What league does Finland U18 play in?

Finland U18 play in the Hlinka Gretzky Cup.

When was Finland U18 founded?

Finland U18 was founded in 1928.

Who is the head coach of Finland U18?

The head coach of Finland U18 is Rauli Urama.

Who is the captain of Finland U18?

The captain of Finland U18 is Jan-Mikael Juutilainen.

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2005-2006 Season

Finland U18 were 1-1-1 in the 2005-06 U18 JWC season with 4 points, 2nd in the B and 4th overall.

2005-2006 Finland U18 Club Stats

Finland U18 — 2005-2006 Club Stats — Skaters
Skater	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
Jan-Mikael Juutilainen (C)	totals		53	11	25	36	63	-1
	Jokerit U20	U20 SM-liiga	36	3	12	15	35	0
	Jokerit U18	U18 SM-sarja	12	7	7	14	26	-
	Suomi U20	Mestis	1	0	0	0	0	-1
	Jokerit U18	U18 SM-sarja Q	4	1	6	7	2	-
Juuso Puustinen (RW)	totals		36	17	12	29	64	-2
	KalPa U20	U20 SM-liiga	29	9	5	14	46	-2
	KalPa U18	U18 SM-sarja	7	8	7	15	18	-
Joonas Kemppainen (C)	totals		38	10	16	26	12	0
	Ässät U18	U18 SM-sarja	1	1	0	1	0	-
	Ässät U20	U20 SM-liiga	37	9	16	25	12	0
Joonas Lehtivuori (D)	totals		42	9	17	26	22	10
	Ilves U18	U18 SM-sarja	2	0	1	1	0	-
	Ilves U20	U20 SM-liiga	39	9	16	25	22	10
	Ilves	SM-liiga	1	0	0	0	0	0
Robert Nyholm (RW/LW)	totals		41	13	12	25	28	1
	HIFK U20	U20 SM-liiga	39	11	9	20	24	1
	HIFK U18	U18 SM-sarja	2	2	3	5	4	-
Juuso Antonen (LW)	totals		39	11	12	23	37	4
	Ilves U20	U20 SM-liiga	35	6	9	15	37	4
	Ilves U18	U18 SM-sarja	4	5	3	8	0	-
Jaakko Pellinen (RW)	totals		41	9	14	23	4	-6
	Ilves U18	U18 SM-sarja	4	3	3	6	0	-
	Ilves U20	U20 SM-liiga	37	6	11	17	4	-6
Jani Savolainen (RW)	totals		32	17	4	21	32	5
	KalPa U20	U20 SM-liiga	31	17	4	21	30	5
	KalPa U18	U18 SM-sarja	1	0	0	0	2	-
Ilkka Heikkilä (C)	totals		39	8	12	20	37	-4
	JYP U20	U20 SM-liiga	37	6	9	15	35	-4
	JYP U18	U18 SM-sarja	2	2	3	5	2	-
Nico Aaltonen (LW/RW)	totals		36	6	13	19	12	12
	HIFK U18	U18 SM-sarja	2	0	3	3	2	-
	HIFK U20	U20 SM-liiga	34	6	10	16	10	12
Tomi Ståhlhammar (RW)	totals		37	8	10	18	40	-3
	Blues U20	U20 SM-liiga	33	4	7	11	34	-3
	Blues U18	U18 SM-sarja Q	3	3	2	5	2	-
	Blues U18	U18 I-divisioona	1	1	1	2	4	-
Juhani Jasu (C)	totals		43	7	7	14	16	-3
	Lukko U18	U18 SM-sarja	4	3	2	5	2	-
	Lukko U20	U20 SM-liiga	39	4	5	9	14	-3
Toni Hyvärinen (RW/LW)	totals		43	7	7	14	18	-1
	KalPa U20	U20 SM-liiga	37	4	3	7	16	-1
	KalPa U18	U18 SM-sarja	6	3	4	7	2	-
Atte Erkamo (D)	totals		47	2	12	14	42	-2
	Jokerit U18	U18 SM-sarja	17	0	6	6	22	-
	Jokerit U20	U20 SM-liiga	23	2	2	4	8	-2
	Jokerit U18	U18 SM-sarja Q	7	0	4	4	12	-
Joonas Jalvanti (D)	totals		39	4	8	12	10	-6
	Pelicans U20	U20 SM-liiga	35	2	7	9	10	-6
	Kiekkoreipas U18	U18 SM-sarja	4	2	1	3	0	-
Eetu Heikkinen (D)	totals		46	4	8	12	65	-9
	Ässät U20	U20 SM-liiga	36	4	8	12	65	-7
	Ässät	SM-liiga	9	0	0	0	0	-2
	Suomi U20	Mestis	1	0	0	0	0	0
	Ässät U18	U18 SM-sarja	0	0	0	0	0	-
Jiri Veistola (RW/LW)	totals		48	9	2	11	34	-6
	Jokerit U18	U18 SM-sarja	17	7	2	9	16	-
	Jokerit U20	U20 SM-liiga	25	1	0	1	8	-6
	Jokerit U18	U18 SM-sarja Q	6	1	0	1	10	-
Joni Korhonen (D)	totals		17	0	9	9	4	1
	Jokerit U18	U18 SM-sarja	6	0	3	3	4	-
	Jokerit U20	U20 SM-liiga	5	0	0	0	0	1
	Jokerit U18	U18 SM-sarja Q	6	0	6	6	0	-
Joel Lehto (D)	totals		37	0	7	7	16	-5
	Kärpät U18	U18 SM-sarja	5	0	4	4	2	-
	Kärpät U20	U20 SM-liiga	32	0	3	3	14	-5
Markus Himanka (D)	Kärpät U20	U20 SM-liiga	35	0	3	3	28	-6

