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

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<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

thumb|right|200px|[[Karri Rämö shared the netminding duties with Miika Wiikman during the 2005–06 season. Image from the match vs. HIFK, January 2006.]]

NHL alumni

thumb|[[Joonas Kemppainen playing for HPK in October 2009]]

  • 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

  • HPK Kiekkonaiset
  • Ice hockey in Finland

References

  • Official website