Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame

The Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame is housed in and administered by the ('Finnish Ice Hockey Museum'), a part of the Vapriikki Museum Centre, in Tampere, Finland. The mission of the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame is to record, document, and exhibit objects, photographs, and printed materials related to Finnish ice hockey. The original Kanada-malja and the Aurora Borealis Cup are on display along with a number of active-use Liiga awards and hockey memorabilia including sweaters and game-used gear from past seasons.

When the hall of fame was established on 14 June 1979, its founding members included Aarne Honkavaara, Kalervo Kummola, Kimmo Leinonen, Harry Lindblad, and others. Notable chairpersons of the hall of fame have included, Harry Lindblad (1979–1983), Aarne Honkavaara (1983–1996), Unto Wiitala (1996–2001), and Kimmo Leinonen (2011–2018).

Since 1985, the Hockey Hall of Fame Finland has honored distinguished players, coaches, referees, influencers, and members of the media who have made significant impact on ice hockey in Finland, naming them each a (). Each Jääkiekkoleijona is designated with the chronological number of their induction. Including the induction class of 2024, there are 280 inductees in the Hockey Hall of Fame Finland. Of the 280 inductees, thirteen are women.

Inductees

Year ofinduction Number Person Category 1985 1 Influencer 2 Influencer 3 Coach 4 Holger Granström Player 5 Coach 6 Keijo Kuusela Player 7 Influencer 8 Pentti Isotalo Player 9 Matti Rintakoski Player 10 Aarne Honkavaara Player 11 Eero Salisma Player 12 Coach 13 Kalle Havulinna Player 14 Matti Karumaa Player 15 Lotfi Nasib Player 16 Jukka Wuolio Player 17 Unto Wiitala Player 18 Media 19 Harry Lindblad Influencer 20 Coach 21 Yrjö Hakala Player 22 Ossi Kauppi Player 23 Referee 24 Christian Rapp Player 25 Joe Wirkkunen Coach 26 Esko Niemi Player 27 Matti Lampainen Player 28 Erkki Koiso Player 29 Teppo Rastio Player 30 Raimo Kilpiö Player 31 Esko Luostarinen Player 32 Pertti Nieminen Player 33 Heino Pulli Player 34 Juhani Lahtinen Player 35 Referee 36 Jarmo Wasama Player 1986 37 Influencer 38 Esko Rekomaa Player 39 Seppo Liitsola Player 40 Mauno Nurmi Player 41 Voitto Soini Player 42 Jouni Seistamo Player 43 Juhani Wahlsten Player 44 Kalevi Numminen Player 45 Seppo Nikkilä Player 46 Coach 47 Jorma Suokko Player 48 Matti Reunamäki Player 1987 49 Lasse Heikkilä Coach 50 Matti Keinonen Player 51 Seppo Lindström Player 52 Lalli Partinen Player 53 Lasse Oksanen Player 54 Referee 1988 55 Coach 56 Influencer 57 Influencer 58 Antti Heikkilä Player 59 Reijo Hakanen Player 60 Jorma Peltonen Player 61 Urpo Ylönen Player 62 Ilkka Mesikämmen Player 1989 63 Influencer 64 Ilpo Koskela Player 65 Juha Rantasila Player 66 Jorma Vehmanen Player 67 Jorma Valtonen Player 1990 68 Pekka Marjamäki Player 69 Esa Peltonen Player 70 Antti Leppänen Player 71 Seppo Repo Player 72 Veli-Pekka Ketola Player 1991 73 Karl-Gustav Kaisla Referee 74 Influencer 75 Lauri Mononen Player 76 Harri Linnonmaa Player 77 Matti Murto Player 78 Heikki Riihiranta Player 79 Juhani Tamminen Player 80 Timo Nummelin Player 81 Timo Sutinen Player 82 Göran Stubb Influencer 1992 83 Influencer 84 Pentti Lund Player 85 Hannu Haapalainen Player 86 Pertti Koivulahti Player 87 Reijo Leppänen Player 88 Seppo Suoraniemi Player 89 Pertti Valkeapää Player 1993 90 Seppo Ahokainen Player 91 Pekka Rautakallio Player 92 Martti Jarkko Player 93 Referee 1994 94 Eero Saari Player 95 Esko Tie Player 96 Lasse Litma Player 97 Jukka Porvari Player 1995 98 Matti Hagman Player 99 Kari Makkonen Player 100 Tapio Levo Player 101 Mikko Leinonen Player 102 Referee 103 Influencer 1996 104 Henry Leppä Player 105 Kari Eloranta Player 106 Kalervo Kummola Influencer 1997 107 Ilkka Sinisalo Player 108 Erkki Lehtonen Player 109 Influencer 1998 110 Tapio Koskinen Player 111 Markus Mattsson Player 112 Risto Siltanen Player 113 Jari Kurri Player 114 Pertti Lehtonen Player 115 Hannu Kamppuri Player 116 Matti Forss Player 117 Kai Hietarinta