Mikkelin Jukurit

Jukurit
City Mikkeli, Finland
League Liiga
Founded 1970 (1970)
Home arena Kalevankankaan jäähalli (capacity 4487)
Colours Blue, yellow, red, white
                   
Head coach Finland Risto Dufva
Website http://www.jukurit.fi/

Mikkelin Jukurit is an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga. They play in Mikkeli, Finland, at the Kalevankankaan jäähalli. The team has won 7 Mestis championships (2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2013, 2015, and 2016).

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 January 1, 2017[1]

Team Officials

Updated December 15, 2013[2]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
30 Finland Rajaniemi, SamiSami Rajaniemi G L 24 2016 Oulainen, Finland
7 Finland Piipponen, SamuliSamuli Piipponen D L 24 2014 Helsinki, Finland
1 Finland Norja, MikaMika Norja G L 32 2015 Lohja, Finland
2 Finland Auvinen, HenriHenri Auvinen D L 24 2016 Jyväskylä, Finland
3 Finland Karalahti, KeniKeni Karalahti D R 25 2016 Helsinki, Finland
5 Finland Hyvärinen, VilleVille Hyvärinen D L 26 2016 Kuopio, Finland
10 Finland Kauppinen, MarkoMarko Kauppinen (C) D L 38 2015 Mikkeli, Finland
8 Finland Kokkonen, MikkoMikko Kokkonen D L 16 2013 Mikkeli, Finland
43 Finland Jaatinen, AnttiAntti Jaatinen D L 29 2016 Mäntyharju, Finland
52 Finland Hietanen, ValtteriValtteri Hietanen D L 24 2016 Virrat, Finland
23 Finland Laakkonen, NikoNiko Laakkonen F L 29 2013 Varkaus, Finland
55 Finland Koivisto, MiikaMiika Koivisto (A) D L 27 2016 Vaasa, Finland
9 Finland Roine, MiikaMiika Roine F L 25 2016 Jyväskylä, Finland
12 Finland Asplund, TuroTuro Asplund (A) F L 32 2016 Jyväskylä, Finland
14 Finland Nättinen, TopiTopi Nättinen (L) F L 23 2016 Jyväskylä, Finland
15 Finland Leskinen, VilleVille Leskinen F L 22 2016 Pieksämäki, Finland
16 Finland Henritius, TeemuTeemu Henritius F L 24 2015 Helsinki, Finland
18 United States Budish, ZachZach Budish F R 26 2016 Edina, Minnesota, USA
19 Finland Lähde, NestoriNestori Lähde F L 28 2016 Nokia, Finland
20 Finland Kumpulainen, JanneJanne Kumpulainen  F L 26 2016 Jyväskylä, Finland
25 Finland Kalliola, JoonasJoonas Kalliola F L 26 2013 Rauma, Finland
33 Finland Ritamäki, JanneJanne Ritamäki F L 31 2016 Heinola, Finland
38 Finland Tallberg, TeemuTeemu Tallberg F L 26 2016 Helsinki, Finland
39 Finland Sipiläinen, OlliOlli Sipiläinen F L 40 2016 Lappeenranta, Finland
6 Finland Vaarasuo, IlkkaIlkka Vaarasuo D L 34 2009 Iisalmi, Finland
54 Finland Piitulainen, JesperJesper Piitulainen (A) F R 26 2016 Savonlinna, Finland
82 Finland Koivisto, HenrikHenrik Koivisto F L 27 2016 Kerava, Finland
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". Jukurit. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
  2. ↑ "Jukurit". Eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
Seasons
Current teams (2016–17)
Former teams
Trophies and awards
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