Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame

Suomen Jääkiekkomuseo

Finnish Ice Hockey Museum
Established	1979
Location	Vapriikki Museum Centre Alaverstaanraitti 5 Tampere, Finland
Type	Sports museum and hall of fame
Chairperson	Mika Sulin
Website	Official website (in Finnish)

Kanada-malja on display in the Suomen Jääkiekkomuseo.

The Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame is housed in and administered by the Suomen Jääkiekkomuseo ('Finnish Ice Hockey Museum'), a part of the Vapriikki Museum Centre, in Tampere, Finland. The mission of the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame is to record, document, and exhibit objects, photographs, and printed materials related to Finnish ice hockey. The original Kanada-malja and the Aurora Borealis Cup are on display along with a number of active-use Liiga awards and hockey memorabilia including sweaters and game-used gear from past seasons.

When the hall of fame was established on 14 June 1979, its founding members included Aarne Honkavaara, Kalervo Kummola, Kimmo Leinonen, Harry Lindblad, and others. Notable chairpersons of the hall of fame have included, Harry Lindblad (1979–1983), Aarne Honkavaara (1983–1996), Unto Wiitala (1996–2001), and Kimmo Leinonen (2011–2018).[1]

Since 1985, the Hockey Hall of Fame Finland has honored distinguished players, coaches, referees, influencers, and members of the media who have made significant impact on ice hockey in Finland, naming them each a Suomen Jääkiekkoleijona (lit. 'Finnish Ice Hockey Lion'). Each Jääkiekkoleijona is designated with the chronological number of their induction. Including the induction class of 2024, there are 280 inductees in the Hockey Hall of Fame Finland.[2] Of the 280 inductees, thirteen are women.

Inductees

The Hockey Hall of Fame Finland at the Suomen Jääkiekkomuseo.

Aarne Honkavaara, Jääkiekkoleijona #10.

Teppo Rastio, Jääkiekkoleijona #29, while playing with Tampereen Ilves in 1958.

Matti Keinonen, Jääkiekkoleijona #50, and Juhani Lahtinen, #34, after a Leijonat game against Sweden in 1965.

Juhani Wahlsten, Jääkiekkoleijona #43, after receiving the SM-sarja Best Player Award for the 1961-62 season.

Veli-Pekka Ketola, Jääkiekkoleijona #72, at a public appearance in Pori in 2015.

Pentti Lund, Jääkiekkoleijona #84, while playing with the New York Rangers in 1951.

Kalervo Kummola, Jääkiekkoleijona #106, in 2015.

Jari Kurri, Jääkiekkoleijona #113, while playing with the Colorado Avalanche in 1998.

Hannu Aravirta, Jääkiekkoleijona #182, coaching the Lahti Pelicans in 2008.

Anssi Koskinen, Jääkiekkoleijona #191, while hosting the hockey television show Lätkäruutu in 1964.

Raimo Helminen, Jääkiekkoleijona #192, while playing with Tampereen Ilves in 2008.

Erik Hämäläinen, Jääkiekkoleijona #193, while playing with Lukko in his 1001st (and last) SM-liiga regular season game in March 2008.

Jyrki Lumme, Jääkiekkoleijona #196, while playing with the Montreal Canadiens Alumni at the Legends Classic in 2008.

Marko Kiprusoff, Jääkiekkoleijona #208, while playing with TPS Turku in 2008.

Jere Lehtinen, Jääkiekkoleijona #207, while playing for the Dallas Stars in 2008.

Jukka Jalonen, Jääkiekkoleijona #210, at 2011 IIHF World Championship gold medal celebrations in Helsinki.

Ville Peltonen, Jääkiekkoleijona #226, while playing with HIFK in 2010.

Saku Koivu, Jääkiekkoleijona #228.

Teemu Selänne, Jääkiekkoleijona #232, while playing with the Anaheim Ducks in 2010.

Kimmo Timonen, Jääkiekkoleijona #251, while playing with the Nashville Predators in 2009.

Niklas Hagman, Jääkiekkoleijona #257, while playing with the Calgary Flames in 2010.

