Finland is adding defensemen Henri Jokiharju of the Sabres and Urho Vaakanainen of the Rangers to its roster for the 4 Nations Face-Off.

Five Finnish defensemen played in the NHL in 1989-90: Numminen, Lumme, Ruotsalainen, Siren and Gronstrand. Of those five, the right-shot Numminen (6-foot-2, 198 pounds) and the left-shot Lumme (6-1, 210) would have been an obvious choice to be the top pair. They were smart players with lots of hockey sense and size.

New York Rangers defenseman Urho Vaakanainen has been added to the Team Finland roster for the 4 Nations Face-Off as an injury replacement for defenseman Miro Heiskanen. #NYR defenseman Urho Vaakanainen has been added to the Team Finland roster for the #4Nations Face-Off.

After a pair of injuries forced Finland to shift course on their defense for the 4 Nations Face-Off, the team has named a pair of injury replacements. Finland named New York Rangers defender Urho Vaakanainen and Buffalo Sabres blue liner Henri Jokiharju to their roster.

Buffalo Sabres defenseman Henri Jokiharju was added on Sunday to Team Finland’s roster for the upcoming 4 Nations Face-Off. The international best-on-best tournament, which runs from Feb. 12-20 in Montreal and Boston, will also feature Sabres goaltender Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen representing Finland and captain Rasmus Dahlin representing Sweden.