Finland U18 — 2005-2006 Club Stats — Goalies
Goalie	Team	League	GP	GAA	SV%	SO	W-L-T	TOI
Riku Helenius (G)	totals		29	-	-	-	-	-
	Ilves U18	U18 SM-sarja	2	1.00	-	-	-	-
	Ilves U20	U20 SM-liiga	26	2.68	.920	-	-	-
	Suomi U20	Mestis	1	2.97	.940	-	-	-
	Ilves	SM-liiga	0	-	-	-	-	-
Mika Järvinen (G)	totals		15	-	-	-	-	-
	HPK U18	U18 SM-sarja	3	1.67	.955	-	-	-
	KalPa U18	U18 SM-sarja	5	2.56	.921	-	-	-
	KalPa U20	U20 SM-liiga	7	3.42	.885	-	-	-

2005-2006 Finland U18 Staff

Head CoachRauli Urama
Asst. CoachHarri Laurila
Team ManagerSami Saurén

Team Staff History

2005-2006 Finland U18 Captains

"C"

Jan-Mikael Juutilainen

"A"

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2005-2006 Finland U18 Roster Facts

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Experience

Finland U18: 105 GP

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Finland U18 Games

Finland U18 — 2005-2006 Games
date	home	visiting	score	league
08/08/2026 06:00 PM UTC	Finland U18	Slovakia U18	3 - 2	Hlinka Gretzky Cup
08/07/2026 11:00 PM UTC	Canada U18	Finland U18	6 - 3	Hlinka Gretzky Cup
08/05/2026 09:00 PM UTC	Finland U18	Czechia U18	5 - 4	Hlinka Gretzky Cup
08/05/2026 01:00 AM UTC	USA U18	Finland U18	4 - 1	Hlinka Gretzky Cup
08/03/2026 09:00 PM UTC	Finland U18	Germany U18	5 - 2	Hlinka Gretzky Cup

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Finland U18 Tournament Statistics

