Pentti Matikainen is dead

Pentti Matikainen is gone. Jenni Gästgivar

Mtv sports According to hockey legend Pentti Matikainen has died at the age of 74. The man died on a serious illness in Helsinki on Sunday morning.

MTV Sports was informed of the sad news of Matikainen.

In March, Matikainen applied to the hospital due to nausea. Studies at that time revealed that the brain lymphoma was not a winning affliction.

– The Niska Montus was found in a distant colony, he told Iltalehti in April.

Already in October last year, Matikainen told MTV that he had a brain lymphoma. However, the cancer was eliminated by treatments, but in the spring it renewed.

The Finnish ice hockey team won their first medal in Matikainen in 1988 when the Lions grabbed silver from Calgary.

In addition, Finland won the World Championship silver under Matikainen in 1992 and bronze in the World Cup in 1991. He was elected coach of the Finnish Champions League in 1984.

In addition to his coaching career, Matikainen is remembered for hockey leadership positions. He served as CEO of HIFK and chairman of the Pelicans Board.

Matikainen is the number 135 of the Finnish ice hockey lion.