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City: Pori
League: SM-liiga
Founded: 1967 (1967)
Home Arena: Porin jäähalli (capacity 6,500)
Colors:               
Head Coach: Flag of Finland Pekka Rautakallio
General Manager: Flag of Finland Jukka Hirsimäki

Ässät (English: aces) is an ice hockey team in the Finnish elite league, SM-liiga. They play in Pori, Finland at the Porin jäähalli.

Team history[]

The team was established in 1967 by merging two local teams, Karhut and RU-38. The full name of the company operating the team is at present HC Ässät Pori Oy. They have won two Finnish Championships (1971, 1978), and several other medals – most recently silver in 2006. In addition both Karhut and RU-38 were one-time champions each.

The team traditionally plays in the Pitsiturnaus tournament each year. The team was also the host of KiekkoKansa Tournament in 2005 and 2006.

Current squad[]

Goaltenders
Number Player Glove hand Contract until Birthplace
30 Flag of Finland Juha Järvenpää L 2011 Jyväskylä, Finland
37 Flag of Finland Eero Kilpeläinen L 2011 Juva, Finland
Defencemen
Number Player Shot hand Contract until Birthplace
7 Flag of Finland Jesse Jyrkkiö R 2012 Hämeenlinna, Finland
8 Flag of Finland Miro Rahkola L 2011 Pori, Finland
24 Flag of Finland Miko Malkamäki L 2013 Kokkola, Finland
42 Flag of Finland Tero Määttä L 2011 Vantaa, Finland
44 Flag of Finland Juho Mielonen R 2012 Savonlinna, Finland
47 Flag of Finland Tapio Sammalkangas L 2011 Tampere, Finland
52 Flag of Finland Ville Uusitalo L 2013 Espoo, Finland
78 Flag of Slovakia Kristian Kudroc R 2012 Michalovce, Slovakia
Forwards
Number Player Shot hand Contract until Birthplace
9 Flag of Finland Pasi Salonen L 2011 (2012) Helsinki, Finland
10 Flag of Finland Joel Armia R 2012 Pori, Finland
11 Flag of Finland Tuomas Huhtanen L 2011 Noormarkku, Finland
14 Flag of Finland Antti Mäkilä R 2012 Pori, Finland
19 Flag of Finland Veli-Matti Savinainen L 2012 Espoo, Finland
22 Flag of Finland Matti Kuparinen R 2011 Pori, Finland
23 Flag of Croatia Borna Rendulić R 2013 Zagreb, Croatia
25 Flag of Finland Jesse Laaksonen R 2012 Pori, Finland
31 Flag of Finland Mika Niemi L 2012 Pori, Finland
33 Flag of Finland Tommi Huhtala L 2011 Tampere, Finland
72 Flag of Finland Severi Sillanpää L 2012 Pori, Finland
81 Flag of Finland Niko Palonen R 2012 Pori, Finland
91 Flag of Finland Tuomas Santavuori L 2011 (2012) Lahti, Finland
17 Flag of the United States Adam Miller L 2011 (2012) Livonia, Michigan, USA
39 Flag of Finland Sami Mutanen L try-out Joensuu, Finland
84 Flag of Finland Samuli Virkkunen R 2011 Pori, Finland

Notable players[]

Retired numbers[]

Famous Coaches[]



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