 Vaakanainen akamiririra timu yenyika yeFinland yepasi pemakore gumi nemasere mu2016 IIHF World U18 Championships kwaakakunda menduru dzegoridhe ndokuzopedza ari wechipiri mu2017 IIHF World U18 Championships. Iye akabva atambira timu yenyika yeFinland yepasi pemakore makumi maviri mu2017 World Junior Ice Hockey Championshipsuye 2018 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships kwavakapedza vari vapfumbamwe nevatanhatu. Vaakanainen pakupedzisira aizohwina goridhe mu2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, kechitatu mumutambo uyu sezvo Chikwata cheFinland chakakunda Chikwata cheUSA mumutambo wemenduru yegoridhe. 