Remarkable individuals in the history of Finnish hockey

Hockey Hall of Fame Finland

Hockey Hall of Fame Finland gallery

Since 1985, the Hockey Hall of Fame Finland has been honouring players, coaches, referees and influencers of Finnish hockey with the title of Jääkiekkoleijona.

The Board of the Hockey Hall of Fame Finland Association appoints the members of the Selection Committee, who must have a broad knowledge of both the history and the present day of Finnish and international ice hockey.

0-6 persons per year can be inducted.

The purpose of Selection Committee is to elect merited and worthy persons to be inducted as Hockey Lions of the Hockey Hall of Fame Finland. The committee consist of commendable members of Finnish ice hockey community. Current members are chairperson Teppo Numminen, secretary Kai Tervonen, Raimo Helminen, Marianne Ihalainen, Jarmo Jalarvo, Veli-Pekka Ketola, Kalervo Kummola, Jere Lehtinen, Heikki Miettinen, Hannu Tolonen and Erkka Westerlund.

Hall of Fame

On this page you will find all the inductees since 1985. They are presented in descending chronological order. You can filter the view by category.

Lifetime achievement awards

We reward key figures in Finnish ice hockey with a lifetime achievement award.

2015

Pekka

Rantanen

2016

Eino

Honkanen

2018

Kalevi

Helppolainen

2018

Reijo

Mäki-Korvela

2019

Jan

Latvala

2019

Tom

Ratschunas

2019

Kari

Brusin

2021

Antti

Hakkiluoto

2021

Heikki

Korhonen

2021

Kari

Virpiö

2022

Timo

Bäckman

2022

Jukka

Hirsimäki

2022

Markku

Puroharju

2023

Seppo

Hurme

2023

Markku

Innanen

2023

Simo

Siira

2024

Ilkka

Kaarna

2024

Risto

Laine