What league does Finland U18 (all) play in?

Finland U18 (all) play in the International-Jr.

When was Finland U18 (all) founded?

Finland U18 (all) was founded in 1928.

Who is the head coach of Finland U18 (all)?

The head coach of Finland U18 (all) is Erkka Westerlund.

Who is the captain of Finland U18 (all)?

The captain of Finland U18 (all) is Olli Ahonen.

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1996-1997

1996-1997 Finland U18 (all) Club Stats

Finland U18 (all) — 1996-1997 Club Stats — Skaters
Skater	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
Timo Koskela (RW)	totals		47	35	49	84	47	-1
	HPK	SM-liiga	1	0	0	0	0	-1
	HPK U18	U18 SM-sarja	14	18	25	43	39	-
	HPK U20	U20 SM-liiga	32	17	24	41	8	-
Niklas Hagman (LW)	totals		51	32	24	56	76	-
	HIFK U18	U18 SM-sarja	21	19	12	31	46	-
	HIFK U20	U20 SM-liiga	30	13	12	25	30	-
Teemu Virkkunen (LW)	totals		41	20	24	44	40	-
	Kärpät	I-divisioona	10	1	0	1	4	-
	Kärpät U18	U18 SM-sarja	3	4	3	7	6	-
	Kärpät U20	U20 SM-liiga	28	15	21	36	30	-
Eero Somervuori (RW)	totals		64	21	20	41	34	-2
	Jokerit	SM-liiga	35	1	1	2	2	-2
	Jokerit U18	U18 SM-sarja	1	0	0	0	2	-
	Jokerit U20	U20 SM-liiga	28	20	19	39	30	-
Jyri Virtanen (F)	Lukko U18	U18 SM-sarja	36	25	13	38	26	-
Janne Hauhtonen (C)	totals		43	16	21	37	50	-
	TPS U18	U18 SM-sarja	27	13	19	32	40	-
	TPS U20	U20 SM-liiga	16	3	2	5	10	-
Tomi Lämsä (F)	totals		48	21	13	34	38	-
	Pelicans	I-divisioona	14	0	1	1	6	-
	Pelicans U20	U20 I-divisioona	25	20	9	29	26	-
	Kiekkoreipas U18	U18 SM-sarja	9	1	3	4	6	-
Tommi Santala (C)	totals		50	13	21	34	74	-
	Jokerit U18	U18 SM-sarja	30	13	19	32	64	-
	Jokerit U20	U20 SM-liiga	20	0	2	2	10	-
Mikko Kainulainen (C)	totals		28	14	17	31	16	-
	KalPa U20	U20 SM-liiga	18	5	7	12	8	-
	KalPa U18	U18 SM-sarja	10	9	10	19	8	-
Tommi Hannus (RW/C)	totals		45	14	13	27	10	-
	TPS U18	U18 SM-sarja	18	7	7	14	6	-
	TPS U20	U20 SM-liiga	27	7	6	13	4	-
Olli Ahonen (C)	totals		29	9	17	26	8	-
	HIFK U18	U18 SM-sarja	15	9	13	22	6	-
	HIFK U20	U20 SM-liiga	14	0	4	4	2	-
Jani Väänänen (RW)	totals		34	9	17	26	63	-
	KalPa U20	U20 SM-liiga	9	2	3	5	2	-
	KalPa U18	U18 SM-sarja	25	7	14	21	61	-
André Smulter (F/D)	totals		17	16	9	25	16	-
	Sport	II-divisioona	8	7	3	10	2	-
	Sport U20	U20 I-divisioona	9	9	6	15	14	-
	Sport U18	U18 I-divisioona	-	-	-	-	-	-
Karo Koivunen (RW)	totals		35	9	16	25	38	-
	Kiekko-Espoo U18 Ch	U18 SM-sarja	8	4	3	7	14	-
	Kiekko-Espoo U20	U20 SM-liiga	27	5	13	18	24	-
Miikka Männikkö (RW)	totals		26	10	13	23	22	-
	KOOVEE	I-divisioona	22	7	8	15	16	-
	Tappara U20	U20 I-divisioona	0	0	0	0	0	-
	Tappara U18	U18 SM-sarja	4	3	5	8	6	-
