Tappara (;

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") is a Finnish professional

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team playing in the

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. They play at ''

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'' in

Tampere Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population o ...

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. The team has won 18 Finnish league championships (1959, 1961, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 2003, 2016, 2017, 2022). The team continued the traditions of TBK, who won three national championships in a row in 1953, 1954 and 1955.

Team history

Early days and the transition from TBK to Tappara

The predecessor of Tappara TBK (Tammerfors Bollklubb) was established in 1932 by the Tampere Swedish School (Tampereen Ruotsalainen Yhteiskoulu) as its own sports club. After winning the Finnish championship in 1953, 1954 and 1955. In 1955, the TBK Ice-hockey department founded Tappara to as its new club to make it more accessible to non-Swedish locals and give it opportunity to grow as a club, at the same time the Ice-Hockey division of TBK stopped as an Icehockey club at the highest competitive level. Most of the players transferred from TBK to Tappara. Tappara used TBK's colors and got their place in the top league. Tappara played its first official game in the same year, 1955. The transition was led by team president

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First period of success as Tappara (1956–1964)

Tappara went on to win three championships (1959, 1961, and 1964), three second places (1958, 1960, and 1963), and three third places (1956, 1957, and 1962) in just nine years. Their winning streak was followed by a more silent period, with Tappara even playing one season (1965–1966) at the second highest level, gaining immediate promotion back to the top flight. In 1965, an indoor arena Tampereen jäähalli was built in Hakametsä to be the home arena of Tappara and their local rivals,

Ilves Ilves (; Finnish for " Lynx") is a Finnish professional ice hockey team based in Tampere. They play in the Liiga at the Tampere Deck Arena. The colors of Ilves, green, yellow, and black, were taken from what was then the coat of arms of the city ...

and Koo-Vee. 1965 World Ice Hockey Championships were also held there in the same year.

Second period of success (1975–1988)

Tappara fans had to wait until the mid-seventies until Tappara started to be successful again, thanks to some legendary players such as the goalkeeper Antti Leppänen and the defender

Pekka Marjamäki Pekka Tapani Marjamäki (18 December 1947 – 10 May 2012) was an ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Tappara. Marjamäki also played for HV 71 during the 1979–80 season. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of ...

. The bronze medals in 1973 and silver medals in 1974 were followed by Finnish championship in 1975. This successful period was even longer than the first period of glory in the 1950s and early sixties. Tappara also won the Finnish championships in 1977, 1979, 1982, 1984, and the long streak ended by winning three consecutive championships in 1986–1988. Many fans regard the Tappara team of the late 1980s – coached by

Rauno Korpi Rauno "Rane" Korpi (born June 25, 1951 in Tampere, Finland) is a Finnish ice hockey coach. He coached Tappara to three consecutive Finnish Championships in SM-liiga during the years 1986-1988. He has also won one additional Finnish Championship Gol ...

– as their strongest of all time. Behind the senior players such as

Timo Susi Timo Antero Susi (born January 25, 1959 in Kouvola, Finland) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Tappara. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame The Finnish Hockey Ha ...

and Erkki Lehtonen, the likes of

Teppo Numminen Teppo Kalevi Numminen (born July 3, 1968) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for Tappara and TuTo of the SM-liiga and the Winnipeg Jets, Phoenix Coyotes, Dallas Sta ...

(a long-term defender in NHL) and

Janne Ojanen Janne Juhani Ojanen (born April 9, 1968) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player who is the all-time leading scorer in Finland's SM-liiga with 799 points. He spent the majority of his career playing for SM-liiga team Tappara. Playing ...

(Tappara icon) led the way as new talented youngsters. In 1988, the Finland national team gained its first success by winning the Olympic silver medal in Calgary, and Tappara players formed a substantial part of the Finnish team. Tappara players, Erkki Lehtonen and Janne Ojanen, were the goal scorers for Finland in the decisive win against the Soviet Union.

