Get the full rosters for all eight teams at the 2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup. Read up on every player competing in this international under-18 hockey tournament – heights, weights, birthdates and hometowns.

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Number	Player	Pos	Shoots	Height	Weight	DOB	Hometown	Current Team
10	Leevi Aaltonen	Forward	L	5'9	168	01-24-2001	Mikkeli, FIN	KalPa Kuopio
12	Henri Nikkanen	Forward	L	6'4	209	04-28-2001	Mikkeli, FIN	Jukurit Mikkeli (Liiga)
15	Antti Saarela	Forward	L	5'11	187	06-27-2001	,	Ilves Tampere
18	Mikko Petman	Forward	R	6'0	194	05-13-2001	Lappeenranta, FIN	Lukko Rauma (Liiga)
19	Veeti Miettinen	Forward	L	5'9	159	09-20-2001	Espoo, FIN	Espoo Blues
20	Anton Lundell	Forward	L	6'1	196	10-03-2001	Espoo, FIN	Florida (NHL)
21	Aku Räty	Forward	R	6'0	187	07-05-2001	Oulu, FIN	Kärpät Oulu (Liiga)
22	Kasper Simontaival	Forward	R	5'9	176	01-11-2002	Tampere, FIN	KalPa Kuopio (Liiga)
24	Arttu Tuomaala	Forward	L	5'11	184	10-11-2001	Oulu, FIN	Tappara Tampere (FIN)
33	Rasmus Lahnaviik	Forward	R	5’11¼”	187	08-17-2001	Vantaa,, FIN	Jokerit Helsinki (FIN)
34	Aarne Intonen	Forward	L	5'11	181	07-17-2001	Lieto, FIN	TPS Turku
36	Patrik Puistola	Forward	L	6'0	181	01-11-2001	Tampere, FI	Örebro HK (SHL)
37	Juuso Pärssinen	Forward	L	6'3	198	02-01-2001	FIN	TPS Turku (Liiga)
2	Mikko Kokkonen	Defence	L	5'11	194	01-18-2001	Mikkeli, FIN	Jukurit Mikkeli (Liiga)
3	Kalle Loponen	Defence	R	5'11	187	03-13-2001	Hämeenlinna, FIN	Karpat Oulu
4	Iivari Räsänen	Defence	L	5’11½”	188	05-23-2001	Tampere, FIN	Tappara Tampere (FIN)
5	Aapo Holtinkoski	Defence	L	5’11½”	165	08-02-2001	Oulu, FIN	TPS Turku (FIN)
9	Samu Koskenkorva	Defence	L	5’8¾”	161	11-05-2001	Oulu, FIN	Kärpät Oulu (FIN)
25	Ville Heinola	Defence	L	6'0	181	03-02-2001	Honkajoki, FIN	Lukko Rauma (Liiga)
27	Christoffer Sedoff	Defence	L	6’0¼”	184	02-20-2002	Helsinki, FIN	HIFK Helsinki (FIN)

Player	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM	PPG
Kasper Simontaival	4	0	7	7	0	0
Patrik Puistola	4	4	2	6	14	1
Henri Nikkanen	4	2	4	6	4	0
Aku Räty	3	2	1	3	0	0
Mikko Kokkonen	4	2	1	3	6	0
Veeti Miettinen	4	2	1	3	2	1
Kalle Loponen	4	0	3	3	6	0
Anton Lundell	4	1	1	2	16	1
Leevi Aaltonen	4	0	2	2	2	0
Ville Heinola	4	0	2	2	0	0
Aarne Intonen	4	1	0	1	2	0
Juuso Pärssinen	4	1	0	1	2	0
Rasmus Lahnaviik	4	0	1	1	0	0
Antti Saarela	3	0	0	0	2	0
Aapo Holtinkoski	4	0	0	0	0	0
Samu Koskenkorva	4	0	0	0	2	0
Mikko Petman	4	0	0	0	6	0
Iivari Räsänen	4	0	0	0	0	0
Christoffer Sedoff	4	0	0	0	0	0
Arttu Tuomaala	4	0	0	0	0	0

Number		Player	Pos	Catches	Height	Weight	DOB	Hometown	Current Team
1		Roope Taponen	Goaltender	L	6'0	176	03-14-2001	Espoo, FIN	Kiekki-Espoo (Mestis)
31		Kari Piiroinen	Goaltender	L	6'2	176	07-01-2001	Helsinki, FIN	TUTO Hockey Turku (Mestis)

Player	GP	Mins	SH	SAV	GA	GAA	SAV%
Kari Piiroinen	2	121	64	58	6	2.98	0.906
Roope Taponen	2	119	99	86	13	6.55	0.869
Totals	0	241	163	144	19	0	0.883

Staff

Name	Role
Mika Marttila	Head Coach
Ville Mäntymaa	Assistant Coach
Arto Sihvonen	Team Manager
Antti Kinnunen	Video Coach
Olli-Pekka Äijälä	Goaltending Coach
Dr. Juhani Niinikorpi	Doctor
Mikko Tähkäpää	Physiotherapist

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