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KalPa

January 01, 1970

This article is about the Finnish hockey team. For other uses, see Kalpa (disambiguation).

Kalevan Pallo (KalPa) is a professional ice hockey team which competes in the Finnish Liiga. They play in Kuopio, Finland at the Olvi Areena.

KalPa
CityKuopio
LeagueLiiga
Founded1929 (1929)
Home arenaOlvi Areena
ColoursBlack, gold
   
Head coachTommi Miettinen
CaptainTuomas Kiiskinen
AffiliateIPK
Websitekalpa.fi

Team history edit

Established in 1929 as Sortavalan Palloseura in Sortavala, the club relocated to Kuopio in 1945 after its original hometown had been annexed by the Soviet Union. During its Sortavala years, the club was not active in ice hockey, but competed in association football, bandy, and pesäpallo instead. Ice hockey was introduced in 1947, and in 1956 KalPa officially replaced the more traditional Kuopio club KuPS in that sport thus specializing in hockey – minor league football was still continued until 1974 as a farm team of sorts for KuPS.

The full name of the company that runs the representative team today is KalPa Hockey Oy. The majority of the company is owned by former NHL players Sami Kapanen and Kimmo Timonen. Kapanen is the majority owner, controlling 50.5% of the franchise. Timonen owns 8%, while Timonen's former teammate Scott Hartnell owns 5%. Hartnell purchased a minority share of the team after getting financial advice from Kimmo Timonen during a road trip to Boston.

During the 2004–05 NHL lockout, Timonen, Kapanen, and fellow NHL player Adam Hall were playing for KalPa. After winning the Mestis championship, KalPa returned to SM-liiga for the 2005–06 season, after being relegated six years earlier in 1999.

KalPa has won three medals: silvers in the 1990–91 and 2016–17 seasons and a bronze in the 2008–09 season. KalPa has also won the Spengler Cup, in year 2018.

Honors edit

SM-liiga edit

Mestis edit

Finnish Liiga A-juniors (U20) edit

  •   Finnish Liiga A-juniors (U20): 2007–08, 2017–18

Spengler Cup edit

Players edit

Current roster edit

Source: eliteprospects.com[1]As of July 28, 2021.

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
10   Gabe Bast D R 27 2021-22 Red Deer, Canada
18   Hugo Gallet D L 26 2021-22 Amiens, France
32   Juha Jatkola G L 21 2020-21 Kuopio, Finland
45   Eric Hjorth D R 23 2021-22 Göteborg, Sweden
34   Severi Immonen F L 23 2020-21 Tuusniemi, Finland
71   Matti Järvinen C L 34 2021-22 London, United Kingdom
91   Oliver Kapanen C R 20 2021-22 Timrå, Sweden
37   Eero Kilpeläinen G L 39 2019-20 Juva, Finland
19   Tuomas Kiiskinen LW L 21 2021-22 Kuopio, Finland
20   Aleksi Klemetti LW L 25 2018-19 Kuhmo, Finland
29   Henri Knuutinen LW L 26 2018-19 Kiuruvesi, Finland
17   Benjamin Korhonen RW L 22 2020-21 Ylivieska, Finland
41   Juuso Könönen LW L 25 2019-20 Kuopio, Finland
52   Roope Laavainen D R 25 2020-21 Helsinki, Finland
55   Lasse Lappalainen D L 34 2018-19 Kuopio, Finland
26   Jesper Mattila D L 26 2020-21 Tampere, Finland
9   Juuso Mäenpää C L 22 2020-21 Helsinki, Finland
67   Kasper Puutio D L 21 2021-22 Vaasa, Finland
6   Joona Riekkinen D L 25 2019-20 Kuopio, Finland
22   Aapeli Räsänen D R 25 2020-21 Tampere, Finland
–   Erkka Seppälä C L 25 2021-22 Hämeenlinna, Finland
12   Kasper Simontaival RW R 22 2021-22 Orivesi, Finland
74   Sami Tavernier RW R 27 2020-21 Annemasse, France
13   Tuomas Vartiainen RW L 28 2019-20 Oulu, Finland

Honored members edit

NHL alumni edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Team Roster / KalPa". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2020-02-12.

External links edit

  • Official website (in Finnish)
  • (in Finnish)
  • Meltzer, Bill NHL.com article on KalPa. Retrieved 2007-11-07.
 

