Kai Suikkanen

Kai Suikkanen is an ice hockey coach and former player. As a player he won two times the SM-Liiga (with Oulun Kärpät - season 1980-1981 - and TPS - season 1990-1991) and a Calder Cup (with the Rochester Americans - season 1982-1983). He was part of the Team Finland at Calgary 1988, when the team achieves the silver medal. As coach he won a SM-Liiga (with TPS - season 1990-1991) and an EBEL (with HC Bolzano - season 2017-2018). The documentary Hockeytown (2019) tells the story of this last victory, from the arrival of Suikkanen when the team was in last place in the standings, to the final success.