HPK

HPK

City	Hämeenlinna, Finland
League	Liiga
Founded	1929 (1929)
Home arena	Ritarihalli (capacity 5,360)
Colours	Orange, black, white
Owner(s)	HPK Liiga Oy
General manager	Antti Toivanen
Head coach	Antti Pennanen
Captain	Niko Kapanen
Website	www.hpk.fi

HPK (short for Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho) is an ice hockey team in the Liiga. They play in Hämeenlinna, Finland, at the Hämeenlinnan jäähalli. HPK was established in 1929. The full name of the club is HPK-Edustusjääkiekko Ry, and the team is sometimes promoted as the "Hockey Playing Knights", with the logo representing a knight masked in a helmet. HPK won their first SM-liiga championship in 2006.

Players

Honored members

02 Eero Salisma
09 Jyrki Louhi
13 Marko Palo
17 Juha Hietanen
18 Hannu Savolainen
36 Marko Tuulola

Karri Rämö shared the netminding duties with Miika Wiikman during the 2005-06 season. Image from the match vs. HIFK, January 2006.

NHL alumni

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to HPK.

Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho official web site (in Finnish)

Liiga
Seasons	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17
Current teams (2016–17)	HIFK HPK Ilves Jukurit JYP KalPa KooKoo Kärpät Lukko Pelicans SaiPa Sport Tappara TPS Ässät
Former teams	Blues FPS Jokerit Jokipojat KOOVEE 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)
IIHF IIHF Continental Cup IIHF European Champions Cup

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