Finland U18 — Tournament Statistics
season	tournament	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
2026-2027	Hlinka Gretzky	3	2	1	-	0	0	11	10	6	2	2	Bronze game win
2025-2026	Hlinka Gretzky	3	1	1	-	0	1	10	10	4	1.33	2	Bronze game loss
2024-2025	Hlinka Gretzky	3	0	2	-	0	1	3	9	1	0.33	4	Placement game win
2023-2024	Hlinka Gretzky	3	2	1	-	0	0	12	10	6	2	2	Bronze game loss
2022-2023	Hlinka Gretzky	3	2	0	-	0	1	11	6	7	2.33	2	Bronze game win
2021-2022	EYOF	4	4	0	-	0	0	18	8	12	3		-
	Hlinka Gretzky	3	1	1	-	1	0	14	9	5	1.67	2	Bronze game loss
2020-2021	Hlinka Gretzky	0	0	0	-	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	Tournament Cancelled
2019-2020	Hlinka Gretzky	3	2	1	-	0	0	11	7	6	2	2	Bronze game loss
2018-2019	Hlinka Gretzky	3	0	2	-	0	1	7	17	1	0.33	4	Placement game win
2017-2018	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	3	1	2	-	0	0	8	9	3	1	3	Placement game loss
2016-2017	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	3	0	1	-	2	0	10	12	4	1.33	3	Placement game loss
2015-2016	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	3	3	0	-	0	0	12	3	9	3	1	Bronze game loss
2014-2015	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	3	1	2	-	0	0	12	15	3	1	3	Placement game win
2013-2014	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	3	1	1	-	1	0	11	10	5	1.67	3	Placement game win
2012-2013	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	3	2	1	-	0	0	11	13	6	2	1	Final loss
2011-2012	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	3	2	1	-	0	0	17	8	6	2	2	Bronze game loss
2010-2011	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	3	0	2	-	1	0	8	11	2	0.67	4	Placement game win
2009-2010	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	3	0	3	-	0	0	8	18	0	0	4	Placement game loss
2008-2009	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	3	1	1	-	1	0	12	13	5	1.67	2	Bronze game loss
2007-2008	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	3	2	0	-	1	0	13	8	8	2.67	1	Final loss
2006-2007	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	3	0	3	-	0	0	5	11	0	0	4	Placement game win
2005-2006	U18 JWC	3	1	1	1	-	-	6	5	4	1.33	2	Bronze game win
2004-2005	U18 JWC	3	0	3	0	-	-	4	11	1	0.33	4	Placement game win
2003-2004	U18 JWC	3	1	1	-	0	1	13	13	3	1	3	Placement game win
2002-2003	U18 JWC	3	0	3	0	-	-	7	23	0	0	4	Placement game loss
1999-2000	Viking Cup	4	1	2	0	0	1	17	17	3	0.75	5	Did not make playoffs
1997-1998	Viking Cup	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	Bronze game win
1996-1997	Pacific Cup	3	0	2	1	-	-	6	9	1	0.33	4	Bronze game win
1995-1996	Viking Cup	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-

Where Are They Now?

Played in the team during season

Finland U18 — Where Are They Now
#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Emil Järventie (F)	2026-2027	Tappara U20	U20 SM-sarja	11	15	3	18	4
2.	Kristian Tanus (F)	2026-2027	HC Ajoie	NL	11	5	12	17	4
3.	Sami Tavernier (F)	2026-2027	Angers	Ligue Magnus	9	7	8	15	18
4.	Valtteri Karnaranta (F)	2026-2027	TUTO Hockey	Mestis	8	1	14	15	0
5.	Joona Jääskeläinen (F)	2026-2027	HK Spisska Nova Ves	Extraliga	10	4	10	14	4
6.	Atte Mäkinen (F)	2026-2027	TuusKi	II-divisioona	5	5	8	13	4
7.	Eelis Uronen (D)	2026-2027	HIFK U20	U20 SM-sarja	10	5	8	13	39
8.	Anttoni Honka (D)	2026-2027	HC Ajoie	NL	11	7	5	12	4
9.	Julius Nättinen (F)	2026-2027	HC Ajoie	NL	11	6	6	12	2
10.	Ville Väärälä (F)	2026-2027	Tappara U20	U20 SM-sarja	10	1	11	12	0

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Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

Finland U18 — Roster Demographics
Season	Roster	Height	Weight	Age
2026-2027	View Roster	6'0"	179 lbs	16.92
2025-2026	View Roster	6'0"	187 lbs	17.95
2024-2025	View Roster	6'0"	183 lbs	17.95
2023-2024	View Roster	6'0"	185 lbs	17.96
2022-2023	View Roster	6'0"	185 lbs	17.68

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Regular Season

Franchise All-Time Points

Finland U18 — Franchise All-Time Points
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Jani Hassinen (F)	-	10	5	15
2.	Tommi Miettinen (F)	-	2	11	13
3.	Niko Halttunen (F)	-	7	5	12
4.	Jere Karalahti (D)	-	4	8	12
5.	Antti Aalto (F)	4	3	9	12

