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.
| Preceded by first Head Coach |
Head Coach of JyP HT 1985-1987 |
Succeeded by Antero Lehtonen |
| Preceded by Matti Keinonen |
Head Coach of Lukko 1989-1990 |
Succeeded by Matti Keinonen |
| Preceded by Mike Eaves |
Head Coach of HIFK 1997-1999 |
Succeeded by Ismo Lehkonen |
| Preceded by Timo Lahtinen |
Head Coach of Jokerit 1999-2001 |
Succeeded by Raimo Summanen |
| Preceded by Raimo Summanen |
Finland national ice hockey team Head Coach 2005-2007 |
Succeeded by Doug Shedden |
| Preceded by Hannu Kapanen |
Winner of the Kalevi Numminen trophy 1997-98 |
Succeeded by Hannu Jortikka |
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