Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho

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Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho
Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho
Greatest successes
Club information
history Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho (since 1929)
HPK Edustusjääkiekko Ry (since 1991)
Location Hämeenlinna , Finland
Club colors orange, white, black
league Liiga
Venue Ritari-areena
capacity 5,500 seats
executive Director Risto Korpela
Head coach Antti Pennanen
captain Niklas Friman
Season 2018/19 master

Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho (HPK for short) is a Finnish sports club from Hämeenlinna , which was founded in 1929 and is particularly known for its ice hockey department. This takes part in the Liiga and won the Finnish championship in 2006 and 2019 . The game operations of the professional team were outsourced to the HPK Edustusjääkiekko Ry in 1991 .

history

Ville Viitaluoma , one of the top players in the HPK

The HPK Hämeenlinna was founded in December 1929 as Hämeenlinna Jääpalloseura . A year later the current name was registered for the club. Initially, the club focused exclusively on bandy , but soon expanded its offerings to include pesäpallo and football . In 1936 the HPK Pesäpallo team became Finnish champions.

After the Second World War, the ice hockey section was founded, which began with a hobby team and rose to the regional league in 1948. In the 1950s, ice hockey replaced bandy as the club's most important sport.

In addition to the ice hockey section, the club also had a hockey department , which became Finnish champions in 1951, 1952 and 1953. In the 1970s and 1980s, the HPK ice hockey team was one of the dominant teams in the I-divisioona , Finland's second division, but without advancing to the first division, today's SM-liiga . In the mid-1980s, the promotion project was started, which in 1988 led to the championship of the second division and qualification for the top division. In 1991 , HPK finished fourth in the regular season and reached third place in the play-offs. Two years later, at the end of the 1992/93 season , the HPK reached the championship final for the Canada malja , in which the team from Hämeenlinna failed 3-1 at TPS Turku .

In the 2005/06 season , the HPK took third place after the main round and penetrated into the play-off final. In this he beat Porin Ässät's team 3-1. The HPK won the first Finnish ice hockey championship in the club's history and qualified for the IIHF European Champions Cup 2007 . The team from Hämeenlinna won the silver medal at this national championship tournament.

In the 2009/10 season , the HPK again won the SM-liiga runner-up title after being defeated by TPS Turku 1: 4 in the final.

After 13 years, Hämeenlinna won the Finnish championship title again in the 2018/19 season : HPK prevailed 4: 3 against Kärpät Oulu in an exciting final series. The decision in the seventh game was not made until extra time, when Markus Nenonen scored the decisive goal.

successes

statistics

Season statistics

Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = wins, N = defeats, U = draws, SnV = victory after extra time , NnV = losses after extra time, Pkt = points, T = goals scored, GT = goals conceded

