HIFK (ice hockey)

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Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna i Helsingfors HIFK

City	Helsinki
League	SM-liiga
Founded	1897 (1897) (1928 first official match, 1945 ice-hockey section)
Home arena	Helsingin jäähalli (capacity 8,200)
Colours
Owner(s)	HIFK Ligaföreningen rf.
General manager	Jukka Valtanen
Head coach	Raimo Summanen
Captain	Ville Peltonen
Parent club(s)	Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna i Helsingfors - HIFK
Farm club(s)	HC Keski-Uusimaa (de facto)
Website www.hifk.fi

HIFK (a traditional abbreviation of Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna i Helsingfors) is an ice hockey team based in Helsinki, Finland. The team plays at Helsinki Ice Hall. It was founded in 1897. Since then, HIFK has won the Finnish National Championship title seven times (1969, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1983, 1998 and 2011).

The derbys against local rivals Jokerit are often sold out and are one of the fiercest in Nordic hockey.^{[citation needed]}

HIFK's general manager starting from May 1 2008 is Jukka Valtanen. He is the successor of Pentti Matikainen, who coached Team Finland to its first hockey Olympic medal (silver) in Calgary 1988.

HIFK won the Finnish championship title in the season of 2010-2011 against Espoo Blues.

The championship team from 1998 is widely recognized as one of the best ever to have skated together in the top flight of Finnish ice hockey.^{[citation needed]}

Players on the 1998 championship team included a number of future (and former) NHL players – including Tim Thomas (Boston Bruins), Jan Čaloun (Columbus Blue Jackets), Johan Davidsson (Anaheim Ducks), Bob Halkidis (Buffalo Sabres, Detroit Red Wings), *Olli Jokinen (Los Angeles Kings, Florida Panthers, Phoenix Coyotes, Calgary Flames, Winnipeg Jets), *Jere Karalahti (Los Angeles Kings), Jarno Kultanen (Boston Bruins), *Brian Rafalski (New Jersey Devils, Detroit Red Wings), Christian Ruuttu (Buffalo Sabres, Chicago Blackhawks), *Jarkko Ruutu (Vancouver Canucks, Pittsburgh Penguins, Ottawa Senators, Anaheim Ducks), Kimmo Timonen (Nashville Predators, Philadelphia Flyers) and Marko Tuomainen (Los Angeles Kings).

History

One of the major influences to HIFK was the NHL veteran and Stanley Cup winner Carl Brewer. Hired in 1968 as a playing coach, he advocated a North American style of play which has persisted in HIFK since. Brewer's influence on the way hockey is played in Finland led to his posthumous induction to the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 2003.

