2007 Winter Universiade: Team Finland Announces Roster Men’s Ice Hockey
January 9th, 2007
Team Finland won the ice hockey bronze at the 2005 Winter Universiade in Innsbruck, Austria and once again they put together a competitive team for Torino. The athletes drafted for the team are mainly playing in clubs of the Finnish 1st and 2nd division, but two elite league players will bring the needed spice to the team. Three players remain from the Innsbruck team. Goalies Pekka Sorsa (Jokipojat – Div. 1) Joonas Hallikainen (Jokerit – Elite League) Defence Henri Virta (KooVee – Div. 1) (2005 WU Bronze) Tommi Heinonen (FPS – Div. 1) Tero Paappanen (HC Kerava – Div. 2) Ville Raatikainen (HC Kerava – Div. 2) (2005 WU Bronze) Petri Tähtisalo (Lukko – Elite League) Pekka Huhtaniemi (Salamat – Div. 1) Forwards Ari Kovanen (Jukurit – Div. 1) Heikki Löfman (HC Kerava – Div. 2), Olli-Pekka Kopiloff (Hermes – Div. 2) (2005 WU Bronze) Kim Nabb (Sport – Div. 1) Juho-Tuomas Appel (KooKoo – Div. 1) Matias Keränen (Salamat – Div. 1) Jani Kuusela (HeKi – Div. 1) Matti Pesonen (Hermes – Div. 2) Marko Sakko (K-Vantaa – Div. 1) Arne Köhler (TuTo – Div. 1) Jaakko Kolari (LeKi – Div. 2) Kimmo Tuunala (Hokki – Div. 1)
Team Suomi battling for the bronze against host Austria at the 2005 WU
