KooKoo
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history | KooKoo (since 1965) |
Location | Kouvola , Finland |
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league | Liiga |
Venue | Lumon Areena |
capacity | 6200 seats (of which 3780 seats) |
executive Director | Jarno Kultanen |
Head coach | Jussi Ahokas |
captain | Alexander Bonsaksen |
Season 2019/20 | 5th place |
Kouvolan Kiekko-65 , usually called KooKoo ( KK ) for short , is a Finnish ice hockey club from Kouvola , which was founded in 1965 and plays in the Liiga . The team plays its home games in the Lumon Areena, which has 6200 seats .
In 1987 the team won the championship of I-divisioona , the second highest Finnish league at the time. The team's greatest successes in the Mestis until 2014 were the runner-up in 2002 and third place in the 2002/03 season.
In the 2013/14 season KooKoo was athletic champions of the second division, but they were denied promotion because the league competitor Vaasan Sport offered better economic conditions. In October 2014 it was decided to include KooKoo in the Liiga for the 2015/16 season , as the club had significantly increased the budget.
player
Blocked jersey numbers
- # 36 Mikko Outinen
- # 81 Timo Nurmberg
Well-known former players
- Mika Alatalo
- Lou Dickenson
- Jarkko Glad
- Carl Grahn
- Jarkko A. Immonen
- Mikko Jokela
- Olli Julkunen
- Pasi Järvinen
- Sami Kaartinen
- Ville Kiiskinen
- Tero continents
- Ville Lajunen
- Mikko Liukkonen
- Ossi Louhivaara
- Simo Mälkiä
- Mikko Pukka
- Tomi Pöllänen
- Teemu Ramstedt
- Mikko Rautee
- Olle Sildre
- Niki Sirén
- Vili Sopanen
- Jari Suorsa
- Harri Tikkanen
- Tuomas Vänttinen
- Juhamatti Yli-Junnila
- Donald Fraser
- Harri Haapaniemi
- Hannu Kamppuri
- Sergei Karpov
- Tatu Kattelus
- Risto Kerminen
- Jarno Kultanen
- Ari Kotro
- Mikko Laaksonen
- Jimmy Leavins
- Marko Loponen
- Reijo Mansikka
- Andrejs Maticins
- Mikko Mattila
- Anssi Melametsä
- Jarmo Myllys
- Harri Niukkanen
- Timo Nurmberg
- Mikko Outines
- Steve Peters
- Tommi Pohja
- Seppo Repo
- Jouni gutter
- Aki Räisänen
- Normunds Sējējs
- Esa Sirén
- Timo Susi
- Viktor Tyumenev
- Petri Varis
- Gary Yaremchuk
- Josh Green
- Leland Irving
- Siim Liivik
- Malte Strömwall
Venue
KooKoo plays its home games in the Lumon-areena , which has a capacity of 6,000 and is one of the largest ice rinks in Finland. It is also the second largest ice rink in the Mestis. In 1985, KooKoo set the record for the ice rink in a game against Saimaan Pallo with 5,350 spectators.