{"id":26889,"date":"2025-02-10T02:38:37","date_gmt":"2025-02-10T01:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/?p=26889"},"modified":"2025-03-24T15:32:11","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T14:32:11","slug":"matinpalo-selected-to-face-finland-at-4-nations-face-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/matinpalo-selected-to-face-finland-at-4-nations-face-off\/","title":{"rendered":"Matinpalo selected to face Finland at 4 Nations Face-off"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Otawwa Senators defenseman, Matinpalo, was selected to be a part of Finlands roster for the 4 nations Face-off holding on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The defenseman who has been ruled out of the last three games due to an upper body injury will be representing Finland at the event.<br>\n<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Matinpalo who hasn\u2019t earned a single point in 18 NHL games this season while averaging around twelve hours of game time hasn\u2019t really been doing much for his team.<br>\n<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So far, he has 8 points in 24 games for Belleville of the American Hockey League.<br>\n<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The four Nations Face off will kickstart from February 12-20 Montreal and Boston, and Finland will play its first game February 13 against the United State at Bell Centre, 8 p.m ET.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Otawwa Senators defenseman, Matinpalo, was selected to be a part of Finlands roster for the 4 nations Face-off holding on Sunday. The defenseman who has been ruled out of the last three games due to an upper body injury will be representing Finland at the event. Matinpalo who hasn\u2019t earned a single point in 18 NHL games this season while averaging around twelve hours of game time hasn\u2019t really been doing much for his team. So far, he has 8 points in 24 games for Belleville of the American Hockey League. The four Nations Face off will kickstart from February 12-20 Montreal and Boston, and Finland will play its first game February 13 against the United State at Bell Centre, 8 p.m ET.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":26905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Matinpalo selected to face Finland at 4 Nations Face-off - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Matinpalo has been named on Finland\u2019s roster to compete at the 4 Nations Face Off this Sunday. 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