HELSINKI – Finland announced a list of 46 players who will be considered for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

The list includes 31 NHL players followed by players from the KHL (7), Sweden (5), Finland (4) and Switzerland (1).

The Finns won’t hold a training camp this summer but there will be an Olympic meeting at the Sport Institute of Finland in Vierumäki where the players and the staff of the national team will meet and be available for the media on August 11.

Finland will play Sweden, Belarus and Germany in Group C of the Olympic Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament in Vancouver.

Finland’s long list

Goalkeepers: Niklas Bäckström (Minnesota Wild, NHL), Miikka Kiprusoff (Calgary Flames, NHL), Kari Lehtonen (Atlanta Thrashers, NHL), Antero Niittymäki (Tampa Bay Lightning, NHL), Pekka Rinne (Nashville Predators, NHL), Vesa Toskala (Toronto Maple Leafs, NHL).

Defencemen: Kimmo Timonen (Philadelphia Flyers, NHL), Joni Pitkänen (Carolina Hurricanes, NHL), Sami Salo (Vancouver Canucks, NHL), Toni Lydman (Buffalo Sabres, NHL), Teemu Aalto (no club), Ossi Väänänen (Dynamo Minsk, BLR/KHL), Anssi Salmela (Atlanta Thrashers, NHL), Sami Lepistö (Phoenix Coyotes, NHL), Lasse Kukkonen (Avangard Omsk, RUS), Mikko Lehtonen (Frölunda Gothenburg, SWE), Petteri Nummelin (HC Lugano, SUI), Mikko Jokela (Dynamo Minsk, BLR/KHL), Olli Malmivaara (JYP Jyväskylä, FIN), Janne Niskala (Frölunda Gothenburg, SWE), Jyrki Välivaara (JYP Jyväskylä, FIN), Topi Jaakola (Södertälje, SWE), Markus Seikola (Ilves Tampere, FIN).

Forwards: Mikko Koivu (Minnesota Wild, NHL), Olli Jokinen (Calgary Flames, NHL), Tuomo Ruutu (Carolina Hurricanes, NHL), Teemu Selänne (Anaheim Ducks, NHL), Antti Miettinen (Minnesota Wild, NHL), Saku Koivu (Anaheim Ducks, NHL), Niklas Hagman (Toronto Maple Leafs, NHL), Valtteri Filppula (Detroit Red Wings, NHL), Ville Peltonen (Dynamo Minsk, BLR/KHL), Jere Lehtinen (Dallas Stars, NHL), Jussi Jokinen (Carolina Hurricanes, NHL), Sean Bergenheim (New York Islanders, NHL), Jarkko Ruutu (Ottawa Senators, NHL), Lauri Korpikoski (Phoenix Coyotes, NHL), Ville Leino (Detroit Red Wings, NHL), Antti Pihlström (no club), Petteri Nokelainen (Anaheim Ducks, NHL), Oskar Osala (Washington Capitals, NHL), Niko Kapanen (Ak Bars Kazan, RUS), Petri Kontiola (Metallurg Magnitogorsk, RUS), Jarkko Immonen (Ak Bars Kazan, RUS), Riku Hahl (Frölunda Gothenburg, SWE), Mika Pyörälä (Philadelphia Flyers, NHL), Sami Kapanen (KalPa Kuopio, FIN), Janne Pesonen (no club).