Kiekko-Vantaa is an
ice hockey team from
Vantaa,
Finland, playing in the
Mestis league. It plays its home games in Trio Areena. Kiekko-Vantaa has been in Mestis since the league started in 2000 and have been in the finals twice, losing both times. The team was owned by South Korean businessman
Chung Mong-won
Chung Mong-won ( ko, 정몽원, born 4 August 1955) is a South Korean ice hockey administrator and businessman. He has served as chief executive officer of both Halla Group and Mando Corporation, founded the Anyang Halla hockey team in 1994, a ...
from 2012 to 2015.
Honours
Mestis
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Mestis ''(2)'': 2003, 2017
Notable players
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Ilari Filppula
Ilari Antti Sakari Filppula (born 5 November 1981) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the TPS in the Finnish Liiga. He is the older brother of Valtteri Filppula.
Playing career
Filppula started his pro career i ...
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Valtteri Filppula
Valtteri Filppula (born 20 March 1984) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward (ice hockey), forward for Genève-Servette HC of the National League (ice hockey), National League (NL).
Filppula won the Stanley Cup with the Detroit Red Wings ...
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Carlo Grünn
Carlo Grünn (born April 30, 1981) is a Finnish former ice hockey player who last played professionally in France for Étoile Noire de Strasbourg of the French Ligue Magnus
The Ligue Magnus, currently known as Synerglace Ligue Magnus for spons ...
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Juha Kaunismäki
Juha Pekka Kaunismäki (born 6 May 1979 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish-born Norwegian professional ice hockey defenceman, who currently plays with Stavanger Oilers of the Norway's elite GET-ligaen.
Career
Kaunismäki began playing in Finland ...
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Antti Niemi
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Erkki Rajamäki
Erkki Rajamäki (born October 30, 1978) is a retired Finnish ice hockey left winger and currently a scout for the Boston Bruins of the NHL. He was previously a scout for the Pittsburgh Penguins
The Pittsburgh Penguins (colloquially known as th ...
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Joonas Vihko
Joonas Vihko (born April 6, 1981) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey winger.
Vihko began his career with Kiekko-Vantaa before moving to his hometown team HIFK in 1998. Having played in U18 and U20 level he eventually made his way up to ...
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Hannu Väisänen
Hannu Pekka Antero Väisänen (born 2 October 1951) is a graphic artist, painter and writer from Finland
Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares la ...
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Joonas Rönnberg
Joonas Rönnberg (born February 19, 1983) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. He currently plays for HC Ludwig in Vantaa, Finland. He previously played for Sheffield Steelers of the UK's Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL).
Rönnberg ma ...
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Juha Koivisto
Juha Koivisto (born 4 May 1984) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player. He is currently playing for Dragons de Rouen of the French Ligue Magnus.
Koivisto made his Liiga debut playing with SaiPa during the 2010–11 SM-liiga season
The 20 ...
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Sami Heinonen
Acronyms
* SAMI, ''Synchronized Accessible Media Interchange'', a closed-captioning format developed by Microsoft
* Saudi Arabian Military Industries, a government-owned defence company
* South African Malaria Initiative, a virtual expertise net ...
Retired numbers
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Jukka Hakkarainen Jukka () is a common Finnish given name for males.
History
Jukka is an old variant of the name Johannes, a biblical name spread over to Finland through Sweden with the introduction of Christianity. Jukka remained a nickname for people registere ...
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Petri Pitkäjärvi
Petri Pitkäjärvi (born February 5, 1976) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey right winger.
Pitkäjärvi played 36 games for Jokerit during the 1997–98 SM-liiga season, scoring no points. He then played in the I-Divisioona for Haukat ...
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Antti Niemi
References
External links
Tervetuloa Kiekko-Vantaa Hockey Oy:n verkkosivuilleEliteprospects Team Page
Mestis teams
Sport in Vantaa
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