Ilkka Mikkola (D)	totals		43	7	14	21	32	-
	Kärpät	I-divisioona	40	7	12	19	30	-
	Kärpät U20	U20 SM-liiga	2	0	1	1	0	-
	Kärpät U18	U18 SM-sarja	1	0	1	1	2	-
Jussi Pesonen (RW)	totals		39	10	10	20	50	-
	JYP U18	U18 SM-sarja	23	9	10	19	44	-
	JYP U20	U20 SM-liiga	16	1	0	1	6	-
Jari Viuhkola (C)	totals		35	8	12	20	80	-
	Kärpät U20	U20 SM-liiga	27	5	7	12	43	-
	Kärpät U18	U18 SM-sarja	8	3	5	8	37	-
Marco Tuokko (LW)	totals		36	11	8	19	63	-
	Kiekko-67	I-divisioona	6	3	1	4	31	-
	TPS U20	U20 SM-liiga	30	8	7	15	32	-
Tomek Valtonen (LW)	totals		27	10	9	19	82	-
	Ilves U18	U18 SM-sarja	26	10	9	19	82	-
	Ilves U20	U20 SM-liiga	1	0	0	0	0	-
Tomi Källarsson (D)	totals		45	8	11	19	36	-
	HPK U18	U18 SM-sarja	14	7	8	15	10	-
	HPK U20	U20 SM-liiga	31	1	3	4	26	-
Marko From (D)	totals		47	6	13	19	65	-
	HIFK U18	U18 SM-sarja	22	3	13	16	41	-
	HIFK U20	U20 SM-liiga	25	3	0	3	24	-
Markku Kuparinen (F)	totals		31	11	7	18	34	-
	Ässät U20	U20 SM-liiga	22	5	5	10	22	-
	Ässät U18	U18 SM-sarja	9	6	2	8	12	-
Teemu Elomo (W/C)	totals		30	10	6	16	40	2
	Kiekko-67	I-divisioona	15	4	3	7	24	-
	TPS U20	U20 SM-liiga	9	6	2	8	16	-
	TPS	SM-liiga	6	0	1	1	0	2
Marko Kauppinen (D)	totals		41	3	9	12	30	-
	JYP U18	U18 SM-sarja	12	1	6	7	16	-
	JYP U20	U20 SM-liiga	29	2	3	5	14	-
Jaakko Mäkelä (F)	totals		36	6	5	11	22	-
	Ässät U20	U20 SM-liiga	24	2	2	4	10	-
	Ässät U18	U18 SM-sarja	12	4	3	7	12	-
Mikko Jokela (D)	totals		33	5	6	11	12	-
	KalPa U18	U18 SM-sarja	11	3	2	5	8	-
	KalPa U20	U20 SM-liiga	22	2	4	6	4	-
Väinö Kurttila (D)	Kärpät U20	U20 SM-liiga	30	4	7	11	26	-
Ville Hyrkäs (D)	totals		34	6	3	9	18	-
	KalPa U20	U20 SM-liiga	22	1	2	3	12	-
	KalPa U18	U18 SM-sarja	12	5	1	6	6	-
Markus Laine (D)	totals		44	3	6	9	56	-
	TPS U18	U18 SM-sarja	11	0	2	2	6	-
	TPS U20	U20 SM-liiga	33	3	4	7	50	-
Janne Laitila (D)	totals		24	1	7	8	48	-
	Ässät U20	U20 SM-liiga	14	0	1	1	8	-
	Ässät U18	U18 SM-sarja	10	1	6	7	40	-
Pasi Kuusisto (D)	totals		40	3	4	7	53	-
	TPS U20	U20 SM-liiga	15	3	4	7	49	-
	Kiekko-67	I-divisioona	25	0	0	0	4	-
Juha Gustafsson (D)	totals		42	3	3	6	36	-1
	Kiekko-Espoo U18 Ch	U18 SM-sarja	7	2	0	2	6	-
	Kiekko-Espoo U20	U20 SM-liiga	32	1	3	4	30	-
	Kiekko-Espoo	SM-liiga	3	0	0	0	0	-1
Jussi Kukkonen (D)	totals		13	0	5	5	37	-
	SaiPa U20	U20 I-divisioona	12	0	5	5	37	-
	SaiPa U18	U18 I-divisioona	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Ketterä	I-divisioona	1	0	0	0	0	-
Jani Listenmaa (D)	totals		37	0	4	4	48	-
	Ilves U20	U20 SM-liiga	20	0	2	2	18	-
	Ilves U18	U18 SM-sarja	17	0	2	2	30	-
Olli Hällfors (D)	totals		11	1	2	3	6	-
	Sport	II-divisioona	8	1	2	3	6	-
	Sport U20	U20 I-divisioona	3	0	0	0	0	-
	Sport U18	U18 I-divisioona	0	0	0	0	0	-

