Porin Ässät ry is a sports club based in
Pori
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, website www.pori.fi
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,
Finland. The club's only programs are
ice hockey and
esports
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, but it
used to have an association football program. Porin Ässät ry
operates an ice hockey team in the
Finnish Elite League
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 leagu ...
. Porin Ässät ry also has junior teams for all age groups from U7 to U20. Porin Ässät ry also operate a
women's ice hockey school and the girl's junior ice hockey department while also operating a skating school.
Sports
Men's ice hockey
Ässät's ice hockey department started in 1967 when two local clubs,
RU-38
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and Karhut, merged. Since 1967, Ässät has won three
Finnish Championships (1971, 1978 and 2013) and one
Finnish Cup (''Suomen Cup'' in Finnish)
For the
2022–23 season, Ässät plays in the
Liiga, the top-tier of ice hockey in Finland.
Women's ice hockey
Ässät women's ice hockey department was established in 1981 and it was one of the ten teams that formed the
Naisten SM-sarja (now ''Naisten Liiga'').
The team was disestablished in 2003, but was re-established as an ice hockey school in 2020.
Men's football
Ässät men's football section was formed in 1967. Ässät inherited RU-38's place in the
Mestaruussarja, where they played for two seasons before being relegated. The football club folded in 1981.
Ässät managed to win one U19 championship in 1970.
Companies Porin Ässät ry operates
HC Ässät Pori Oy
HC Ässät Pori Oy was made into a separate organization from Porin Ässät ry in 2000. Porin Ässät ry owns 75,6% of HC Ässät Pori Oy. HC Ässät Pori Oy owns the Porin Ässät men's ice hockey team and the Porin Ässät U20 team.
HC Ässät Pori Oy previously owned parts of the
Isomäki Areena
Isomäki Areena (also known as West Areena for sponsorship reasons) is an ice hockey arena located in Pori, Finland. The arena is used by Porin Ässät and Karhu HT. The arena was opened in 1971 and the capacity for hockey games is 6 350.
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, an ice hockey arena in Pori, but sold it to the City of Pori because of financial troubles.
Patajunnuareena Oy
Patajunnuareena Oy is a company that Porin Ässät ry owns. Patajunnuareena Oy was founded in 2007 for the building and upkeeping of the
Astora Areena, an ice hockey arena located next to the
Isomäki Areena
Isomäki Areena (also known as West Areena for sponsorship reasons) is an ice hockey arena located in Pori, Finland. The arena is used by Porin Ässät and Karhu HT. The arena was opened in 1971 and the capacity for hockey games is 6 350.
His ...
in Pori.
Pata Production Oy
Pata Productions Oy is a company owned by Porin Ässät ry. Its purpose is to support Ässät's ice hockey junior teams. Pata Production Oy rents metal fence elements to event organizers of different sizes. In addition, the company rents metallic ladder elements. The money the company produces goes towards the junior teams. Pata Production Oy was founded in 2012.
References
{{Porin Ässät