SaiPa
| SaiPa | |
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| City | Lappeenranta, Finland |
| League | SM-liiga |
| Founded | 1948 |
| Home arena | Kisapuisto (capacity 4,847) |
| Colours | |
| General manager |  Riku Kallioniemi |
| Head coach | Pekka Tirkkonen |
| 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.
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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 produced seven players who have played in the NHL: Antti Aalto, Jussi Markkanen, Petteri Nokelainen, Petri Skriko, Jussi Timonen, Vesa Viitakoski and Niklas Bäckström. Markkanen is also a part owner of the club.
Players
Current roster
Updated November 6, 2015.[1]
Retired numbers
- 3 - Lalli Partinen
- 9 - Petri Skriko
- 20 - Heikki Mälkiä
NHL alumni
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External links
- SaiPa official website (Finnish)
- SaiPa Fan Club (Finnish)
- Idän Ihme fan site (Finnish)
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