Finland U18 (all) — 1996-1997 Club Stats — Goalies
Goalie	Team	League	GP	GAA	SV%	SO	W-L-T	TOI
Timo Kinnunen (G)	totals		17	2.98	.902	-	-	-
	Kiekko-67	I-divisioona	-	-	-	-	-	-
	TPS U20	U20 SM-liiga	17	2.98	.902	-	-	-
	TPS	SM-liiga	0	-	-	-	-	-
	TPS U18	U18 SM-sarja	-	-	-	-	-	-
Markus Vasarainen (G)	totals		-	-	-	-	-	-
	Kiekko-Espoo U18 Ch	U18 SM-sarja	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Kiekko-Espoo U20	U20 SM-liiga	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mika Lehto (G)	totals		20	-	-	-	-	-
	Ässät U18	U18 SM-sarja	14	-	-	-	-	-
	Ässät U20	U20 SM-liiga	6	3.35	.873	-	-	-
Mika Noronen (G)	totals		7	-	-	0	1-3-0	214:33
	Tappara U18	U18 SM-sarja	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Tappara U20	U20 I-divisioona	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Tappara	SM-liiga	5	4.75	.876	0	1-3-0	214:33
	Hermes	I-divisioona	2	7.21	.868	-	-	-

1996-1997 Finland U18 (all) Staff

Head CoachErkka Westerlund
Asst. CoachRaimo Summanen
Goaltending CoachRisto Dufva
Team ManagerTimo Backman

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1996-1997 Finland U18 (all) Captains

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1996-1997 Finland U18 (all) Roster Facts

Nationalities

40 players

Experience

Finland U18 (all): 434 GP
Liiga: 57 GP

Affiliated Team(s)

Finland (WC)
Finland U16 (all) (International-Jr)
Finland U17 (all) (International-Jr)
Finland U20 (WJC-20)
Finland U20 (all) (International-Jr)

Finland U18 (all) Games

Finland U18 (all) — 1996-1997 Games
date	home	visiting	score	league
04/19/2026 03:00 PM GMT+3	U.S. National U18 Team	Finland U18 (all)	7 - 3	International-Jr
02/08/2026 01:00 PM GMT+2	Finland U18 (all)	U.S. National U18 Team	1 - 4	International-Jr
02/07/2026 02:30 PM GMT+2	Finland U18 (all)	Sweden U18 (all)	3 - 4 (OT 62:36)	International-Jr
02/06/2026 08:30 PM GMT+2	Czechia U18 (all)	Finland U18 (all)	3 - 1	International-Jr
02/04/2026 08:30 PM GMT+2	Switzerland U18 (all)	Finland U18 (all)	3 - 4	International-Jr

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Finland U18 (all) History and Standings

Finland U18 (all) — Season History
season	league	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
2026-2027	Int-Jr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2025-2026	Int-Jr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2024-2025	Int-Jr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023-2024	Int-Jr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2022-2023	Int-Jr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021-2022	Int-Jr	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Where Are They Now?

Played in the team during season

Finland U18 (all) — Where Are They Now
#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Luukas Jurvelin (F)	2026-2027	Kärpät U20	U20 SM-sarja	17	11	12	23	4
2.	Roby Järventie (F)	2026-2027	HC Ambrì-Piotta	NL	16	10	13	23	8
3.	Kristian Tanus (F)	2026-2027	HC Ajoie	NL	17	5	16	21	4
4.	Emil Järventie (F)	2026-2027	Tappara U20	U20 SM-sarja	14	16	4	20	10
5.	Sebastian Aho (F)	2026-2027	Carolina Hurricanes	NHL	14	8	11	19	14
6.	Valtteri Karnaranta (F)	2026-2027	TUTO Hockey	Mestis	12	3	16	19	2
7.	Natan Teshome (F)	2026-2027	Jukurit U20	U20 SM-sarja	17	12	6	18	6
8.	Sami Tavernier (F)	2026-2027	Angers	Ligue Magnus	13	8	10	18	22
9.	Nico Friman (F)	2026-2027	HC Ludwig	III-divisioona	4	8	9	17	0
10.	Atte Mäkinen (F)	2026-2027	TuusKi	II-divisioona	8	7	10	17	4

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Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

Finland U18 (all) — Roster Demographics
Season	Roster	Height	Weight	Age
2026-2027	View Roster	6'0"	179 lbs	16.96
2025-2026	View Roster	6'0"	185 lbs	17.78
2024-2025	View Roster	6'0"	183 lbs	17.86
2023-2024	View Roster	6'0"	185 lbs	17.90
2022-2023	View Roster	6'0"	185 lbs	17.70

