Antero Kivelä
Antero Simo Tapani Kivelä (born 26 December 1955) is a retired Finnish ice hockey goaltender. After his playing career, Kivelä coached several ice hockey, rinkball and ringette teams in Finland. Kivelä is also member of the city council in Pori for the Left Alliance. Kivelä played his entire career for Ässät Pori. He made 58 appearances in the Finland national team and took part at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. Kivelä is also the chairman of women's soccer club NiceFutis. Coaching career After his playing career in ice hockey, Kivelä went on to coach in various sports. Rinkball Kivelä coached in rinkball. Ice hockey Kivelä coached , Närpes Kraft, , Jokipojat, and Porin Ässät Porin may refer to: * Porin (protein), a transmembrane protein * ''Porin'' (opera), a Croatian grand opera, first performed in 1897 * Porin (music award) Porin is a Croatian music award founded by Croatian Phonographic Association, Croatian Mus ... (league A and B) in ice ...
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Goaltender
In ice hockey, the goaltender (commonly referred to as the goalie) is the player responsible for preventing the hockey puck from entering their team's net, thus preventing the opposing team from scoring. The goaltender mostly plays in or near the area in front of the net called the ''Ice hockey rink#Crease, goal crease'' (often referred to simply as '' the crease''). Goaltenders tend to stay at or beyond the top of the crease to cut down on the angle of shots. In the modern age of goaltending there are two common styles, butterfly and hybrid (hybrid is a mix of the traditional stand-up style and butterfly technique). Because of the power of shots, the goaltender wears special equipment to protect the body from direct impact. Goaltenders are one of the most important players on the ice, as their performance may greatly impact the outcome or score of the game. One-on-one situations, such as breakaways and shootouts, have the tendency to showcase a goaltender's pure skill, or lack ...
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Närpes Kraft
Närpes (; fi, Närpiö ) is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in Western Finland and is part of the Ostrobothnia region. The town has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Economically, the municipality is known for extensive greenhouse farming of tomatoes and manufacture of trailers for trucks. Närpes has been a bilingual municipality since 2016. Before that, Närpes was the last unilingually Swedish-speaking municipality in continental Finland. Most locals speak a divergent variety of Ostrobothnian Swedish. The bands who sing in that dialect include 1G3B and Nektor. The most significant main roads in Närpes are Highway 8 between Turku and Vaasa, and Highway 67 between Kaskinen and Seinäjoki. History Närpes has a history that can be dated back to 1331, when Klas Bengtsson in "Nærpes" pawned goods to bishop Bengt in Turku. In 1348 king Magnus IV of Sweden declared "all who live in Nerpis socken, ...
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Olympic Ice Hockey Players Of Finland
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Left Alliance (Finland) Politicians
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Ice Hockey Players At The 1980 Winter Olympics
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Finnish Ice Hockey Goaltenders
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Ässät Players
Ässät or Ässä may refer to: * HC Ässät Pori Oy, Finnish sports club **Porin Ässät (men's ice hockey) **Porin Ässät (women's ice hockey) **Porin Ässät (men's football) ** PATA (esports) *, Finnish band from Oulu *S Group, Finnish Consumers' co-operative. Also known as ''Ässä'' or ''Ässät'' *, Finnish military regiment. Better known as ''Ässärykmentti'' or ''Ässät'' *, Finnish military regiment. Better known as ''Ässärykmentti'' or ''Ässät'' *List of World War II aces from Finland This list includes of all the 96 fighter aces of World War II from Finland. For other countries see List of World War II aces by country Finnish fighter aces With specific aircraft types Fokker D.XXI Below are all the Finnish aces who have ...

Sportspeople From Pori
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1955 Births
Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijiangshan Islands: The Chinese Communist People's Liberation Army seizes the islands from the Republic of China (Taiwan). * January 22 – In the United States, The Pentagon announces a plan to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), armed with nuclear weapons. * January 23 – The Sutton Coldfield rail crash kills 17, near Birmingham, England. * January 25 – The Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union announces the end of the war between the USSR and Germany, which began during World War II in 1941. * January 28 – The United States Congress authorizes President Dwight D. Eisenhower to use force to protect Formosa from the People's Republic of China. February * February 10 – The United States Sev ...
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Porin Ässät
Porin may refer to: * Porin (protein), a transmembrane protein * ''Porin'' (opera), a Croatian grand opera, first performed in 1897 * Porin (music award) Porin is a Croatian music award founded by Croatian Phonographic Association, Croatian Musicians Union, Croatian Radiotelevision and Croatian Composers' Society. Special awards Lifetime Achievement Award The following individuals have received Li ...

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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