The Franchise: Finnish Influence

No European country has had an impact on the Dallas Stars quite like Finland. As the team prepared for the 2024 NHL Global Series, the Finnish influence on the organization took center stage.

[@ville532]

Darras Taas

[@Nanitus0]

dokaa heti huomenna

[@Unite-x1t]

Oispa kaljaa

[@Jayh247]

😂

[@R2-D292]

Darra on viinan vähyyttä..

[@RaQu87]

that was so beautiful, greetings from Finland !!

[@braindisorder5043]

Dallasi on mätänen jengi.. Minnesota vie koko paskan ja kaprizov conn smythen sekä hart trophyn. Gg chättiin. 🤣🤣

[@qricc]

@@braindisorder5043”braindisorder” on kyllä osuva nimi 💀

[@iAmCyberwaste]

I only remember the Kiviranta hattrick call in Finnish... It was amazing.

[@ranacker]

We call him JFK now.

[@TerryFGM]

it was cringe

[@janbo8331]

Great video. Brought back memories of watching the late 90s Stars playoff runs in the middle of the night in secret from my parents. Had to do my own makeshift antenna from a coat hanger and used a towel to prevent light leakage from under the door. Was well worth it. Lehtinen, Modano and Zubov against Hasek and Satan. At the time I couldn't have placed Texas on map but the Stars shined in my room.

[@klauspokorny4381]

I like Miro, Roope and Esa so much, but my all-time favorite stars player from Finland will always be Jere Lehtinen! What a great player! Greetings from Germany!

[@jaggr1287]

Blues fan, but love the Stars embrace and promotion of suomenkulttuuri. Hyvä Suomi

[@suppo6092]

Cool video and love to the Stars from Finland even though I was cheering for the Cats in the games in Finland. Thanks for coming and shame both teams couldn't win.

[@yuzu-6245]

Beautiful work. Greetings from Finland!

[@RonnySnellman]

Great video, i had no idea that so many finnish players have been on this team. happy learn it! From a finnish WSH fan, do look forward to the 4 nations and Olympics we have a great line up of finnish talents and i expect to finnish with gold in both.

[@annamiller1153]

The stars are awesome every single player

[@keittomaster]

What a great piece!

[@takaflyygeli1165]

Great video! 🇫🇮

[@ThatOneTexanGenius]

The world series sure was rough for us, but well get back on the wintrain

[@silakkas]

What a beautiful video! Thanks for this

[@ACorpseWithoutSoul]

Nice video. Greetings from Helsinki, Finland. 💙🤍

[@finnishculturalchannel]

Some scientists say that the rudimentary skates were first used on those icy lakes in the region of modern day Finland and that also a stick was used as part of moving on the ice. Some of those equipment Kari Takko wore were Finnish, like E.g. Koho and Montreal. The Stars played the games at Nokia Arena in Tampere. The Finland's first electric light was lit in Tampere in 1882. You can't use electricity without cables, and for those you need rubber-the same material hockey buck is made of. Nokia is best known for their phones. Predecessors of Nokia as a company were Suomen Gummitehdas Oy and its subsidiaries Suomen Kaapelitehdas Oy and Nokia Aktiebolag. Suomen Gummitehdas is 'Finland's Rubber Factory' in Finnish. Nokia still makes rubber products, E.g. tires and boots. Also, the first ice hockey game in Finland was played in Tampere in 1928. The Finland's first indoor ice rink was opened in Tampere in 1965. And the Hockey Hall of Fame Finland is in Tampere too. Kari Takko, Jere Lehtinen and Jussi Jokinen are presented there.

[@bafffdee7765]

Lehtinen got 3 selke trophies as a winger... its now 2024 he got 3 as a winger and the last time another winger got it was 1991. HE GOT 3... next level!!!

[@trigga300]

SUOMI FINLAND PERKELE 🇫🇮 NHL WOULDN’T BE NHL WITHOUT FINNISH AND OTHER EUROPEAN PLAYERS. SALUTE 🥶

[@kheldaur2107]

It´s called "Finnfluence"

[@swedehead07]

Great video. The kivi hatrick brought me to tears

[@naaliz5612]

Giving chills! Unluckily we Lost global series games😢

[@jakewinship6347]

More content like this, please.

[@snafaofficial]

Hyvä video! 🔥

[@JokinIsCool]

Jep

[@RockerFinland]

Wow, this was awesome

[@Beissensöns]

Yeah Dallas, you’re welcome 🇫🇮

[@braindisorder5043]

Paska jengi

[@kultaseppa]

Great video!

[@tellanable]

Im guessing the Dallas Stars search 2,5% is me in Norway ^^

[@jarkkojukkola9790]

It's gettin a hell dark right now in here. When you get up it's dark and when you get out of work it's dark. Getting cold it's not the issue it's fucking darkness.

[@jussikankinen9409]

Most Helsinki people say nobody needs snow not even eskimos or polar bears, but they play indoor, other skii uphill

[@ACorpseWithoutSoul]

Don't lie...

[@GreySectoid]

Finland mentioned

[@RoyalMela]

Why do you say "finnish-born?" They are finnish. Yes, born in Finland, but they have not changed their nationality. Thomas Harley is US born. Plays for Canada. Anton Khudobin is born in Kazakhstan. Plays for Russia. Those players you can call "US-born" and "Kazakstan-born" because they are born there.

[@ohtokittila2851]

Mielestäni Jani Hakanpää taisi olla osa tätä organisaatiota

[@umbrogamer1235]

Koli spotted!!

[@JohnDaubSuperfan369]

No johan onanoidaan siniristilipulle! Laukesin kahdesti

[@unkconstant]

Vain kahdesti? You gotta pump those numbers up, those are rookie numbers in this racket.

[@umbrogamer1235]

TORILLE!!

[@meherenow793]

the stars will be _finnished_ by the second round

[@UncleHam1337]

Fintastic unfinnished finfluence

[@jakemaanimeikalainen248]

What a way to honor a person by calling Jere Jiri......

[@judgeee9304]

Dude give it a break.. They just made a 10 minute video in honor of Finnish players. We Finns aren't best known for pronouncing foreign names perfectly either. :D

[@jakemaanimeikalainen248]

@judgeee9304 Nah it's disrespectful and unprofessional. You don't need to be a master at pronouncing names all the time but when you are making a dedicated video there is no excuses. It is just laziness, arrogance and disrespect.

[@jakemaanimeikalainen248]

@judgeee9304 And speak for yourself. None of my Finnish classmates butchered the names from around the world of our foreign classmates in international business studies. Why? Because we listen to how it is said and don't try to force our own language on the name.

[@judgeee9304]

@@jakemaanimeikalainen248 each to their own I guess then. To me the video was a massive show of respect and I salute the makers.

[@jakemaanimeikalainen248]

@@judgeee9304 Yeap I'm not here to tell others how to feel. Good that you at least managed to enjoy the video to the fullest of its purpose! Have a good one.

[@ElonGates-007]

Dude...