HPK

HPK
City	Hämeenlinna, Finland
League	SM-liiga
Founded	1929 (1929)
Home arena	Ritari-areena (capacity 5,360)
Colours
Owner(s)	HPK Liiga Oy
General manager	Risto Korpela
Head coach	Pasi Arvonen
Captain	Joonas Vihko
Website	www.hpk.fi

HPK (Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho) is an ice hockey team in the SM-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. The roster below is out of date. The current starting goalie is Nashville Predators draft pick Juuse Saros, who recently lead Finland to the World Junior Championship Gold Medal. Although undersized he is extremely athletic and is the starter for HPK at age 18.

Players

Current roster

Updated September 17, 2014.

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
27		Eetu-Ville Arkiomaa	F	R	30	2013	Rauma, Finland
23		Antti Bruun	D	L	44	2013	Savonlinna, Finland
47		Ville-Veikko Eerola	D	L	32	2013	Hämeenlinna, Finland
15		Ossi-Petteri Grönholm	D	L	42	2011	Kotka, Finland
29		Zach Hamill	C	R	35	2014	Port Coquitlam, British Columbia
10		Toni Jalo	F	L	34	2014	Turku, Finland
16		Juhani Jasu	C	R	36	2014	Eurajoki, Finland
79		Ville Järveläinen	RW	R	31	2012	Hämeenlinna, Finland
12		Juha Koivisto	RW	R	39	2013	Vantaa, Finland
34		Aleksi Laakso	D	L	34	2012	Seinäjoki, Finland
91		Jere Laine	LW	R	33	2014	Tuusula, Finland
32		Joni Myllykoski	G	L	40	2014	Tornio, Finland
8		Jyri Niemi	D	L	33	2013	Hämeenkyrö, Finland
74		Petteri Nikkilä	D	L	31	2013	Hämeenlinna, Finland
7		Otto Paajanen (A)	C	L	31	2011	Loppi, Finland
22		Nicolas Ritz	C	L	32	2014	Dijon, France
26		Saku Salminen	LW	L	29	2014	Helsinki, Finland
1		Juuse Saros	G	L	29	2013	Hämeenlinna, Finland
6		Craig Schira (A)	D	R	36	2013	Spiritwood, Saskatchewan
3		Eero Somervuori	RW	R	45	2014	Järvenpää, Finland
36		Joni Tuulola	D	L	28	2014	Hämeenlinna, Finland
5		Juuso Vainio	D	R	29	2012	Hämeenlinna, Finland
40		Joonas Vihko (C)	RW	R	43	2013	Helsinki, Finland
19		Tuomas Vänttinen	C	R	40	2012	Savonlinna, Finland

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

• 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
• Petr Tenkrát
• Hannu Toivonen
• Jarkko Varvio
• Tomáš Vlasák

External links

• Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho official web site (Finnish)