Hockey Canadian NHL star recalled the fact behind the Lions World Cup gold – now the situation is different

Canada and Finland are playing against each other for the third time in a row in the World Cup final.

Finland and Finns have become familiar To Pierre-Luc Dubois23, who was losing the World Cup final to Leo in 2019.

Dubois’s career has been strongly associated with blue-and-white colors, especially from a Finnish perspective: at the 2016 NHL booking ceremony, he wedged for third place before Jesse Puljujärveäand last season he switched NHL clubs in the same player trade Patrik Laine with.

“It seems that more and more Finnish players are coming to the NHL every year,” Dubois told IS.

“There are guys like that at the top Alexander Barkov, Sebastian Aho and Teuvo Sharp. Then there are even younger guys like Anton Lundell and Miro Heiskanenwho is still young but has already achieved a lot in his career. ”

Dallas star pack Heiskanen is also part of the Finnish World Cup team.

”Patrik Laine, Mikko RantanenJesse Puljujärvi … The list is long. ”

“I remember playing in a tournament for under-16s against Finland in Quebec. It’s cool now as a parent to see the same players in the NHL as you did then. ”

Dubois is in the same age group (b. 1998) as Laine and Puljujärvi, among others.

Finland has become the world’s leading puck alongside the great and mighty Canada – or at least in the wake.

“Three years ago, they didn’t even have NHL players on their team when they beat us in the final.”