Back in November, the Flyers were named by the Finnish Embassador to the United States as “the most Finnish team in the National Hockey League” , due to the league high presence of four Finnish Players ( Antero Niittymaki , Kimmo Timonen , Lasse Kukkonen , and Ossi Vaananen ), as well as Finnish-American team President Peter Luukko . Add some past Flyers like Illkka Sinisalo and Sami Kapanen , and you’ve got yourself quite the Little Helsinki on Broad Street. The Finns knew the Flyers were especially deserving of this award, as they did not allow any player who is not Finnish, Canadian, or American player into their lineup

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