 Nyorera kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Filppula akasarudzwa kaputeni weFinland kuWorld Under-18 Championships muSlovakia muna 2002. Pa2004 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, akarova zvibodzwa zvina uye kubatsira zvishanu mumitambo minomwe kuti asarudzwe semutambo wese-nyeredzi. Akasarudzwa kuti atambe kuFinland pa2010 Winter Olympics, iyo yakazopedzisira yakonzera mukombe wemhangura kukunda Slovakia. Akahwina chibodzwa chisina chinhu mukukunda kwe5x3. 