During the 2012–13 season Honka played with the Finland men's national under-18 ice hockey team at both the 2013 IIHF World U18 Championships and the 2013 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament. Moving to North America for the 2013–14 WHL season, he competed with Team Finland to win gold at the 2014 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships and was also selected to compete in the 2014 &lt;a href="CHL/NHL%20Top%20Prospects%20Game"&gt;CHL/NHL Top Prospects Game&lt;/a&gt;.