The lions get reinforcements for the third week of camp.
HIFK’s Iiro Pakarinen (pictured) and Roope Taponen received an invitation to Leijon. Mika Kylmäniemi / AOP
The Lions World Cup camp group grew by six players, The Ice Hockey Federation informs.
Goalkeeper related to the composition Roope Taponen (HIFK), defenders Mikko Lehtonen (Zurich Lions) and Petteri Lindbohm (Frölunda) and attackers Juho Lammikko (Zürich Lions), Iiro Pakarinen (HIFK) and Tommi Tikka (Lynx).
The strengthened lion group will face Sweden twice in Umeå in the third week of the World Cup camp. The matches will be played on Thursday and Saturday next week.
– We are now in the middle of the camp and, as in previous springs, the composition lives as the camp progresses. We are now getting good reinforcements to join the team, while the games will get tougher next week, Leijonien GM Jere Lehtinen commented in the announcement.
After the Sweden matches, the Lions will camp for one more week. At that time, the Czech EHT tournament will be played in Brno.
In the Czech Republic, NHL stars Patrik Laine and Olli Määttä, as well as Sakari Manninen, a well-known scorer from previous games, will also wear Finland’s jersey.
The Ice Hockey World Cup home games start on May 12 in Tampere.
Formation in Sweden matches
Goalkeepers
Lassi Lassi
STRAP Jussi
THE ROOPE OF KILLING
Defenders
FRIMAN Niklas
LEHTONEN Mikko
LINDBOHM Petteri
MATIN POLO Nikolas
OHMATA Atte
POKKA Ville
PULLI Valtteri
RIIKOLA Juice
SAARIJÄRVI Vili
COURT Antti
Attackers
AALTONEN Juhamatti
ANTTILA Marko
BJÖRNINEN Hannes
GRANLUND Markus
KAPANE Kasperi
KUOKCANEN Janne
POND Juho
LIEDES Heikki
MATTILA Julius
OKSANEN Ahti
PAKARINEN Iiro
PESONEN Harri
RUOHOMAA Mikael
SWEDISH Arttu
FINLAND Antti
TIKA Tommi