HPK
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| 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 | 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
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SM-liiga Kanada-malja (2): 2006, 2019
Runners-up
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Other awards for the club:
Players
[edit]Current roster
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Updated August 1, 2024
Honored members
[edit]- 2 Eero Salisma
- 9 Jyrki Louhi
- 13 Marko Palo
- 17 Juha Hietanen
- 18 Hannu Savolainen
- 36 Marko Tuulola
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
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- ^ "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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Wikimedia Commons has media related to HPK.
- Official website (in Finnish)