SaiPa

SaiPa
City	Lappeenranta
League	SM-liiga
Founded	1948 (1948)
Home arena	Kisapuisto
Colours	Yellow, black
General manager	Jussi Markkanen
Head coach	Tero Lehterä
Captain	Ville Koho
Website	www.saipa.fi

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 "East 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.

Contents

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  1 History
  


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  2 Players
  
  
  
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    2.1 Current roster
    
  
  
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    2.2 Retired numbers
    
  
  
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    2.3 NHL alumni
    
  
  
  
  


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  3 References
  


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  4 External links
  

History

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 2016-2017 season, SaiPa won their initial games by 11 points. Eisbären Berlin and Luleå 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 Bäckström. Jussi Markkanen is also a part owner of the club.

Players

Current roster

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Updated October 2, 2018.^[1]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
7001250000000000000♠25		Erik Autio	D	L	23	2018	Espoo, Finland
7001770000000000000♠77		Vladimir Denisov	D	L	34	2017	Chashniki, Belarus
7001640000000000000♠64		David Goodwin	C	L	26	2017	St. Louis, MO, United States
7001550000000000000♠55		Tomi Iso-Mustajärvi	C	L	26	2017	Tampere, Finland
7001720000000000000♠72		Elmeri Kaksonen (A)	LW	L	30	2016	Savonlinna, Finland
7001280000000000000♠28		Brenden Kichton	D	R	26	2018	Spruce Grove, AB, Canada
7000800000000000000♠8		Ville Koho (C)	C	L	36	2001	Imatra, Finland
7001260000000000000♠26		Markus Kojo	D	L	24	2017	Noormarkku, Finland
7001190000000000000♠19		Cody Kunyk	C	L	28	2017	Sherwood Park, AB, Canada
7001880000000000000♠88		Oskari Lehtinen	LW	R	24	2018	Turku, Finland
7001140000000000000♠14		Anssi Löfman (A)	C	L	31	2017	Lappeenranta, Finland
7001180000000000000♠18		Kalle Maalahti	D	L	27	2010	Lappeenranta, Finland
7001120000000000000♠12		Bastien Maïa	RW	R	21	2017	Rouen, France
7001860000000000000♠86		Tyler Morley	C	L	26	2018	Burnaby, BC, Canada
7001590000000000000♠59		Topi Nättinen	LW	L	24	2017	Jyväskylä, Finland
7001130000000000000♠13		Joni Nikko	LW	L	24	2016	Vaasa, Finland
7001170000000000000♠17		Ahti Oksanen	LW	L	25	2017	Kirkkonummi, Finland
7001230000000000000♠23		Emil Oksanen	RW	R	20	2018	Kirkkonummi, Finland
7001410000000000000♠41		Roy Radke	RW	R	21	2017	Chicago, IL, United States
7001420000000000000♠42		Robin Salo	D	L	20	2018	Espoo, Finland
7001440000000000000♠44		Jere Sneck	D	L	24	2016	Helsinki, Finland
7001110000000000000♠11		Jonatan Tanus (A)	LW	L	23	2017	Kuopio, Finland
7000200000000000000♠2		Kasperi Torikka	D	L	19	2014	Ristiina, Finland
7001350000000000000♠35		Frans Tuohimaa	G	L	27	2016	Helsinki, Finland
7001450000000000000♠45		Veeti Vainio	D	R	21	2018	Espoo, Finland
7001220000000000000♠22		Santeri Virtanen	C	L	19	2018	Kirkkonummi, Finland
7001530000000000000♠53		Niclas Westerholm	G	L	21	2016	Helsinki, Finland

Retired numbers

• 3 – Lalli Partinen
  


• 9 – Petri Skriko
  


• 20 – Heikki Mälkiä
  

NHL alumni

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  Antti Aalto
  


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  Niklas Bäckström
  


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  Frank Banham
  


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  Richard Lintner
  


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  Jussi Markkanen
  


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  Dale McTavish
  


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  Jarmo Myllys
  


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  Petteri Nokelainen
  


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  Antti Pihlström
  


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  Martin Richter
  


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  Petri Skriko
  


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  Jussi Timonen
  


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  Shayne Toporowski
  


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  Vesa Viitakoski
  

References

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External links

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  SaiPa official website (in Finnish)
  


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  SaiPa Fan Club (in Finnish)
  


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  Idän Ihme fan site (in Finnish)
  

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