Turun Palloseura (ice hockey)

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Turun Palloseura
Turun Palloseura
Greatest successes

Champion SM-liiga : 1976, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2010
Winner European Cup 1993
Winner European Hockey League 1997

Club information
history Turun Palloseura (since 1922)
Location Turku , Finland
Club colors black-and-white
league Liiga
Venue Gatorade Center
capacity 11,820 seats (including 11,750 seats)
executive Director Santtu Jokinen
Head coach Kalle Kaskinen
captain Lauri Korpikoski
Season 2018/19 4th place, playoff quarterfinals

The Turun Palloseura (short TPS ) is a Finnish ice hockey team from Turku , in the Liiga plays. The TPS team plays their home games at the Gatorade Center .

history

TPS was founded in 1922 under the name Turun Palloseura and was originally a pure football club . Ice hockey has also been played in the club since 1929. In the 2000s, the first team in which was Aktiengesellschaft HC TPS Turku Oy ( Finnish Oy = Aktiengesellschaft ) outsourced.

So far, TPS has won the Finnish championship ten times.

successes

Celebration of the championship title (2010)
  • Finnish championship before the establishment of the SM-liiga:
    • Gold: 1956
  • SM-liiga:
    • Gold: 1976, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993 , 1995 , 1999, 2000, 2001 , 2010
    • Silver: 1977, 1982, 1985, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2004
    • Bronze: 1978, 1979, 1981
  • European Cup :
    • Gold: 1993
    • Silver: 1990, 1994
  • EHL :
    • Gold: 1997
    • Bronze: 2000

Master squad

2009/10
goalkeeper Atte Engren , David Leggio
Defense Markus Nordlund , Antti Halonen , Lee Sweatt , Jens Skålberg , Joonas Järvinen , Aki-Petteri Berg , Veli-Matti Vittasmäki
attack Ilari Filppula , Ville Vahalahti , Michal Birner , Tomáš Plíhal , Aki Uusikartano , Antti Erkinjuntti , Tuomas Suominen , Sami Venäläinen , Jarkko Hattunen , Aatu Hämäläinen , Max Kolu , Marko Virtala , Lassi Kokkala , Antti Reivonen , Marko Mäkinen

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