HPK

HPK
HPK
City	Hämeenlinna
League	Liiga
Founded	1929
Home arena	Pohjantähti Areena
Colours	Orange, black, white;
Owner(s)	HPK Liiga Oy
General manager	Antti Toivanen
Head coach	Matias Lehtonen
Captain	Juuso Hietanen
Parent club(s)	HPK Edustusjääkiekko ry
Website	hpk.fi
Championships
Playoff championships	2006, 2019

Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho (HPK) is a professional ice hockey team in the Liiga, the top men's ice hockey league in Finland. Their home ice is the Ritari-areena in Hämeenlinna. HPK was established in 1929. The parent club of the team is HPK Edustusjääkiekko ry^[1] and the team is sometimes promoted as the "Hockey Playing Knights," with a logo representing a knight's helmet. HPK won their first SM-liiga championship in 2006 and the second in 2019.^[2]

Honours

Champions

SM-liiga Kanada-malja (2): 2006, 2019

Runners-up

SM-liiga (3): 1952, 1993, 2010
SM-liiga (9): 1954, 1991, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007

Other awards for the club:

I-Divisioona (it was the second level of ice hockey in Finland) (5): 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1988

Players

2019-2020

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Forwards

Honored members

NHL alumni

References

^ "HPK:n liigatoiminta yhtiöityy" [HPK Liiga Operations have been Incorporated]. Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho (in Finnish). 9 April 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
^ "Liiga".

External links

Official website (in Finnish)

[1] "HPK:n liigatoiminta yhtiöityy" [HPK Liiga Operations have been Incorporated]. Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho (in Finnish). 9 April 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2019.

[2] "Liiga".

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