JYP is an

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team playing in the Finnish top division

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. They play in

Jyväskylä Jyväskylä () is a city and municipality in Finland in the western part of the Finnish Lakeland. It is located about 150 km north-east from Tampere, the third largest city in Finland; and about 270 km north from Helsinki, the capit ...

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, at the LähiTapiola Areena.

History

JYP was founded in 1923. First it was the ice hockey section of the sports club ''Jyväskylän Palloilijat'' until 1977. Then they separated from that sports club to be an independent hockey club called JyP HT. The current full name of the club is ''JYP Jyväskylä Oy'', having been registered as an

osakeyhtiö ''Osakeyhtiö'' (; " stock company"), often abbreviated to Oy (), is the term for a Finnish limited company (e.g., Ltd, LLC, or GmbH). The Swedish-language term is '' aktiebolag'', often abbreviated (in Finland) to Ab. The Swedish abbreviati ...

since 1999. JYP has won the Finnish SM-liiga twice, in 2009 and 2012, having been the losing side in the play-off finals in 1989 and 1992.

Early years

JYP was founded in 1923 as Jyväskylän Palloilijat (''Jyväskylä's Ballsport players'' in English). Originally the club was

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having competitive departments in football,

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(Finnish baseball),

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and later

and

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. In 1977 JyP divided due to financial reasons and ice hockey department began with new club, JyP HT (officially Jyväskylän Palloilijat Hockey Team) while football department formed JyP-77 (

JJK Jyväskylä JJK Jyväskylä (JJK; full name Jyväskylän Jalkapalloklubi) is a Finnish football club, based in Jyväskylä. JJK plays its home matches at Harjun Stadion. History Early years 1923–1992 Jyväskylän Palloilijat (abbreviated JyP), the pr ...

nowadays). The new club started in I Division, the then-second tier of Finnish hockey. JyP HT promoted to the top tier for the 1985-86 SM-liiga season. With ambitious aims, they were fifth after regular season and surprisingly eliminated out of play-offs by only two points. At the next season, the target was in play-offs but seventh place was not enough. When the beginning of the third season was disappointment, head coach Erkka Westerlund – subsequently Finnish national team coach – got sacked.

Partnership with the Boston Bruins

On 8 September 2010, JYP entered into a partnership agreement with the

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of the

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(NHL), to enable player transfer and training between the two teams and their developmental systems.

Players

2020–21 roster

Honours

Champions

SM-liiga 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 ...

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''(2)'': 2008–09, 2011–12

Runners-up

''(2)'': 1988–89, 1991–92 *

''(5)'':

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, 2009–10,

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, 2014–15, 2016–17

European titles

European Trophy: * Winners (1):

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Champions Hockey League: * Winners (1):

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Notable players

* Jaroslav Bednář * Dwight Helminen * Juha-Pekka Hytönen * Jarkko Immonen * Steve Kariya *

Jari Lindroos Jari Juhani Lindroos (born 31 January 1961 in Pieksämäki, Finland) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for JYP, Jokerit and Kärpät and competed with the Finland national ice hockey team at ...

Steve Martins Steve P. Martins (born April 13, 1972) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). Biography As a youth, Martins played in the 1986 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a mino ...

* Jyri Marttinen *

Michael Nylander Michael Gunnar Nylander (born 3 October 1972) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey centre and current assistant coach with the Mississauga Steelheads in the Ontario Hockey League. He competed for the Swedish national team in the 1998 Wint ...

Mika Noronen Mika Noronen (born 17 June 1979) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played 71 games n the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Buffalo Sabres and Vancouver Canucks between 2000 and 2006. The rest of his career, which laste ...

Rich Peverley John Richard Peverley (born July 8, 1982) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He spent four years with the St. Lawrence University hockey team before turning professional, then playing three years for several teams in both the ...

Antti Pihlström Antti Sakari Pihlström (born 22 October 1984) is a Finnish professional ice hockey left winger who is currently playing with HPK of the Finnish Liiga. Playing career Pihlström played in Finland's SM-liiga for the Espoo Blues, HPK, and SaiPa. ...

* Jody Shelley *

Pavel Torgayev Pavel Viktorovich Torgaev (russian: Павел Викторович Торгаев; born January 25, 1966) is a Russian former professional ice hockey player who played 55 games in the National Hockey League for the Calgary Flames and Tampa Bay ...

Petr Ton Petr Ton (born 8 October 1973) is Czechs, Czech former professional ice hockey winger (ice hockey), winger. Ton played in the Czech Extraliga for HC Kladno, HC Sparta Praha and HC Kometa Brno. He also played in the Finland, Finnish Liiga, SM-liig ...

* Sinuhe Wallinheimo *

Duvie Westcott Druval "Duvie" Westcott (born October 30, 1977) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who last played for the Hamburg Freezers of the '' Deutsche Eishockey Liga'' (German Ice Hockey League). Westcott played his whole National H ...

* Robert Rooba

Honored members

*1 Ari-Pekka Siekkinen *10

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*13 Riikka Sallinen *19

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*30

Risto Kurkinen Risto ( sr, Ристо) is a masculine given name, found in Finnish, Estonian and South Slavic. In South Slavic, it is a hypocorism derived from '' Hristofor'' or ''Hristivoje''. It may refer to: Estonia * Risto Järv (born 1971), folklorist * ...

NHL alumni

* Yohann Auvitu *