D-Kiekko
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history |
Jyväskylän Lohi (1974–1990) Lohi-Kiekko (1990–1993) Diskos Jyväskylä (1993–2004) D-Kiekko (2004–2008) D Team (2008–2011) JYP-Akatemia (2011–2017) D-Kiekko (since 2015) |
Location | Jyväskylä , Finland |
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league | Suomi-sariah |
Venue | Synergia areena |
capacity | 4,500 seats |
D-Kiekko (formerly JYP-Akatemia and Diskos ) is a Finnish ice hockey club from Jyväskylä founded in 1974 as Jyväskylän Lohi . The first team played the Mestis until 2017 and played their home games in the LähiTapiola Areena . Since then, the club has been represented by the former second team in the Suomi-sarja .
history
The club was founded in 1974 as Jyväskylän Lohi and was called Diskos Jyväskylä from 1993 . The team took part for the first time in the 1995/96 season in the I-divisioona , the then second highest Finnish division, but rose in the first season. In the following season , the team succeeded in the immediate rise. From the 2000/01 season , the team took part in the new second division, the Mestis . From this, the team rose in the 2001/02 season in the third-class Suomi-sarja . In 2004 the club was renamed D-Kiekko . It was not until the 2007/08 season that the team managed to return to the Mestis as third division champions, in which they have since established themselves. Associated with the rise was the renaming to D-Team .
From 2008 the association worked closely with the large city neighbor JYP Jyväskylä from the SM-liiga and acted as his farm team . From 2011 the first team was called JYP-Akatemia, based on the SM-liiga team, while the second team and the junior division continued to compete as Diskos Jyväskylä , from 2015 again as D-Kiekko .
In 2017, the first team from the Mestis relegated to the Suomi-sarja, after which the team was stopped. Some of the players then switched to the former second team (named D-Kiekko ) and continued playing with them in the Suomi-sarja.
Known players
- Jukka Hentunas
- Juha-Pekka Hytönen
- Eerikki Koivu
- Heikki Laine
- Tero Leinonen
- Mikko Luoma
- Olli Määttä
- Pekka Tuokkola
Web links
- Official website ( Memento of May 30, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) (Finnish)
- JYP-Akatemia at eurohockey.com (English)