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August 10, 2010:
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-- Niklas Hjalmarsson to head coach Pär Mårts on whether he'd accept an invitation to the World Championship

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Saku Koivu to captain Finland in Vancouver

Dec 30, 2009 by RistoP | Comment here | Finland | Send to a buddy

Sixteen years ago, Team Finland entered the Olympic tournament with anticipation. It had finished seventh, after it beat France in the game for 7th place, a disappointment for a country that had won its first Olympic medal in Calgary, four years earlier.

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Laine, legend

Aug 26, 2009 by RistoP | Comment here | Finland | Send to a buddy

We want our heroes to be larger than life. And whatever superlatives have been used in the past to describe the stars of the yesteryear, we’ll have to top them now.

Because our heroes, today, are always better than anyone else’s.

Erkki Laine in Leksand in the late 1970s. Photo: leksandsif.se

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