Mikko Koivu (green helmet), Jääkiekkoleijona #264, and Jussi Jokinen (white helmet), #275, in 2010 while playing for the Minnesota Wild and Carolina Hurricanes, respectively.

Jari Levonen, Jääkiekkoleijona #278, in 2013.

Year of induction	Number	Category	Person
1985	1	Influencer	Kauko Karvonen
	2	Influencer	Aaro Kivilinna
	3	Coach	Erkki Saarinen
	4	Player	Holger Granström
	5	Coach	Risto Lindroos
	6	Player	Keijo Kuusela
	7	Influencer	Juhani Linkosuo
	8	Player	Pentti Isotalo
	9	Player	Matti Rintakoski
	10	Player	Aarne Honkavaara
	11	Player	Eero Salisma
	12	Coach	Henry Kvist
	13	Player	Kalle Havulinna
	14	Player	Matti Karumaa
	15	Player	Lotfi Nasib
	16	Player	Jukka Wuolio
	17	Player	Unto Wiitala
	18	Media representative	Jouko Autero
	19	Influencer	Harry Lindblad
	20	Coach	Jarl Ohlson
	21	Player	Yrjö Hakala
	22	Player	Ossi Kauppi
	23	Referee	Tuomo Lindroos
	24	Player	Christian Rapp
	25	Coach	Joe Wirkkunen
	26	Player	Esko Niemi
	27	Player	Matti Lampainen
	28	Player	Erkki Koiso
	29	Player	Teppo Rastio
	30	Player	Raimo Kilpiö
	31	Player	Esko Luostarinen
	32	Player	Pertti Nieminen
	33	Player	Heino Pulli
	34	Player	Juhani Lahtinen
	35	Referee	Sakari Sillankorva
	36	Player	Jarmo Wasama
1986	37	Influencer	Otto Wuorio
	38	Player	Esko Rekomaa
	39	Player	Seppo Liitsola
	40	Player	Mauno Nurmi
	41	Player	Voitto Soini
	42	Player	Jouni Seistamo
	43	Player	Juhani Wahlsten
	44	Player	Kalevi Numminen
	45	Player	Seppo Nikkilä
	46	Coach	Teuvo Myyryläinen
	47	Player	Jorma Suokko
	48	Player	Matti Reunamäki
1987	49	Coach	Lasse Heikkilä
	50	Player	Matti Keinonen
	51	Player	Seppo Lindström
	52	Player	Lalli Partinen
	53	Player	Lasse Oksanen
	54	Referee	Raimo Sepponen
1988	55	Coach	Carl-Magnus Brander
	56	Influencer	Jorma Nykänen
	57	Influencer	Paavo Pitkänen
	58	Player	Antti Heikkilä
	59	Player	Reijo Hakanen
	60	Player	Jorma Peltonen
	61	Player	Urpo Ylönen
	62	Player	Ilkka Mesikämmen
1989	63	Influencer	Esko Paltanen
	64	Player	Ilpo Koskela
	65	Player	Juha Rantasila
	66	Player	Jorma Vehmanen
	67	Player	Jorma Valtonen
1990	68	Player	Pekka Marjamäki
	69	Player	Esa Peltonen
	70	Player	Antti Leppänen
	71	Player	Seppo Repo
	72	Player	Veli-Pekka Ketola
1991	73	Referee	Karl-Gustav Kaisla
	74	Influencer	Matias Helenius
	75	Player	Lauri Mononen
	76	Player	Harri Linnonmaa
	77	Player	Matti Murto
	78	Player	Heikki Riihiranta
	79	Player	Juhani Tamminen
	80	Player	Timo Nummelin
	81	Player	Timo Sutinen
	82	Influencer	Göran Stubb
1992	83	Influencer	Usko Teromaa
	84	Player	Pentti Lund
	85	Player	Hannu Haapalainen
	86	Player	Pertti Koivulahti
	87	Player	Reijo Leppänen
	88	Player	Seppo Suoraniemi
	89	Player	Pertti Valkeapää
1993	90	Player	Seppo Ahokainen
	91	Player	Pekka Rautakallio
	92	Player	Martti Jarkko
