The mood of the Finnish national ice hockey team has been similar before the previous championship tournaments.
Finland the national men’s ice hockey team starts the World Cup with a bang. The Lions have been putting their opponents through, across and in a stack convincingly for a long time now.
Finland has played 12 international matches this year, of which it has won 11. In addition, the team beat Switzerland in the last match of last year. After four EHT losses in November-December, the balance has thus become 12 wins and only one loss.
Four of the wins have come in overtime or after a game-winning goal.
The only loss came against Sweden in a training match in April. At that time, Sweden clearly won 4–0. As a counterweight, Leijonat has beaten Sweden by five wins during the streak.
Switzerland’s Finland has won three times and the Czech Republic and Latvia twice.
The total goals in the last thirteen games are 37–22 for Leijon. More than two goals have been scored for Leijon in only three matches. So the game has been in excellent condition.
Historically The March of the Lions isn’t hard after all. For example, in the 2021–22 season, the team won 15 matches in a row. It included, among other things, the Olympics.
After that, Finland lost four matches at the EHT, but returned to winning ways at the World Championships, where they won the championship.
And what was the mood like before the previous WC gold in 2019? Same spirit as now. At that time, the Lions’ performance improved as the winter progressed and the balance was eight wins out of the last ten games before the World Cup.
In the World Cup, Finland surprised the top countries with their unnamed team, who were cheering for superstars, on their way to a sensational championship.
This time too, many top countries have announced that they have received strong confirmations from the NHL, while Jukka Jalonen The Lions rely largely on those playing in the European leagues.
The World Cup starts on Friday, when Finland meets the host Czech Republic.
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Fact
Finland before the World Cup
The Lions have won 12 of their last 13 games. This is the balance against different countries:
Swedish: 5 wins, 1 loss
Switzerland: 3 wins
Czech Republic: 2 wins
Latvia: 2 wins
Total goals: 37–22