 NHL Entry Draft and again by the Phoenix Coyotes in round 5, #129 overall, in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft. Schnabel is a product of Slavia Praha in the Czech league. After several seasons in North America, including 22 NHL games for the Nashville Predators, … - Rem Murray
Rem Murray (born October 9, 1972 in Stratford, Ontario) is a professional ice hockey center who plays for HIFK Helsinki in the SM-liiga. He was selected in the 6th round, 135th overall in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft by the Los Angeles Kings. - Ari Ahonen
Ari Ahonen is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Frölunda Indians of the SEL. He was drafted in the first round, 27th overall, by the New Jersey Devils in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. After playing three seasons in Finland's SM-liiga, representing JYP and HIFK, Ahonen joined the Devils' American Hockey League affiliate, the Albany River Rats. After five seasons with the River Rats, Ahonen returned to Finland in 2006 to represent Blues, … - Steve Guolla
Steve Guolla (born March 15, 1973 in Scarborough, Ontario) is a Canadian Ice Hockey player who played in the National Hockey League for the San Jose Sharks, Tampa Bay Lightning, Atlanta Thrashers and the New Jersey Devils. He was drafted 3rd overall by the Ottawa Senators in the 1994 NHL Supplemental Draft. In his NHL career, Guolla played 205 regular season games, scoring 40 goals and 46 assists for 86 points, collecting 60 penalty minutes. - Mikko Jokela
Mikko Jokela (born March 4, 1980 in Lappeenranta, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. He played one game in the National Hockey League for the Vancouver Canucks in 2003. Jokela started his ice hockey career with the KalPa junior team, and was selected 96th overall in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft by the New Jersey Devils He represented various SM-liiga teams before he signed with the Devils for the 2001-02 NHL season. - Bob Halkidis
Bob Halkidis (born March 5, 1966 in Toronto, Ontario) is a retired former professional ice hockey player. After a junior hockey career with the London Knights in which he won the Max Kaminsky Trophy as outstanding defenceman in 1984-85, Halkidis joined the Buffalo Sabres. During his career he also played for the Los Angeles Kings, Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings, Tampa Bay Lightning, New York Islanders and HIFK. - Jan Hrdina
Jan Hrdina (born, in Hradec Kralove, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech professional ice hockey player currently with HV71 in the Swedish elite league Elitserien. - Matti Hagman
Matti Risto Tapio Hagman (born September 21, 1955 in Helsinki) is a former Finnish ice hockey professional. Hagman was the first Finnish-born and Finnish trained player to play an NHL game and the first to play in a Stanley Cup final. First finnish-born player in NHL was actually Pentti Lund, who actually never played hockey in Finland, and moved to Canada at the age of six. - Niklas Bäckström
Niklas Bäckström is a Finnish ice hockey goaltender who plays for the Minnesota Wild of the NHL. Bäckström was the third goaltender for Team Finland in the 2006 Winter Olympics, but did not play any games. In the Finnish SM-liiga he played for HIFK, SaiPa and Kärpät. Bäckström led Kärpät to two consecutive league titles in 2004 and 2005. Bäckström signed a one-year contract with the Wild on June 1, 2006. - Mike Boland
Mike Anthony Boland (born December 16, 1949 in Montreal, Quebec) is a retired professional ice hockey player. He played 2 NHL games with the Philadelphia Flyers during the 1974-75 season and also played 41 WHA games with the Ottawa Nationals. - Tuomo Ruutu
Tuomo Ruutu (born February 16, 1983 in Vantaa, Finland) is a Finnish ice hockey forward. - Luciano Borsato
Luciano Borsato (Born - January 7, 1966 in Richmond HIll, Ontario, Canada) is a retired Canadian professional hockey centerman who played 5 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Winnipeg Jets. - Carey Wilson
Carey John Wilson (born May 19, 1962 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey League for ten seasons. His father, Jerry, played three games in the NHL for the Montreal Canadiens in the 1950s, and later was the team doctor for the Winnipeg Jets. - Pertti Lehtonen
Pertti Lehtonen (born October 16, 1956 in Helsinki, Finland) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for HIFK. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 1998. - Tomi Pettinen
Tomi Pettinen is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted by the New York Islanders as their ninth-round pick, #267 overall, in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. Pettinen came to North America in 2002 to play for Islanders minor league club, the Bridgeport Sound Tigers. While in his native Finland, he has played for Ilves, HIFK, and Lukko. - Iiro Järvi
Iiro Järvi is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League and SM-Liiga. He played for HIFK, SaiPa, and Quebec Nordiques. - Olli Jokinen
Olli Jokinen (born December 5, 1978 in Kuopio, Finland) is a professional ice hockey centre. He has been the captain of the Florida Panthers since 2003, and broke the team record for most game-winning goals (24) on October 21, 2006. The record was previously held by Pavel Bure. Jokinen was selected by the Los Angeles Kings in the first round of the 1997 NHL Entry Draft as the 3rd overall pick. He played parts of two seasons for the Kings after coming across from Europe, … - Jaroslav Bednář
Jaroslav Bednář is a Czech ice hockey winger, who currently plays for HC Slavia Prague in the Czech Extraliga. - Jorma Salmi
Jorma Salmi (born May 6, 1933 in Kotka, Finland) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Ilves, HIFK, and HJK. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 2003.
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