Next week sees the final tournament of the Euro Hockey Tour, the Betano Hockey Games in the Czech Republic, where Finland hopes to continue its fine form. See the team's squad for the tournament, which also gives a hint of which players may be able to accompany them all the way to the World Cup.

The last three weeks' international matches against Latvia and Sweden have resulted in five wins and one loss, which is a very good result from the team. Now there are three final matches to play before leaving for Prague.

Compared to the squad that defeated Sweden twice at home during the week, Olli Määttä from the Detroit Red Wings and Jesse Puljujärvi from the Pittsburgh Penguins are new names in the lineup. Rasmus Rissanen, who missed this week's matches but was part of the previous WC upload, is also back in the team. At the same time, Otto Latvala, Sampo Ranta and Viljami Marjala are removed from the squad to make room for more upcoming NHL stars – including Mikael Granlund.

Finland's squad for the Betano Hockey Games 2024

Goalkeepers

29 Harri Säteri, EHC Biel (NLA)
30 Lassi Lehtinen, MoDo Hockey (SHL)
32 Emil Larmi, Växjö Lakers HC (SHL)

Backing

2 Rasmus Rissanen, Örebro HK (SHL)
3 Olli Maättä, Detroit Red Wings (NHL)
7 Oliver Kaski, HV71 (SHL)
18 Vili Saarijärvi, SCL Tigers (NLA)
28 Tobias Winberg, JYP
41 Aleksi Matinmikko, Ace
47 Atro Leppänen, Sport
50 Juuso Riikola, SCL Tigers (NLA)
61 Axel Rindell, Timrå IK (SHL)
82 Jesper Mattila, KalPa

Forwards

10 Eemeli Suomi, Ilves
12 Jere Innala, Frölunda HC (SHL)
15 Juha Jääskä, HIFK
21 Patrik Puistola, Jukurit
24 Hannes Björninen, Örebro HK (SHL)
25 Pekka Jormakka, Jukurit
39 Jesse Puljujärvi, Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL)
46 Joona Luoto, SC Bern (NLA)
48 Lauri Pajuniemi, Malmö Redhawks (SHL)
51 Markus Nurmi, TPS
57 Arttu Hyry, Kärpät
62 Julius Mattila, Lukko
71 Ahti Oksanen, IK Oskarshamn (SHL)
79 Oliver Kapanen, KalPa
80 Saku Mäenalanen, SCL Tigers (NLA)
81 Iiro Pakarinen, HIFK

Finland's matches in the tournament

Thursday 2 May

18:00 Czech Republic-Finland

Saturday 4 May

12:00 Switzerland-Finland

Sunday 5 May

12:00 Sweden-Finland