Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho (HPK) is a professional ice hockey team in the Liiga, the top men's ice hockey league in Finland. Their home ice is the Ritari-areena in Hämeenlinna. HPK was established in 1929. The parent club of the team is HPK Edustusjääkiekko ry and the team is sometimes promoted as the "Hockey Playing Knights," with a logo representing a knight's helmet. HPK won their first SM-liiga championship in 2006 and the second in 2019.
Honours
Champions SM-liiga Kanada-malja (2): 2006, 2019
Runners-up SM-liiga (3): 1952, 1993, 2010 SM-liiga (9): 1954, 1991, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007
Other awards for the club: I-Divisioona (it was the second level of ice hockey in Finland) (5): 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1988
Players Current roster
Updated August 1, 2024
Honored members 2 Eero Salisma 9 Jyrki Louhi 13 Marko Palo 17 Juha Hietanen 18 Hannu Savolainen 36 Marko Tuulola
NHL alumni
Eric Fehr Riku Hahl Jukka Hentunen Josh Holden Niko Kapanen Rostislav Klesla Janne Laukkanen Ville Leino Antti Miettinen Pasi Nurminen Timo Pärssinen Antti Pihlström Brian Rafalski Karri Rämö Geoff Sanderson Roman Šimíček Ville Sirén Juuse Saros Petr Tenkrát Hannu Toivonen Jarkko Varvio Tomáš Vlasák Kristian Vesalainen
See also HPK Kiekkonaiset Ice hockey in Finland
References
External links
Official website