It's somewhat difficult to explain to North Americans how much of a rock star Teemu Selanne is back home in Finland. If someone attempts to at least peruse Finnish sports websites on a semi-regular basis, every point the man registers, every hit, every promotional appearance, every time the man goes golfing or plays tennis in the summer, it's on the front pages of Iltahleti, Ilta Sanomat, Helsingin Sanomat, MTV3.fi...The amount of coverage the man receives makes the height of David Beckham mania look tame by comparison.
Selanne is far and away the biggest figure in Finnish sporting history, and it comes as little surprise that SI's Allan Muir reports that a Finnish-language bio-pic of Selanne, "Sel8anne," will hit theatres (in Finland) soon:
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