Influencer 118 Aulis Virtanen Media 1999 119 Media 2000 120 Timo Susi Player 121 Arto Javanainen Player 122 Reijo Ruotsalainen Player 123 Kari Jalonen Player 124 Pekka Tuomisto Player 125 Frank Moberg Player 126 Player 2002 127 Timo Blomqvist Player 128 Influencer 2003 129 Jorma Salmi Player 130 Jukka Tammi Player 131 Arto Ruotanen Player 132 Timo Jutila Player 133 Hannu Virta Player 134 Christian Ruuttu Player 135 Pentti Matikainen Coach 136 Referee 137 Pentti Lindegren Media 2004 138 Risto Jalo Player 139 Mikko Mäkelä Player 140 Esa Keskinen Player 141 Petri Skriko Player 142 Raimo Summanen Player 143 Esa Tikkanen Player 144 Timo Turunen Player 145 Stig Wetzell Player 146 Gustav Bubník Coach 147Carl Brewer Coach 148 Curt Lindström Coach 149 Alpo Suhonen Coach 150 Hilpas Sulin Coach 151 Referee 152 Influencer 153 Influencer 154 Martin Saarikangas Influencer 155 Influencer 156 Media 157 Media 158 Media 2005 159 Hannu Kapanen Player 160 Markus Ketterer Player 161 Sakari Lindfors Player 162 Jari Lindroos Player 163 Reijo Mikkolainen Player 164 Mika Nieminen Player 165 Marko Palo Player 166 Jouni Rinne Player 167 Rauno Korpi Coach 168 Referee 169 Influencer 170 Influencer 171 Influencer 172 Influencer 2006 173 Ville Sirén Player 174 Simo Saarinen Player 175 Player 176 Hannu Järvenpää Player 177 Pekka Arbelius Player 178 Timo Saarikoski Player 179 Kari Takko Player 180 Darren Boyko Player 181 Otakar Janecký Player 182 Hannu Aravirta Coach 183 Hannu Jortikka Coach 184 Influencer 185 Harry Bogomoloff Influencer 186 Influencer 2007 187 Marianne Ihalainen Player 188 Janne Laukkanen Player 189 Antti Törmänen Player 190 Riikka Sallinen Player 191 Influencer 2009 192 Raimo Helminen Player 193 Erik Hämäläinen Player 194 Sari Krooks Player 195 Tero Lehterä Player 196 Jyrki Lumme Player 197 Jarmo Myllys Player 198 Juha Ylönen Player 199 Vladimir Yurzinov Coach 200 Erkka Westerlund Coach 201 Referee 2010 202 Teppo Numminen Player203 Matti Rautiainen Player204 Influencer205 Influencer 2011206 Janne Ojanen Player207 Jere Lehtinen Player208 Marko Kiprusoff Player209 Mika Strömberg Player210 Jukka Jalonen Coach211 Kimmo Leinonen Influencer 2012 212 Aki Berg Player 213 Juha Lind Player 214 Pasi Nurminen Player 215 Timo Peltomaa Player 216 Influencer 217 Influencer 218 Influencer 2013 219 Iiro Järvi Player 220 Ari Sulander Player 221 Petri Varis Player 222 Pekka Paavola Influencer 2014 223 Sari Marjamäki Player 224 Sami Kapanen Player 225 Janne Niinimaa Player 226 Ville Peltonen Player 227 Anne Haanpää Referee 2015 228 Saku Koivu Player 229 Pekka Leimu Player 230 Tiia Reima Player 231 Kimmo Rintanen Player 232 Teemu Selänne Player 233 Player 234 Rauli Virtanen Coach 2016 235 Päivi Virta Player 236 Jukka Hentunen Player 237 Miikka Kiprusoff Player 238 Toni Lydman Player 239 Don Baizley Influencer 240 Harry Harkimo Influencer 2017 241 Erkki Laine Player 242 Antti-Jussi Niemi Player 243 Fredrik Norrena Player 244 Katja Riipi Player 245 Sami Salo Player246 Influencer 2018 247 Kirsi Hänninen Player 248 Olli Jokinen Player 249 Antero Niittymäki Player 250 Jarkko Ruutu Player 251 Kimmo Timonen Player 252 Jyri Rönn Referee 2019 253 Petteri Nummelin Player 254 Antti Miettinen Player 255 Emma Terho Player 256 Coach 2021 257 Niklas Hagman Player 258 Niko Kapanen Player 259 Tuomo Ruutu Player 260 Petra Vaarakallio Player 261 Ossi Väänänen Player 262 Influencer2022 263 Niklas Bäckström Player 264 Mikko Koivu Player 265 Ilkka Mikkola Player 266 Saija Tarkki Player 267 Referee268Influencer2023 269 Mikko Eloranta Player 270 Tuukka Mäntylä Player 271 Janne Pesonen Player 272 Jukka Rautakorpi Coach 273 Referee 274 Influencer2024 275 Jussi Jokinen Player 276 Lasse Kukkonen Player 277 Pekka Rinne Player 278 Jari Levonen Referee 279 Jarmo Kekäläinen Influencer 280 Markku Tuominen Influencer2025 281 Topi Jaakola Player 282 Mika Pyörälä Player 283 Tuukka Rask Player 284 Anssi Salmela Player 285 Johanna Kuisma Referee 286 Influencer

See also Finnish Ice Hockey Association Ice hockey in Finland IIHF Hall of Fame Hockey Hall of Fame

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