Jokipojat

Jokipojat
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City	Joensuu, Finland
League	Mestis
Founded	1953 (1953)
Home arena	Mehtimäki Ice Hall (capacity 4800)
Colours
Head coach	Mikko Haapakoski
Captain	Jarkko Immonen
Affiliate(s)	Dinamo Riga (KHL)
Website	http://www.jokipojat.fi/

Jokipojat is a Finnish semi-professional ice hockey team that plays in the Mestis. The full name of the club is Joensuun Kiekko ry. It has spent three seasons in the top flight of Finnish hockey, season 1971-72 in SM-sarja and seasons 1989-90 and 1991-92 in SM-liiga. The club was known as Joensuun Kiekko-Pojat (JoKP) during most of its existence, the current name being in official use since 2001.

It is an affiliate of Dinamo Riga of the Kontinental Hockey League.

Current Team

Updated December 15, 2013

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
42		Elvijs Biezais (L)	C	L	32	2013	Riga, Latvia
22		Sami Blomqvist	LW	L	33	2012	Espoo, Finland
22		Edgars Dikis (L)	D	L	32	2013	Riga, Latvia
30		Mikael Edelmann	G	L	30	2013	Tampere, Finland
23		Aleksi Elorinne	D	L	34	2012	Joensuu, Finland
21		Ville Halonen	C	L	34	2007	Joensuu, Finland
7		Jarkko Immonen	D	L	41	1999	Joensuu, Finland
19		Juuso Kaijomaa	C	L	35	2012	Joensuu, Finland
4		Sebastian Kauppila	D	L	29	2013	Kemi, Finland
10		Otto Karvinen	RW	L	34	2011	Vantaa, Finland
2		Matti Koistinen	D	L	38	2012	Outokumpu, Finland
12		Esa Lehikoinen	D	L	37	2012	Joensuu, Finland
11		Miks Lipsbergs (L)	RW	L	32	2013	Riga, Latvia
24		Saku Mäenalanen (L)	LW	L	29	2013	Tornio, Finland
20		Joona Manninen	LW	L	32	2005	Joensuu, Finland
29		Janne Niva	F	L	33	2011	Kolari, Finland
28		Markus Nutivaara (L)	D	L	29	2013	Oulu, Finland
16		Jesse Paukku	F	L	29	2008	Joensuu, Finland
14		Heikki Puustinen	LW	L	37	2002	Joensuu, Finland
6		Miro Rahkola	D	L	35	2013	Pori, Finland
13		Mikael Ruohomaa (L)	RW	L	35	2013	Alastaro, Finland
32		Daniel Spence	G	R	36	2013	Langley, British Columbia, Canada
61		Jakub Sramek	F	R	31	2013	Czech Republic
47		Oula Uski	F	L	32	2006	Järvenpää, Finland
44		Raimonds Vilkoits (L)	C	L	34	2013	Riga, Latvia

Team Officials

Updated December 15, 2013

Title	Staff Member
General Manager	Joonas Kolkka
Head Coach	Mikko Haapakoski
Assistant Coach	Jouni Varis
Goaltending Coach	Juha Lehtola
Trainer	Harri Yrttiaho

Retired numbers

• # 1 Tapio Pohtinen
• # 9 Hannu Kapanen
• # 15 Lauri Mononen
• # 25 Markku Kyllönen

Former players

• Luke Sellars
• Pavel Brendl
• Alexander Salák
• Antonin Stavjana
• Rostislav Vlach
• Tero Arkiomaa
• Markku Kyllönen
• Tomi Pöllänen
• Joe Fontas
• Roberts Jekimovs
• Jocelyn Guimond

All Time Statistics Leaders

Goals
Player	Goals
Markku Kyllönen	206
Jari Hämäläinen	195
Jyrki Manninen (ice hockey)	145
Jani Keränen	108
Sami Puruskainen	106

Assists
Player	Assists
Markku Kyllönen	232
Sami Puruskainen	217
Jyrki Manninen (ice hockey)	213
Jari Hämäläinen	182
Pasi Nissinen	156

Points
Player	Points
Markku Kyllönen	438
Jari Hämäläinen	377
Jyrki Manninen (ice hockey)	358
Sami Puruskainen	323
Pasi Nissinen	255

Season by season record

Since rejoining the Mestis in 2004–05

Season	League	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	Finish	Playoffs
2004–05	Mestis	44	11	6	27	1	—	29	117	178	11th	Saved from relegation
2005–06	Mestis	45	17	8	20	—	—	45	131	160	8th	Quarterfinal loss
2006–07	Mestis	45	22	5	18	—	—	50	151	137	6th	Quarterfinal loss
2007–08	Mestis	45	20	—	19	3	3	69	133	125	7th	Quarterfinal loss
2008–09	Mesits	45	27	—	11	2	5	90	156	101	1st	Final loss
2009–10	Mestis	45	23	—	12	5	5	84	173	128	2nd	Champion
2010–11	Mestis	49	16	—	22	3	3	62	146	173	10th	Did not make playoffs
2011–12	Mestis	46	18	—	16	8	4	74	142	134	4th	Final loss
2012–13	Mestis	48	20	—	18	4	6	74	155	144	6th	Bronze game loss

External links

• www.jokipojat.fi (Finnish)