Franchise All-Time Goals

Finland U18 — Franchise All-Time Goals
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Jani Hassinen (F)	-	10	5	15
2.	Niko Halttunen (F)	-	7	5	12
3.	Jani Nyman (F)	9	5	6	11
4.	Jarmo Jokila (F)	5	5	5	10
5.	Aleksanteri Kaskimäki (F)	9	5	3	8

Franchise All-Time Assists

Finland U18 — Franchise All-Time Assists
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Tommi Miettinen (F)	-	2	11	13
2.	Antti Aalto (F)	4	3	9	12
3.	Kasper Kulonummi (D)	9	1	9	10
4.	Jere Karalahti (D)	-	4	8	12
5.	Topi Rönni (F)	9	2	8	10

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.

Finland U18 — Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Semir Ben-Amor (F)	4	1	3	31
2.	Jarkko Parikka (D)	8	0	0	31
3.	Julius Suominen (D)	5	0	2	27
4.	Janne Niinimaa (D)	-	2	10	18
5.	Arttu Ruotsalainen (F)	4	1	2	18

Franchise All-Time Games Played

Finland U18 — Franchise All-Time Games Played
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Kasper Halttunen (F)	14	1	4	5
2.	Emil Järventie (F)	10	2	4	6
3.	Jonatan Tanus (F)	10	3	0	3
4.	Niilopekka Muhonen (D)	10	1	2	3
5.	Jani Nyman (F)	9	5	6	11

Franchise All-Time Points Per Game

Finland U18 — Franchise All-Time Points Per Game
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Antti Aalto (F)	4	3	12	3.00
2.	Jarmo Jokila (F)	5	5	10	2.00
3.	Teuvo Teräväinen (F)	5	4	10	2.00
4.	Petrus Palmu (F)	4	4	8	2.00
5.	Juuso Ikonen (F)	5	4	9	1.80

Franchise All-Time Points Per Season

Finland U18 — Franchise All-Time Points Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Jani Hassinen (F)	1991-1992	Macs Tournament	-	10	5	15	-	4
2.	Tommi Miettinen (F)	1991-1992	Macs Tournament	-	2	11	13	-	4
3.	Niko Halttunen (F)	1991-1992	Macs Tournament	-	7	5	12	-	16
4.	Jere Karalahti (D)	1991-1992	Macs Tournament	-	4	8	12	-	4
5.	Antti Aalto (F)	1991-1992	Macs Tournament	4	3	9	12	3.00	14

Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season

Finland U18 — Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Jani Hassinen (F)	1991-1992	Macs Tournament	-	10	5	15	-	4
2.	Niko Halttunen (F)	1991-1992	Macs Tournament	-	7	5	12	-	16
3.	Jarmo Jokila (F)	2003-2004	U18 JWC	5	5	5	10	2.00	-
4.	Sebastian Aho (F)	2014-2015	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	4	5	2	7	1.75	0
5.	Mikko Helisten (F)	1991-1992	Macs Tournament	-	5	2	7	-	0

Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season

Finland U18 — Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Tommi Miettinen (F)	1991-1992	Macs Tournament	-	2	11	13	-	4
2.	Antti Aalto (F)	1991-1992	Macs Tournament	4	3	9	12	3.00	14
3.	Jere Karalahti (D)	1991-1992	Macs Tournament	-	4	8	12	-	4
4.	Janne Niinimaa (D)	1991-1992	Macs Tournament	-	2	8	10	-	18
5.	Pekka Kärkkäinen (F)	1991-1992	Macs Tournament	-	2	7	9	-	2

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

Finland U18 — Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Semir Ben-Amor (F)	1999-2000	Viking Cup	4	1	2	3	0.75	31
2.	Julius Suominen (D)	2025-2026	Hlinka Gretzky Cup	5	0	2	2	0.40	27
3.	Jarkko Parikka (D)	2014-2015	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	4	0	0	0	0.00	27
4.	Janne Niinimaa (D)	1991-1992	Macs Tournament	-	2	8	10	-	18
5.	Arttu Ruotsalainen (F)	2014-2015	Ivan Hlinka Memorial	4	1	1	2	0.50	18