Recent days and success in mid-2010s

During the 1990s, Tappara did not gain any notable success besides finishing third in the league in spring 1990. In 1992, the once so mighty team even had to fight for its place at the top level in relegation playoffs against

Oulun Kärpät Oulun Kärpät (Finnish for "Oulu Ermines", sometimes referred to as Kärpät Oulu) is a Finnish professional ice hockey team based in Oulu and playing in the top-tier Finnish Liiga. Kärpät have won the Finnish championship title eight times ...

. A glimpse of glory was, however, achieved on the international level, as Tappara player

Timo Jutila Timo Juhani "Juti" Jutila (born 24 December 1963 in Tampere, Finland) is a retired Finnish ice hockey defenceman. Jutila was drafted by the Buffalo Sabres (4th round, 68th overall) in 1982 NHL Entry Draft. Playing career Jutila's ice hockey ca ...

captained the Finnish national team to win the ice hockey world championship in 1995. In the early 2000s, Tappara played some good seasons, winning silver medals in both 2001 and 2002. In 2003 – to the surprise of many – Tappara won the Finnish championship, coached by Jukka Rautakorpi. After that, Tappara reached 3rd place in the top league in 2008 but that achievement was followed by some difficult seasons. Tappara qualified only once to the playoffs between 2009 and 2012. All changed in the 2012–13 season when Tappara made it to the finals for the first time since the 2003 championship, but lost to

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. In 2014 and 2015 Tappara came even closer to the title. Both final series were decided in a decisive seventh game and both of the games Kärpät won in

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. In 2016, Tappara finally won the championship after beating

HIFK HIFK, the Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna, Helsingfors (IFK, Helsingfors) rf (officially abbreviated IFK Helsingfors, colloquially often Helsingfors IFK or Helsingin IFK ) is a multi-sport association based in Helsinki, Finland. Formed in 1897 on ...

in the finals. In 2017, Tappara won the regular season for the first time since 2002, advanced to the finals for the fifth time in a row and won another championship against

KalPa Kalevan Pallo (KalPa) is a professional ice hockey team which competes in the Finnish Liiga. They play in Kuopio, Finland at the Niiralan monttu, Olvi Areena. Team history Established in 1929 as ''Sortavalan Palloseura'' in Sortavala, the club r ...

. In 2018, Tappara reached the finals for a record-breaking 6th year in a row, but lost to Kärpät in 6 games. The great streak of final appearances came to an end in 2019 when

HPK Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho (HPK) is a professional ice hockey team in the Liiga, the top men's ice hockey league in Finland. Their home ice is the Ritari-areena in Hämeenlinna. HPK was established in 1929. The parent club of the team is HPK Edu ...

defeated Tappara in the semi-finals in six games. The medal streak continued however, as Tappara won the

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against HIFK.

Home arena

Tappara has played their home games in Tampereen jäähalli since it was built in 1965. The local rival

used the same arena. The arena was the first indoor arena in Finland and it is located in the neighborhood of Hakametsä. Originally the capacity was 10,200 spectators, but it has declined in various renovations over the years. In its current form, the arena accommodates 7,300 spectators. A new arena was built in the city center of

on a covered

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. The new Nokia arena opened in December 2021. The arena is the main stage of the 2022

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. The old rink continues as a venue for indoor sports. The ice-hockey club KooVee and the junior teams of Tappara and Ilves will use this location for official games.

Current roster

Updated December 11, 2022.

Notable players

Seppo Ahokainen Seppo Johannes Ahokainen (born January 19, 1952) is a Finnish retired professional ice hockey player. who played in the SM-liiga for Ilves and Tappara as well for the Finland national team. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame ...

Teemu Aalto Teemu Matias Aalto (born 30 March 1978) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player. He played in the for Ilves in the Finnish Liiga The SM-liiga (marketed as just Liiga from 2013 on), (Finnish for ''League'') colloquially called the ...

