Tappara

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Tappara

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League SM-liiga
Founded 1955
History Tappara
1955 - present
Arena Tampereen jäähalli (capacity 7,800)
City Tampere, Finland, Finland
Team Colors Dark blue, orange, white
General Manager Mikko Leinonen
Head Coach Mikko Saarinen
Team Captain Janne Ojanen

Tappara ("battleaxe") is an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga. They play in Tampere, Finland at Tampereen jäähalli. The team have won 12 league championships (1959, 1961, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 2003).

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[edit] Team History

Established in 1955, Tappara was a reformation of the club TBK, an abbreviation of Tammerfors Bollklubb. Today, the full name of the company that owns the club is Tamhockey Oy. Among the most successful teams in Finland, the team has won the Finnish Championship 12 times (and predecessor TBK three times). Tappara is the second most successful team in Finnish ice hockey history, inferior only to its arch-rival Ilves (16 championships).

Their goal song is "Live is Life" by Opus.

[edit] Current squad

(As of 1st June 2008)

Goaltenders
Number Player Shoots Contract Place of birth
34 Finnish Mika Lehto L 2010 Vammala, Finland
50 Finnish Harri Säteri L 2009 Toijala, Finland


Defenders
Number Player Shoots Contract Place of birth
4 Finnish Miko Malkamäki L 2009 Kokkola, Finland
15 Finnish Jussi Halme L 2008 Nokia, Finland
16 Finnish Jesse Turkulainen L 2010+1 Stockholm, Sweden
33 Finnish Miska Kangasniemi L 2010 Jyväskylä, Finland
52 Finnish Lasse Korhonen R 2011 Helsinki, Finland
55 Finnish Janne Grönvall L 2009 Rauma, Finland
77 Finnish Harri Ilvonen L 2010 Rauma, Finland
-- Finnish Atte Pentikäinen L 2009 Juupajoki, Finland
Forwards
Number Player Shoots Position Contract Place of birth
8 Finnish Janne Ojanen L C 2008 Tampere, Finland
9 Finnish Iivo Hokkanen L W 2008 Hämeenlinna, Finland
11 Finnish Timo Koskela L LW 2010 Tampere, Finland
12 USA Steve Saviano L W 2009 Reading, Massachusetts, USA
14 Finnish Nestori Lähde L RW 2011 Kangasala, Finland
17 Finnish Teemu Nurmi R RW 2009 Tampere, Finland
19 Finnish Arsi Piispanen R C 2010 Jyväskylä, Finland
21 Finnish Jori Lehterä L C 2010 Helsinki, Finland
26 Finnish Jonas Enlund L C 2010 Helsinki, Finland
30 Finnish Ville Nieminen L LW 2010 Tampere, Finland
37 Finnish Timo Vertala L W 2008 Jyväskylän maalaiskunta, Finland
44 Finnish Matti Aho L C 2011 Halikko, Finland
51 Finnish Joni Lindlöf L LW 2009 Tampere, Finland
73 Finnish Niclas Lucenius L LW 2010 Turku, Finland
81 Finnish Jukka Peltola L LW 2010 Tampere, Finland
85 Finnish Niko Nieminen R RW 2009 Espoo, Finland

[edit] Notable Players

[edit] Retired Numbers

[edit] Not to be Forgotten

[edit] External links

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