JYP Jyväskylä

JYP
City Jyväskylä, Finland
League SM-liiga
Founded 1923
Home arena Synergia-areena (capacity 4,500)
Colours               
Owner(s) JYP Jyväskylä Oy
General manager Finland Jukka Seppänen
Head coach Finland Marko Virtanen
Captain Canada Éric Perrin
Farm club(s) JYP-Akatemia (Mestis)

Website
www.jypliiga.fi

JYP is an ice hockey team playing in the Finnish SM-liiga. They play in Jyväskylä, Finland, at the Synergia-areena.

History

JYP was founded in 1923. First it was the ice hockey section of the sports club Jyväskylän Palloilijat until 1977. Then they separated from that sports club to be an independent hockey club called JyP HT. The current full name of the club is JYP Jyväskylä Oy, having been registered as an osakeyhtiö since 1999. JYP has won the Finnish SM-liiga twice, in 2009 and 2012, having been the losing side in the play-off finals in 1989 and 1992.

Partnership with the Boston Bruins

As of September 8, 2010, JYP entered into a partnership agreement with the National Hockey League's oldest United States-based team, the Boston Bruins, to enable player transfer and training between the two teams and their developmental systems.[1]

Players

Current roster

Updated September 21, 2014.[2]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
46 Finland Antonen, JooseJoose Antonen C/LW R 20 2014 Tampere, Finland
22 Finland Auvinen, HenriHenri Auvinen D L 22 2011 Jyväskylä, Finland
18 Canada Boyce, DarrylDarryl Boyce C/LW L 30 2014 Summerside, Prince Edward Island
52 Finland Hietanen, ValtteriValtteri Hietanen D L 22 2012 Virrat, Finland
27 Czech Republic Hubacek, PetrPetr Hubacek (A) C R 35 2011 Brno, Czechoslovakia
37 Finland Hännikäinen, MarkusMarkus Hännikäinen LW L 22 2014 Helsinki, Finland
61 Finland Ikonen, JuusoJuuso Ikonen RW R 20 2013 Espoo, Finland
21 Finland Jaatinen, AnttiAntti Jaatinen LW L 28 2011 Mikkeli, Finland
7 Finland Kalteva, MikkoMikko Kalteva D L 30 2012 Hyvinkää, Finland
13 Finland Kemiläinen, ValtteriValtteri Kemiläinen D R 23 2014 Jyväskylä, Finland
28 Finland Lahti, MiikaMiika Lahti (A) C L 28 2005 Konnevesi, Finland
5 Finland Luoma, MikkoMikko Luoma D L 38 2013 Jyväskylä, Finland
25 Finland Löfman, AnssiAnssi Löfman C L 27 2013 Lappeenrenata, Finland
47 Finland Mäenpää, MikkoMikko Mäenpää D L 32 2014 Tampere, Finland
34 Finland Nenonen, MarkusMarkus Nenonen LW L 22 2012 Jämsänkoski, Finland
8 Finland Niku, SamiSami Niku D L 18 2014 Haapavesi, Finland
24 Finland Nättinen, JuliusJulius Nättinen F L 18 2013 Jyväskylä, Finland
20 Finland Nättinen, TopiTopi Nättinen C L 21 2012 Jyväskylä, Finland
11 Canada Perrin, ÉricÉric Perrin (C) C L 39 2011 Laval, Quebec
49 Finland Pihlman, TuomasTuomas Pihlman LW L 32 2014 Espoo, Finland
63 Finland Poukkula, MarkusMarkus Poukkula LW L 26 2013 Raahe, Finland
35 Finland Rajaniemi, SamiSami Rajaniemi G L 22 2013 Oulainen, Finland
45 Switzerland Saikkonen, DennisDennis Saikkonen G L 22 2013 Bern, Switzerland
33 Finland Salmio, MikkoMikko Salmio RW L 23 2012 Jämsä, Finland
3 Finland Salonen, AleksiAleksi Salonen D L 22 2012 Muurame, Finland
40 Finland Tarkki, TuomasTuomas Tarkki G L 35 2012 Rauma, Finland
12 Finland Tuppurainen, JaniJani Tuppurainen (A) LW L 35 2013 Oulu, Finland
4 Finland Viitanen, MikkoMikko Viitanen D L 33 2011 Nurmijärvi, Finland

Honored members

Notable players

References

  1. ↑ "Bruins Enter Partnership with Finnish Club". Boston Bruins. Retrieved 2010-09-08.
  2. ↑ "Joukkue / JYP" (in Finnish). www.jypliiga.fi. Retrieved 2014-09-21.

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