* Nick Angell *

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Aleksander Barkov Jr. Aleksander Aleksandrovich "Sasha" Barkov (russian: Александр Александрович Барков; born 2 September 1995) is a Finland, Finnish professional ice hockey centre (ice hockey), centre and Captain (ice hockey), captain of ...

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* Justin Braun * Alain Côté *

Dale Clarke Dale Clarke (born March 23, 1978) is a Canadians, Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing for Tappara in SM-liiga. Clarke played three games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the St. Louis Blues. He previously p ...

* Thomas Draper *

Jonas Enlund Jonas Enlund (born 3 November 1987 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey winger, currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Playing c ...

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Kurtis Foster Kurtis Foster (born November 24, 1981) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and a former professional ice hockey defenceman. He played 408 career games in the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career Junior hockey Peterborough Petes (1997–2002) F ...

* Josh Green * Jari Grönstrand * Janne Grönvall * Steve Guolla * Hannu Haapalainen *

Jannik Hansen Jannik Hansen (born 15 March 1986) is a Danish former professional ice hockey right winger. Hansen began playing professionally at the age of 16 with both the Rødovre Mighty Bulls of the Danish league and the Malmö Redhawks of the Swedish J2 ...

Greg Hawgood Gregory William Hawgood (born August 10, 1968) is a Canadians, Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Boston Bruins, Edmonton Oilers, Philadelphia Flyers, Florida Panthers, Pittsb ...

* Martti Jarkko *

Hannu Kamppuri Hannu Juhani Kamppuri (born 1 July 1957 in Helsinki, Finland) is a former professional ice hockey goaltender. Kamppuri was an accomplished SM-liiga goaltender, where he played from 1975 to 1990, and was one of the first Finnish goaltenders ...

* Pertti Koivulahti *

Petri Kontiola Petri Kontiola (born October 4, 1984) is a Finnish professional ice hockey centre currently playing for Ilves of the Liiga. Kontiola has previously played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Chicago Blackhawks, the organization that draft ...

* Lasse Korhonen * Jiří Kučera *

Patrik Laine Patrik Laine (; born 19 April 1998) is a Finnish professional ice hockey winger who currently plays for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League. Laine formerly played in his native Finland with Tappara in the Finnish Liiga befor ...

Pekka Laksola Pekka Laksola (born May 25, 1964) is a Finnish ice hockey coach. He played a long career for Tappara of the Finnish SM-liiga and later also for Berlin Capitals in Germany and Hockey Club de Reims in France. He also represented Finland men's na ...

Jori Lehterä Jori Jonatan Lehterä (born 23 December 1987) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player currently playing for Tappara of the Liiga. A centreman, he was selected by the St. Louis Blues in the third round, 65th overall, of the 2008 NHL ...

Tero Lehterä Tero Juhani Lehterä (born 21 April 1972) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player who played the majority of his career in the SM-liiga. He played for Tappara, Jokerit, HPK, and Espoo Blues. He also had stints in Elitserien, the IHL ...

Mika Lehto Mika Lehto (born April 12, 1979) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played in the SM-liiga for Ässät, JYP and Tappara. He was drafted 224th overall by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft The 1998 NH ...

Antero Lehtonen Antero Lehtonen (born 12 April 1954) is a Finnish former ice hockey player who played a season in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Washington Capitals during the 1979–80 NHL season The 1979–80 NHL season was the 63rd season of th ...

* Erkki Lehtonen *

Mikko Leinonen Simo Mikko Yrjänä Leinonen (born July 15, 1955 in Tampere, Finland) is a retired Finnish Ice hockey player and currently the chief executive of Finnish elite league SM-liiga team Tappara. He played 162 games in the National Hockey League for th ...

* Antti Leppänen *

Lasse Litma Lasse Antero Litma (born 5 April 1954 in Jyväskylä, Finland) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Tappara. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame The Finnish Hockey Hall of Fa ...

