Pentti Matikainen
Pentti Matikainen (born October 5, 1950 in Joensuu, Finland) is a Finnish hockey coach and general manager. He was selected the SM-liiga coach of the year in 1984. As the coach of the Finnish national ice hockey team, he led Finland to silver medals in the 1988 Winter Olympics and the 1992 World Championships, and to third place in the 1991 Canada Cup. Matikainen was the coach of HIFK from 1987 to 1990 and its CEO from 2001 to 2008.
References
- Pentti Matikainen's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
- Pentti Matikainen profile at Eurohockey.com
| Preceded by Rauno Korpi |
Finnish national ice hockey team coach 1987 – 1993 |
Succeeded by Curt Lindström |
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