place_of_birth jouni rinne
___MASK20___ is a city and municipality ___MASK64___ about inhabitants in the heart ___MASK64___ the historical province ___MASK64___ Häme in the south ___MASK64___ Finland . ___MASK20___ is the oldest inland city ___MASK64___ Finland and was one ___MASK64___ the most important Finnish cities until the 19th century . It still remains an important regional ___MASK27___ . Ice hockey is a contact team sport played on ice , usually in a rink , in which two teams ___MASK64___ skaters use their sticks to shoot a vulcanized rubber puck into their opponent ' s net to score points . Ice hockey teams usually consist ___MASK64___ six players each : one goaltender , and five players who skate up and down the ice trying to take the puck and score a goal against the opposing team . Jouni Rinne ( born February 12 , 1956 ) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM - liiga . He played for Lukko , HPK , KalPa , KooKoo , and YJK . He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall ___MASK64___ Fame in 2005 . Rinne is the only Finnish player ever to be drafted by California Seals . The Liiga , known as SM - liiga from 1975 to 2013 , and colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English , is the top professional ice hockey league in ___MASK92___ . As ___MASK64___ March 2008 , it is ranked by the IIHF as the second strongest league in Europe . It was created in 1975 to replace the SM - sarja , which was fundamentally an amateur league . The SM - liiga is not directly overseen by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association , but the league and association have an agreement ___MASK64___ cooperation . SM is a common abbreviation for " Suomen mestaruus ", " Finnish championship ". On 9 August 2013 , the league dropped the SM , and simply became Liiga . In ice hockey , the goaltender is the player responsible for preventing the hockey ___MASK73___ from entering their team ' s net , thus preventing the opposing team from scoring . The goaltender usually plays in or near the area in front ___MASK64___ the net called the " goal crease " ( often referred to simply as " the crease " or " the net "). Goaltenders tend to stay at or beyond the top ___MASK64___ the crease to cut down on the angle ___MASK64___ shots . In today ' s age ___MASK64___ goaltending there are two common styles , butterfly and hybrid ( hybrid is a mix ___MASK64___ the traditional stand - up style and butterfly technique ). Because ___MASK64___ the power ___MASK64___ shots , the goaltender wears special equipment designed to protect the body from direct impact . The goalie is one ___MASK64___ the most valuable players on the ice , as their performance can greatly change the outcome or score ___MASK64___ the game . One - on - one situations , such as breakaways and shootouts , have the tendency to highlight a goaltender ' s pure skill , or lack thereof . Only one goaltender is allowed to be on the ice for each team at any given time . The ___MASK68___ Predators are a professional ice hockey team based in ___MASK68___ , Tennessee . They are members ___MASK64___ the Central Division ___MASK64___ the Western Conference ___MASK64___ the National Hockey League ( NHL ). The Predators joined the NHL as an expansion team in the 1998  99 season , and play their home games at Bridgestone Arena . A team sport includes any sport which involves two or more players working together towards a shared objective . A team sport is an activity in which individuals are organized into opposing teams which compete to win . Examples are basketball , volleyball , water ___MASK28___ , handball , lacrosse , cricket , baseball , and the various forms ___MASK64___ football and hockey . ___MASK34___ is a town and municipality of ca . inhabitants on the west coast of Finland , north of Turku , and south of Pori . Granted town privileges on 17 April 1442 ( then under the rule of Sweden ), ___MASK34___ is known for its paper and maritime industry , high quality lace ( since the 18th century ) and the old wooden architecture of its centre ( Old ___MASK34___ , Vanha ___MASK34___ ), which is a Unesco world heritage site . Ice is water frozen into a solid state . Depending on the presence ___MASK64___ impurities such as particles ___MASK64___ soil or bubbles ___MASK64___ air , it can appear transparent or a more or less opaque bluish - white color . The Finnish Hockey Hall ___MASK64___ Fame is part ___MASK64___ the Vapriikki Museum Centre in Tampere , Finland and was created in 1979 to honor those individuals who have contributed to Finnish ice hockey . The Hall has displays and memorabilia that depict the significant contributions ___MASK64___ , coaches , referees and other important figures in the sport . Äijänsuo Arena is an arena in ___MASK34___ , Finland . It is primarily used for ice hockey , and is the home arena of Lukko . It opened in 1970 and holds 5400 people . The name of the arena was changed to " Lännen Puhelin Areena " in autumn 2006 . And it changed in year 2007 to DNA Areena , when DNA bought / formed with Lännen Puhelin . Now the name is " Kivikylän areena ". Opening match of the U18 World Championships will be played at Äijänsuo with Finland hosting Sweden . The Kalevan Pallo ( KalPa ) is a professional ice hockey team who compete in the Finnish Liiga . They play in ___MASK55___ , Finland at the Data Group Areena . ___MASK94___ ( Swedish : " Tammerfors " ) is a city in Pirkanmaa , southern Finland . It is the most populous inland city in any ___MASK64___ the Nordic countries . HPK ( shortage for Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho ) is an ice hockey team in the Liiga . They play in ___MASK20___ , ___MASK92___ at the Hämeenlinnan jäähalli . HPK was established in 1929 . The full name ___MASK64___ the club is " HPK - Edustusjääkiekko ___MASK96___ " and the team is sometimes promoted as the " Hockey Playing Knights ", with the logo representing a knight masked in a helmet . HPK won their first SM - liiga championship in 2006 . The roster below is out ___MASK64___ date . The current starting goalie is Nashville Predators draft pick Juuse Saros , who recently led ___MASK92___ to the World Junior Championship Gold Medal . Although undersized he is extremely athletic and is the starter for HPK at age 18 . Lukko ( Finnish for " lock ") is a Finnish professional ice hockey team based in ___MASK34___ , Finland . They currently play in the Finnish Liiga , the top tier of Finnish ice hockey . The club was founded in 1936 as ___MASK34___ Woodin Lukko , and play their home games in the Äijänsuo Arena which has a capacity of 5 , 400 spectators . They have won the Finnish championship once , in 1963 . Since 2011 , Lukko has also had a team in the Women ' s Pesäpallo Championship League ( Superpesis ). ___MASK55___ is a city and a municipality located in the region ___MASK64___ Northern Savonia , Finland . A population ___MASK64___ makes it the eighth biggest city in the country . The city has a total area ___MASK64___ , ___MASK64___ which is water and half forest . The population density is only , but the city ' s urban areas are populated very densely ( urban area : 1 618 / km² ), nationally second only to capital ___MASK12___ ( urban area : 1 , 690 . 0 / km² ). ___MASK92___ , officially the ___MASK24___ ___MASK64___ ___MASK92___ , is a sovereign state in Northern Europe . A peninsula with the Gulf ___MASK64___ ___MASK92___ to the south and the Gulf ___MASK64___ Bothnia to the west , the country has land borders with Sweden to the northwest , Norway to the north , and Russia to the east . Estonia is south ___MASK64___ the country across the Gulf ___MASK64___ ___MASK92___ . ___MASK92___ is a Nordic country situated in the geographical region ___MASK64___ Fennoscandia , which also includes Scandinavia . ___MASK92___ ' s population is 5 . 5 million ( 2014 ), staying roughly on the same level over the past two decades . The majority ___MASK64___ the population is concentrated in the southern region . In terms ___MASK64___ area , it is the eighth largest country in Europe and the most sparsely populated country in the European Union .