Mikko Luoma Mikko Luoma (born ) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenceman, who played 3 games in the National Hockey League with the Edmonton Oilers. He most notably played in the Liiga and Elitserien. Playing career Luoma started his playing c ...

Toni Lydman Toni Petteri Lydman (born 25 September 1977) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenceman. He first played competitively in his native Finland with Tappara, and HIFK of the SM-liiga before enjoying a lengthy career in the National Hocke ...

Jussi Markkanen Jussi Markkanen (born May 8, 1975) is a Finnish professional ice hockey executive and former goaltender. He is currently serving as general manager of SaiPa. Markkanen played extensively in various European professional leagues as well as the N ...

* Jiří Marusak * Markus Mattsson * Derek Mayer * Roman Meluzín * Reijo Mikkolainen *

Tuukka Mäntylä Tuukka Matias Mäntylä (born 25 May 1981) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenceman. He was selected by the Los Angeles Kings in the 5th round (153rd overall) of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. Playing career Mäntylä came through the y ...

* Jason Muzzatti *

Esko Niemi Esko Ilmari Niemi (b. 11 June 1934 in Tampere, Finland - d. 8 November 2013) was a professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Tappara and TPS. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame The Finnish Ho ...

Ville Nieminen Ville Juhani Nieminen (born April 6, 1977) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey forward who played over 400 games in the National Hockey League. Playing career Nieminen started his professional hockey career with Tappara in the Finnish S ...

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 ...

Kalevi Numminen Veijo Kalevi Numminen (born 31 January 1940 in Tampere, Finland) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Tappara. He was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 1986. Numminen has also coach ...

Stefan Öhman Stefan Öhman (born 5 May 1976) is a Swedish-Finnish hockey coach and former professional forward. He spent several years in the Finnish SM-liiga, playing for Tappara and Espoo Blues. He also played for Björklöven and Modo Hockey in the Swedish ...

* Mike O'Neill *

Olli Palola Olli Palola (born 8 April 1988) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward who currently plays professionally for Rögle BK of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Playing career Palola saw his first action in the Finnish top-flight Liiga durin ...

Jukka Peltola Jukka Peltola (born 26 August 1987) is a Finnish professional ice hockey Forward who is currently playing under contract with Tappara of the Liiga. Playing career Peltola played throughout the first 12 seasons of his professional career with Tap ...

* Pasi Petriläinen * Lasse Pirjetä *

Esa Pirnes Esa Pirnes (born April 1, 1977) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey centre. He began and concluded his 21 year career playing for Oulun Kärpät of the Finnish Liiga. Pirnes was selected by the Los Angeles Kings in the 6th round (174th o ...

Jukka Porvari Jukka Veikko Porvari (born January 19, 1954, in Tampere, Finland) is a Finnish retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga and National Hockey League (NHL). He played for Tappara, TPS, New Jersey Devils, and Colorado Rocki ...

* Pasi Puistola *

Andrew Raycroft Andrew Joseph Ernest Raycroft (born May 4, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. Originally drafted by the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL) 135th overall in 1998, he won the Calder Memorial Trophy wi ...

* Matti Rintakoski *

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Bedřich Ščerban Bedřich Ščerban (born 31 May 1964, in Jihlava) is a Czech former professional ice hockey defenceman. He competed at three Winter Olympics. Ščerban began his career with HC Dukla Jihlava of the Czech Extraliga in 1986. In 1991, he moved ...

Jaromír Šindel Jaromír Šindel (born November 30, 1959 in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia) is an ice hockey player who played for the Czechoslovak national team. He won a silver medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as ...

* Mike Stapleton *

* Pertti Valkeapää * Ari Vallin *

Jarkko Varvio Jarkko Varvio (April 28, 1972) is a Finnish former ice hockey player who had a very brief stint in the NHL. Varvio was drafted by Minnesota North Stars in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft. He was the top scorer at the 1992 Men's World Ice Hockey Champio ...

