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HC Salamat
Hockey Club Kirkkonummen Salamat or HCK Salamat are a Finnish ice hockey team in the III-divisioona, the fifth-tier men's ice hockey league in Finland. They play in Kirkkonummi, a municipality in the western Greater Helsinki region, at Varuboden-areena. The club was founded in 2002 as HC Salamat and played in the Mestis during 2003 to 2008. History Salamat was created when the rights for the men's representative ice hockey team of the Espoo-based sports club Espoo Palloseura (EPS; 'Espoo Ball Club') were purchased by the City of Kirkkonummi in 2001. EPS played in the Suomi-sarja, the third-highest men's ice hockey league in Finland. In 2002, the team relocated to Kirkkonummi, a neighboring municipality of Espoo, and was rebranded as Salamat ('Lightning'). In their first season, Salamat drew international attention when they signed Hayley Wickenheiser, star of the Canadian women's national ice hockey team, making her the first female forward to be rostered by a professional ice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirkkonummi
Kirkkonummi (; sv, Kyrkslätt, , Sweden ) is a Municipalities of Finland, municipality of inhabitants () in southern Finland. The literal meaning of the words "''Kirkkonummi''" and "''Kyrkslätt''" in English language, English is "church heath". Geography The municipality is located just outside the Greater Helsinki, Helsinki Metropolitan Area, bordering the city of Espoo in the east. Other neighbouring municipalities are Vihti and Siuntio. The distance from the municipal centre to central Helsinki is some . Kirkkonummi also has excellent train and bus connections to other parts of the Greater Helsinki area, and many of its inhabitants commute daily to Helsinki. The municipality covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . In recent years, Kirkkonummi has faced the highest population growth rate in the country, at over 3% per annum. Major population centres in Kirkkonummi include the municipal centre, Masala, Kirkkonummi, Masala, Veikkola, Kantvik and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matias Nisula
Matias is a form of the given name Matthew. In German-speaking Europe it is most often written as Matthias. It appears in this form in Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland. Alternate spellings are: Mathias, Mattias, Mattis, Mats and Matti. Matias was the same day by the Finnish-Swedish name day calendar until 1989, when it was replaced by Mattias forms and Mats. In Finland, by the end of 2009 the name has been given to about 73,160 people. In the form of Mattias to 3,683 people, in the form of Matthias to little more than 440, and in the form of Mathias a little less than 3,000. Given name *Matias Aguayo (born 1973), German-Chilean record producer * Matias Aires (1705-1763), Portuguese philosopher * Matias Albarracin (born 1979), Argentine Olympic athlete * Matias de Arteaga (1633-1704), Spanish painter *Matias Brain (born 1974), Chilean Olympic athlete * Matias del Campo, Chilean-Austrian architect * Matias Caseras (born 1992), Uruguayan football player * Matias Gabriel Ceballo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matilda Nilsson
Matilda Nilsson (born 2 March 1997) is a Finnish ice hockey player, playing in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with Frölunda HC Dam. As a member of the Finnish national ice hockey team, she won a bronze medal at the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship. Playing career Nilsson grew up in Kirkkonummi, a municipality in the western Greater Helsinki region, where she began playing ice hockey at age 5. Her youth club was HC Salamat and she played on boys’ teams throughout her childhood until age 16. Regarding the experience, she has said, "I am so grateful that I got to play in boys. The differences rom women's hockeycan be seen in the physicality and doggedness. A different kind of hockey intelligence came from the games." While playing with the Salamat boys’ teams, she also joined the women’s representative team of Keski-Uudenmaan Juniorikiekkoilun Tuki (KJT) in Kerava and made her senior debut at age 13, in the 2010–11 season of the Naisten Suomi-sarja, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heikki Huttunen (ice Hockey)
Heikki Huttunen (26 September 1880 – 21 September 1947) was a Finnish sport shooter who competed at the 1908, the 1912 and the 1924 Summer Olympics and won five Finnish national championship golds. Shooting Olympics International Huttunen competed in the ISSF World Shooting Championships: * 1914: 5th in free rifle team * 1924: 7th in free rifle, standing National Huttunen won five Finnish national championship golds: * free rifle, standing: 1909, 1924 * free rifle, three positions: 1910, 1913 * free pistol: 1919 Other He represented the club Suomen Metsästysyhdistys. He was present at the constitutive meeting of the Finnish Shooting Sport Federation, and became its board member. He was the sports director of the Kuopio White Guard district in the 1930s. He received the Medal of Merit in silver with golden cross of the Finnish Sport in 1947. Cross-country skiing He competed at the 1901 Events January * January 1 – The British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niclas Almari
Niclas Almari (born 11 May 1998) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing with Lukko of the Liiga. Almari was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the fifth round, 151st overall, in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft. Playing career Almari played as a youth in his native Finland, within the junior programs at the Jr. A level of the Espoo Blues, Jokerit and HPK. Almari secured his first rookie playing contract with HPK on 29 April 2016. After his draft selection to the Penguins, Almari split his first professional season in 2016–17 between HPK and Mestis affiliate, LeKi. He made his professional debut on 17 September 2016, against Kärpät and later scored his first Liiga goal on 5 October 2016 against Jukurit. Almari also spent 10 games with HPK's junior club and helped contribute in winning the Jr. A SM-liiga's title. At the conclusion of the season, Almari accepted an amateur try-out with Pittsburgh's AHL affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sporting News
