- Erkka Westerlund
Erkka Westerlund (born 30 March 1957, Pernaja,
Finland ) was the head coach of theFinnish national men's ice hockey team . He was appointed head coach onNovember 1 ,2004 , and his contract ended in May2007 , after winning World Championship Silver inMoscow 's World Championship tournament. He followedRaimo Summanen as head coach of the national team.Erkka has coached several Finnish ice hockey teams in the
SM-Liiga :JYP (1985-1988),Lukko (1989-1991),HIFK (1997-1999) andJokerit (1999-2001)During his coaching career Erkka Westerlund has won the Finnish Championship once: 1998, with HIFK and finished twice in the second place: 1999 & 2000.
Internationally Erkka coached Finland in four tournaments, receiving medals in three of them. Erkka has won one Olympic Silver medal (2006) in
Turin , one World Championship Silver (2007) and one World Championship Bronze (2006).As a player Westerlund was a forward. He played in the 1978/1979 season for Jukurit, in 34 games he scored 7 goals and gave 10 assists. In the 1980/1981 season he played for JYP. Here he played 23 games, scoring 3 goals and 1 assist.
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