Finland names roster for 2022 World Championship

Nearly three months after winning their first-ever Olympic gold medal, Finland will be looking for some more hardware and are hosting the World Championship for the first time since 2013, when they co-hosted with Sweden.

The Finns announced their roster for the tournament and due to Nashville being eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs, they were able to add some scoring help to their forward group with Mikael Granlund.

With Granlund added, Finland made the decision to cut Miro Aaltonen. Buffalo Sabres defenceman Henri Jokiharju, who was on the preliminary roster, has left the team after testing positive for COVID-19.

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Goalies (3)
Harri Sateri
Frans Tuohimaa
Jussi Olkinuora

Defencemen (7)
Ville Pokka
Niklas Friman
Mikko Lehtonen
Jusso Hietanen
Sami Vatanen
Mikael Seppala
Atte Ohtamaa

Forwards (15)
Joel Armia
Marko Anttila
Mikael Granlund
Jere Innala
Hannes Bjorninen
Toni Rajala
Valtteri Filppula
Petrus Palmu
Markus Nurmi
Sakari Manninen
Teemu Hartikainen
Jere Sallinen
Saku Maenalanen
Harri Pesonen
Juho Lammikko

Finland will play their first game of the tournament on Friday, May 13th at 1:20 p.m. ET against Norway.

Source: Leijonat.

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