HPK

  • Finnish Champion 2006
  • 2nd place IIHF European Champions Cup 2007

Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho (short HPK ) is a Finnish sports club from Hämeenlinna, which was founded in 1929 and is especially known for its hockey department. This participates in the Liiga and won the Finnish Championship in 2006. The game operation of the first team was outsourced to the HPK Edustusjääkiekko Ry 1991.

  • 5.1 Locked jersey numbers
  • 5.2 Known former players 5.2.1 Active Players
  • 5.2.2 Inactive Players

History

The HPK Hämeenlinna was founded in December 1929 as Hämeenlinna Jääpalloseura. A year later the present name for the club was registered. First, the association focused exclusively on Bandy, expanded its offerings but soon to pesäpallo and football. In 1936, the pesäpallo team HPK Finnish champion.

After the Second World War, the hockey section was founded, which began with a hobby team and 1948 rose to the regional league. In the 1950s sparked the Hockey Bandy - Sport from the most important sport of the club.

In addition to the Section Hockey existed a Department of hockey, the 1952 and 1953 Finnish Champion in 1951 at the club. In the 1970s and 1980s, the ice hockey team HPK was one of the dominant teams of the I- divisioona, the second division of Finland, but without achieving promotion to the first division, the SM- liiga today. Mid-1980s, the project was started ascent, culminating in 1988 in the championship of the Second Division and qualify for the top division. 1991 HPK occupied in the regular season and reached the fourth place in the play- offs for third place. Two years later, at the end of season 1992 /93 HPK reached the championship final of the Canada - Malja in which the team from Hämeenlinna with 1:3 failed to TPS Turku.

In de season 2005/ 06 the HPK finished in third place after the main round and penetrated into the play-off finals. In this he beat the team of porin Ässät 3-1. Thus, the HPK won the first Finnish ice hockey championship of Vereingsgeschichte and qualified for the IIHF European Champions Cup in 2007. In this tournament, the national champion team from Hämeenlinna won the silver medal.

In the 2009/10 season of HPK again won the runner-up title of the SM - liiga, after he was defeated in the final with 1:4 TPS Turku.

Achievements

  • SM- liiga: Champion: 2006
  • Runner-up: 1993, 2010
  • 3rd place: 1991, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007
  • Runner-up: 2007

Statistics

Season statistics

Abbreviations: Sp = Matches, W = Wins, L = Loss, D = Draw, SNV = Wins after Overtime, NNV = Losses after Overtime, Pts = Points, GS = Goals Scored, GT = Goals against

Top scorer

Coaches and team captains

Player

Locked jersey numbers

  • # 2 Eero Salisma
  • # 13 Marko Palo
  • # 17 Juha Hietanen ( shared with his son Juuso Hietanen )
  • # 18 Hannu Savolainen
  • # 24 Mika Lartama (re- released in 2006 )

Well-known former players

Active Players

Inactive players

  • Canada Jim Bedard
  • Russia Igor Boldin
  • Finland Markku Hakulinen
  • Finland Yrjö Hakulinen
  • Finland Jani Hassinen
  • Finland Mika Helkearo
  • Finland Hannu Henriksson
  • Finland Risto Jalo
  • Czech Republic Tomáš Jelinek
  • Finland Hannu Jortikka
  • Finland Jouni Kalliokoski
  • Czech Republic Tomáš Kapusta
  • Finland Vesa Karjalainen
  • Finland Teppo Kivelä
  • Kazakhstan Igor Kuznetsov
  • Finland Veli -Pekka Laitinen
  • Finland Mika Lartama
  • Finland Janne Laukkanen
  • Finland Timo Lehkonen
  • Finland Tapio Levo
  • Finland Tero Lehterä
  • Finland Ville Sirén
  • Finland Mika Strömberg
  • Finland Raimo Summanen
  • Canada Rob Talla
  • United States Billy Tibbetts
  • Czech Republic Radek Toupal
  • Finland Jarkko Varvio
  • Canada Andrew Verner
  • Finland Tony Virta
  • Czech Republic Vladimír Vůjtek
  • Finland Juha Ylönen

Known attack series

  • Pietilä - Salminen -Tie
  • Pärssinen - Kapanen - Hentunen
  • Miettinen - Santala - Somervuori

Player of the Year

Since 1983 Player of the Year is annually elected by the fans of the club.

  • Antti Miettinen 2002-2003
  • 2003-2004 Tony Virta
  • 2004-2005 Jukka Voutilainen
  • 2005-2006 Jānis Sprukts
  • 2006-2007 Toni Mäkiaho
  • 2007-2008 Jari Sailio
  • 2008-2009 Jussi Makkonen
  • 2009-2010 Tuukka Mäkelä
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