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TIL Finland’s men’s hockey team currently includes the oldest player (Teemu Selänne b.1970) and the youngest player (Aleksander Barkov, Jr. b.1995). Teemu Selänne started playing in the NHL three years before Aleksander Barkov, Jr. was born.

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