	93	Referee	Lasse Vanhanen
1994	94	Player	Eero Saari
	95	Player	Esko Tie
	96	Player	Lasse Litma
	97	Player	Jukka Porvari
1995	98	Player	Matti Hagman
	99	Player	Kari Makkonen
	100	Player	Tapio Levo
	101	Player	Mikko Leinonen
	102	Referee	Pertti Juhola
	103	Influencer	Teuvo Honkalinna
1996	104	Player	Henry Leppä
	105	Player	Kari Eloranta
	106	Influencer	Kalervo Kummola
1997	107	Player	Ilkka Sinisalo
	108	Player	Erkki Lehtonen
	109	Influencer	Teemu Hiltunen
1998	110	Player	Tapio Koskinen
	111	Player	Markus Mattsson
	112	Player	Risto Siltanen
	113	Player	Jari Kurri
	114	Player	Pertti Lehtonen
	115	Player	Hannu Kamppuri
	116	Player	Matti Forss
	117	Influencer	Kai Hietarinta
	118	Media representative	Aulis Virtanen
1999	119	Media representative	Antero Karapalo
2000	120	Player	Timo Susi
	121	Player	Arto Javanainen
	122	Player	Reijo Ruotsalainen
	123	Player	Kari Jalonen
	124	Player	Pekka Tuomisto
	125	Player	Frank Moberg
	126	Player	Arto Lehtiö
2002	127	Player	Timo Blomqvist
	128	Influencer	Tomi Mäkipää
2003	129	Player	Jorma Salmi
	130	Player	Jukka Tammi
	131	Player	Arto Ruotanen
	132	Player	Timo Jutila
	133	Player	Hannu Virta
	134	Player	Christian Ruuttu
	135	Coach	Pentti Matikainen
	136	Referee	Seppo Mäkelä
	137	Media representative	Pentti Lindegren
2004	138	Player	Risto Jalo
	139	Player	Mikko Mäkelä
	140	Player	Esa Keskinen
	141	Player	Petri Skriko
	142	Player	Raimo Summanen
	143	Player	Esa Tikkanen
	144	Player	Timo Turunen
	145	Player	Stig Wetzell
	146	Coach	Gustav Bubník
	147	Coach	Carl Brewer
	148	Coach	Curt Lindström
	149	Coach	Alpo Suhonen
	150	Coach	Hilpas Sulin
	151	Referee	Jarmo Jalarvo
	152	Influencer	Seppo Helle
	153	Influencer	Aimo Mäkinen
	154	Influencer	Martin Saarikangas
	155	Influencer	Juhani Ikonen
	156	Media representative	Anssi Kukkonen
	157	Media representative	Juhani Syvänen
	158	Media representative	Hannu Lindroos
2005	159	Player	Hannu Kapanen
	160	Player	Markus Ketterer
	161	Player	Sakari Lindfors
	162	Player	Jari Lindroos
	163	Player	Reijo Mikkolainen
	164	Player	Mika Nieminen
	165	Player	Marko Palo
	166	Player	Jouni Rinne
	167	Coach	Rauno Korpi
	168	Referee	Janne Rautavuori
	169	Influencer	Lasse Laukkanen
	170	Influencer	Hannu Ansas
	171	Influencer	Harri Lintumäki
	172	Influencer	Tapani Mattila
2006	173	Player	Ville Sirén
	174	Player	Simo Saarinen
	175	Player	Pekka Järvelä
	176	Player	Hannu Järvenpää
	177	Player	Pekka Arbelius
	178	Player	Timo Saarikoski
	179	Player	Kari Takko
	180	Player	Darren Boyko
	181	Player	Otakar Janecký
	182	Coach	Hannu Aravirta
	183	Coach	Hannu Jortikka
	184	Influencer	Jarmo Männistö
	185	Influencer	Harry Bogomoloff
	186	Influencer	Urpo Helkovaara
2007	187	Player	Marianne Ihalainen
	188	Player	Janne Laukkanen
