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1980–81 I-Divisioona Season
The 1980–81 I-Divisioona season was the seventh season of the I-Divisioona, the second level of Finnish ice hockey. 10 teams participated in the league, and HPK Hämeenlinna won the championship. HPK Hämeenlinna and Koo-Vee qualified for the promotion/relegation round of the SM-liiga. Regular season External links Seasonon hockeyarchives.info {{DEFAULTSORT:1980-81 I-Divisioona season I-Divisioona seasons 2 Fin A fin is a thin component or appendage attached to a larger body or structure. Fins typically function as foils that produce lift or thrust, or provide the ability to steer or stabilize motion while traveling in water, air, or other fluids. Fin ...
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I-Divisioona
I-Divisioona was the second tier of ice hockey in Finland from 1974 to 2000. In the year 2000 I-Divisioona was replaced by Mestis. Participating teams External linksFinnish Ice Hockey Federation {{DEFAULTSORT:1-Divisioona Ice hockey leagues in Finland Defunct ice hockey competitions in Finland Fin A fin is a thin component or appendage attached to a larger body or structure. Fins typically function as foils that produce lift or thrust, or provide the ability to steer or stabilize motion while traveling in water, air, or other fluids. Fin ...
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SM-liiga
The SM-liiga (marketed as just Liiga from 2013 on), (Finnish for ''League'') colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English or FM-ligan in Swedish, is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. It is one of the six founding leagues of the Champions Hockey League and currently allocated five spots - the maximum number - based on success in previous editions. It was created in 1975 to replace the SM-sarja, which was fundamentally an amateur league. The SM-liiga is not directly overseen by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association, but the league and association have an agreement of cooperation. SM is a common abbreviation for ''Suomen mestaruus'', "Finnish championship". The SM-liiga formerly had a system of automatic promotion and relegation in place between itself and the Mestis, the second highest level of competition in Finland, but the automatic system was ended in 2000. The league was opened in 2005 and allowed KalPa to get a promotion. In 2009, a new system was i ...
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Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho
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 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. 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 *1 Tuomas Aalto *35 Antti Karjalainen *60 Rasmus Reijola *83 Joona Voutilainen Defenders *6 Niklas Friman (C) *10 Atso Lehtinen *25 Roope Laavainen *38 Miro Ka ...
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JYP Jyväskylä
JYP is an ice hockey team playing in the Finnish top division Liiga. They play in Jyväskylä, Finland, at the LähiTapiola Areena. History JYP was founded in 1923. First it was the ice hockey section of the sports club ''Jyväskylän Palloilijat'' until 1977. Then they separated from that sports club to be an independent hockey club called JyP HT. The current full name of the club is ''JYP Jyväskylä Oy'', having been registered as an osakeyhtiö since 1999. JYP has won the Finnish SM-liiga twice, in 2009 and 2012, having been the losing side in the play-off finals in 1989 and 1992. Early years JYP was founded in 1923 as Jyväskylän Palloilijat (''Jyväskylä's Ballsport players'' in English). Originally the club was multi-sport club having competitive departments in football, pesäpallo (Finnish baseball), bandy and later ice hockey and basketball. In 1977 JyP divided due to financial reasons and ice hockey department began with new club, JyP HT (officially Jyväskylän Pa ...
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Savonlinnan Pallokerho
Savonlinnan Pallokerho (SaPKo) was an ice hockey team from Savonlinna, Finland, they formerly play in the Mestis league. It plays its home matches at the Talvisalo ice rink. The sports club Savonlinnan Pallokerho was founded in 1929. First it consisted football and bandy sections, but since the 1960s ice hockey has been the main sport. In 1960s SaPKo played four seasons in the highest tier of Finnish ice hockey ''SM-sarja'' but was relegated to Suomi-sarja in 1971. In 1974 the new First Division was formed and SaPKo was one of the teams participating. SaPKo soon established itself as the team of I-divisioona expect few visits to Second Division. In 1968 SaPKo worked its way to the final of Finnish Cup, but lost the final to KooVee 10–2. Later bigger success came in the season 1994/1995 when SaPKo had very good regular season with players like Team Canada captain Brian Tutt and was close to promotion to the SM-liiga. It played tight promotion playoffs against Ilves but fa ...
