Finnish “Floorball Evangelist” Introduces Texans to Nordic Sport

Update: 2019-09-30

Description

Jukka Kotti, a Texan Finn, is an avid advocate for an indoor team sport called floorball. He describes the game as “gentleman hockey, without the violence” and speaks to people about it everywhere in North Texas – even in the cashier’s line of a grocery store. Listen to the podcast to find out how hundreds of thousands of kids have gotten a taste of the game with the help of Dallas Stars.

Interviewer: Satu Järveläinen, Communications Coordinator, Embassy of Finland in Washington D.C.

History of floorball: https://www.floorballplanet.com/category/FB_HISTORY.html