	189	Player	Antti Törmänen
	190	Player	Riikka Sallinen (née Nieminen; prev. Välilä)
	191	Influencer	Anssi Koskinen
2009	192	Player	Raimo Helminen
	193	Player	Erik Hämäläinen
	194	Player	Sari Krooks
	195	Player	Tero Lehterä
	196	Player	Jyrki Lumme
	197	Player	Jarmo Myllys
	198	Player	Juha Ylönen
	199	Coach	Vladimir Yurzinov
	200	Coach	Erkka Westerlund
	201	Referee	Rainer Grannas
2010	202	Player	Teppo Numminen
	203	Player	Matti Rautiainen
	204	Influencer	Rauno Mokka
	205	Influencer	Matti Väisänen [fi]
2011	206	Player	Janne Ojanen
	207	Player	Jere Lehtinen
	208	Player	Marko Kiprusoff
	209	Player	Mika Strömberg
	210	Coach	Jukka Jalonen
	211	Influencer	Kimmo Leinonen
2012	212	Player	Aki Berg
	213	Player	Juha Lind
	214	Player	Pasi Nurminen
	215	Player	Timo Peltomaa
	216	Influencer	Hannu Soro
	217	Influencer	Pertti Kontto
	218	Influencer	Esa Sulkava
2013	219	Player	Iiro Järvi
	220	Player	Ari Sulander
	221	Player	Petri Varis
	222	Influencer	Pekka Paavola
2014	223	Player	Sari Marjamäki (née Fisk)
	224	Player	Sami Kapanen
	225	Player	Janne Niinimaa
	226	Player	Ville Peltonen
	227	Referee	Anne Haanpää (née Bäckman)
2015	228	Player	Saku Koivu
	229	Player	Pekka Leimu
	230	Player	Tiia Reima
	231	Player	Kimmo Rintanen
	232	Player	Teemu Selänne
	233	Player	Erkki Haapanen [fi]
	234	Coach	Rauli Virtanen
2016	235	Player	Päivi Virta
	236	Player	Jukka Hentunen
	237	Player	Miikka Kiprusoff
	238	Player	Toni Lydman
	239	Influencer	Don Baizley [fi; sv]
	240	Influencer	Harry Harkimo
2017[3]	241	Player	Erkki Laine
	242	Player	Antti-Jussi Niemi
	243	Player	Fredrik Norrena
	244	Player	Katja Riipi
	245	Player	Sami Salo
	246	Influencer	Juha Junno [fi]
2018[4]	247	Player	Kirsi Hänninen[5]
	248	Player	Olli Jokinen[6]
	249	Player	Antero Niittymäki[7]
	250	Player	Jarkko Ruutu[8]
	251	Player	Kimmo Timonen[9]
	252	Referee	Jyri Rönn[10]
2019[11]	253	Player	Petteri Nummelin
	254	Player	Antti Miettinen
	255	Player	Emma Terho (née Laaksonen)
	256	Coach	Hannu Saintula [fi]
2021[12][13]	257	Player	Niklas Hagman
	258	Player	Niko Kapanen
	259	Player	Tuomo Ruutu
	260	Player	Petra Vaarakallio
	261	Player	Ossi Väänänen
	262	Influencer	Seppo Arponen[14]
2022[15][16]	263	Player	Niklas Bäckström
	264	Player	Mikko Koivu
	265	Player	Ilkka Mikkola
	266	Player	Saija Tarkki (née Sirviö)
	267	Referee	Anu Saarni [fi][17] (née Hirvonen)
	268	Influencer	Reijo Paajanen [fi][18]
2023	269	Player	Mikko Eloranta
	270	Player	Tuukka Mäntylä
	271	Player	Janne Pesonen
	272	Coach	Jukka Rautakorpi
	273	Referee	Timo Favorin [fi]
	274	Influencer	Heikki Hietanen [fi]
2024[19]	275	Player	Jussi Jokinen
	276	Player	Lasse Kukkonen
	277	Player	Pekka Rinne
	278	Referee	Jari Levonen
	279	Influencer	Jarmo Kekäläinen
	280	Influencer	Markku Tuominen

