HPK

{{Short description|Finnish ice hockey club}}

{{About||the women's ice hockey team competing in the Naisten Liiga|HPK Kiekkonaiset}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}

{{Infobox hockey team

| team = HPK

| colour = background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#d77f21 5px solid; border-bottom:#000000 5px solid;

| colour text = black

| logo = Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho logo.svg

| logosize = 195px

| city = Hämeenlinna

| league = Liiga

| conference =

| division =

| founded = {{Start date|1929}}

| operated =

| arena = Pohjantähti Areena

| colours = Orange, black, white
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| owner = HPK Liiga Oy

| GM = Antti Toivanen

| coach = Mikko Manner

| captain = Juuso Hietanen

| affiliates =

| parentclub = HPK Edustusjääkiekko ry

| farmclub =

| championships = 2006, 2019

| website = {{URL|https://hpk.fi/}}

| uniform = 150px

}}

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{{Cite web|url=http://www.hpk.fi/hpkn-liigatoiminta-yhtioityy/|title=HPK:n liigatoiminta yhtiöityy|date=2015-04-09|website=Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho|language=fi|trans-title=HPK Liiga Operations have been Incorporated|access-date=2019-07-26}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://liiga.fi/fi/uutiset/2019/05/04/hpk-on-suomen-mestari-2019|title = Liiga}}

Honours

=Champions=

=Runners-up=

Other awards for the club:

