Erkka Westerlund

Erkka Westerlund (born 30 March 1957, Pernaja, Finland) was the head coach of the Finnish national men's ice hockey team. He was appointed head coach on November 1, 2004, and his contract ended in May 2007, after winning World Championship Silver in Moscow's World Championship tournament. He followed Raimo Summanen as head coach of the national team.

Erkka has coached several Finnish ice hockey teams in the SM-Liiga: JYP Jyväskylä (1985–1988), Lukko Rauma (1989–1991), HIFK Helsinki (1997–1999) and Jokerit Helsinki (1999–2001)

During his coaching career Erkka Westerlund has won the Finnish Championship once: 1998, with HIFK and finished twice in the second place: 1999 & 2000.

Internationally Erkka coached Finland in four tournaments, receiving medals in three of them. Erkka has won one Olympic Silver medal (2006) in Turin, one World Championship Silver (2007) and one World Championship Bronze (2006).

As a player Westerlund was a forward. He played in the 1978/1979 season for Jukurit, in 34 games he scored 7 goals and gave 10 assists. In the 1980/1981 season he played for JYP. Here he played 23 games, scoring 3 goals and 1 assist.