season league Sp S. U N SnV NnV T GT Pt space Finals
1983/84 SM-liiga 37 3 0 34 - - 112 234 6th 10 descent
1984/85 I-divisioona 44 22nd 8th 14th - - 223 176 52 6th -
1985/86 I-divisioona 44 26th 1 17th - - 229 193 53 4th -
1986/87 I-divisioona 44 27 1 16 - - 223 165 55 3. -
1987/88 I-divisioona 44 36 2 6th - - 302 98 74 1. Master , promotion to the SM-liiga
1988/89 SM-liiga 44 17th 3 24 - - 196 197 37 8th. Missed play-offs
1989/90 SM-liiga 44 19th 5 20th - - 192 182 43 7th Missed play-offs
1990/91 SM-liiga 44 21st 5 18th - - 173 181 47 4th Loss in the semi-finals, 3rd place
1991/92 SM-liiga 44 18th 4th 22nd - - 191 183 40 8th. Missed play-offs
1992/93 SM-liiga 48 25th 4th 19th - - 178 137 54 4th Runner-up
1993/94 SM-liiga 48 23 3 22nd - - 167 170 49 9. Missed play-offs
1994/95 SM-liiga 50 16 7th 27 - - 170 197 39 9. Missed play-offs
1995/96 SM-liiga 50 23 7th 20th - - 160 151 53 5. Loss in the semi-finals, 4th place
1996/97 SM-liiga 50 28 7th 15th - - 191 143 63 3. Loss in the semi-finals, 3rd place
1997/98 SM-liiga 48 18th 5 25th - - 148 181 41 10. Missed play-offs
1998/99 SM-liiga 54 27 6th 21st - - 192 152 60 4th Loss in the semi-finals, 3rd place
1999/00 SM-liiga 54 32 7th 15th - - 209 161 71 2. Loss in the semi-finals, 3rd place
2000/01 SM-liiga 56 22nd 7th 27 - - 161 180 51 11. Missed play-offs
2001/02 SM-liiga 56 33 9 14th - - 221 138 78 2. Loss in the semi-finals, 3rd place
2002/03 SM-liiga 56 37 9 10 - - 209 125 87 1. Loss in the semi-finals, 3rd place
2003/04 SM-liiga 56 27 12 17th - - 162 122 69 4th Loss in the semi-finals, 4th place
2004/05 SM-liiga 56 24 - 13 17th 2 196 128 108 3. Loss in the semi-finals, 3rd place
2005/06 SM-liiga 56 28 - 14th 4th 10 174 136 102 3. master
2006/07 SM-liiga 56 25th - 15th 11 5 192 160 102 3. Loss in the semi-finals, 3rd place
2007/08 SM-liiga 56 16 - 33 1 6th 123 183 56 12. Missed play-offs
2008/09 SM-liiga 58 27 - 19th 6th 6th 166 151 99 3. Defeat in the quarterfinals
2009/10 SM-liiga 58 26th - 22nd 3 7th 153 154 91 5. Defeat in the final, runner-up

Top scorer

Surname Games Gates Assists Points
1. Hannu Savolainen 344 165 251 416
2. Teppo Kivelä 248 144 241 385
3. Pekka Peltola 291 185 158 343
4th Jouni Kalliokoski 309 164 150 314
5. Marko Palo 531 103 147 250
6th Mika Lartama 305 107 136 243
7th Vesa Karjalainen 294 120 109 229
8th. Juha Hietanen 414 95 129 224
9. Pasi Kivilä 383 115 96 211
10. Tony Virta 351 81 117 198

Coaches and team captains

Harri Rindell , head coach of the 2010-11 season
season Head coach captain
1983-1984 Hannu Savolainen Markku Hakulinen
1988-1989 Alpo Suhonen Mika Lartama
1989-1990 Olli Hietanen and Hannu Savolainen Teppo Kivelä
1990-1991 Hannu Savolainen Teppo Kivelä
1991-1992 Samu Kuitunen Teppo Kivelä
1992-1993 Hannu Jortikka and Juha Hietanen Janne Laukkanen
1993-1994 Pentti Matikainen Janne Laukkanen
1994-1995 Hannu Savolainen Risto Jalo
1995-1996 Sakari Pietila Risto Jalo
1996-1997 Hannu Kapanen Risto Jalo
1997-1998 Kari Heikkilä and Alpo Suhonen Risto Jalo
1998-1999 Teijo Räsänen Jarkko Savijoki
1999-2000 Teijo Räsänen Jarkko Savijoki
2000-2001 Teijo Räsänen Kimmo Peltonen
2001-2002 Jukka Jalonen Kimmo Peltonen
2002-2003 Jukka Jalonen Marko Tuulola
2003-2004 Jukka Jalonen Marko Tuulola
2004-2005 Jukka Jalonen Jani Keinänen
2005-2006 Jukka Jalonen Mikko Jokela
2006-2007 Jukka Jalonen Mikko Jokela
2007-2008 Matti Alatalo Veli-Pekka Laitinen
2008-2009 Jukka Rautakorpi Tony Virta
2009-2010 Jukka Rautakorpi Jukka Laamanen
2010-2011 Harri Rindell Marko Tuulola

player

Blocked jersey numbers

Well-known former players

Andy Chiodo in the jersey of the HPK
Jesse Niinimäki in the HPK jersey
Steve Kariya in the jersey of the HPK

Active players

Inactive players

Well-known attack lines

Player of the year

A player of the year has been voted annually by the club's fans since 1983.

Web links

Commons : Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ HPK Hämeenlinna wins the second championship after 2006. In: hockeyweb.de. May 7, 2019, accessed May 20, 2019 .