HPK

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]

HPK
CityHämeenlinna
LeagueLiiga
Founded1929 (1929)
Home arenaPohjantähti Areena
ColoursOrange, black, white
     
Owner(s)HPK Liiga Oy
General managerAntti Toivanen
Head coachMaso Lehtonen
CaptainJuuso Hietanen
Parent club(s)HPK Edustusjääkiekko ry
Websitehpk.fi
Championships
Playoff championships2006, 2019

Honours

Champions

Runners-up
  • 2nd place, silver medalist(s) SM-liiga (3): 1952, 1993, 2010
  • 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) SM-liiga (9): 1954, 1991, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007

Other awards for the club:

  • 1st place, gold medalist(s) I-Divisioona (it was the second level of ice hockey in Finland) (5): 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1988

Players

Goalkeepers
  • 01 Tuomas Aalto
  • 35 Antti Karjalainen
  • 60 Rasmus Reijola
  • 83 Joona Voutilainen

Defenders
  • 06 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
  • 02 Eero Salisma
  • 09 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

See also
  • HPK Kiekkonaiset
  • Ice hockey in Finland

References
  1. "HPK:n liigatoiminta yhtiöityy" [HPK Liiga Operations have been Incorporated]. Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho (in Finnish). 9 April 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  2. "Liiga".
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