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Lions on stamp

Finnish World Junior champs on your letter

Published 15.01.2016 16:04 GMT+2 | Author Organizing Committee
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The new Finnish stamp honouring the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship winners.
The Finnish World Junior Champions receive their own stamp after their gold-medal game win on home ice in Helsinki.

 

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Finland on the upswing

A new generation of stars gets Suomi-fans excited

Published 09.01.2016 18:44 GMT+2 | Author Risto Pakarinen
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To of Finland's top prospects celebrate with the gold medal: Jesse Puljujarvi and Patrik Laine. Photo: Andre Ringuette / HHOF-IIHF Images
And so the Finns have won their fourth World Junior Championship, and the second in three years.

 

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TV numbers hit the roof

45% of Finnish population watched final

Published 07.01.2016 20:49 GMT+2 | Author Martin Merk
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Finnish did not only set a domestic (and European) attendance record at the arena but also on TV at the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship. Photo: Matt Zambonin / HHOF-IIHF Images
The gold medal game of the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship was not only a success for the Finnish team but also for Finnish broadcaster YLE.

 

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RUS-FIN (G) HELSINKI, FINLAND - JANUARY 5: Finland's Mikko Rantanen #15 get prepared for gold medal game action against Russia at the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship. (Photo by Andre Ringuette/HHOF-IIHF Images) RUS-FIN (G) SWE-USA (B) HELSINKI, FINLAND - JANUARY 5: USA's Sonny Milano #28, Louis Belpedio #8 and Christian Dvorak #11 celebrates after a first period goal on Sweden's Felix Sandstrom #1 during bronze medal game action at the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship. (Photo by Matt Zambonin/HHOF-IIHF Images) SWE-USA (B) RUS-USA (SF) HELSINKI, FINLAND - JANUARY 4: Russia's Ilya Samsonov #1 turns as Team USA scores a first period goal during semifinal round action at the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship. (Photo by Matt Zambonin/HHOF-IIHF Images) RUS-USA (SF) SWE-FIN (SF) HELSINKI, FINLAND - JANUARY 4: Pregame light show before Team Sweden takes on Team Finland during semifinal round action at the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship. (Photo by Matt Zambonin/HHOF-IIHF Images) SWE-FIN (SF) BLR-SUI (R) HELSINKI, FINLAND - JANUARY 3: Switzerland's Pius Suter #24 high fives the bench after scoring his second goal of the game during relegation round action at the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship. (Photo by Matt Zambonin/HHOF-IIHF Images) BLR-SUI (R) USA-CZE (QF) HELSINKI, FINLAND - JANUARY 2: USA's Nick Schmaltz #9 high fives the bench after scoring Team USA's first goal of the game during quarterfinal round action at the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship. (Photo by Matt Zambonin/HHOF-IIHF Images) USA-CZE (QF) FIN-CAN (QF) HELSINKI, FINLAND - JANUARY 2: Canada's Dylan Strome #9 scores a first period goal against Finland's Veini Vehvilainen #30 to give his team a 2-0 lead while Jesse Puljujarvi #9 looks on during quarterfinal round action at the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship. (Photo by Andre Ringuette/HHOF-IIHF Images) FIN-CAN (QF) SWE-SVK (QF) HELSINKI, FINLAND - JANUARY 2: Sweden's Joel Eriksson Ek #20 high fives Sweden's Dmytro Timashov #17 after scoring a first period goal during quarterfinal round action at the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship. (Photo by Matt Zambonin/HHOF-IIHF Images) SWE-SVK (QF) RUS-DEN (QF) HELSINKI, FINLAND - JANUARY 2: Russia's Pavel Kraskovski #12 celebrates a first period goal by Yegor Korshkov #26 against Denmark's Thomas Lillie #31 during quarterfinal round action at the 2016 IIHF World Junior Championship. (Photo by Andre Ringuette/HHOF-IIHF Images) RUS-DEN (QF)