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This article is about the Finnish hockey team For other uses see Kalpa disambiguation Kalevan Pallo KalPa is a professional ice hockey team which competes in the Finnish Liiga They play in Kuopio Finland at the Olvi Areena KalPaCityKuopioLeagueLiigaFounded1929 1929 Home arenaOlvi AreenaColoursBlack gold Head coachTommi MiettinenCaptainTuomas KiiskinenAffiliateIPKWebsitekalpa wbr fi Contents 1 Team history 2 Honors 2 1 SM liiga 2 2 Mestis 2 3 Finnish Liiga A juniors U20 2 4 Spengler Cup 3 Players 3 1 Current roster 3 2 Honored members 3 3 NHL alumni 4 References 5 External linksTeam history editEstablished in 1929 as Sortavalan Palloseura in Sortavala the club relocated to Kuopio in 1945 after its original hometown had been annexed by the Soviet Union During its Sortavala years the club was not active in ice hockey but competed in association football bandy and pesapallo instead Ice hockey was introduced in 1947 and in 1956 KalPa officially replaced the more traditional Kuopio club KuPS in that sport thus specializing in hockey minor league football was still continued until 1974 as a farm team of sorts for KuPS The full name of the company that runs the representative team today is KalPa Hockey Oy The majority of the company is owned by former NHL players Sami Kapanen and Kimmo Timonen Kapanen is the majority owner controlling 50 5 of the franchise Timonen owns 8 while Timonen s former teammate Scott Hartnell owns 5 Hartnell purchased a minority share of the team after getting financial advice from Kimmo Timonen during a road trip to Boston During the 2004 05 NHL lockout Timonen Kapanen and fellow NHL player Adam Hall were playing for KalPa After winning the Mestis championship KalPa returned to SM liiga for the 2005 06 season after being relegated six years earlier in 1999 KalPa has won three medals silvers in the 1990 91 and 2016 17 seasons and a bronze in the 2008 09 season KalPa has also won the Spengler Cup in year 2018 Honors editSM liiga edit nbsp SM liiga Kanada malja 1990 91 2016 17 nbsp SM liiga Kanada malja 2008 09 Mestis edit nbsp Mestis 2003 04 2004 05 Finnish Liiga A juniors U20 edit nbsp Finnish Liiga A juniors U20 2007 08 2017 18 Spengler Cup edit nbsp 2018Players editCurrent roster edit viewtalkedit Source eliteprospects com 1 As of July 28 2021 No Nat Player Pos S G Age Acquired Birthplace 10 nbsp Gabe Bast D R 27 2021 22 Red Deer Canada 18 nbsp Hugo Gallet D L 26 2021 22 Amiens France 32 nbsp Juha Jatkola G L 21 2020 21 Kuopio Finland 45 nbsp Eric Hjorth D R 23 2021 22 Goteborg Sweden 34 nbsp Severi Immonen F L 23 2020 21 Tuusniemi Finland 71 nbsp Matti Jarvinen C L 34 2021 22 London United Kingdom 91 nbsp Oliver Kapanen C R 20 2021 22 Timra Sweden 37 nbsp Eero Kilpelainen G L 39 2019 20 Juva Finland 19 nbsp Tuomas Kiiskinen LW L 21 2021 22 Kuopio Finland 20 nbsp Aleksi Klemetti LW L 25 2018 19 Kuhmo Finland 29 nbsp Henri Knuutinen LW L 26 2018 19 Kiuruvesi Finland 17 nbsp Benjamin Korhonen RW L 22 2020 21 Ylivieska Finland 41 nbsp Juuso Kononen LW L 25 2019 20 Kuopio Finland 52 nbsp Roope Laavainen D R 25 2020 21 Helsinki Finland 55 nbsp Lasse Lappalainen D L 34 2018 19 Kuopio Finland 26 nbsp Jesper Mattila D L 26 2020 21 Tampere Finland 9 nbsp Juuso Maenpaa C L 22 2020 21 Helsinki Finland 67 nbsp Kasper Puutio D L 21 2021 22 Vaasa Finland 6 nbsp Joona Riekkinen D L 25 2019 20 Kuopio Finland 22 nbsp Aapeli Rasanen D R 25 2020 21 Tampere Finland nbsp Erkka Seppala C L 25 2021 22 Hameenlinna Finland 12 nbsp Kasper Simontaival RW R 22 2021 22 Orivesi Finland 74 nbsp Sami Tavernier RW R 27 2020 21 Annemasse France 13 nbsp Tuomas Vartiainen RW L 28 2019 20 Oulu Finland Honored members edit 1 Pasi Kuivalainen 24 Sami Kapanen 27 Jouni Rinne 37 Eero Kilpelainen 44 Kimmo Timonen NHL alumni edit nbsp Adam Hall 2004 05 nbsp Teemu Hartikainen 2008 10 nbsp Olli Jokinen 1994 95 nbsp Kasperi Kapanen 2012 15 nbsp Sami Kapanen 1990 94 2004 05 2008 10 2011 14 nbsp Jarmo Kekalainen 1983 85 1991 92 nbsp Mikko Koskinen 2011 13 nbsp Artturi Lehkonen 2012 14 nbsp Juuso Riikola 2012 18 nbsp Craig Smith 2012 nbsp Derek Stepan 2012 13 nbsp Jeremy Stevenson 2007 08 nbsp Alexandre Texier 2017 19 nbsp Kimmo Timonen 1991 94 2004 05 nbsp Jussi Timonen 2001 02 2008 17 Canada Ryan Wilson 2018 2020References edit Team Roster KalPa www eliteprospects com Retrieved 2020 02 12 External links editOfficial website in Finnish KalPa junior official web site in Finnish Meltzer Bill NHL com article on KalPa Retrieved 2007 11 07 nbsp This European ice hockey team related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This article about sports in Finland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title KalPa amp oldid 1189239668, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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