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HIFK (ice hockey)
| Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna, Helsingfors | |
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| City | Helsinki |
| League | Liiga |
| Founded | 1897 (1897) |
| Home arena | Helsingin jäähalli |
| Colours | Red, white, dark blue |
| Owner(s) | HIFK Ligaföreningen rf. |
| General manager | Jukka Valtanen |
| Head coach | Ari-Pekka Selin |
| Captain | Lennart Petrell |
| Parent club(s) | HIFK |
| Farm club(s) | Jokipojat |
| Championships | 1969, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1983, 1998, 2011 |
| Website | hifk.fi |
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| Active departments of HIFK | ||
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Bandy | Football | Ice hockey |
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Handball | Floorball | Athletics |
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Bowling | eSports | Golf |
HIFK (a traditional abbreviation of Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna, Helsingfors, English: "Sporting Society Comrades, Helsinki") is an ice hockey team based in Helsinki, Finland that plays in the Liiga, the sport's top-level league in Finland. The team plays at Helsinki Ice Hall. It was founded in 1897. Since then, HIFK has won the Finnish national championship seven times (1969, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1983, 1998, and 2011). The team won the regular season title in 2016.
The derbies against local rivals Jokerit were often sold out and were among the fiercest in Nordic ice hockey, but are no longer played following Jokerit's withdrawal from Liiga after the 2013–14 season to join the Russian-based Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Following a history of even series of games, HIFK won the game total with 106–105 after a 2–1 victory in a classical outdoor game in March 2014, claiming the title of Helsinki's dominion.[1]
HIFK's general manager starting from May 1, 2008, is Jukka Valtanen. He is the successor of Pentti Matikainen, who coached Team Finland to its first hockey Olympic medal (silver) in Calgary 1988.
HIFK won the Finnish national championship in the 2010–11 season when they defeated Espoo Blues.
The championship team from 1998 is widely recognized as one of the best ever to have skated together in the top flight of Finnish ice hockey.[citation needed] Players on the 1998 championship team included a number of future (and former) NHL players – including Tim Thomas, Jan Čaloun, Johan Davidsson, Bob Halkidis, Olli Jokinen, Jere Karalahti, Jarno Kultanen, Brian Rafalski, Christian Ruuttu, Jarkko Ruutu, Kimmo Timonen and Marko Tuomainen.
Contents
1 History
2 Honors
2.1 SM-sarja
2.2 SM-liiga
2.3 International
3 Current roster
3.1 Honored members
3.2 NHL alumni
4 References
5 External links
History
One of the major influences to HIFK was the NHL veteran and Stanley Cup winner Carl Brewer. Hired in 1968 as a playing coach, he advocated a North American style of play which has persisted in HIFK since. Brewer's influence on the way ice hockey is played in Finland led to his posthumous induction to the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 2003.
