Lehtonen pulls out

He will now choose between Edmonton's Jussi Markkanen and Boston's Hannu Toivonen to replace Lehtonen.

Westerlund has also replaced injured forward Tuomo Ruutu with Jussi Jokinen of the Dallas Stars.

Finland, who have won Olympic silver and two bronze medals at previous Games going back to 1988, finished runner-up in the 2004 World Cup after losing to Canada.

"We will now use the Olympic break as a part of my rehab programme," Lehtonen said in a statement posted on the Thrashers Web site.

"I'm very disappointed that I'm unable to represent my country, but after speaking with our doctors, we feel it's the best thing to do at this time and my only real option," he said.

In the preliminary round of next month's Turin Games, Finland is grouped with Canada, Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland and hosts Italy.

Goalies: Antero Niittymaki (Philadelphia Flyers), Fredrik Norrena (Linkoping).

Defensemen: Kimmo Timonen (Nashville Predators), Ossi Vaananen (Colorado Avalanche), Sami Salo (Vancouver Canucks), Aki Berg (Toronto Maple Leafs), Teppo Numminen (Buffalo Sabres), Toni Lydman (Buffalo Sabres), Joni Pitkanen (Philadelphia Flyers).

Forwards: Teemu Selanne (Anaheim Mighty Ducks), Saku Koivu (Montreal Canadiens), Olli Jokinen (Florida Panthers), Jussi Jokinen (Dallas Stars), Ville Peltonen (HC Lugano), Antti Miettinen (Dallas Stars), Mikko Koivu (Minnesota Wild), Antti Laaksonen (Colorado Avalanche), Sami Kapanen (Philadelphia Flyers), Jukka Hentunen (HC Lugano), Jere Lehtinen (Dallas Stars), Jarkko Ruutu (Vancouver Canucks) and Niko Kapanen (Dallas Stars).