Players

=Current roster=

{{Ice hockey team roster}}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Samuli | last = Aaltonen | dab = | num = 81 | pos = LW | nat = Finland | s/g = L | birthyear = 2000 | birthmonth = 8 | birthday = 22 | acq = 2023 | birthplace = Uusikaupunki, Finland | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Vili | last = Alitalo | dab = | num = 8 | pos = C | nat = Finland | s/g = L | birthyear = 2003 | birthmonth = 1 | birthday = 3 | acq = 2023 | birthplace = Hämeenlinna, Finland | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Arturs | last = Andzans | dab = | num = 72 | pos = D | nat = Latvia | s/g = L | birthyear = 2001 | birthmonth = 8 | birthday = 21 | acq = 2023 | birthplace = Riga, Latvia | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Christopher | last = Bengtsson | dab = | num = 93 | pos = C | nat = Sweden | s/g = L | birthyear = 1993 | birthmonth = 10 | birthday = 19 | acq = 2024 | birthplace = Stockholm, Sweden | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Olli | last = Eloranta | dab = | num = – | pos = C | nat = Finland | s/g = L | birthyear = 2006 | birthmonth = 5 | birthday = 30 | acq = 2024 | birthplace = Lahti, Finland | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Juuso | last = Hietanen | dab = | num = 17 | pos = D | nat = Finland | s/g = R | birthyear = 1985 | birthmonth = 6 | birthday = 14 | acq = 2022 | birthplace = Hämeenlinna, Finland | inj = no | cap = A | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Heikki | last = Huttunen | dab = Heikki Huttunen (ice hockey) | num = 25 | pos = C | nat = Finland | s/g = R | birthyear = 1998 | birthmonth = 9 | birthday = 25 | acq = 2022 | birthplace = Helsinki, Finland | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Ossi | last = Ikonen | dab = | num = 37 | pos = D | nat = Finland | s/g = L | birthyear = 1990 | birthmonth = 3 | birthday = 4 | acq = 2019 | birthplace = Toivakka, Finland | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Julius | last = Janhonen | dab = | num = 11 | pos = C | nat = Finland | s/g = L | birthyear = 1999 | birthmonth = 3 | birthday = 5 | acq = 2024 | birthplace = Espoo, Finland | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Juho | last = Järvelä | dab = | num = 71 | pos = C | nat = Finland | s/g = L | birthyear = 2003 | birthmonth = 7 | birthday = 14 | acq = 2023 | birthplace = Mikkeli, Finland | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Viljami | last = Jokirinne | dab = | num = 4 | pos = D | nat = Finland | s/g = L | birthyear = 2003 | birthmonth = 11 | birthday = 26 | acq = 2024 | birthplace = Nokia, Finland | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Kalle | last = Kangas | dab = | num = 3 | pos = D | nat = Finland | s/g = L | birthyear = 2005 | birthmonth = 2 | birthday = 1 | acq = 2024 | birthplace = Vantaa, Finland | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Juuso | last = Ketola | dab = | num = 89 | pos = D | nat = Finland | s/g = R | birthyear = 2000 | birthmonth = 3 | birthday = 18 | acq = 2023 | birthplace = Ulvila, Finland | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Akseli | last = Ketonen | dab = | num = – | pos = D | nat = Finland | s/g = R | birthyear = 2005 | birthmonth = 9 | birthday = 10 | acq = 2024 | birthplace = Hämeenlinna, Finland | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Jesse | last = Kiiskinen | dab = | num = 23 | pos = RW | nat = Finland | s/g = R | birthyear = 2005 | birthmonth = 8 | birthday = 23 | acq = 2024 | birthplace = Hollola, Finland | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Oliver | last = Kopiloff | dab = | num = 44 | pos = C/LW | nat = Finland | s/g = L | birthyear = 2006 | birthmonth = 1 | birthday = 1 | acq = 2024 | birthplace = Hämeenlinna, Finland | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Olli | last = Korhonen | dab = | num = 15 | pos = C | nat = Finland | s/g = L | birthyear = 1998 | birthmonth = 6 | birthday = 15 | acq = 2024 | birthplace = Anjalankoski, Finland | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Miska | last = Kukkonen | dab = | num = 43 | pos = D | nat = Finland | s/g = R | birthyear = 2000 | birthmonth = 6 | birthday = 19 | acq = 2024 | birthplace = Jokioinen, Finland | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Kasper | last = Lundell | dab = | num = 80 | pos = C | nat = Finland | s/g = L | birthyear = 2004 | birthmonth = 3 | birthday = 11 | acq = 2023 | birthplace = Espoo, Finland | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Petteri | last = Nikkilä | dab = | num = 74 | pos = D | nat = Finland | s/g = L | birthyear = 1992 | birthmonth = 7 | birthday = 27 | acq = 2022 | birthplace = Hämeenlinna, Finland | inj = no | cap = C | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Petteri | last = Nurmi | dab = | num = 40 | pos = D | nat = Finland | s/g = L | birthyear = 2002 | birthmonth = 1 | birthday = 12 | acq = 2021 | birthplace = Helsinki, Finland | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Sami | last = Päivärinta | dab = | num = 12 | pos = C | nat = Finland | s/g = L | birthyear = 2003 | birthmonth = 6 | birthday = 8 | acq = 2023 | birthplace = Somero, Finland | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Sami | last = Rajaniemi | dab = | num = 30 | pos = G | nat = Finland | s/g = L | birthyear = 1992 | birthmonth = 8 | birthday = 20 | acq = 2022 | birthplace = Oulainen, Finland | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Teemu | last = Rautiainen | dab = | num = 19 | pos = LW | nat = Finland | s/g = L | birthyear = 1992 | birthmonth = 3 | birthday = 13 | acq = 2023 | birthplace = Nurmijärvi, Finland | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Miro | last = Ruokonen | dab = | num = 29 | pos = LW | nat = Finland | s/g = L | birthyear = 1996 | birthmonth = 3 | birthday = 27 | acq = 2023 | birthplace = Forssa, Finland | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Kaj | last = Saarinen | dab = | num = 35 | pos = G | nat = Finland | s/g = L | birthyear = 2004 | birthmonth = 9 | birthday = 20 | acq = 2022 | birthplace = Hämeenlinna, Finland | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Kim | last = Saarinen | dab = | num = 1 | pos = G | nat = Finland | s/g = L | birthyear = 2006 | birthmonth = 7 | birthday = 22 | acq = 2023 | birthplace = Hämeenlinna, Finland | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Valtteri | last = Savolainen | dab = | num = 18 | pos = LW | nat = Finland | s/g = L | birthyear = 2003 | birthmonth = 8 | birthday = 14 | acq = 2022 | birthplace = Hämeenlinna, Finland | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Aleksi | last = Sinkkonen | dab = | num = 28 | pos = LW | nat = Finland | s/g = L | birthyear = 2002 | birthmonth = 8 | birthday = 6 | acq = 2024 | birthplace = Imatra, Finland | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Axel | last = Skinnari | dab = | num = 50 | pos = W | nat = Finland | s/g = R | birthyear = 2004 | birthmonth = 3 | birthday = 16 | acq = 2023 | birthplace = Lahti, Finland | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Vili | last = Toivonen | dab = | num = 92 | pos = RW | nat = Finland | s/g = L | birthyear = 2005 | birthmonth = 8 | birthday = 25 | acq = 2022 | birthplace = Loppi, Finland | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Eetu | last = Tuulola | dab = | num = 82 | pos = RW | nat = Finland | s/g = R | birthyear = 1998 | birthmonth = 3 | birthday = 17 | acq = 2023 | birthplace = Hämeenlinna, Finland | inj = no | cap = A | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Roope | last = Vesterinen | dab = | num = 10 | pos = W | nat = Finland | s/g = L | birthyear = 2006 | birthmonth = 1 | birthday = 12 | acq = 2022 | birthplace = Hämeenlinna, Finland | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

{{Ice hockey team player

| first = Eerik | last = Wallenius | dab = | num = 38 | pos = D | nat = Finland | s/g = L | birthyear = 2006 | birthmonth = 1 | birthday = 16 | acq = 2023 | birthplace = Salo, Finland | inj = no | cap = | fa = }}

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Updated August 1, 2024

=Honored members=

Image:Karri Rämö.jpg shared the netminding duties with Miika Wiikman during the 2005–06 season. Image from the match vs. HIFK, January 2006.]]

=NHL alumni=

File:Kemppainen Joonas HPK 2009 1.jpg playing for HPK in October 2009]]

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See also

References

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