Puckarinen

Ilves, Tampere lifted Raimo Helminen’s number 41 to the rafters last week, making him the sixth player in the club history to have his jersey number retired.

Helminen played 331 games with the Finnish national team, collecting 52+155=207 points, and winning the World Championship in 1995, as well as, one Olympic silver medal, one Olympic bronze medal, four World Championship silver medals, and a World Championship bronze.

An amazing career, and an amazing player.

Ilves's other retired jerseys belong to the late Jarmo Wasama (2), Aarne Honkavaara (7), Jorma Peltonen (16), Lasse Oksanen (14, Helminen's old number, too), and Risto Jalo (13).