Ässät

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For the Association football club, see Ässät (football).
Porin Ässät
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City Pori
League Liiga
Founded 1967 (1967)
Home arena Porin jäähalli (capacity 6,500)
Colours               
General manager Finland Jukka Hirsimäki
Head coach Finland Pekka Rautakallio
Captain Finland Ville Uusitalo
Website www.assat.com

Porin Ässät (Finnish for Pori Aces) is an ice hockey club based in the town of Pori, Finland. They play in the Finnish elite league, Liiga. They play in at the Porin jäähalli in Isomäki. This arena is known for its intense atmosphere and for being a hard place for visiting teams to achieve desired results.[1]

The full name of the company operating the team is at present HC Ässät Pori Oy. They have won three Finnish Championships in ice hockey (1971, 1978, 2013), and several other medals — most recently silver in 2006. In addition both Karhut and RU-38 were one-time champions each.

History

The club was established in 1967 when two local clubs, Karhut and RU-38 merged. Ässät has also played football from 1967 to 1981. For a few seasons they played in the Mestaruussarja (‘championship series’), after they were given RU-38’s place in this competition.

Team staff

Updated December 21, 2013.[2][3]

Title Staff Member
General Manager Jukka Hirsimäki
Sports Director Mika Toivola
Head Coach Pekka Rautakallio
Assistant Coach Jere Härkälä
Assistant Coach Pasi Kaukoranta
Goaltending Coach Jaakko Rosendahl

Players

Current roster

Updated October 03, 2014.[4][5]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
21 Finland Ville Ahlgren LW L 30 2013 Pori, Finland
22 United States Jake Hansen RW R 34 2014 White Bear Lake, Minnesota
26 Canada Mike Hedden LW L 39 2014 Dunnville, Ontario
93 Finland Henri Heino C L 37 2013 Lahti, Finland
11 Finland Tuomas Huhtanen LW L 37 2013 Noormarkku, Finland
12 Finland Joonas Huovinen C R 30 2014 Oulu, Finland
44 Finland Antti Kerälä C L 37 2014 Hattula, Finland
19 Finland Henri Keskilohko F L 28 2014 Pori, Finland
37 Finland Juha Kiilholma (A) C L 41 2014 Pori, Finland
72 Finland Arttu Kulmala G L 27 2014 Tampere, Finland
7 Finland Jarno Kärki LW L 29 2014 Pori, Finland
6 Finland Esa Lindell D L 29 2014 Helsinki, Finland
14 Finland Sami Lähteenmäki RW L 34 2012 Loppi, Finland
31 Finland Mika Niemi C L 36 2009 Pori, Finland
20 Finland Niko Ojamäki RW R 28 2013 Pori, Finland
9 Finland Valtteri Parikka D L 29 2013 Järvenpää, Finland
63 Finland Patrik Parkkonen D L 31 2013 Porvoo, Finland
34 Finland Juuso Riksman G L 47 2013 Helsinki, Finland
29 Finland Rasmus Rinne G L 33 2013 Hyvinkää, Finland
71 United States Michael Ryan F L 43 2014 Boston, Massachusetts
87 Finland Aleksi Saarela C L 27 2014 Helsinki, Finland
47 Finland Tapio Sammalkangas (A) D L 44 2006 Tampere, Finland
3 United States Garrett Stafford D R 44 2014 Los Angeles, California
52 Finland Ville Uusitalo (C) D L 44 2008 Espoo, Finland
8 Finland Valtteri Viljanen D R 30 2014 Pori, Finland
23 Finland Teemu Vuorisalo D R 29 2014 Pori, Finland


Retired numbers

Notable alumni

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