Pentti Matikainen

{{Short description|Finnish ice hockey player and coach (1950–2025)}}

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| occupation = Ice hockey coach

| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1950|10|05}}

| birth_place = Joensuu, Finland

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2025|06|29|1950|10|05}}

| death_place = Helsinki, Finland

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{{Medal|Country | {{FIN}}}}

{{MedalSport | Men's ice hockey}}

{{MedalCompetition | Winter Olympics|}}

{{MedalSilver | 1988 Calgary|}}

{{Medal|Competition|Canada Cup}}

{{Medal|Bronze | 1991 Hamilton|}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships|}}

{{MedalSilver | 1992 Czechoslovakia|}}

{{MedalCompetition|European Championship}}

{{Medal|Bronze|1991 Finland|}}

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Pentti Matikainen (5 October 1950 – 29 June 2025) was a Finnish hockey coach and general manager. He was selected the SM-liiga coach of the year in 1984. As the coach of the Finland national team, he led Finland to silver medals in the 1988 Winter Olympics and the 1992 World Championships, and to third place in the 1991 Canada Cup. Matikainen was the coach of HIFK from 1987 to 1990 and its CEO from 2001 to 2008. Matikainen died from cancer on 29 June 2025, at the age of 74.{{cite news |title=Pentti Matikainen on kuollut |url=https://yle.fi/a/74-20170127 |access-date=29 June 2025 |publisher=Yle |date=29 June 2025}}