| HPK | |
|---|---|
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| City | Hämeenlinna |
| League | Liiga |
| Founded | 1929 |
| Home arena | Pohjantähti Areena |
| Colours | Orange, black, white |
| Owner(s) | HPK Liiga Oy |
| General manager | Antti Toivanen |
| Head coach | Maso Lehtonen |
| Captain | Juuso Hietanen |
| Parent club(s) | HPK Edustusjääkiekko ry |
| Website | hpk |
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| Championships | |
| Playoff championships | 2006, 2019 |
Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho (HPK) is a professional ice hockey team in the Liiga, the top men's ice hockey league in Finland. Their home ice is the Ritari-areena in Hämeenlinna. HPK was established in 1929. The parent club of the team is HPK Edustusjääkiekko ry[1] and the team is sometimes promoted as the "Hockey Playing Knights," with a logo representing a knight's helmet. HPK won their first SM-liiga championship in 2006 and the second in 2019.[2]
Honours
Champions
SM-liiga Kanada-malja (2): 2006, 2019
Runners-up
Other awards for the club:
Players
2019-2020
Goalkeepers
- 1 Tuomas Aalto
- 35 Antti Karjalainen
- 60 Rasmus Reijola
- 83 Joona Voutilainen
Defenders
- 6 Niklas Friman (C)
- 10 Atso Lehtinen
- 25 Roope Laavainen
- 38 Miro Karjalainen
- 42 Arto Laatikainen (A)
- 43 Otto Latvala
- 44 Paavo Tyni
- 53 Nico Nurmikanta
- 63 Elmeri Eronen
- 74 Petteri Nikkilä (A)
Forwards
- 14 Mikko Lahtela
- 15 Santtu Hakanen
- 16 Jere Jokinen
- 19 Cody Kunyk
- 21 Jere Innala
- 26 Tommi Tikka
- 27 Filip Krivosik
- 28 Markus Nenonen (A)
- 29 Miro Ruokonen
- 34 Erkka Seppälä
- 40 Janne Tavi
- 45 Henri Kanninen
- 48 Valtteri Puustinen
- 49 Kasperi Heinänen
- 51 Philippe Cornet
- 71 Niclas Lucenius
- 81 Joona Monto
- 86 Kristjan Kombe
Honored members
- 2 Eero Salisma
- 9 Jyrki Louhi
- 13 Marko Palo
- 17 Juha Hietanen
- 18 Hannu Savolainen
- 36 Marko Tuulola
Karri Rämö shared the netminding duties with Miika Wiikman during the 2005–06 season. Image from the match vs. HIFK, January 2006.
NHL alumni
Joonas Kemppainen playing for HPK in October 2009
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Eric Fehr
Riku Hahl- Jukka Hentunen
- Josh Holden
- Niko Kapanen
Rostislav Klesla- Janne Laukkanen
- Ville Leino
- Antti Miettinen
- Pasi Nurminen
- Timo Pärssinen
- Antti Pihlström
Brian Rafalski- Karri Rämö
- Geoff Sanderson
- Roman Šimíček
- Ville Sirén
- Juuse Saros
- Petr Tenkrát
- Hannu Toivonen
- Jarkko Varvio
- Tomáš Vlasák
- Kristian Vesalainen
See also
References
- ↑ "HPK:n liigatoiminta yhtiöityy" [HPK Liiga Operations have been Incorporated]. Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho (in Finnish). 9 April 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
- ↑ "Liiga".
External links
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- Official website (in Finnish)
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