HPK
CityHämeenlinna
LeagueLiiga
Founded1929 (1929)
Home arenaPohjantähti Areena
ColoursOrange, black, white
     
Owner(s)HPK Liiga Oy
General managerAntti Toivanen
Head coachMaso Lehtonen
CaptainJuuso Hietanen
Parent club(s)HPK Edustusjääkiekko ry
Websitehpk.fi
Championships
Playoff championships2006, 2019

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]

Honours

Champions

Runners-up

Other awards for the club:

Players

2019-2020

Goalkeepers

Defenders

Forwards

Honored members

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

See also

References

  1. "HPK:n liigatoiminta yhtiöityy" [HPK Liiga Operations have been Incorporated]. Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho (in Finnish). 9 April 2015. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  2. "Liiga".
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