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Old 02-28-2010, 09:54 AM   #385
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Originally Posted by Henry Fool View Post
Jokinen said after the game that it was his last game with the national team. He intends to concentrate on his NHL career and feels it's time for a younger generation to take over.

He has two olympic medals, five world championships medals, silver from the world cup, and a gold from world juniors. Being the player of the game was a nice way to end his career with Team Finland.

Just looking at the celebrations and all the comraderie on the ice after with Selanne, Koivus, Jokinen, Hagman and Peltonen, I think a lot of these guys wanted to go out like this.
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