HPK Knowpia

HPK
HPK
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.fi
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

SM-liiga (3): 1952, 1993, 2010
SM-liiga (9): 1954, 1991, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007

Other awards for the club:

I-Divisioona (it was the second level of ice hockey in Finland) (5): 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1988

Players edit

2019-2020 edit

Goalkeepers edit

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

Defenders edit

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Joonas Kemppainen playing for HPK in October 2009

References edit

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