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Franchise All-Time Points

Finland U18 (all) — Franchise All-Time Points
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Toni Rajala (F)	32	22	26	48
2.	Mikael Granlund (F)	24	19	25	44
3.	Teemu Pulkkinen (F)	23	19	22	41
4.	Kasper Simontaival (F)	32	16	25	41
5.	Markus Granlund (F)	25	15	19	34

Franchise All-Time Goals

Finland U18 (all) — Franchise All-Time Goals
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Toni Rajala (F)	32	22	26	48
2.	Mikael Granlund (F)	24	19	25	44
3.	Teemu Pulkkinen (F)	23	19	22	41
4.	Kasper Simontaival (F)	32	16	25	41
5.	Kasper Halttunen (F)	36	16	16	32

Franchise All-Time Assists

Finland U18 (all) — Franchise All-Time Assists
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Aron Kiviharju (D)	32	4	28	32
2.	Toni Rajala (F)	32	22	26	48
3.	Mikael Granlund (F)	24	19	25	44
4.	Kasper Simontaival (F)	32	16	25	41
5.	Teemu Pulkkinen (F)	23	19	22	41

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.

Finland U18 (all) — Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Mikael Aaltonen (D)	26	3	7	83
2.	Heikki Liedes (F)	23	9	11	82
3.	Tomek Valtonen (F)	12	3	4	82
4.	Rasmus Ristolainen (D)	24	4	9	80
5.	Patrik Moisio (F)	15	0	2	72

Franchise All-Time Games Played

Finland U18 (all) — Franchise All-Time Games Played
#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Toni Utunen (D)	45	6	9	15
2.	Mikko Kokkonen (D)	38	3	12	15
3.	Kasper Halttunen (F)	36	16	16	32
4.	Jesperi Kotkaniemi (F)	34	13	21	34
5.	Samu Alalauri (D)	34	11	12	23

Franchise All-Time Points Per Game

Finland U18 (all) — Franchise All-Time Points Per Game
#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Mikael Granlund (F)	24	19	44	1.83
2.	Teemu Pulkkinen (F)	23	19	41	1.78
3.	Miro Heiskanen (D)	7	2	12	1.71
4.	Niklas Nordgren (F)	17	15	27	1.59
5.	Toni Rajala (F)	32	22	48	1.50

Franchise All-Time Points Per Season

Finland U18 (all) — Franchise All-Time Points Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Mikael Granlund (F)	2008-2009	International-Jr	22	19	25	44	2.00	12
2.	Toni Rajala (F)	2008-2009	International-Jr	21	18	22	40	1.90	10
3.	Markus Granlund (F)	2010-2011	International-Jr	23	14	19	33	1.43	14
4.	Julius Nättinen (F)	2014-2015	International-Jr	23	11	20	31	1.35	10
5.	Marko Ahosilta (F)	1997-1998	International-Jr	23	15	13	28	1.22	18

Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season

Finland U18 (all) — Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Mikael Granlund (F)	2008-2009	International-Jr	22	19	25	44	2.00	12
2.	Toni Rajala (F)	2008-2009	International-Jr	21	18	22	40	1.90	10
3.	Marko Ahosilta (F)	1997-1998	International-Jr	23	15	13	28	1.22	18
4.	Niklas Nordgren (F)	2017-2018	International-Jr	17	15	12	27	1.59	10
5.	Markus Granlund (F)	2010-2011	International-Jr	23	14	19	33	1.43	14

Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season

Finland U18 (all) — Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Mikael Granlund (F)	2008-2009	International-Jr	22	19	25	44	2.00	12
2.	Toni Rajala (F)	2008-2009	International-Jr	21	18	22	40	1.90	10
3.	Julius Nättinen (F)	2014-2015	International-Jr	23	11	20	31	1.35	10
4.	Markus Granlund (F)	2010-2011	International-Jr	23	14	19	33	1.43	14
5.	Kasper Simontaival (F)	2018-2019	International-Jr	24	8	19	27	1.13	6

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

Finland U18 (all) — Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season
#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Mikael Aaltonen (D)	2008-2009	International-Jr	26	3	4	7	0.27	83
2.	Heikki Liedes (F)	2010-2011	International-Jr	23	9	2	11	0.48	82
3.	Patrik Moisio (F)	2009-2010	International-Jr	15	0	2	2	0.13	72
4.	Juha Gustafsson (D)	1996-1997	International-Jr	17	2	3	5	0.29	67
5.	Rasmus Ristolainen (D)	2010-2011	International-Jr	13	1	2	3	0.23	64