ice hockey teams looking for goalie?

mcwilliams · Post by **mcwilliams** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 11:34 am

Just wondering if anyone is looking for a canadian goalie on mens ice hockey team this year in helsinki area. where could i get more info about leagues and teams?
cheers,
josh

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Rosamunda · Post by **Rosamunda** » Sat Jul 21, 2007 2:37 pm

You would need to contact the clubs directly. They all have websites. I know Jäähonka in Espoo http://www.jaahonka.fi (one of my kids used to play) but there are other clubs all over town.

Here's a list for Helsinki:

http://www.hel.fi/wps/portal/Liikuntavi ... 3%A4kiekko

kalmisto · Post by **kalmisto** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 4:20 pm

mcwilliams wrote:Just wondering if anyone is looking for a canadian goalie on mens ice hockey team this year in helsinki area. where could i get more info about leagues and teams?
cheers,
josh

I hope that I am wrong but I suspect that Finnish clubs will not accept you as a member if you do not speak Finnish. It that turns out to be true here is an alternative for you :
http://www.ssi-developer.net/finland-gaa/club/

Not exactly what you are looking for but probably better than nothing.

kalmisto · Post by **kalmisto** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 4:31 pm

mcwilliams

If you are interested in football also see this ! :
http://sports.groups.yahoo.com/group/FinnishLions

" We are always looking for more players and/or supporters... NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY !!! "

Rosamunda · Post by **Rosamunda** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 6:40 pm

I know plenty of kids who do not speak Finnish who play ice hockey, I don't see why it would be different for adults. Some of the clubs even have pages in English. And there are players from USA and Canada, Europe and elsewhere who play for Finnish teams.

mCowboy · Post by **mCowboy** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 6:43 pm

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Mattlill2000 · Post by **Mattlill2000** » Sun Jul 22, 2007 8:21 pm

Good Day! Heres a link to the Finnish Ice Hockey Federation where you can place an ad to mention your availability and if any team is looking for a goalie, they will contact you. You can do everything in English with no problem.

http://www.finhockey.fi/info/toimintastrategia/
Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto - Toimintastrategia

After this go to Keskustelo and register.

Here is a list of most of the hockey clubs in Finland and you can look into adult recreational hockey.

http://www.henriksson.com/kiekkolinkit/juniori.html
Kiekkolinkit : Juniorisarjat

If that fails, pm me and I'll give you a address of a friend who is a goalie and imports goalie equipment to Finland. For the life of me I can't remember the brand. Good Luck!

p.s. One bad thing of adult hockey over here is that they don't have the "beerathons" in the dressing rooms after the games

mcwilliams · Post by **mcwilliams** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 12:00 am

hurly? no way. i'd rather bobsled.

kalmisto · Post by **kalmisto** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:19 pm

mcwilliams wrote:hurly? no way. i'd rather bobsled.

kalmisto · Post by **kalmisto** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:31 pm

penelope wrote:I know plenty of kids who do not speak Finnish who play ice hockey, I don't see why it would be different for adults. Some of the clubs even have pages in English. And there are players from USA and Canada, Europe and elsewhere who play for Finnish teams.

I hoped that I would be wrong, it turned out that I was and I am very happy about it.

Rosamunda · Post by **Rosamunda** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:00 pm

One of the reasons we enrolled our youngest in a hockey club when we arrived was to help him learn Finnish. But we soon figured out that it wasn't really a very "verbal" sport. In fact one day when we asked him what the coach had told them after the match he replied: " the coach said, Turpa kiinni !".

So now he just does football, which has really helped his Finnish alot. Nice kids, great coach and a good team spirit. And we don't have to be "on the ice" at 7am on Sunday mornings any more!

Mattlill2000 · Post by **Mattlill2000** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 3:23 pm

hurly? no way. i'd rather bobsled.

Some goalie

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