Joel Armia of the Montreal Canadiens will join the World Championship of Lions camp later this week.
Joel Armia scored 6 + 8 = 14 power points this season. The attacker brings experience and hardness to the Lions. The army is from Pori. ZUMAWIRE / MVPHOTOS
Joel Armia answered in the affirmative to Jukka Jalonen and Jere Lehtisen To the World Cup invitation. The 28-year-old striker will join the home race project and is likely to join the team’s strength later this week.
– Joel received the closing meetings of the season with the management of the Canadiens, as well as a mandatory medical examination. He comes to the Games, Lions General Manager Jere Lehtinen tells Iltalehti.
This week, the last week of the Lions World Cup camp, the Swedish EHT tournament will be played.
Finland will play its first match on Thursday at the Nokia Arena in Tampere. Opposite Switzerland.
The rest of the Lions matches will be played in Stockholm.
Strange season
The agreement of the Pori-based Army with the Montreal Canadiens extends to spring 2025.
The season for the renowned NHL club was weak. It only scored 55 points and finished last in the regular season. The drop in the Habs was drastic, with the team playing in the Stanley Cup final at the end of the 2020-21 season, losing 4-1 to Tampa.
The 192-cent and nearly 100-pound Armia scored 6 + 8 = 14 power points this season.
The veteran striker has played 396 NHL regular season matches in his career. They have scored 68 goals and 139 power points.
The breed of aces has represented Buffalo, Winnipeg and Montreal in the legendary NHL.
Four NHL thugs
26-year-old Juho Lammikko will join the World Championships. The pond is in Pori. AOP
The Lions now have four sure NHL reinforcements on their World Cup team. Keeper Harri Säteridefender Henri Jokiharju as well as the attacker Juho Lammikko are also included.
The national team management will announce the World Cup team next Sunday or Monday.