Finland, Olympic and Team USA
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With the men’s ice hockey tournament at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics approaching, Finland has officially confirmed its leadership group. On Sunday, the Finnish Ice Hockey Association announced that Mikael Granlund will serve as team captain.
Though Finland announced its roster Jan. 2, NHL.com is taking it a step further, taking our shot at what some countries' forward lines, defense pairs and goalie depth chart should look like.
Finland is about to face the gold medal favorite Team USA in their opener of the women's Olympic hockey tournament, and they may do it with only two lines after Norovirus has left their roster ravaged.
Finland wants to lure American engineers and researchers with fast-track visas and good work-life balance as part of the global AI talent wars.
Finland’s outing against the U.S. will be the nation’s tournament opener after its game against Canada on Thursday was postponed to Feb. 12. The postponement came as a result of Finland having 13 of its 23 players in quarantine because of a norovirus that began affecting the team on Tuesday night.
There are seven players on the Colorado Avalanche that were pretty easy selections to represent their country at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
A Finnish small business with roughly €5,000 in monthly turnover applied for funding expecting a routine decision.
Finland is building a new fleet of icebreakers for the US but President Donald Trump's plans for Greenland, which he covets, and tense US-EU ties have raised concerns over the deal.But Trump's desire to acquire strategically-located Greenland has now raised "more and more" suspicions about the deal,