HC TPS

TPS

City	Turku
League	Liiga
Founded	1922 (1922)
Home arena	Gatorade Center (capacity 11,820)
Colours	Black, white
Owner(s)	TPS Turku ry (37%) VMP Oy Miikka Kiprusoff TS-Yhtymä Mikko and Saku Koivu
General manager	Mika Eskola
Head coach	Ari-Pekka Selin
Captain	Tomi Kallio
Website	hc.tps.fi

Active departments of Turun Palloseura

Floorball	Football	Ice hockey

TPS or Turun Palloseura is an ice hockey team and 10-time champion of SM-liiga and 1-time champion of SM-sarja. They play in Turku, Finland, at the Gatorade Center. In terms of championships, TPS is the all-time most successful team in the 1975-founded SM-liiga alongside with Tappara which also has 10 titles.

Team history

TPS was established in 1922 as Turun Palloseura, from which the acronym derives. The club began ice hockey activities after 1929. Today, the full name of the company that owns the ice hockey team is HC TPS Turku Oy.

TPS has won the Finnish Championship in ice hockey 11 times: 1956, 1976, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2010. Only Tampere teams Ilves and Tappara have won more titles when SM-sarja also counts. Coach Hannu Jortikka led the club to a total of six championships in 1989–91 and 1999–2001. TPS have also won 2 Finnish Cups, a European Cup: 1994, n European Hockey League: 1997 and an Super Cup in 1997.

Vladimir Yurzinov used to be the coach of TPS in 1992–98. The team is currently coached by Kalle Kaskinen.

NHL players from TPS include Saku Koivu, Mikko Koivu, Miikka Kiprusoff, Sami Salo, Petteri Nummelin, Niko Kapanen, Jere Lehtinen, Rasmus Ristolainen, Antero Niittymäki, Lauri Korpikoski, Mikko Rantanen and others.

Players

Current roster

Updated September 25, 2014.^[1]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
7001200000000000000♠20	Finland !	Friman, NiklasNiklas Friman	2.0 !D	L	23	2011	Rauma, Finland
7001400000000000000♠40	Finland !	Karhu, NikoNiko Karhu	2.0 !D	L	24	2012	Turku, Finland
7001100000000000000♠10	Finland !	Karvinen, OttoOtto Karvinen	7.0 !RW	L	27	2014	Vantaa, Finland
7001260000000000000♠26	Finland !	Keskitalo, MiroMiro Keskitalo	2.0 !D	L	21	2014	Vantaa, Finland
7001600000000000000♠60	Finland !	Koskiranta, TeroTero Koskiranta (A)	4.0 !C	L	33	2012	Paimio, Finland
7001560000000000000♠56	Finland !	Kulmala, RasmusRasmus Kulmala	6.0 !LW	L	23	2011	Alastaro, Finland
7001170000000000000♠17	Lithuania !	Kumeliauskas, TadasTadas Kumeliauskas	4.0 !C	R	26	2013	Elektrėnai, Lithuania
7001190000000000000♠19	United States !	Lasch, RyanRyan Lasch	7.0 !RW	R	30	2014	Lake Forest, California
7001350000000000000♠35	Finland !	Lassila, TeemuTeemu Lassila	1.0 !G	L	34	2014	Helsinki, Finland
7001550000000000000♠55	Finland !	Lämsä, TeemuTeemu Lämsä	4.0 !C	R	21	2013	Turku, Finland
7001540000000000000♠54	Finland !	Lehtonen, MikkoMikko Lehtonen	2.0 !D	L	23	2011	Turku, Finland
7001460000000000000♠46	Finland !	Lindsten, JasperJasper Lindsten	4.0 !C	L	23	2012	Salo, Finland
7001630000000000000♠63	Finland !	Lucenius, NiclasNiclas Lucenius	4.0 !C	L	28	2013	Turku, Finland
7000400000000000000♠4	Czech !	Mojzis, TomasTomas Mojzis	2.0 !D	L	35	2014	Kolín, Czechoslovakia
7001870000000000000♠87	Czech Republic !	Nakladal, JakubJakub Nakladal	2.0 !D	R	29	2014	Pardubice, Czechoslovakia
7000300000000000000♠3	Finland !	Nummelin, PetteriPetteri Nummelin (C)	2.0 !D	L	44	2014	Turku, Finland
7001840000000000000♠84	Finland !	Pikkarainen, IlkkaIlkka Pikkarainen	7.0 !RW	R	36	2014	Sonkajärvi, Finland
7001470000000000000♠47	Finland !	Pulli, MatiasMatias Pulli	2.0 !D	R	22	2013	Raisio, Finland
7001960000000000000♠96	Finland !	Rantanen, MikkoMikko Rantanen	7.0 !RW	L	20	2012	Nousiainen, Finland
7001450000000000000♠45	Finland !	Salo, NiklasNiklas Salo	3.0 !F	L	23	2013	Somero, Finland
7001220000000000000♠22	Finland !	Seikola, MarkusMarkus Seikola	2.0 !D	R	35	2013	Laitila, Finland
7001700000000000000♠70	Czech Republic !	Smolenak, RadekRadek Smolenak	6.0 !LW	L	30	2014	Prague, Czechoslovakia
7001290000000000000♠29	Finland !	Sointu, MatiasMatias Sointu	6.0 !LW	L	27	2013	Tampere, Finland
7001320000000000000♠32	Finland !	Tukonen, LauriLauri Tukonen (A)	6.0 !LW	R	30	2014	Hyvinkää, Finland
7001270000000000000♠27	Finland !	Virtala, MarkoMarko Virtala (A)	4.3 !C/RW	L	32	2010	Uusikaupunki, Finland
7001250000000000000♠25	Finland !	Vittasmäki, Veli-MattiVeli-Matti Vittasmäki	2.0 !D	L	27	2008	Turku, Finland
7001180000000000000♠18	Finland !	Vähätalo, JuliusJulius Vähätalo	4.2 !C/LW	L	22	2013	Vahto, Finland

