Kalevan Pallo
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Spengler Cup winner: 2018 |
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Sortavalan Palloseura (1929–1946) Kalevan Pallo (1946–1999) KalPa Hockey Oy (since 1999) |
| Location | Kuopio , Finland |
| Club colors | Red Yellow |
| league | Liiga |
| Venue | Kuopion jäähalli |
| capacity | 5,225 seats |
| executive Director | Sami Kapanen |
| Head coach | Tommi Miettinen |
| captain | Tommi Jokinen |
| Season 2018/19 | 12th place |
Kalevan Pallo , or KalPa for short , is a Finnish ice hockey club that plays in the Liiga . The team plays its home games in Kuopion jäähalli in Kuopio .
history
KalPa was founded in 1929 in Sortavala, Karel, under the name Sortavalan Palloseura . After the Second World War, the association moved from the Russian-occupied Sortavala to Kuopio in eastern Finland.
In 1999 the professional team's gaming operations were outsourced to a joint stock company, KalPa Hockey Oy . In the meantime, the NHL players Kimmo Timonen and Sami Kapanen , who once played for KalPa, have taken over the club. Scott Hartnell also holds 5% of the shares in the company. Sami Kapanen is also the company's managing director and chairman, Kimmo Kapanen is a sports manager .
In December 2018 KalPa was the first Finnish club to win the Spengler Cup .
Placements
| season | league | space |
| 2014-2015 | Liiga | 6th place (preliminary round), play-off quarter-finals |
| 2013-2014 | Liiga | 14th place |
| 2012-2013 | SM-Liiga | 5th place (preliminary round), play-off quarter-finals |
| 2011–2012 | SM-Liiga | 1st place (preliminary round), play-off quarter-finals |
| 2010-2011 | SM-Liiga | 5th place (preliminary round), play-off quarter-finals |
| 2009-2010 | SM-Liiga | 2nd place (preliminary round), play-off semi-finals |
| 2008-2009 | SM-Liiga | 6th place (preliminary round), play-off semi-finals |
| 2007-2008 | SM-Liiga | 13th place |
| 2006-2007 | SM-Liiga | 13th place |
| 2005-2006 | SM-Liiga | 14th place |
| 2004-2005 | Mestis | 1st place |
| 2003-2004 | Mestis | 1st place |
| 2002-2003 | Mestis | 4th Place |
| 2001-2002 | Mestis | 3rd place |
| 2000-2001 | SM-sarja | 1st place |
| 1999-2000 | SM-sarja | 5th place |
| 1998-1999 | SM-Liiga | 12th place |
| 1997-1998 | SM-Liiga | 12th place |
| 1996-1997 | SM-Liiga | 12th place |
| 1995-1996 | SM-Liiga | 11th place |
| 1994-1995 | SM-Liiga | 8th place |
| 1993-1994 | SM-Liiga | 10th place |
| 1992-1993 | SM-Liiga | 10th place |
| 1991-1992 | SM-Liiga | 7th place |
| 1990-1991 | SM-Liiga | 2nd place |
| 1989-1990 | SM-Liiga | 4th Place |
| 1988-1989 | SM-Liiga | 5th place |
| 1987-1988 | SM-Liiga | 8th place |
| 1986-1987 | SM-Liiga | 9th place |
player
Blocked jersey numbers
- # 1 Pasi Kuivalainen
- # 27 Jouni gutter
- # 44 Kimmo Timonen
Well-known former players
Trainer
- 1986–1987 Esko Nokelainen
- 1987–1988 Esko Nokelainen , Juha Junno from January 30th
- 1988-1989 Juha Junno
- 1989–1990 Juha Junno
- 1990-1991 Juha Junno
- 1991-1992 Juha Junno
- 1992-1993 Juha Junno
- 1993–1994 Hannu Kapanen
- 1994–1995 Anatoly Bogdanov
- 1995–1996 Anatoli Bogdanow , Pekka Hämäläinen January 23
- 1996–1997 Pekka Hämäläinen , Markku Keinänen from November 16, Jari Härkälä from November 22
- 1997–1998 Jari Härkälä , Markku Keinänen from October 23, Risto Kerminen from October 30
- 1998–1999 Jan Neliba , Jouni Rinne from December 14th
- 2005-2006 Mika Pieniniemi
- 2006–2007 Mika Pieniniemi , Pekka Virta from September 29th
- 2007-2008 Pekka Virta
- 2008–2009 Pekka Virta
- 2009-2010 Pekka Virta
Individual evidence
- ↑ kauppalehti.fi, Yrityshaku: KalPa Hockey Oy
- ↑ kalpa.fi, Organization - Sami Kapanen - Major shareholder, Chairman
