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 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.

Honours

Champions

• SM-liiga Kanada-malja (2): 2006, 2019

Runners-up

• 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

Current roster

<small>Updated August 1, 2024</small>

Honored members

• 2 Eero Salisma
• 9 Jyrki Louhi
• 13 Marko Palo
• 17 Juha Hietanen
• 18 Hannu Savolainen
• 36 Marko Tuulola

NHL alumni

• 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 Å imíček
• Ville Sirén
• Juuse Saros
• Petr Tenkrát
• Hannu Toivonen
• Jarkko Varvio
• Tomáš Vlasák
• Kristian Vesalainen

See also

• HPK Kiekkonaiset
• Ice hockey in Finland

References

External links

• Official website