Staff

Head Coach: Kalle Kaskinen
Assistant Coach: Kimmo Rintanen
Assistant Coach: Sami Salo
Goaltending Coach: Fredrik Norrena
Physical Coach: Timo Kujanen
Video Coach: Mikael Tolkki
General Manager: Mika Eskola

Honored numbers

3—Timo Nummelin
8—Juhani Wahlsten
11—Saku Koivu (not officially retired but out of circulation)
16—Rauli Tammelin
23—Hannu Virta

Notable alumni

Seasonal history

Season	GP	W	L	D	OTW	P	GF	GA	Coach	Final position
Season by Season records
1940–41	7	0	7	0	0	0	5	23		8th
1941–42 No season completed due to war
1942–43	7	5	1	1	0	11	23	9		2nd
1943–44	7	5	1	1	0	11	29	8		No season completed due to war
1944–45	8	5	2	1	0	11	27	17		4th
1945–46	8	3	4	1	0	7	30	48		6th
1946–47	8	3	5	0	0	6	42	76		6th
1947–48	6	0	6	0	0	0	12	74		7th
1948–49 Didn't compete on the top level
1949–50 Didn't compete on the top level
1950–51 Didn't compete on the top level
1951–52 Didn't compete on the top level
1952–53	10	7	3	0	0	14	53	38		Bronze
1953–54	8	5	2	1	0	11	38	29		4th
1954–55	8	6	1	1	0	13	45	17	Esko Pekkalainen	Silver
1955–56	8	6	2	0	0	12	31	28	Pentti Lumikko	Gold
1956–57	8	6	2	0	0	12	40	22	Esko Pekkalainen	Silver
1957–58	8	3	3	2	0	8	43	39	Esko Pekkalainen	4th
1958–59	18	9	8	1	0	19	67	53	Esko Pekkalainen	5th
1959–60	18	8	7	3	0	19	68	81	Esko Pekkalainen	6th
1960–61	18	8	5	5	0	21	73	58		4th
1961–62	18	5	12	1	0	11	52	65		9th
1962–63 Didn't compete on the top level									Norwel Olsen
1963–64	18	7	10	1	0	15	80	60	Norwel Olsen	8th
1964–65	18	9	7	2	0	20	51	63	Pertti Nieminen	4th
1965–66	20	10	7	3	0	23	66	58	Pertti Nieminen	4th
1966–67	22	15	6	1	0	31	91	56	Pertti Nieminen	Silver
1967–68	20	5	13	2	0	12	64	82		10th
1968–69 Didn't compete on the top level									Rauli Virtanen
1969–70	22	13	5	4	0	30	107	67		4th
1970–71	22	6	14	2	0	14	71	101		9th
1971–72	32	17	13	2	0	36	141	104	Juhani Wahlsten	7th
1972–73	36	9	22	5	0	23	126	182	Matias Helenius	9th
1973–74	36	10	20	6	0	26	133	179	Matias Helenius	8th
1974–75	36	15	17	4	0	34	153	156	Reima Särös	5th
1975–76	36	25	6	5	0	55	194	113	Raimo Määttänen	Gold
1976–77	36	23	10	3	0	49	187	129	Raimo Määttänen	Silver
1977–78	36	22	11	3	0	47	180	123	Raimo Määttänen	Bronze
1978–79	36	18	14	4	0	40	144	123	Raimo Määttänen	Bronze
1979–80	36	26	6	4	0	56	210	123	Raimo Määttänen	4th
1980–81	36	22	9	5	0	49	213	141	Juhani Wahlsten	Bronze
1981–82	36	23	7	6	0	52	180	120	Juhani Wahlsten	Silver
1982–83	36	18	13	5	0	41	145	131	Juhani Wahlsten	5th
1983–84	37	23	13	1	0	47	150	117	Matti Keinonen	4th
1984–85	36	24	10	2	0	50	163	124	Matti Keinonen	Silver
1985–86	36	18	13	5	0	41	153	139	Juhani Tamminen	4th
1986–87	44	22	16	6	0	50	198	194	Juhani Tamminen	4th
1987–88	44	22	19	3	0	47	206	182	Juhani Tamminen	5th
