The Finnish nationwide staff has added Nashville Predators ahead Mikael Granlund to its 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship roster in the present day.
With the addition Finland has 20 skaters and three goalies registered and may add two extra skaters.
The 30-12 months-outdated was a part of the championship-successful roster in 2011 the place he’s finest remembered for his lacrosse-type purpose within the semi-finals towards Russia that even made it to a stamp in Finland.
With the addition Finland has 20 skaters and three goalies registered and may add two extra skaters.
The 30-12 months-outdated was a part of the championship-successful roster in 2011 the place he’s finest remembered for his lacrosse-type purpose within the semi-finals towards Russia that even made it to a stamp in Finland.
A primary-spherical draft decide (#9) of the Minnesota Wild, Granlund has spent the previous ten seasons within the National Hockey League, most lately with the Nashville Predators. In 80 NHL video games this season Granlund had 11 targets and 53 assists.
The native of Oulu additionally helped Finland win medals on the 2014 Olympic Winter Games (bronze) and on the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship (silver) being voted into the All-Star Team by the media each occasions.
Finland will play Latvia tonight (20:20 EET) in a recreation between this 12 months’s and final 12 months’s IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship host international locations.