See also

• Finnish Ice Hockey Association
• Ice hockey in Finland
• IIHF Hall of Fame
• Hockey Hall of Fame

References

1. "Story and Staff of the Hockey Hall of Fame Finland". Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame (in Finnish). 2023. Retrieved 2 January 2023.
2. "Jääkiekkoleijonat". Suomen Jääkiekkomuseo (in Finnish). Retrieved 15 November 2024.
3. Mennander, Pasi (15 October 2017). "Kuusi uutta Jääkiekkoleijonaa aateloitiin Suomen Hockey Hall Of Fameen" [Six new Ice Hockey Lions were honored by the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame]. Leijonat.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 5 July 2019.
4. Salomaa, Tomi (24 October 2018). "Tässä ovat uudet Jääkiekkoleijonat" [Here are the new Ice Hockey Lions]. Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 5 July 2019.
5. Finnish Ice Hockey Association, ed. (9 November 2018). "Jääkiekkoleijona numero 247: Kirsi Hänninen". Leijonat.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 5 July 2019.
6. Finnish Ice Hockey Association, ed. (9 November 2018). "Jääkiekkoleijona numero 248: Olli Jokinen". Leijonat.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 5 July 2019.
7. Finnish Ice Hockey Association, ed. (9 November 2018). "Jääkiekkoleijona numero 249: Antero Niittymäki". Leijonat.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 5 July 2019.
8. Finnish Ice Hockey Association, ed. (9 November 2018). "Jääkiekkoleijona numero 250: Jarkko Ruutu". Leijonat.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 5 July 2019.
9. Finnish Ice Hockey Association, ed. (9 November 2018). "Jääkiekkoleijona numero 251: Kimmo Timonen". Leijonat.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 5 July 2019.
10. Finnish Ice Hockey Association, ed. (9 November 2018). "Jääkiekkoleijona numero 252: Jyri Rönn". Leijonat.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 5 July 2019.
11. Finnish Ice Hockey Association, ed. (13 June 2019). "Vuoden 2019 Jääkiekkoleijonat ja elämäntyöpalkinnon saajat julkistettu" [The 2019 Ice Hockey Lions and Lifetime Achievement Awards have been announced]. Leijonat.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 5 July 2019.
12. Saha, Aija (23 April 2021). "Museo aateloi kuusi uutta Jääkiekkoleijonaa" [The Museum honours six new Ice Hockey Lions]. Liiga (in Finnish). Retrieved 5 March 2022.
13. Taipale, Juuso (24 April 2021). "Tässä ovat uudet Jääkiekkoleijonat" [Here are the new Ice Hockey Lions]. Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 3 January 2023.
14. Suomen Jääkiekkomuseo, ed. (13 November 2021). "Jääkiekkoleijona numero 262 (2021): Seppo Arponen". Leijonat.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 3 January 2023.
15. Finnish Ice Hockey Association, ed. (14 September 2022). "Jääkiekkomuseo julkisti vuonna 2022 aateloitavat Jääkiekkoleijonat ja elämäntyöpalkinnon saajat" [The Ice Hockey Museum announced the 2022 ennobled Ice Hockey Lions and Lifetime Achievement Award recipients]. Leijonat.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 3 January 2023.
16. Hultin, Jere (15 September 2022). "Mikko Koivulle merkittävä tunnustus" [A significant recognition for Mikko Koivu]. MTV Uutiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 3 January 2023.
17. Suomen Jääkiekkomuseo, ed. (11 November 2022). "Jääkiekkoleijona nro 267 (2022): Anu Saarni (os. Hirvonen)". Leijonat.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 3 January 2023.
18. Suomen Jääkiekkomuseo, ed. (11 November 2022). "Jääkiekkoleijona nro 268 (2022): Reijo Paajanen". Leijonat.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 3 January 2023.
19. Hauhia, Matias (9 August 2024). "Tässä ovat uudet kiekkoleijonat". Iltalehti (in Finnish). Retrieved 15 November 2024.

External links

• Official website (in Finnish)

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