Kekalainen played 55 NHL games, plus 47 more in the AHL after graduating from Clarkson University, and he and Kurri were teammates on Finland’s 1991 Canada Cup team. “Jari was every boy’s ...

TAMPERE, Finland --Jari Kurri walked in carrying the Stanley Cup with Queen's "We are the Champions" playing over the sound system.It was a fitting welcome for the five-time Stanley Cup champion ...

Teemu Selänne, left, and Jari Kurri were Anaheim Ducks teammates in 1996-97. Selänne has offered to commute from Orange County to Helsinki to help Kurri with the Jokerit team. (Mark Boster / Los ...

Jari Kurri played his last game with the Kings during the 1995-96 season, so the Finland-born right wing wasn’t sure what kind of reception he would receive Saturday at Staples Center when he ...

Long ago, the unique relationship between the Edmonton Oilers and the Republic of Finland may have seemed unusual, out of place. The great early NHL success of team and nation (while playing for ...

Jari Kurri knows a thing or two about NHL centers. The five-time Stanley Cup champion and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame spent most of his stellar career skating alongside Wayne Gretzky, the gre… ...

Hockey people didn't use the term "200-foot game" years ago, but when Jari Kurri arrived in the NHL from Finland as a 20-year-old in 1980, his game was more complete, more detailed, end to end ...

NHL Hall of Famer Jari Kurri is back in the NHL. Sort of. He is attending games in an attempt to evaluate the play of various Finnish skaters. As the general manager of Team Finland, he is responsible ...

Jari Kurri along with Mark Messier, Paul Coffey and somebody named Wayne Gretzky helped the Edmonton Oilers dominate the National Hockey League during the 1980s. Kurri began his career in Finland ...

Teemu Selanne passes Jari Kurri as all-time leading Finnish scorer We can now call Teemu Selanne the greatest NHL player from Finland and have some more facts to support it.

Finland is a place where hockey isn’t everything, ... attended an award ceremony at Tampere City Hall for the legendary Finnish hockey pioneer Jari Kurri on Saturday afternoon.

And, all of Finland has enjoyed the ride. When Barkov took the Stanley Cup from Gary Bettman after the Panthers won Game 7 back on June 24, there were a few Finnish flags being waved in the crowd.