A number of the greatest Dallas Stars gamers could have one other likelihood to characterize the Finland workforce on a serious stage.
On Monday morning, the Finnish Ice Hockey Affiliation revealed the primary six gamers on its preliminary checklist for 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina. The itemizing of the checklist have been Miro Heiskan, Esa Lindell and Mikko Rantanen.
Heiskan, Lindell and Rantanen have been appropriate for Finland in main tournaments.
Heiskanen’s nationwide workforce expertise consists of the sport of 5 video games at 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. He additionally represented Finland within the World Ice Hockey Championships 2018 and 2022 IIHF.
Lindell, lately named the male participant of Finland Hockey, final performed for his nation in the course of the four nations. Its nationwide workforce expertise additionally consists of three occurrences on the World Championships (2015, 2016 and 2022) and a 2016 World Cup World Cup.
Like Lindell, Rantanen final performed for Finland within the four nations. Appeared in 4 world championships for his nation.
Heiskanen, Lindell and Rantanen might not be the one star gamers referred to as on the Finland Olympic checklist. I’m nonetheless an opportunity that Rope Hintz and Mikael Granlund might be chosen. The remainder of the checklist of every nation is anticipated to be revealed on the finish of this yr.
Twelve nations will compete in ice hockey on the 2026 Winter Olympics. Finland is making an attempt to defend the gold medal it gained in the course of the 2022 video games in Beijing. That is the primary time in 2014, when NHL sends its gamers to the Olympic Video games.
Here is a take a look at the primary six gamers on the preliminary Olympic checklist in Finland:
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