Ilta-Sanomat reported late on Friday evening that Finland’s most successful national team head coach of all time Jukka Jalonen moves to the helm of the Italian men’s national ice hockey team.
In the story in question, it was said that Jalonen would pilot Italy, among other things, at his home Olympics in 2026 in Milan and Cortina.
Jalonen said on Saturday Ilta-Sanom, that the agreement has not yet been concluded. There have been discussions.
Jalonen led the Finnish men’s national ice hockey team to world champions in 2011, 2019 and 2022. Olympic gold came two years ago. In addition, Jalonen piloted the Finnish under-20 national team to the world championship in Helsinki 2016.