KalPa
KalPa | |
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City | Kuopio |
League | Liiga |
Founded | 1929 |
Home arena | Olvi Areena |
Colours | Black, gold |
Head coach | Tommi Miettinen |
Captain | Tuomas Kiiskinen |
Affiliate | IPK |
Website | kalpa |
Kalevan Pallo (KalPa) is a professional
Team history
Established in 1929 as Sortavalan Palloseura in
The full name of the company that runs the representative team today is KalPa Hockey Oy. The majority of the company is owned by former NHL players Sami Kapanen and Kimmo Timonen. Kapanen is the majority owner, controlling 50.5% of the franchise. Timonen owns 8%, while Timonen's former teammate Scott Hartnell owns 5%. Hartnell purchased a minority share of the team after getting financial advice from Kimmo Timonen during a road trip to Boston.
During the
KalPa has won three medals: silvers in the 1990–91 and 2016–17 seasons and a bronze in the 2008–09 season. KalPa has also won the Spengler Cup, in year 2018.
Honors
SM-liiga
- SM-liiga Kanada-malja: 2008–09
Mestis
Finnish Liiga A-juniors (U20)
- Finnish Liiga A-juniors (U20): 2007–08, 2017–18
Spengler Cup
Players
Current roster
Source: eliteprospects.com[1]As of July 28, 2021.
Honored members
- 1 - Pasi Kuivalainen
- 24 - Sami Kapanen
- 27 - Jouni Rinne
- 37 - Eero Kilpeläinen
- 44 - Kimmo Timonen
NHL alumni
- Adam Hall (2004–05)
- Teemu Hartikainen (2008–10)
- Olli Jokinen (1994–95)
- Kasperi Kapanen (2012–15)
- Sami Kapanen (1990–94, 2004–05, 2008–10, 2011–14)
- Jarmo Kekäläinen (1983–85, 1991–92)
- Mikko Koskinen (2011–13)
- Artturi Lehkonen (2012–14)
- Juuso Riikola (2012–18)
- Craig Smith (2012)
- Derek Stepan (2012–13)
- Jeremy Stevenson (2007–08)
- Alexandre Texier (2017–19)
- Kimmo Timonen (1991–94, 2004–05)
- Jussi Timonen (2001–02, 2008–17) Canada Ryan Wilson,2018-2020
References
- ^ "Team Roster / KalPa". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2020-02-12.
External links
- Official website (in Finnish)
- KalPa junior official web site (in Finnish)
- Meltzer, Bill NHL.com article on KalPa. Retrieved 2007-11-07.