1988–89	44	29	10	5	0	63	209	120	Hannu Jortikka	Gold
1989–90	44	31	10	3	0	65	175	100	Hannu Jortikka	Gold
1990–91	44	27	12	5	0	59	168	109	Hannu Jortikka	Gold
1991–92	44	29	14	1	0	59	181	153	Hannu Jortikka	5th
1992–93	48	28	12	8	0	64	178	138	Vladimir Yurzinov	Gold
1993–94	48	34	14	0	0	68	227	124	Vladimir Yurzinov	Silver
1994–95	50	30	17	3	0	63	219	149	Vladimir Yurzinov	Gold
1995–96	50	33	12	5	0	71	216	141	Vladimir Yurzinov	Silver
1996–97	50	32	11	7	0	71	191	105	Vladimir Yurzinov	Silver
1997–98	48	30	12	6	0	66	162	111	Vladimir Yurzinov	5th
1998–99	54	37	10	7	0	81	179	107	Hannu Jortikka	Gold
1999–00	54	39	10	5	0	83	232	118	Hannu Jortikka	Gold
2000–01	56	36	16	4	0	76	186	115	Hannu Jortikka	Gold
2001–02	56	32	21	3	0	69	154	111	Kari Jalonen	4th
2002–03	56	24	26	6	0	56	138	138	Kari Jalonen	8th
2003–04	56	35	14	7	0	80	169	112	Jukka Koivu	Silver
2004–05	56	22	16	18	8	92	146	142	Jukka Koivu	6th
2005–06	56	14	23	19	11	72	119	135	Hannu Jortikka	10th
2006–07	56	23	22	11	6	86	167	155	Hannu Jortikka	9th
2007–08	56	18	27	11	2	67	130	164	Hannu Virta	10th
2008–09	58	21	27	10	7	80	133	159	Hannu Virta until Oct 2008, after that Kai Suikkanen	8th
2009–10	58	25	25	8	6	89	169	169	Kai Suikkanen	Gold
2010–11	60	12	32	16	8	60	134	186	Heikki Leime until Oct 2010, then Riku-Petteri Lehtonen until Jan 2011, after that Jukka Koivu	13th
2011–12	60	21	30	9	6	78	134	180	Pekka Virta	10th
2012–13	60	12	28	20	8	64	144	181	Pekka Virta until Oct 2012, after that Juha Pajuoja	13th
GP=Games Played, W=Won, L=Lost, D=Draw, OTW=Wins after overtime/penalties, P=Points, GF=Goals for, GA=Goals against

SM-liiga player/coach awards

Best coach

SM-liiga Best player of the season, MVP (voted by players)

Best goalie

2010 Atte Engren
1999 Miikka Kiprusoff
1997 Jani Hurme
1991 Markus Ketterer
1989 Timo Lehkonen
1980 Jorma Valtonen
1979 Jorma Valtonen

Best defenceman

League top goalscorer

Most points in regular season

Rookie of the season

Best plus/minus

Regular season MVP (trophy awarded by the league)

Gentleman player

2001 Kimmo Rintanen
2000 Kimmo Rintanen
1999 Marko Kiprusoff
1998 Kimmo Rintanen
1997 Kimmo Rintanen
1995 Jere Lehtinen
1993 Esa Keskinen
1989 Jukka Vilander
1988 Jukka Vilander
1987 Jukka Vilander
1985 Reijo Leppänen
1984 Esa Keskinen
1981 Timo Nummelin
1977 Jarmo Koivunen
1957 Aki Salonen

Playoffs MVP

Former coaches

References

↑ "Joukkue - TPS" (in Finnish). hc.tps.fi. Retrieved September 25, 2014.

External links

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
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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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