HPK Hämeenlinna

HPK (Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho) is an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga. They play in Hämeenlinna, Finland at the Hämeenlinnan jäähalli. HPK was established in 1929 but the hockey team was not started until 1946. The full name of the club is HPK-Edustusjääkiekko Ry and the team is sometimes promoted as the "Hockey Playing Knights", with the logo representing a knight masked in a helmet. HPK won their first SM-liiga championship in 2006.

The team traditionally plays in the Easton Turnaus.

Notable players

 * Riku Hahl
 * Jukka Hentunen
 * Josh Holden
 * Niko Kapanen
 * Rostislav Klesla
 * Janne Laukkanen
 * Antti Miettinen
 * Pasi Nurminen
 * Antti Pihlström
 * Timo Pärssinen
 * Brian Rafalski
 * Karri Rämö
 * Geoff Sanderson
 * Ville Siren
 * Petr Tenkrat
 * Hannu Toivonen
 * Jarkko Varvio
 * Miika Wiikman

Retired numbers

 * 2 - Eero Salisma
 * 13 - Marko Palo
 * 17 - Juha Hietanen
 * 18 - Aleksi Virtanen
 * 24 - Mika Lartama (not currently displayed because of drug conviction in 2005)