Honors
SM-sarja
SM-sarja Kanada-malja: 1969, 1970, 1974
SM-sarja Kanada-malja: 1973, 1975
SM-sarja Kanada-malja: 1955, 1959, 1971, 1972
SM-liiga
SM-liiga Kanada-malja: 1980, 1983, 1998, 2011
SM-liiga Kanada-malja: 1986, 1999, 2016
SM-liiga Kanada-malja: 1982, 1987, 1988, 1992, 2004, 2018
International
Ahearne Cup (1): 1970
IIHF European Cup (1): 1980–81
Nordic Trophy (1): 2008
Other awards for the club:
- Harry Lindblad trophy (SM-Liiga regular season winner, since 1975): 2016
Current roster
(Updated 3 August 2018)[2]
| Goalkeepers | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | Catches | Contract | Birthplace | |
36 |  Finland | Markus Ruusu | L | 2019 | Jyväskylä, Finland |
53 | Finland | Atte Engren | L | 2019+1 | Rauma, Finland |
| Defenders | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | Shoots | Contract | Birthplace | |
2 | Finland | Markus Kankaanperä | L | 2019 | Skellefteå, Sweden |
3 |  United States | Joe Finley | L | 2019 | Minnesota, United States |
8 | Finland | Ville Varakas (A) | L | 2019 | Helsinki, Finland |
11 | Finland | Niko Seppälä | L | 2021 | Helsinki, Finland |
24 |  Canada | Ryan O'Connor | R | 2019 | Ontario, Canada |
27 | Canada | Kyle Quincey | L | 2019 | Ontario, Canada |
29 | Finland | Tobias Winberg | L | 2021 | Helsinki, Finland |
34 | Finland | Aleksi Laakso | L | 2019+1 | Seinäjoki, Finland |
42 | Finland | Teemu Eronen | L | 2019 | Vantaa, Finland |
44 | Finland | Elias Ulander | L | 2020 | Helsinki, Finland |
57 |  Sweden | Johan Motin | R | 2020 | Karlskoga, Sweden |
| Attackers | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Player | Shoots | Position | Contract | Birthplace | |
4 | Finland | Iikka Kangasniemi | L | RW | 2019+1 | Oulu, Finland |
12 | Finland | Juhani Tyrväinen | L | C/LW | 2020 | Seinäjoki, Finland |
14 | Finland | Teemu Engberg | L | RW | 2020 | Loviisa, Finland |
15 | Finland | Anton Lundell | L | C | 2021 | Espoo, Finland |
18 | Finland | Teemu Tallberg | L | LW/RW | 2021 | Helsinki, Finland |
19 | Finland | Juho Keränen | R | C/RW | 2020+1 | Keitele, Finland |
21 | Finland | Tommi Santala | R | C | 2019 | Helsinki, Finland |
32 | Finland | Lennart Petrell (C) | L | LW/RW | 2019 | Helsinki, Finland |
37 | Finland | Ilmari Pitkänen | L | LW/RW | Try-out | Viljakkala, Finland |
45 | Finland | Micke-Max Åsten | L | LW/RW | 2021 | Helsinki, Finland |
51 | Finland | Juha Jääskä | L | C/W | 2019 | Helsinki, Finland |
56 | Finland | Lauri Kulmala | L | C | 2020 | Porvoo, Finland |
78 | Finland | Niklas Nordgren | R | RW | 2021 | Helsinki, Finland |
80 | Finland | Thomas Nykopp | L | C | 2020 | Helsinki, Finland |
81 | Canada | Lucas Lessio | L | LW/RW | 2019 | Ontario, Canada |
82 | Finland | Henrik Koivisto | L | C | Try-out | Kerava, Finland |
86 | Sweden | Erik Thorell | L | LW/RW | 2019 | Karlstad, Sweden |
88 | Finland | Joonas Rask (A) | R | RW/LW | 2020 | Tampere, Finland |
Honored members
1 Stig Wetzell, 1972–83
5 Heikki Riihiranta, 1967–83
7 Simo Saarinen, 1980–96
17 Matti Murto, 1964–83
20 Matti Hagman, 1972–92
22 Mika Kortelainen, 1987–2002
23 Pertti Lehtonen, 1976–98
35 Sakari Lindfors, 1985–2002
HIFK (in white) warm-up prior to a game vs. HPK.
NHL alumni
Niklas Bäckström
Darren Boyko
Carl Brewer
Jan Čaloun
Johan Davidsson
Mikael Granlund
Steve Guolla
Matti Hagman
Brett Harkins
Olli Jokinen
Sami Kapanen
Jere Karalahti
Toni Lydman
Cory Murphy
Raymond Murray
Timo Pärssinen
Ville Peltonen
Lennart Petrell
Lasse Pirjetä
Brian Rafalski
Christian Ruuttu
Tuomo Ruutu
Jarkko Ruutu
Tony Salmelainen
Tim Thomas
Esa Tikkanen
Kimmo Timonen
Tomáš Vokoun
Roman Vopat
Marek Židlický
References
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External links
Official website (in Finnish)
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