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Unto Wiitala Trophy
The Unto Wiitala trophy is an ice-hockey award given by the Finnish Liiga to the best referee of the season. It is named after Unto Wiitala Unto Mauri Wiitala (5 July 1925 – 16 January 2019) was a Finnish professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. Born in Kuolemajärvi, Finland, he played for Hämeenlinnan Tarmo before working as a referee and hockey executiv ... a Finnish goalkeeper who competed in the 1950s and became a referee after his playing career. Trophy winners References {{DEFAULTSORT:Unto Wiitala Trophy Finnish awards Liiga trophies and awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ice Hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hockey sticks to control, advance and shoot a closed, vulcanized, rubber disc called a " puck" into the other team's goal. Each goal is worth one point. The team which scores the most goals is declared the winner. In a formal game, each team has six skaters on the ice at a time, barring any penalties, one of whom is the goaltender. Ice hockey is a full contact sport. Ice hockey is one of the sports featured in the Winter Olympics while its premiere international amateur competition, the IIHF World Championships, are governed by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) for both men's and women's competitions. Ice hockey is also played as a professional sport. In North America as well as many European countries, the sport is known simply ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefan Fonselius
Stefan Fonselius (born September 19, 1976) is a Finnish ice hockey linesman who works in the SM-liiga. He has also officiated in the ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics. He gained notoriety when he unwittingly took the Gold Medal-winning puck home with him to Turku, Finland before delivering it to the IIHF to be authenticated and sent to the Hockey Hall of Fame , logo = Hockey Hall of Fame Logo.svg , logo_upright = 0.5 , image = Hockey Hall of Fame, Toronto.jpg , caption = The Hall's present location on Yonge Street since 1992 , map_type = , former_name = , established = 1943 , location = 30 Y .... References 1976 births Finnish ice hockey officials Ice hockey people from Turku Living people {{finland-icehockey-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jukka Hakkarainen
Jukka () is a common Finnish given name for males. History Jukka is an old variant of the name Johannes, a biblical name spread over to Finland through Sweden with the introduction of Christianity. Jukka remained a nickname for people registered by authorities as Johan, Johannes, Juho etc., and did not appear in official records until the late 19th century.Thchurch record archiveon the website of th/ref> The name was added to the official list of first names in the Finnish almanac managed by thin 1950, and its name day is June 24, also the name day of Johannes and other variants, and the traditional midsummer day, or ''Juhannus''. Popularity The name Jukka enjoyed the highest popularity in the years 1960–1979, though it was much used during the previous two decades as well. The 1980s and 1990s saw a marked decline in the name's popularity, and in recent years not many children have been named Jukka.Thname service on the website of thPopulation Register Centre of Finland As ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksi Rantala
Aleksi is a masculine Finnish given name. Notable people with the name include: * Aleksi Bardy *Aleksi Benashvili *Aleksi Eeben *Aleksi Elorinne *Aleksi Hihnavaara *Aleksi Holmberg *Aleksi Laakso *Alexi Laiho *Aleksi Lehtonen *Aleksi Mäkelä (other), several people * Aleksi Mustonen *Aleksi Orenius Aleksi Orenius (born October 24, 1993) is a Finnish ice hockey defenceman. Orenius made his SM-liiga debut playing with Ilves Ilves (; Finnish for "Lynx") is a Finnish professional ice hockey team based in Tampere. They play in the Liiga at ... * Aleksi Paananen * Aleksi Randell * Aleksi Ristola * Aleksi Rutanen * Aleksi Saarela * Aleksi Sariola * Aleksi Sihvonen See also * Aleksy * Alexy * Alexey * Alexie {{given name Finnish masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antti Boman (referee)
Demilich is a Finnish death metal band, which formed in the early 1990s and consists of frontman Antti Boman, guitarist Aki Hytönen, bassist Ville Koistinen, and drummer Mikko Virnes. Their debut album, '' Nespithe'' (1993), features intricate death metal riffs with unusually low, guttural vocals in the vocal fry register. The album contains long, complicated song titles and unconventional lyrics which were written in code in the booklet. ''Nespithe'' was featured in ''Terrorizer'''s ''Secret History of Death Metal'', in their list of "The 40 Albums You Must Hear"; they commented: "Even trying to scream your lungs out whilst vomiting a mix of haggis, outdated goat's cheese and kebab won't do. Tested extensively by Terrorizer's scientific team, we can now safely say that no normal human is capable of reproducing the effect-free vocal madness displayed by Antti Boman on these Finns' sole, totally unique, album."Badin, Olivier. ''Terrorizer'''s Secret History of Death Metal, "T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Timo Favorin
