Viipurin Reipas was an ice hockey club based in
Viipuri (Vyborg). Its ice hockey section was established in 1928. It played in the
SM-Sarja for two seasons (1928 and 1932)
Reipas was one of the six first hockey teams that played in the first Finnish Championship in 1928.
Relocation
After
The Winter War
The Winter War,, sv, Vinterkriget, rus, Зи́мняя война́, r=Zimnyaya voyna. The names Soviet–Finnish War 1939–1940 (russian: link=no, Сове́тско-финская война́ 1939–1940) and Soviet–Finland War 1 ...
and
The Continuation War, the city of Viipuri was ceded to
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...
and Reipas was forced to move within Finnish borders. In 1945 Reipas relocated to
Lahti
Lahti (; sv, Lahtis) is a city and municipality in Finland. It is the capital of the region of Päijänne Tavastia (Päijät-Häme) and its growing region is one of the main economic hubs of Finland. Lahti is situated on a bay at the southern e ...
where it continued, in the new home town of the evacuees, under its original name until renamed to
Lahden Reipas
Reipas Lahti is a sports club based in Lahti, Finland. It is involved in various of ball games and also other sports. The club emerged in the late 1940s, when the inhabitants of Viipuri had mostly been relocated in Lahti, after evacuation during ...
. In 1975,
Kiekkoreipas was formed to take over hockey operations.
References
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