Finnish head coach Pasi Mustonen (discussing with a game official) leaves the Finnish women’s national team. He will be succeeded by assistant coach Juuso Toivola (left standing).
photo: Andre Ringuette / HHOF-IIHF Images
The Finnish Olympic Committee announced that Pasi Mustonen, the head coach of the Finnish team at the Olympic ice hockey tournament, will leave the team and travel home.
Mustonen will leave the team due to serious health issues within his family and won’t be behind the bench of the Finnish women’s national team anymore. Mustonen has led the team since the 2014/2015 season leading it to Olympic bronze in 2018 and to four IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship medals (1 silver, 3 bronze).
He will be replaced by assistant coach Juuso Toivola, who was originally foreseen to succeed Mustonen for the upcoming season. The 50-year-old has been involved with the Finnish women’s national team program since the early 2000s. He was the head coach of the Finnish U18 women’s national team (2010-2014) and has been the assistant coach of the women’s senior national team since the 2014/2015 season.
Mustonen will leave the team due to serious health issues within his family and won’t be behind the bench of the Finnish women’s national team anymore. Mustonen has led the team since the 2014/2015 season leading it to Olympic bronze in 2018 and to four IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship medals (1 silver, 3 bronze).
He will be replaced by assistant coach Juuso Toivola, who was originally foreseen to succeed Mustonen for the upcoming season. The 50-year-old has been involved with the Finnish women’s national team program since the early 2000s. He was the head coach of the Finnish U18 women’s national team (2010-2014) and has been the assistant coach of the women’s senior national team since the 2014/2015 season.