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Vaasan Sport
Sport, known by its full name as ''Hockey Team Vaasan Sport OY'', is a Finnish ice hockey team playing in Liiga, and is based at Vaasa Arena (capacity 4448) in Vaasa. The team was established in 1939 as IF Sport (Idrottsföreningen Sport). History Vaasan Sport was founded in 1939 as IF Sport. The team was involved in the founding of the Finnish top division Liiga, formerly known as SM-Liiga, in 1975, but was relegated only one year later after the 1975-1976 season. After the relegation, Sport played in the Finnish First Division (since then renamed to Mestis), until they were relegated in 1991-1992 to the Finnish Second Division. Climbing back up to the First division proved to be a tough task and wasn't accomplished until spring 1997, with the game-winning goal of the deciding game against Kiekko-67 being scored by Kari Teräväinen in overtime. The 2008-09 season was a success as Sport won the Mestis championship. However, in the league qualification series the team lost th ...
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Kouvolan Edustuskiekko
KooKoo is a Finnish ice hockey team playing in the first level of Finnish ice hockey league Liiga. KooKoo plays in the Lumon arena (capacity 5,950), in Kouvola. The team was established in 1965 and the previous name of the club is ''Kouvolan Kiekko-65''. Franchise history KooKoo was established by the Kouvolan Pallonlyöjät and Sudet in Kouvola on 3 November 1965. The first official match was played on November 17, 1965 when KooKoo won the Kuusankoski Puhti goals 4–2. A new club for ice hockey skills got plenty from Lappeenranta, where many of its first-year players and coaches came from. Early years KooKoo started its career in the official series of the Association in the 1966–1967 season, when it participated in the Southern Finland division of Maakuntasarja. During the 1967–1968 season, KooKoo played in the Greater Savo division of Maakuntasarja, where it ranked fourth. In the 1969–1970 season, KooKoo ranked second in the Kymenlaakso division and reached the Suomen ...
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Forssan Palloseura
FPS (full name: Forssan Palloseura) is a Finnish ice hockey team based in Forssa Ice Hall (capacity 3000), Forssa, established in 1931. Forssan Palloseura has two lower level teams: FoPS which plays in lower divisions and FoPS Flames which plays in the 2. Divisioona league. FoPS Flames gained some negative news after former SM-liiga and Forssan Palloseura defenceman Timo Willman assaulted an opposing player during a 3rd Division game in 2007. Most famous FPS figures are former NHL-coach Alpo Suhonen and player Mika Helkearo who are nicknamed the " Divarin Gretzky" (Gretzky of the 1st Division) from his virtually unbreakable Mestis Mestis (from fi, Mestaruussarja, meaning 'Championship series') is the second-highest men's ice hockey league in Finland. The league was established by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association in 2000 to replace the I-divisioona ('First Division' ... records in games, assists and points. Former Liiga teams Forssa {{Europe-icehock ...
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Jokipojat
Joensunn Kiekko-Pojat is a Finnish semi-professional ice hockey team that plays in the Mestis. The full name of the club is ''Joensuun Kiekko ry''. It has spent three seasons in the top flight of Finnish hockey, season 1971–72 in SM-sarja and seasons 1989-90 and 1991–92 in SM-liiga. Honours Champions * Mestis ''(1)'': 2009-10 * Suomi-sarja ''(2)'': 2003–04, 2014–15 * I-Divisioona ''(3)'': 1988–89, 1990–91, 1992–93 * Maakuntasarja (II-Divisioona) ''(2)'': 1959, 1977 Runners-up * Mestis ''(2)'': 2008-09, 2011-12 * Mestis ''(1)'': 2015-16 * Suomi-sarja ''(1)'': 2003 Current team Updated February 20, 2017 Team officials Updated February 20, 2017 Retired numbers *# 1 Tapio Pohtinen *# 9 Hannu Kapanen *# 15 Lauri Mononen *# 25 Markku Kyllönen Former players * Luke Sellars * Pavel Brendl * Alexander Salák * Antonin Stavjana * Rostislav Vlach * Tero Arkiomaa * Markku Kyllönen * Tomi P ...
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