{"id":133480,"date":"2024-12-05T05:52:13","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T22:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133480"},"modified":"2024-12-05T05:52:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-04T22:52:13","slug":"finland-roster-for-4-nations-face-off-includes-laine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=133480","title":{"rendered":"Finland roster for 4 Nations Face-Off includes Laine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/patrik-laine-8479339\" title=\"Patrik Laine\">Patrik Laine<\/a> made his Montreal Canadiens debut Tuesday. This February, the forward will be skating in Montreal representing his home country at the 4 Nations Face-Off.<\/p>\n<p>Laine was one of 17 players named to the roster for Team Finland on Wednesday, joining the first six who were selected in June. The best-on-best tournament featuring teams consisting of NHL players from Finland, Sweden, Canada and the United States will be held from Feb. 12-20, with games at Bell Centre in Montreal on Feb. 12-15 and at TD Garden in Boston from Feb. 17-20.<\/p>\n<p>Laine, who is in his first season with Montreal and scored in his debut with them Tuesday after sustaining a lower-body injury in the preseason, is not the only Canadiens player on Team Finland; forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/joel-armia-8476469\" title=\"Joel Armia\">Joel Armia<\/a> was also named to the roster.<\/p>\n<p>Since entering the League in 2016-17 after being the No. 2 pick by the Winnipeg Jets at the 2016 NHL Draft, Laine is fourth among active Finnish players with 205 goals. The other three, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/mikko-rantanen-8478420\" title=\"Mikko Rantanen\">Mikko Rantanen<\/a> of the Colorado Avalanche (277), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/aleksander-barkov-8477493\" title=\"Aleksander Barkov\">Aleksander Barkov<\/a> of the Florida Panthers (272) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/sebastian-aho-8478427\" title=\"Sebastian Aho\">Sebastian Aho<\/a> of the Carolina Hurricanes (261) were all named to Team Finland\u2019s roster in June.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know Laine, what he\u2019s able to do, special teams, power play, what he can do there and of course, short tournament, the special teams are going to be a big part of that,\u201d Team Finland general manager Jere Lehtinen said. \u201cWe\u2019ve been talking with him and knowing where he\u2019s at and it\u2019s great for him and the Canadiens. He\u2019s back early and he played last night, (it) was a great thing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut overall, there are two months before the tournament starts so there are a lot of games before then, and I think it\u2019s enough time to get him in good game shape and playing well there. Last night he showed he has those skills.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The defending Stanley Cup champion Panthers have the most players on Team Finland, with four. Forwards <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/anton-lundell-8482113\" title=\"Anton Lundell\">Anton Lundell<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/eetu-luostarinen-8480185\" title=\"Eetu Luostarinen\">Eetu Luostarinen<\/a>, and defenseman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/niko-mikkola-8478859\" title=\"Niko Mikkola\">Niko Mikkola<\/a>, will join Barkov.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s big value,\u201d Lehtinen said. \u201cYou have a few who have won have been in tough situations tough situations through their career, so when it comes to a tournament like that, it\u2019s a quick tournament. You have to be ready right away and play good hockey if you want to succeed there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a lot of guys in that group that have played a lot of playoff games, even if you don\u2019t have Stanley cup winners. But overall,l they\u2019ve been through a lot. And, of course, before on the international level they\u2019ve gone through those moments, so I think there\u2019s a lot of experience for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Dallas Stars will also be well-represented with three players named; forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/roope-hintz-8478449\" title=\"Roope Hintz\">Roope Hintz<\/a> joins defensemen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/miro-heiskanen-8480036\" title=\"Miro Heiskanen\">Miro Heiskanen<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/esa-lindell-8476902\" title=\"Esa Lindell\">Esa Lindell<\/a>, who were selected in June.<\/p>\n<p>The only other NHL teams with at least two players on Team Finland are the Colorado Avalanche, with forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/artturi-lehkonen-8477476\" title=\"Artturi Lehkonen\">Artturi Lehkonen<\/a> joining Rantanen, and the Utah Hockey Club, which had defensemen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/olli-maatta-8476874\" title=\"Olli Maatta\">Olli Maatta<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/juuso-valimaki-8479976\" title=\"Juuso Valimaki\">Juuso Valimaki<\/a> selected Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think these are awesome moments,\u201d Maatta said. \u201cI think the last one must have been the World Cup that we had best-on-best and it&#8217;s been a while. So, I think as players we&#8217;re excited. I&#8217;m sure the hockey world&#8217;s excited too.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Valimaki said, &#8220;I think, like, our team&#8217;s stacked, and obviously we&#8217;ve got a lot of good players. Guys like Barkov and all who kind of stand out the most, [I\u2019ve] never really played with them, so that would be awesome.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Aho was named to the team in June, but his Hurricanes teammate, forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/jesperi-kotkaniemi-8480829\" title=\"Jesperi Kotkaniemi\">Jesperi Kotkaniemi<\/a>, who helped Finland win gold at the 2018 World Junior Championship, was left off.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think we have a good team,\u201d Buffalo Sabres goalie <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/player\/ukko-pekka-luukkonen-8480045\" title=\"Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen\">Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen<\/a> said. \u201cI think as you mentioned, usually play with good structure and I feel like kind of the picks we have in this team represent that. I think we have a lot of good two-way players. I think we have a really good defense. I think the team will play good defense in front of the goalies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, I think kind of people see us as an underdog team, but there\u2019s some firepower too. So, really excited to get it going with the team.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sweden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/topic\/4-nations-face-off\/sweden-roster-for-4-nations-face-off-includes-3-players-from-minnesota-wild\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">also announced its roster<\/a> Wednesday afternoon. The United States and Canada will announce theirs at 6:30 p.m. ET (ESPN).<\/p>\n<p>Finland opens the tournament against the U.S. on Feb. 13 at Bell Centre (8 p.m. ET, ESPN, SN, TVAS).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/news\/finland-roster-for-4-nations-face-off-includes-patrik-laine\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patrik Laine made his Montreal Canadiens debut Tuesday. 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