Jukka Jalonen named the group that will meet in Tampere on Sunday evening.
There are several recent Olympic winners on the Lions World Cup team. EPA / AOP
Head coach Jukka Jalonen named the Lions team in Tampere on Sunday night. However, that group is not yet the final World Cup team.
Only on Thursday will the first race passes be stamped.
– In the meantime, we will continue to monitor the players playing in Sweden and the NHL, and the final line-up of the World Cup will not be locked until later, GM Jere Lehtinen said.
The team of lions after the EHT
Goalkeepers:
29 Säteri Harri
35 Tuohimaa Frans
45 Olkinuora Jussi
Defenders:
2 Pokka Ville
3 Friman Niklas
4 Lehtonen Mikko
28 Jokiharju Henri
38 Hietanen Juuso
42 Vatanen Sami
50 Seppälä Mikael
55 Ohtamaa Atte
Attackers:
10 Army Joel
12 Anttila Marko
15 Aaltonen Miro
21 Innala Jere
24 Björninen Hannes
25 Rajala Toni
51 Filppula Valtteri
52 Palmu Petrus
61 Markus Nurmi
65 Manninen Sakari
70 Hartikainen Teemu
76 Sallinen Jere
80 Mäenalanen Saku
82 Pesonen Harri
91 Pond Juho
Well-known players such as the spring 2019 world champions dropped out of the named team Oliwer Kaski and Niko Ojamäki. The latter was also winning Olympic gold last winter in Beijing.
The goalkeeper also dropped out of the group nominated for the Swedish EHT tournament Niclas Westerholmdefenders Otto Leskinen, Vili Saarijärvi and Kalle Maalahti as well as the attacker Markus Nenonen.
The World Cup tournament in Tampere and Helsinki will start next Friday. Finland will face Norway in the opening match.