Players

Current roster

Updated January 23, 2014.^[1]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
84	Finland !	Lundström, JoakimJoakim Lundström	1.0 !G	L	29	2013	Gälve, Sweden
34	Finland !	Husso, VilleVille Husso	1.0 !G	L	19	2010	Helsinki, Finland
44	Sweden !	Eklund, OscarOscar Eklund	2.0 !D	L	25	2013	Stockholm, Sweden
27	Finland !	Jokela, MikkoMikko Jokela	2.0 !D	R	33	2011	Lappeenranta, Finland
4	Finland !	Tarkkanen, JuhaJuha Tarkkanen	2.0 !D	L	20	2012	Helsinki, Finland
2	United States !	DeSantis, JasonJason DeSantis	2.0 !D	R	27	2013	Oxford, MI, USA
43	Finland !	Teppo, MiihkaliMiihkali Teppo	2.0 !D	L	21	2012	Helsinki, Finland
15	Finland !	Kurvinen, MikkoMikko Kurvinen	2.0 !D	L	34	2009	Anjalankoski, Finland
26	Finland !	Söderholm, ToniToni Söderholm	2.0 !D	L	35	2009	Kauniainen, Finland
47	Finland !	Salmi, JuusoJuuso Salmi	2.0 !D	L	22	2006	Helsinki, Finland
55	Sweden !	Fernholm, DanielDaniel Fernholm	2.0 !D	L	30	2013	Stockholm, Sweden
25	Finland !	Forsberg, HenrikHenrik Forsberg	2.0 !D	L	28	2013	Vaasa, Finland
TBA	Finland !	Ramstedt, TeemuTeemu Ramstedt	4.0 !C	L	26	2014	Helsinki, Finland
29	Finland !	Leinonen, ToniToni Leinonen	7.0 !RW	L	22	2009	Helsinki, Finland
39	Finland !	Luttinen, ArttuArttu Luttinen	6.0 !LW	L	30	2012	Helsinki, Finland
71	Finland !	Puustinen, JuusoJuuso Puustinen (A)	7.0 !RW	R	25	2013	Kuopio, Finland
11	Finland !	Kuparinen, MattiMatti Kuparinen (A)	4.0 !C	R	29	2013	Pori, Finland
46	Finland !	Nykopp, ThomasThomas Nykopp	4.3 !C/RW	L	20	2012	Helsinki, Finland
21	Finland !	Partanen, MikaMika Partanen	6.0 !LW	L	21	2012	Helsinki, Finland
62	Hungary !	Hari, JanosJanos Hari	6.0 !LW	L	21	2013	Budapest, Hungary
81	Finland !	Pakarinen, IiroIiro Pakarinen	6.0 !LW	R	22	2012	Suonenjoki, Finland
90	United States !	Thang, RyanRyan Thang	7.0 !RW	R	26	2013	Chicago, IL, USA
91	United States !	Elkins, CoreyCorey Elkins	4.0 !C	L	28	2012	West Bloomfield, MI, USA
57	Finland !	Piiparinen, NikoNiko Piiparinen	4.0 !C	L	24	2006	Helsinki, Finland
89	United States !	Block, AustinAustin Block	4.0 !C	R	24	2013	Denver, CO, USA
33	Finland !	Somervuori, EeroEero Somervuori	7.0 !RW	R	35	2011	Järvenpää, Finland
19	Finland !	Talaja, RoopeRoope Talaja	6.0 !LW	L	25	2012	Kuopio, Finland
37	Finland !	Öfverström, JanneJanne Öfverström	6.0 !LW	L	22	2013	Helsinki, Finland
16	Finland !	Peltonen, VilleVille Peltonen (C)	6.0 !LW	R	40	2010	Vantaa, Finland
28	Finland !	Ikonen, JasseJasse Ikonen	6.0 !LW	L	23	2013	Kuopio, Finland

Honored members

1 Stig Wetzell, 1972–83
5 Heikki Riihiranta, 1967–83
7 Simo Saarinen, 1980–96
17 Matti Murto, 1964–83
20 Matti Hagman, 1972–92
22 Mika Kortelainen, 1987–2002
23 Pertti Lehtonen, 1976–98
35 Sakari Lindfors, 1985–2002

HIFK (in white) warm-up prior to a game vs. HPK.

NHL alumni

References

↑ "Joukkue & pelaajatiedot - HIFK" (in Finnish). www.hifk.fi. Retrieved 2012-12-09.

External links

I.F.K. Helsinki official web site (Finnish)

v t e Liiga

Current teams	Blues HIFK HPK Ilves Jokerit JYP KalPa Kärpät Lukko Pelicans SaiPa Tappara TPS Ässät

Former teams	FPS Jokipojat KooKoo KOOVEE Sport TuTo

Trophies and awards	Kanada-malja Kultainen kypärä Kalevi Numminen trophy Jarmo Wasama memorial trophy Matti Keinonen trophy Raimo Kilpiö trophy Urpo Ylönen trophy Pekka Rautakallio trophy Aarne Honkavaara trophy Veli-Pekka Ketola trophy Lasse Oksanen trophy Jari Kurri trophy

Other	Mestis Suomi-sarja 2. Divisioona Finland men's national ice hockey team Finland women's national ice hockey team SM-sarja (defunct)

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