Preds Loan Eeli Tolvanen to Finland National Junior Team

Nashville, Tenn. (December 20, 2018) - Nashville Predators President of Hockey Operations/General Manager David Poile announced Thursday that the club has loaned forward Eeli Tolvanen to the Finland National Junior Team, which begins play at the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship in Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia, on Dec. 26.
Tolvanen, 19 (4/22/99), has skated in four games for the Predators this season, posting a goal and two points along with a +2 rating. He scored his first career NHL goal and later added an assist for his first career multi-point game on Dec. 1 versus Chicago, his season debut. In 24 games with Milwaukee, Tolvanen has recorded four goals and 12 points, tied for the sixth-most on the Admirals. The 5-foot-10, 190-pound forward made his NHL debut on March 31, 2018, at Bridgestone Arena against Buffalo.

The Vihti, Finland, native has previously appeared in two World Junior Championships, posting 12 points (3g-9a) in 11 games. He tied for the Finnish lead in points at each of the last two events with six, including a point-per-game pace at the 2017 World Junior Championship as a 17-year-old. Tolvanen has represented his country in a combined 32 international games over the last three years, recording 24 goals and 44 points. He competed at the 2018 Winter Olympics for Finland and had nine points (3g-6a) in five games, tied for the second-most in the tournament and the second-best total by an under-19 player in Olympic history. Tolvanen also won gold with Finland at the 2016 Under-18 World Championship and was his team's leading scorer, tallying seven goals and nine points in seven games.
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