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HPK

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City
  
Hämeenlinna, Finland

Owner(s)
  
HPK Liiga Oy

Head coach
  
Antti Pennanen

Home arena
  
Ritarihalli

CEO
  
Timo Virtanen (Dec 2015–)

Location
  
Hämeenlinna, Finland

Colours
  
Orange, black, white

General manager
  
Antti Toivanen

Website
  
www.hpk.fi

League
  
Liiga

Captain
  
Niko Kapanen

Founded
  
1929


Profiles

Hpk hockey drills and practice


HPK (shortage for Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho) is an ice hockey team in the Liiga. They play in Hämeenlinna, Finland at the Hämeenlinnan jäähalli. HPK was established in 1929. The full name of the club is HPK-Edustusjääkiekko Ry and the team is sometimes promoted as the "Hockey Playing Knights", with the logo representing a knight masked in a helmet. HPK won their first SM-liiga championship in 2006. The roster below is out of date. The current starting goalie is Nashville Predators draft pick Juuse Saros, who recently led Finland to the World Junior Championship Gold Medal. Although undersized he is extremely athletic and is the starter for HPK at age 18.

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Current roster

Updated September 17, 2014.

Honored members

  • 02 Eero Salisma
  • 09 Jyrki Louhi
  • 13 Marko Palo
  • 17 Juha Hietanen
  • 18 Hannu Savolainen
  • 36 Marko Tuulola
  • References

    HPK Wikipedia