JYP Jyväskylä

JYP
JYP
City	Jyväskylä, Finland
League	Liiga
Founded	1923
Home arena	LähiTapiola Areena
Colours	Red, black, white;
Owner(s)	JYP Jyväskylä Oy
General manager	Risto Korpela
Head coach	Mikko Heiskanen
Captain	Teemu Eronen
Affiliate	Boston Bruins
Farm club(s)	KeuPa HT
Website	jypliiga.fi
Franchise history
1923–1977	Jyväskylän Palloilijat
1977–present	JYP Jyväskylä
Championships
Playoff championships	2009, 2012

JYP is an ice hockey team playing in the Finnish top division Liiga. They play in Jyväskylä, Finland, at the LähiTapiola Areena.

History

JYP was founded in 1923. First it was the ice hockey section of the sports club Jyväskylän Palloilijat until 1977. Then they separated from that sports club to be an independent hockey club called JyP HT. The current full name of the club is JYP Jyväskylä Oy, having been registered as an osakeyhtiö since 1999. JYP has won the Finnish SM-liiga twice, in 2009 and 2012, having been the losing side in the play-off finals in 1989 and 1992.

Early years

JYP was founded in 1923 as Jyväskylän Palloilijat (Jyväskylä's Ballsport players in English). Originally the club was

multi-sport club having competitive departments in football, pesäpallo (Finnish baseball), bandy and later ice hockey and basketball. In 1977 JyP divided due to financial reasons and ice hockey department began with new club, JyP HT (officially Jyväskylän Palloilijat Hockey Team) while football department formed JyP-77 (JJK Jyväskylä

nowadays).

The new club started in I Division, the then-second tier of Finnish hockey. JyP HT promoted to the top tier for the

1985-86 SM-liiga season. With ambitious aims, they were fifth after regular season and surprisingly eliminated out of play-offs by only two points. At the next season, the target was in play-offs but seventh place was not enough. When the beginning of the third season was disappointment, head coach Erkka Westerlund – subsequently Finnish national team

coach – got sacked.

Partnership with the Boston Bruins

On 8 September 2010, JYP entered into a partnership agreement with the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL), to enable player transfer and training between the two teams and their developmental systems.^[1]

Players

2020–21 roster

As of 30 January 2021^[update]^[2]^[3]


No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
18	Joni Airo	RW	R	23	2020	Jyväskylä, Finland
36	Roni Allén	D	L	25	2017	Rovaniemi, Finland
14	Samuel Helenius	C	L	21	2020	Järvenpää, Finland
3	Anttoni Honka	D	R	23	2017	Jyväskylä, Finland
70	Joni Jurmo	D	L	21	2020	Espoo, Finland
2	Valtteri Kakkonen	D	R	24	2019	Jyväskylä, Finland
39	Oskari Kalajanniska	C	L	24	2018	Haapajärvi, Finland
51	Antti Kalapudas	C/LW	L	27	2019	Oulainen, Finland
52	Santeri Koskela	F	L	21	2020	Jyväskylä, Finland
8	Valtteri Koskela	D	L	21	2020	Jyväskylä, Finland
4	Kimi Kuusela	D	L	22	2019	Jyväskylä, Finland
95	Severi Lahtinen	W	L	25	2020	Vantaa, Finland
92	Brad Lambert	C	R	20	2020	Lahti, Finland
24	Aleksi Malinen	D	L	20	2020	Tuusula, Finland
6	Tomi Niku	D	L	22	2019	Jyväskylä, Finland
35	Niko Parkkinen	G	L	24	2019	Mikkeli, Finland
21	Patrik Puistola	W	L	23	2020	Tampere, Finland
40	Markus Ruusu	G	L	26	2019	Jyväskylä, Finland
33	Mikko Salmio (A)	W	L	32	2020	Jämsä, Finland
9	Aleksi Salonen (A)	D	R	31	2020	Muurame, Finland
25	Patrik Siikanen	LW/C	L	24	2020	Espoo, Finland
32	Jerry Turkulainen	RW	R	25	2016	Mikkeli, Finland
17	Samuel Valkeejärvi	C/RW	L	22	2020	Jyväskylä, Finland

Head coach: Pekka Tirkkonen

Honours

Winners (1): 2013

Champions Hockey League:

Winners (1): 2018

Notable players

Honored members

NHL alumni

References

^ "Bruins Enter Partnership with Finnish Club". Boston Bruins. Retrieved 8 September 2010.
^ "Jokkue". JYP Jyväskylä Oy (in Finnish). Retrieved 30 January 2021.
^ "JYP (Liiga) – 2020-2021 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 30 January 2021.

External links

(in Finnish) JYP official web site

[1] "Bruins Enter Partnership with Finnish Club". Boston Bruins. Retrieved 8 September 2010.

[Jokkue-2] "Jokkue". JYP Jyväskylä Oy (in Finnish). Retrieved 30 January 2021.

[rosterep-3] "JYP (Liiga) – 2020-2021 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 30 January 2021.

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