Kiekko-Vantaa is an

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

team from

Vantaa Vantaa (; sv, Vanda, ) is a city and Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland. It is part of the inner core of the Greater Helsinki, Finnish Capital Region along with Helsinki, Espoo, and Kauniainen. With a population of (), Vantaa i ...

Finland Finland ( fi, Suomi ; sv, Finland ), officially the Republic of Finland (; ), is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It shares land borders with Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of B ...

, playing in the

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'). ...

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

''(2)'': 2003, 2017

Notable players

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

* Antti Niemi *

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 ...

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 ...

* Hannu Väisänen *

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 ...

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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Retired numbers

* 7

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 ...

* 10

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 ...

* 39 Antti Niemi

References

External links

Tervetuloa Kiekko-Vantaa Hockey Oy:n verkkosivuille

Eliteprospects Team Page
Mestis teams Sport in Vantaa {{Finland-sport-stub