HPK

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.

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

Goalkeepers

 * 1 Tuomas Aalto
 * 35 Antti Karjalainen
 * 60 Rasmus Reijola
 * 83 Joona Voutilainen

Defenders

 * 6 Niklas Friman (C)
 * 10 Atso Lehtinen
 * 25 Roope Laavainen
 * 38 Miro Karjalainen
 * 42 Arto Laatikainen (A)
 * 43 Otto Latvala
 * 44 Paavo Tyni
 * 53 Nico Nurmikanta
 * 63 Elmeri Eronen
 * 74 Petteri Nikkilä (A)

Forwards

 * 14 Mikko Lahtela
 * 15 Santtu Hakanen
 * 16 Jere Jokinen
 * 19 Cody Kunyk
 * 21 Jere Innala
 * 26 Tommi Tikka
 * 27 Filip Krivosik
 * 28 Markus Nenonen (A)
 * 29 Miro Ruokonen
 * 34 Erkka Seppälä
 * 40 Janne Tavi
 * 45 Henri Kanninen
 * 48 Valtteri Puustinen
 * 49 Kasperi Heinänen
 * 51 Philippe Cornet
 * 71 Niclas Lucenius
 * 81 Joona Monto
 * 86 Kristjan Kombe

Honored members

 * 2 Eero Salisma
 * 9 Jyrki Louhi
 * 13 Marko Palo
 * 17 Juha Hietanen
 * 18 Hannu Savolainen
 * 36 Marko Tuulola



NHL alumni



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 * 🇨🇦 Josh Holden
 * 🇫🇮 Niko Kapanen
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 * 🇫🇮 Antti Miettinen
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 * 🇫🇮 Timo Pärssinen
 * 🇫🇮 Antti Pihlström
 * 🇺🇸 Brian Rafalski
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