General manager Mika Eskola CEO Mika Escola (1 Jan 2015–) | Colours Black, white Website hc.tps.fi Founded 1922 | |
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TPS or Turun Palloseura is an ice hockey team and 10-time champion of SM-liiga and 1-time champion of SM-sarja. They play in Turku, Finland, at the HK Arena. In terms of championships, TPS is the most successful team in SM-liiga history.
Contents
- Team history
- Current roster
- Staff
- Honored numbers
- Best coach
- SM liiga Best player of the season MVP voted by players
- Best goalie
- Best defenceman
- League top goalscorer
- Most points in regular season
- Rookie of the season
- Best plusminus
- Regular season MVP trophy awarded by the league
- Gentleman player
- Playoffs MVP
- Former coaches
- References
Team history
TPS was established in 1922 as Turun Palloseura, from which the acronym derives. The club began ice hockey activities after 1929. Today, the full name of the company that owns the ice hockey team is HC TPS Turku Oy.
TPS has won the Finnish Championship in ice hockey 11 times: 1956, 1976, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2010. Only Tampere teams Ilves and Tappara have won more titles, in the SM-Sarja. TPS has more SM-Liiga titles. Coach Hannu Jortikka led the club to total of six Championships in 1989–91 and 1999–2001. TPS have also won 2 Finnish Cups, a European Cup: 1994, a European Hockey League: 1997 and a Super Cup in 1997.
Vladimir Yurzinov used to be the coach of TPS in 1992–98. The team is currently coached by Miika Elomo.
NHL players from TPS include for example Saku Koivu, Mikko Koivu, Miikka Kiprusoff, Sami Salo, Petteri Nummelin, Niko Kapanen, Jere Lehtinen, Rasmus Ristolainen, Antero Niittymäki, and Lauri Korpikoski.
Current roster
Updated September 25, 2014.