- Jesse Puljujarvi’s 2026 Worlds gold medal went missing at a Helsinki karaoke bar
- He is the only Finland player who walked away without his medal
- Read below for what happened and how the medal gets replaced
Jesse Puljujarvi won World Championship gold with Finland last month. The medal is already gone.
The gold medal went missing at a karaoke bar in central Helsinki, per Finnish broadcaster Yle. Puljujarvi left it on a sofa during the celebration, and it was taken from there.
Staff at the bar cleaned the place top to bottom trying to track it down. They came up empty. Puljujarvi is the only player on Finland’s roster who lost his medal.
Here is the team celebrating with the hardware:
Finland earned those medals the hard way. They beat Switzerland 1-0 in overtime in the final, where Konsta Helenius scored the golden goal 10:42 into the extra period in Zurich on May 31. It was Finland’s first world title in four years.
Watch the highlights from the gold medal game:
Puljujarvi came close to ending the final himself, ringing a shot off the post early in overtime before Helenius finished the job.
Edmonton took him fourth overall in 2016, and he bounced through Carolina and Pittsburgh before landing back in Finland. The gold was a nice payoff. Then the medal vanished.
Check out the goal that set off the celebration:
Word spread fast back home, with Finnish fans only half-joking about combing the city’s karaoke bars to track it down.
A replacement medal is on the table if the original never turns up. Puljujarvi would rather have the real one back. If you spot a stray gold medal in a Helsinki karaoke spot, he is probably looking for you.
