First Finnish NHL player on each franchise

by SharksAttack - 32 cards (Last updated on Oct 12, 2021)

The First Finnish citizen to play a NHL game on each franchise history.

1983-84 O-Pee-Chee #81 Kari Eloranta Front

11. 1983-84 O-Pee-Chee #81 Kari Eloranta

St. Louis Blues

Kari Eloranta 1981-82

Kari "Piri" Eloranta is remembered better from his time in Calgary but he played 12 games with the Blues in 1981-82.

1982-83 O-Pee-Chee #129 Risto Siltanen Front

12. 1982-83 O-Pee-Chee #129 Risto Siltanen

Hartford Whalers (Carolina Hurricanes)

Risto Siltanen 1982-83

"Rike" played 4 season on the Whalers

13. 1982-83 Birmingham South Stars (CHL) #NNO Markus Mattsson

Minnesota North Stars (Dallas Stars)

Markus Mattsson 1982-83

Mattsson played 2 games on the North Stars in 1982-83

14. 1982 Semic Hockey VM/Jaakiekon MM (Swedish/Finnish) Stickers #159 Markus Mattsson

Los Angeles Kings

Markus Mattsson 1982-83

After a short stint in Minnesota. Mattsson played 1982-84 seasons in Los Angeles.

1993-94 Leaf Sisu SM-Liiga (Finnish) #388 Arto Javanainen Front

15. 1993-94 Leaf Sisu SM-Liiga (Finnish) #388 Arto Javanainen

Pittsburgh Penguins

Arto Javanainen 1984-85

"Java" played only 14 games with the Pens but scored 4 goals.

1986-87 O-Pee-Chee #252 Petri Skriko Front

16. 1986-87 O-Pee-Chee #252 Petri Skriko

Vancouver Canucks

Petri Skriko 1984-85

Skriko played 7 seasons in Vancouver.

1987-88 New York Islanders Police #11 Mikko Makela Front

17. 1987-88 New York Islanders Police #11 Mikko Makela

New York Islanders

Mikko Mäkelä 1985-86

Mäkelä played 5 seasons in Long Island

1986-87 O-Pee-Chee #187 Risto Siltanen Front

18. 1986-87 O-Pee-Chee #187 Risto Siltanen

Quebec Nordiques (Colorado Avalanche)

Risto Siltanen 1985-86

"Rike" played 2 season with the Nordiques. Matti Hagman and Markus Mattsson played on WHA-Nordiques.

1988-89 ProCards Saginaw Hawks (IHL) #NNO Jari Torkki Front

19. 1988-89 ProCards Saginaw Hawks (IHL) #NNO Jari Torkki

Chicago Blackhawks

Jari Torkki 1988-89

Torkki played 4 games on the Blackhawks that season

1988-89 ProCards Sherbrooke Canadiens (AHL) #NNO Jyrki Lumme Front

20. 1988-89 ProCards Sherbrooke Canadiens (AHL) #NNO Jyrki Lumme

Montreal Canadiens

Jyrki Lumme 1988-89

Lumme started his long NHL career in Montreal.

Comments

Oct 13, 2021 - 3:30PM
fedoratipper

Nice list. Doesn't surprise me only three Fins have played for the Wings. They prefer Russians and Swedes.

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