"It will be the toughest ice hockey tournament of all times," head coach Hannu Aravirta said. "Looking at the names, our team is the best Finnish side ever on ice. Our official target is to win a medal. This is realistic."

Canada, Russia, the Czech Republic, the United States, Sweden and Finland are favorites for medals at Nagano.

"We will play good ice hockey. This team has skill, strength and the special situation ability needed," Aravirta said.

Finnish women are among the favorites for gold at Nagano, where women's ice hockey makes its debut.

No.	Name	Ht.	Wt.	Birthplace	NHL Team
Coach
--	Hannu Aravirta	--	--	Helsinki	--
Goaltenders (3)
--	Jarmo Myllys	5-9	165	Savonlinna	--
31	Ari Sulander	6-1	187	Helsinki	--
--	Jukka Tammi	--	--	Tampere	--
Right Wings (3)
17	Jarri Kurri	6-1	195	Helsinki	Colorado
8	Teemu Selanne	6-0	200	Helsinki	Anaheim
--	Antti Tormanen	6-1	198	Espoo	--
Left Wings (5)
24	Sami Kapanen	5-10	169	Helsinki	Carolina
11	Juha Lind	5-11	185	Helsinki	Dallas
--	Ville Peltonen	5-11	172	Vantaa	--
--	Kimmo Rintanen	5-11	193	Rauma	--
97	Esa Tikkanen	6-1	200	Helsinki	Florida
Centers (4)
--	Raimo Helminen	6-0	191	Tampere	--
11	Saku Koivu	5-9	165	Turku	Montreal
--	Mika Nieminen	6-1	207	Tampere	--
36	Juha Ylonen	6-0	185	Helsinki	Phoenix
Defensemen (7)
5	Aki Berg	6-3	202	Turku	Los Angeles
42	Tuomas Gronman	6-3	215	Viitasaari	Pittsburgh
27	Janne Laukkanen	6-0	180	Lahti	Ottawa
21	Jyrki Lumme	6-1	205	Tampere	Vancouver
44	Janne Niinimaa	6-1	198	Raahe	Philadelphia
27	Teppo Numminen	6-1	190	Tampere	Phoenix
4	Kimmo Timonen	5-10	178	Kuopio	--