* Vesa Viitakoski
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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 ...

Kanada-malja The Kanada-malja is an ice hockey club championship trophy, awarded annually to the winner of the Finnish Liiga playoffs. Kanada-malja is Finnish for "Canada Bowl"; the trophy is so named because it was donated by Canada's Finnish community in 19 ...

''(11)'': 1977, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 2003, 2016, 2017, 2022 * SM-sarja

''(7)'': 1953, 1954, 1955, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1975 *

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''(1)'': 1957

Runners-up

''(13)'': (1958, 1960, 1963, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1981, 2001, 2002, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018 * SM-sarja ''(4)'': 1958, 1960, 1963, 1974 *

''(3)'': 1990, 2008, 2019 * SM-sarja ''(9)'': 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1956, 1957, 1962, 1973 *

''(2)'': 1964, 1966

International

* Nordic Trophy ''(1)'':

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Champions Hockey League The Champions Hockey League is a European first-level ice hockey tournament. Launched in the 2014–15 season by 26 clubs, 6 leagues and the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), the tournament features top teams across Europe. Backgrou ...

''(1)'': 2021–22 *

IIHF European Cup The IIHF European Cup, also known as the Europa Cup, was a European ice hockey club competition for champions of national leagues which was contested between 1965 and 1997, governed by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). History The co ...

''(1)'': 1980 *

''(2)'': 1983, 1988 * Tampere Cup ''(6)'': 1996, 1999, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022

Retired numbers

*2 -

*3 -

*7 -

*8 -

*10 -

*12 - Erkki Lehtonen

Head coaches

* Jaakko Hietaniemi 1937-1950 *

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1950–61, 1965–66 * Aulis Hirvonen 1961-63 * Erkki Hytönen 1963-65 *

Reijo Ojanen Reijo is a Finnish male given name. There are more than 27,000 people with this name in Finland. More than half of them were born in the 1940s and 1950s. It originated as a variation of the Latin name Gregorius and the Greek name Gregorios, which ar ...

1966-67 * Matti Haapaniemi 1967-68 *

Esko Luostarinen Esko Alpo Luostarinen (born May 8, 1935, in Viipuri, Finland) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Tappara and at two Olympic games. He competed at the 1960 Winter Olympics and the 1964 Winter Olym ...

1968-1970 *

1970–1979, 1991-1992 *

1979–1982, 1985–1991, 1997-1998 * Olli Hietanen 1982-1984 *

1984 * Jorma Kurjenmäki 1984-1985 * Pertti Hasanen 1992-1993 *

Boris Majorov Boris Aleksandrovich Mayorov (born February 11, 1938, in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a retired ice hockey player who played in the Soviet Hockey League. He played for HC Spartak Moscow. He was inducted into the Russian and Soviet Hockey Hall of Fame ...

1993-1994 *

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1994–1995, 2005 * Jukka Rautakorpi 1995–1997, 1999–2003, 2005–2006, 2012–2014, 2017- * Ismo Läntinen 1998-1999 * Mika Saarinen 2003-2005 * Mikko Saarinen 2005, 2008-2010 *

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2006-2008 * Sami Hirvonen 2010-2011 *

Risto Dufva Risto Dufva (born May 1, 1963) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender. He is currently the head coach of Vaasan Sport of the Finnish ice hockey league (Liiga). Dufva played with JYP Jyväskylä during the 1990–91 SM-liiga seas ...

2011-2012 *

Jussi Tapola Jussi Tapola (born June 13, 1974) is a Finnish ice hockey coach. He was the head coach for Kunlun Red Star in Beijing, China of the KHL. Career Tapola spent his playing days in Finnish lower leagues, mostly turning out for Ahmat Hyvinkää. ...

2014-2017

References

External links

* {{SM-liiga Sport in Tampere Liiga teams 1932 establishments in Finland 1955 establishments in Finland Liiga