Saimaan Pallo (SaiPa) is an ice hockey team in the FinnishLiiga. They play their home games at Kisapuisto in Lappeenranta, Finland. SaiPa has many nicknames, such as "The Sputniks", "Sputnik", "Miracle of the East" and "Eastern Giant."
SaiPa play home games in the yellow shirt, black pants, yellow socks, and a black helmet. SaiPa play away games in mostly the same costumes as the home games, but also have a black version of the jersey.
The team's best achievement is from the 1965-1966 season, when they won bronze medals for placing third. SaiPa also played in a bronze medal game in the 1998–1999 and 2013–14 seasons, but lost the games to HPK (7–2) and Lukko (3–2).
SaiPa has participated twice in the Champions Hockey League. During the 2014-2015 season, the team survived the quarterfinals, where they lost the return match against Oulun Kärpät. During the 2016–17 season, SaiPa won their initial games by 11 points. Eisbären Berlin and Luleå HF were the runners-up.
saipa, saimaan, pallo, hockey, team, finnish, liiga, they, play, their, home, games, kisapuisto, lappeenranta, finland, many, nicknames, such, sputniks, sputnik, miracle, east, eastern, giant, citylappeenranta, finlandleagueliigafounded1948, 1948, home, arenak. Saimaan Pallo SaiPa is an ice hockey team in the Finnish Liiga They play their home games at Kisapuisto in Lappeenranta Finland SaiPa has many nicknames such as The Sputniks Sputnik Miracle of the East and Eastern Giant SaiPaCityLappeenranta FinlandLeagueLiigaFounded1948 1948 Home arenaKisapuisto capacity 4 820 ColoursYellow black General managerJussi MarkkanenHead coachVille HamalainenCaptainJarno KoskirantaAffiliateImatran Kettera Mestis Websitesaipa wbr fiSaiPa play home games in the yellow shirt black pants yellow socks and a black helmet SaiPa play away games in mostly the same costumes as the home games but also have a black version of the jersey Contents 1 History 2 Honours 2 1 Domestic 2 2 Pre season 3 Players 3 1 Current roster 3 2 Retired numbers 3 3 NHL alumni 4 References 5 External linksHistory editThe team s best achievement is from the 1965 1966 season when they won bronze medals for placing third SaiPa also played in a bronze medal game in the 1998 1999 and 2013 14 seasons but lost the games to HPK 7 2 and Lukko 3 2 SaiPa has participated twice in the Champions Hockey League During the 2014 2015 season the team survived the quarterfinals where they lost the return match against Oulun Karpat During the 2016 17 season SaiPa won their initial games by 11 points Eisbaren Berlin and Lulea HF were the runners up SaiPa has produced seven players who have played in the National Hockey League NHL Antti Aalto Jussi Markkanen Petteri Nokelainen Petri Skriko Jussi Timonen Vesa Viitakoski and Niklas Backstrom Jussi Markkanen is also a part owner of the club Honours editDomestic edit SM sarja nbsp 3rd place 1 1965 66Pre season edit Finnish Cup nbsp Runners up 3 1958 1965 1971Players editCurrent roster edit viewtalkedit As of March 10 2022 1 No Nat Player Pos S G Age Acquired Birthplace60 nbsp Jaakko Haarti D R 24 2022 Helsinki Finland2 nbsp Miika Herrala F L 22 2021 Kotka Finland77 nbsp Henri Hietala D L 22 2019 Hamina Finland57 nbsp Otto Hokkanen C L 19 2021 Lappeenranta Finland4 nbsp Joona Huttula D L 26 2021 Tampere Finland63 nbsp Mikko Juusola LW L 25 2021 Kuusamo Finland11 nbsp Roni Karvinen F L 21 2020 Vantaa Finland59 nbsp Niko Kautiainen F R 22 2020 Helsinki Finland40 nbsp Jarno Koskiranta C C L 36 2020 Paimio Finland21 nbsp Elmeri Laakso D L 19 2021 Joensuu Finland90 nbsp Valtteri Lipiainen RW R 26 2021 Lappeenranta Finland29 nbsp Veikko Loimaranta C L 22 2019 Vantaa Finland18 nbsp Kalle Maalahti A D L 32 2021 Lappeenranta Finland25 nbsp Tino Metsavainio LW L 27 2021 Haukipudas Finland74 nbsp Sergei Monakhov LW L 32 2021 St Petersburg Russia70 nbsp Janne Naukkarinen C L 19 2021 Lappeenranta Finland39 nbsp Valtteri Ojantakanen LW R 23 2019 Helsinki Finland6 nbsp Joel Olkkonen D R 30 2019 Hyvinkaa Finland23 nbsp Ville Petman C L 23 2020 Lappeenranta Finland31 nbsp Cody Porter G L 26 2022 North Vancouver British Columbia Canada38 nbsp Simo Pekka Riikola D R 31 2019 Joensuu Finland61 nbsp Hugo Rikkila D L 22 2019 Espoo Finland86 nbsp Aapo Sarell D L 20 2020 Lappeenranta Finland82 nbsp Aleksi Sinkkonen F L 21 2021 Imatra Finland80 nbsp Ville Vainikainen RW L 29 2019 Kuopio Finland34 nbsp Nuutti Viitasalo D R 24 2021 Raisio Finland53 nbsp Niclas Westerholm G L 26 2017 Helsinki Finland nbsp 50th anniversary of SaiPa s 1965 1966 bronze medal team nbsp Ville Hamalainen in 2012Retired numbers edit SaiPa retired numbers No Player Position Career3 Lalli Partinen D 1959 19698 Ville Koho C 2001 20209 Petri Skriko LW 1979 198420 Heikki Malkia C 1975 19861988 1992NHL alumni edit nbsp Antti Aalto nbsp Niklas Backstrom nbsp Frank Banham nbsp Richard Lintner nbsp Jussi Markkanen nbsp Dale McTavish nbsp Jarmo Myllys nbsp Petteri Nokelainen nbsp Antti Pihlstrom nbsp Martin Richter nbsp Petri Skriko nbsp Jussi Timonen nbsp Shayne Toporowski nbsp Vesa ViitakoskiReferences edit Team Roster SaiPa eliteprospects com 10 March 2022 Retrieved 10 March 2022 External links editSaiPa official website in Finnish SaiPa Fan Club in Finnish Idan Ihme fan site in Finnish nbsp nbsp This article about sports in Finland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This European ice hockey team related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title SaiPa amp oldid 1162021973, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
