Mikael Antero Granlund is a Finnish professional ice hockey centre for the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played professionally in Finland with Oulun Kärpät and HIFK of the SM-liiga and the Minnesota Wild of the NHL. He was selected by the Wild as the ninth overall pick in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft.
Granlund with the Minnesota Wild in 2019
Granlund at the 2010 World Junior Championships
Granlund playing in the HIFK.
Granlund celebrating Finland's gold in the Hockey World Championship in Helsinki in 2011
Oulun Kärpät is a Finnish professional ice hockey team based in Oulu and playing in the top-tier Finnish Liiga. Kärpät have won the Finnish championship title eight times, and is the most successful Finnish ice hockey team in the 21st century.
First Kärpät jersey from the end of 1940s
EtäKärpät fan club are a group of supporters gathered from outside Oulu