HPK

For the women's ice hockey team competing in the Naisten Liiga, see HPK Kiekkonaiset.

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^[1] 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.^[2]

HPK
City	Hämeenlinna
League	Liiga
Founded	1929 (1929)
Home arena	Pohjantähti Areena
Colours	Orange, black, white
Owner(s)	HPK Liiga Oy
General manager	Antti Toivanen
Head coach	Mikko Manner
Captain	Juuso Hietanen
Parent club(s)	HPK Edustusjääkiekko ry
Website	hpk.fi
Championships
Playoff championships	2006, 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

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
81		Samuli Aaltonen	LW	L	24	2023	Uusikaupunki, Finland
8		Vili Alitalo	C	L	22	2023	Hämeenlinna, Finland
72		Arturs Andzans	D	L	23	2023	Riga, Latvia
93		Christopher Bengtsson	C	L	31	2024	Stockholm, Sweden
–		Olli Eloranta	C	L	19	2024	Lahti, Finland
17		Juuso Hietanen (A)	D	R	40	2022	Hämeenlinna, Finland
25		Heikki Huttunen	C	R	26	2022	Helsinki, Finland
37		Ossi Ikonen	D	L	35	2019	Toivakka, Finland
11		Julius Janhonen	C	L	26	2024	Espoo, Finland
71		Juho Järvelä	C	L	22	2023	Mikkeli, Finland
4		Viljami Jokirinne	D	L	21	2024	Nokia, Finland
3		Kalle Kangas	D	L	20	2024	Vantaa, Finland
89		Juuso Ketola	D	R	25	2023	Ulvila, Finland
–		Akseli Ketonen	D	R	19	2024	Hämeenlinna, Finland
23		Jesse Kiiskinen	RW	R	19	2024	Hollola, Finland
44		Oliver Kopiloff	C/LW	L	19	2024	Hämeenlinna, Finland
15		Olli Korhonen	C	L	27	2024	Anjalankoski, Finland
43		Miska Kukkonen	D	R	25	2024	Jokioinen, Finland
80		Kasper Lundell	C	L	21	2023	Espoo, Finland
74		Petteri Nikkilä (C)	D	L	33	2022	Hämeenlinna, Finland
40		Petteri Nurmi	D	L	23	2021	Helsinki, Finland
12		Sami Päivärinta	C	L	22	2023	Somero, Finland
30		Sami Rajaniemi	G	L	32	2022	Oulainen, Finland
19		Teemu Rautiainen	LW	L	33	2023	Nurmijärvi, Finland
29		Miro Ruokonen	LW	L	29	2023	Forssa, Finland
35		Kaj Saarinen	G	L	20	2022	Hämeenlinna, Finland
1		Kim Saarinen	G	L	19	2023	Hämeenlinna, Finland
18		Valtteri Savolainen	LW	L	21	2022	Hämeenlinna, Finland
28		Aleksi Sinkkonen	LW	L	23	2024	Imatra, Finland
50		Axel Skinnari	W	R	21	2023	Lahti, Finland
92		Vili Toivonen	RW	L	19	2022	Loppi, Finland
82		Eetu Tuulola (A)	RW	R	27	2023	Hämeenlinna, Finland
10		Roope Vesterinen	W	L	19	2022	Hämeenlinna, Finland
38		Eerik Wallenius	D	L	19	2023	Salo, Finland

Updated August 1, 2024

Honored members

• 02 Eero Salisma
• 09 Jyrki Louhi
• 13 Marko Palo
• 17 Juha Hietanen
• 18 Hannu Savolainen
• 36 Marko Tuulola

Karri Rämö shared the netminding duties with Miika Wiikman during the 2005–06 season. Image from the match vs. HIFK, January 2006.

NHL alumni

Joonas Kemppainen playing for HPK in October 2009

• 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