Mikkelin Jukurit

Jukurit
City Mikkeli, Finland
League Mestis
Founded 1970 (1970)
Home arena Kalevankankaan jäähalli (capacity 4487)
Head coach Finland Jarno Pikkarainen
Affiliate(s) SaiPa (SM-liiga)

Website
http://www.jukurit.fi/

Mikkelin Jukurit is an ice hockey team in the Mestis. They play in Mikkeli, Finland, at the Kalevankankaan jäähalli. The team has won 6 league championships (2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2013 and 2015).

History

Mikkelin Jukurit was founded in 1970. The season of 1998-99 was a turning point for the team, when Matti Turunen became the executive director and Risto Dufva from Jyväskylä became head coach. In 1999–2000 they won their first championship in the newly established Suomi-sarja league, and returned to the Mestis after a 20 year break. When Jukurit had won a fourth Championship in spring 2006, Risto Dufva left the team.

Notable players

Retired numbers

Well known players

G = Goaltender, D = Defencemen, F = Forward, HC = Head Coach, F-C = Forward-Coach

Current squad

Updated December 15, 2013[1]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
4 Finland Valkonen, JoonasJoonas Valkonen D L 22 Vantaa, Finland
5 Finland Piipponen, SamuliSamuli Piipponen D
1 Finland Norja, MikaMika Norja G L 31 Lohja, Finland
8 Finland Suoknuuti, EljasEljas Suoknuuti F R
12 Finland Mäkinen, AtteAtte Mäkinen F L 20 Tampere, Finland
9 Finland Turtiainen, JaakkoJaakko Turtiainen F
10 Finland Kauppinen, MarkoMarko Kauppinen D L 36 Mikkeli, Finland
3 Finland Jekunen, SamiSami Jekunen D L 20
29 Finland Juntheikki, JesseJesse Juntheikki C L 27 2013 Tuusula, Finland
25 Finland Kalliola, JoonasJoonas Kalliola F L 24 2013 Rauma, Finland
23 Finland Laakkonen, NikoNiko Laakkonen F L 27 2013 Varkaus, Finland
2 Finland Suhonen, TeemuTeemu Suhonen D
28 Finland Laine, MikkoMikko Laine RW R 25 2012 Piikkiö, Finland
34 Finland Lostedt, PatrikPatrik Lostedt LW L 34 2012 Helsinki, Finland
16 Finland Koskinen, JoonasJoonas Koskinen C L 28 2013 Ruovesi, Finland
15 Finland Nöyränen, PenttiPentti Nöyränen RW L 32 2011 Espoo, Finland
27 Finland Paalanen, VilleVille Paalanen (L) F L 25 2013 Lappeenranta, Finland
20 Finland Virmavirta, VilmoVilmo Virmavirta D R 21
7 Finland Purolinna, Juha-PetteriJuha-Petteri Purolinna D L 27 2011 Helsinki, Finland
13 Finland Ripatti, ErnoErno Ripatti F L 20 2009 Ristiina, Finland
11 Finland Ranta, RoopeRoope Ranta F R 27 Helsinki, Finland
36 Finland Pavén, JarnoJarno Pavén D
30 Finland Aho, JuhanaJuhana Aho G L 22
18 Finland Sipola, JuusoJuuso Sipola F R 22 2013 Oulu, Finland
17 Finland Savolainen, JaniJani Savolainen RW R 27 2011 Kuopio, Finland
6 Finland Vaarasuo, IlkkaIlkka Vaarasuo D L 32 2009 Iisalmi, Finland
33 Finland Väyrynen, JanneJanne Väyrynen F R 23 2013 Järvenpää, Finland

Team Officials

Updated December 15, 2013[2]

Title Staff Member
Team Manager Mikko Hakkarainen
Team Manager Pekka Lipiäinen
Sports Manager Tommi Kerttula
Head Coach Jarno Pikkarainen
Assistant Coach Timo Turunen
Goaltending Coach Vesa Pantzar

References

  1. "JOUKKUE 2013-2014". Jurkurit. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
  2. "Jukurit". Eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2013-12-15.

External links

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