The ''Sporting News'' is a website and former magazine publication owned by Sporting News Holdings, which is a U.S.-based sports media company formed in December 2020 by a private investor consortium. It was originally established in 1886 as a print magazine. It became the dominant American publication covering baseball, acquiring the nickname "The Bible of Baseball." From 2002 to February 2022, it was known simply as ''Sporting News''. In December 2012, ''Sporting News'' ended print publication and shifted to a digital-only publication. It currently has editions in the United States, Canada, Australia, and Japan. History Early history *March 17, 1886: ''The Sporting News'' (''TSN''), founded in St. Louis by Alfred H. Spink, a director of the St. Louis Browns baseball team, publishes its first edition. The weekly newspaper sells for 5 cents. Baseball, horse racing and professional wrestling received the most coverage in the first issue. Meanwhile, the sporting weeklies ''Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ville Uusitalo
Ville Uusitalo (born July 6, 1979) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenceman. Uusitalo played in Liiga for Jokerit, Pelicans Pelicans (genus ''Pelecanus'') are a genus of large water birds that make up the family Pelecanidae. They are characterized by a long beak and a large throat pouch used for catching prey and draining water from the scooped-up contents before s ... and Ässät. References External links * 1979 births Living people HC Alleghe players Porin Ässät (men's ice hockey) players Brest Albatros Hockey players Finnish ice hockey defencemen Jokerit players Lahti Pelicans players HC Salamat players Ice hockey people from Espoo {{Finland-icehockey-defenceman-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Lundell
Jan Lundell (born ) is a Finnish retired ice hockey goaltender who last played in IFK Helsinki of Liiga. He is currently the goaltending coach for IFK Helsinki. Lundell holds the record of being the oldest to play in a Liiga game at 46 years old, after a brief return on 9 January 2020 when Atte Engren, the second goaltender, fell sick shortly before the game against SaiPa SAIPA ( fa, سایپا, ''SAIPA'') is an Iranian automaker headquartered in Tehran. The SAIPAC (an acronym for the French ''Société anonyme iranienne de production des automobiles Citroën'') was established in 1965 as with 75% Iranian ownersh .... References * Living people 1973 births Ice hockey people from Helsinki HC TPS players Frölunda HC players Lahti Pelicans players Augsburger Panther players HPK players Ässät players Lukko players Rødovre Mighty Bulls players Finnish ice hockey goaltenders {{Finland-icehockey-goaltender-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tero Lehterä
Tero Juhani Lehterä (born 21 April 1972) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player who played the majority of his career in the SM-liiga. He played for Tappara, Jokerit, HPK, and Espoo Blues. He also had stints in Elitserien, the IHL, Russia, Switzerland and Germany. He also won a bronze medal at the 1994 Winter Olympics and World Championship with Finland's 1995 Ice Hockey World Championships team. Lehterä switched into coaching after retiring his hockey career. He is currently the head coach of SaiPa of the Finnish Liiga. He has also coached several Espoo Blues junior teams and worked as an assistant coach for Blues' first team during the 2015-16 season. He was supposed to become the head coach of Blues, but the team went bankrupt in 2016. He has also worked as a hockey analyst for tv channels MTV3 and Nelonen. His nephew, Jori Lehterä, was drafted by the St. Louis Blues and currently plays for the Philadelphia Flyers. His daughter, Nea Lehterä, was in the w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tero Koskiranta
Tero Koskiranta (born June 18, 1984) is a Finnish ice hockey player who currently plays professionally in Germany for Ravensburg Towerstars of the DEL2 DEL2 (also known as DEL II) is the second tier ice hockey league in Germany, below the '' Deutsche Eishockey Liga'' (DEL) and ahead of the '' Oberliga''. Founded in 2013 to replace the defunct '' 2nd Bundesliga'', DEL2 is administered by ESBG, u .... References External links * * 1984 births Living people Espoo Blues players SaiPa players HC TPS players Finnish ice hockey forwards People from Paimio Sportspeople from Southwest Finland {{Finland-icehockey-player-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jarno Koskiranta
Jarno Koskiranta (born December 9, 1986) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward. He is currently playing with SaiPa of the Liiga. Playing career Koskiranta made his Finnish SM-liiga debut playing with SaiPa during the 2009–10 SM-liiga season. After two seasons with HC Sibir Novosibirsk on May 1, 2015, Koskiranta left to sign with newly crowned KHL champions SKA Saint Petersburg The Hockey Club SKA (russian: Спортивный клуб СКА), often referred to as SKA Saint Petersburg and literally as the Sports Club of the Army, is a Russian professional ice hockey club based in Saint Petersburg. They are members o .... Koskiranta remained with SKA over the following five seasons, before returning to original Finnish club, SaiPa, on a three-year contract on 20 May 2020. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs International Awards and honors References External links * 1986 births Jokipojat players Living people People from Paimio SaiP ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
