HPK
Appearance
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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 | Matias 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
[edit]Champions
[edit]SM-liiga Kanada-malja (2): 2006, 2019
Runners-up
[edit]Other awards for the club:
Players
[edit]Current roster
[edit]Updated August 1, 2024
Honored members
[edit]- Eero Salisma 2
- Jyrki Louhi 9
- 13 Marko Palo
- 17 Juha Hietanen
- 18 Hannu Savolainen
- 36 Marko Tuulola
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NHL alumni
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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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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)