The board of the Ice Hockey Association gave a two-year extension on Tuesday evening.
Lauri Mikkola led the Young Lions to the medal games of the World Championships in Gothenburg. The Jääkiekkoliitto uses the two-year option in the Oulu man’s contract, and Mikkola continues as the head coach of the under-20s. PDO
The Finnish Ice Hockey Federation uses Lauri Mikkolan the two-year option in the contract. This is how the native of Oulu will continue at the helm of the under-20 national team for the next two seasons.
Iltalehti already reported on it on January 4.
The 42-year-old Mikkola did a 1+2-year contract with the Jääkieksoliito.
Finland played under the leadership of Mikkola in the World Championships in Gothenburg at the turn of the year. Finland’s ranking was fourth, followed by Canada, among others.
The Young Lions lost an important semi-final match to the United States 3–2. The United States was pushing for the world championship, and the team did not lose a single game in the tournament.
Vaisu bronze game
In the bronze medal game, Finland lost to the Czech Republic 5–8. That match and its last set left an unnecessarily bad taste for the whole World Cup tournament.
Finland improved its ranking compared to the World Cup tournament in Canada a year ago. Then the Young Lions’ journey ended in a quarter-final loss against Sweden and the ranking was fifth. Now Nuoret Leijonat was playing for World Cup medals.
According to information from Iltalehti, many of the players of the Finnish team had a bad flu during the important games of the Gothenburg tournament.
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Jere Lassila was Finland’s captain at the World Cup tournament in Gothenburg. PDO
The International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF and the Canadian Ice Hockey Federation Hockey Canada have agreed on the rights to organize the Junior World Championships.
Under the agreement, Canada will host the Under-20 World Cup every two years until 2034.
Next year’s games will be held in Ottawa, the capital of Canada. The 2026 tournament will be played in Minnesota, in the cities of St. Paul and Minneapolis.