Pennanen also dreams of finishing his studies.
Hockey coach Antti Pennasell it’s going to be a colorful year.
Pennanen goes to Edmonton for the third time as the head coach of the Young Lions, when the World Cup is played in the oil city. The previous trip to the competition was canceled due to the coronavirus.
In addition, he was nominated for the position of the Olympic Committee’s head of elite sports, although he never even applied for the position.
“I have told everyone who has asked that I have not applied for that position,” Pennanen said.
“I’ve been interested in some point and participated in discussions, but that doesn’t mean I applied for it.”
On top of everything, Pennanen was supposed to be the next head coach of the KHL club Jokers, but Vladimir Putin decided with his brutal war that Jokerit will not continue in the KHL.
“Now there is nothing,” says Pennanen about his patterns after the World Cup tournament. “There was an agreement with the KHL-Jokers, but everyone understands that it will not come true.”
The Jokerit is trying to return to the puck map and the League for the 2023–2024 season, and that team doesn’t have a head coach either.
“Yeah, of course the league Jokers are interested. How and what kind of Liiga Jokers will be interesting to know and where I would join, but I am definitely interested.”
“One of the options to consider, but I feel that there are others. Yes, the Jokers know.”
The big problem for Pennas is that neither he nor anyone else knows with whom the Jokers are being negotiated. Jari Kurri led the KHL club, but who would lead the league team.
Pennanen also dreams of finishing his studies. He is missing two years of psychology studies.
“You should finish your studies in the fall and then have the opportunity to work as a therapist. That’s how I planned it.”
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