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 Edustusjääkiekko ry and the team is sometimes promoted as the "Hockey Playing Knights," with a logo representing a knight's helmet. HPK won their first SM-liiga championship in 2006 and the second in 2019.

Honours

Champions

• SM-liiga Kanada-malja (2): 2006, 2019

Runners-up

• SM-liiga (3): 1952, 1993, 2010

• SM-liiga (9): 1954, 1991, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007

Other awards for the club:

• I-Divisioona (it was the second level of ice hockey in Finland) (5): 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1988

Players

Current roster

Updated August 1, 2024

Honored members

• 2 Eero Salisma

• 9 Jyrki Louhi

• 13 Marko Palo

• 17 Juha Hietanen

• 18 Hannu Savolainen

• 36 Marko Tuulola

NHL alumni

• Eric Fehr

• Riku Hahl

• Jukka Hentunen

• Josh Holden

• Niko Kapanen

• Rostislav Klesla

• Janne Laukkanen

• Ville Leino

• Antti Miettinen

• Pasi Nurminen

• Timo Pärssinen

• Antti Pihlström

• Brian Rafalski

• Karri Rämö

• Geoff Sanderson

• Roman Šimíček

• Ville Sirén

• Juuse Saros

• Petr Tenkrát

• Hannu Toivonen

• Jarkko Varvio

• Tomáš Vlasák

• Kristian Vesalainen

See also

• HPK Kiekkonaiset

• Ice hockey in Finland

References

External links

• Official website