Timo is a masculine given name. It is primarily used in Finnish, Estonian, Dutch and German societies. It may be used as an abbreviation of Timothy. Arts and entertainment *Timo Alakotila (born 1959), Finnish musician *Timo Andres (born 1985), American composer and pianist * Timo Blunck (born 1962), German musician * Timo Boll (born 1981), German table tennis player *Timo Bortolotti (1889–1951), Italian sculptor *Timo Brunke (born 1972), German slam poet *Timo Descamps (born 1986), Belgian actor and musician * Timo Ellis (born 1970), American musician and record producer * Timo Pieni Huijaus (born 1982), a Finnish rapper *Timo Jurkka (born 1963), Finnish actor * Timo Kahilainen (born 1963), Finnish actor * Timo Kahlen (born 1966), German sound sculptor and media artist * Timo Kojo (born 1953), Finnish singer * Timo Koivusalo (born 1963), Finnish actor, writer, and musician * Timo Korhonen (born 1964), Finnish classical guitarist * Timo Koskinen (born 1965), Finnish classical p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jari Levonen
Jari "Japa" Levonen (Born: 23 August 1966) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey winger and referee. Levonen represented the Porin Ässät and the Jokipojat during his player career. He has won the golden Whistle award 15 times in the SM-liiga, being the best referee voted by players 15 times in a row between 2002 and 2017. He has also won the Unto Wiitala trophy seven times as the best referee in Finland decided by SM-liiga's referee coaching group. Levonen has the second most whistled games in the SM-liiga with 979, only behind Timo Favorin. Levonen retired in 2020, but has officiated in preseason games. Playing career Levonen played 459 matches in his SM-liiga career, which ended with an injury, all in the Porin Ässät. In his playing career, Levonen scored 101 goals and 89 assists. He sat in the penalty box for 691 minutes. In the playoffs, the corresponding statistics were 38 matches, 9 goals and 7 assists and 46 penalty minutes. Referee career In the spring of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markku Kruus
Markku is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Markku Alén (born 1951), Finnish former rally and race car driver * Markku Aro (born 1950), Finnish singer who performed on Eurovision contest in 1971 *Markku Huhtamo (born 1946), Finnish actor *Markku Into (born 1945), legend of Finnish poetry, member in Finnish 1960s underground movement of Turku *Markku Kanerva (born 1964), Finnish football manager and former player *Markku Kivinen (born 1951), professor of sociology and a director of the Aleksanteri Institute *Markku Komonen (born 1945), Finnish architect *Markku Koski (born 1981), professional snowboarder from Sievi, Finland *Markku Kukkoaho (born 1946), Finnish sprinter *Markku Kyllönen (born 1962), retired professional ice hockey player *Markku Lehmuskallio (born 1938), Finnish film director, cinematographer and screenwriter * Markku Luolajan-Mikkola, Finnish baroque cellist and viol player *Markku Niinimäki, Finnish Paralympian athlete competing mainly in cate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marko Lepaus
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Marko may refer to: * Marko (given name) * Marko (surname) * Márkó, a village in Hungary See also * Marco (other) * Markko (other) * Marka (other) * Markov *Marku Marku is an Albanian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Albion Marku (born 2000), Albanian footballer * Antonio Marku (born 1992), Albanian footballer * Florian Marku (born 1996), Albanian boxer * Herald Marku (born 1996), Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pekka Haajanen
Pekka is a Finnish male given name. It was most popular around the middle of the 20th century. As of 2013 there were more than 100,000 people registered with this name in Finland. The nameday is the 29th of June in the Finnish tradition and the 25th of June on the orthodox calendar. It originated as a variation of the name Peter (''Pietari''). Notable people with this name include: * Pekka-Eric Auvinen (born 1989), perpetrator of the Jokela school shooting in 2007 * Pekka Haavisto (born 1958), Finnish politician and minister * Pekka Harttila (born 1941), Finnish diplomat and a lawyer * Pekka Heino (television presenter) (born 1961), Sweden television host and presenter * Pekka Heino (singer) (born 1976), Finnish metal singer * Pekka Himanen (born 1973), Finnish philosopher * Pekka Huhtaniemi (born 1949), Finnish diplomat * Pekka Koskela (born 1982), Finnish speed skater * Pekka Kuusisto (born 1976), Finnish violinist * Pekka Lagerblom (born 1982), Finnish footballer * Pekka T. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kari Nieminen
Kari or KARI may refer to: Places * Kari, Jhunjhunu, a village in Rajasthan, India * , a village in Mouhoun Province, Burkina Faso *Kari, Tikamgarh, a town in Madhya Pradesh, India *Kari, Iran, a village in Bushehr Province, Iran * Kari-ye Bozorg ("Greater Kari"), a village in Ardabil Province, Iran People and languages *The Gayiri people of central Queensland, Australia * Kari people, also Cari, Aka-Kari or Aka-Cari, a tribe in the Andaman Islands, India **Kari language, also Cari, Aka-Kari or Aka-Cari, spoken by the Kari people *Kari language, a Bantu language spoken in Africa * Kari (name), real and fictional people with the given name, nickname or surname * Kari Suomalainen * Kári, son of Fornjót, the personification of wind in Norse mythology Organisations * KARI (AM), an AM radio station broadcasting on 550, licensed to Blaine, WA * Kenya Agricultural Research Institute * Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative *Korea Aerospace Research Institute Other * Kari or curry, a pan- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
