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JYP
JYP Jyväskylä logo
City Jyväskylä, Finland
League Liiga
Founded 1923 (1923)
Home arena LähiTapiola Areena
Colors Red, black, white
              
Owner(s) JYP Jyväskylä Oy
General manager Risto Korpela
Head coach Jukka Rautakorpi
Captain Robert Rooba
Affiliate(s) Boston Bruins
Farm club(s) KeuPa HT
Championships 2009, 2012

Website
www.jypliiga.fi
Franchise history
1923–1977 Jyväskylän Palloilijat
1977–present JYP Jyväskylä

JYP is an ice hockey team playing in the Finnish top division Liiga. They play in Jyväskylä, Finland, at the LähiTapiola Areena.

History[]

JYP was founded in 1923. First it was the ice hockey section of the sports club Jyväskylän Palloilijat until 1977. Then they separated from that sports club to be an independent hockey club called JyP HT. The current full name of the club is JYP Jyväskylä Oy, having been registered as an osakeyhtiö since 1999. JYP has won the Finnish SM-liiga twice, in 2009 and 2012, having been the losing side in the play-off finals in 1989 and 1992.

Early years[]

JYP was founded in 1923 as Jyväskylän Palloilijat (Jyväskylä's Ballsport players in English). Originally the club was multi-sport club having competitive departments in football, pesäpallo (Finnish baseball), bandy and later ice hockey and basketball. In 1977 JyP divided due to financial reasons and ice hockey department began with new club, JyP HT (officially Jyväskylän Palloilijat Hockey Team) while football department formed JyP-77 (JJK Jyväskylä nowadays).

The new club started in I Division, the then-second tier of Finnish hockey. JyP HT promoted to the top tier for the 1985-86 SM-liiga season. With ambitious aims, they were fifth after regular season and surprisingly eliminated out of play-offs by only two points. At the next season, the target was in play-offs but seventh place was not enough. When the beginning of the third season was disappointment, head coach Erkka Westerlund – subsequently Finnish national team coach – got sacked.

Partnership with the Boston Bruins[]

On 8 September 2010, JYP entered into a partnership agreement with the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL), to enable player transfer and training between the two teams and their developmental systems.[1]

Players[]

2020–21 roster[]

As of 30 January 2021 (2021 -01-30)[2][3]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
18 Flag of Finland Airo, JoniJoni Airo

RW R 23 2020 Jyväskylä, Finland
36 Flag of Finland Allén, RoniRoni Allén

D L 25 2017 Rovaniemi, Finland
14 Flag of Finland Helenius, SamuelSamuel Helenius

C L 21 2020 Järvenpää, Finland
3 Flag of Finland Honka, AnttoniAnttoni Honka

D R 23 2017 Jyväskylä, Finland
70 Flag of Finland Jurmo, JoniJoni Jurmo

D L 21 2020 Espoo, Finland
2 Flag of Finland Kakkonen, ValtteriValtteri Kakkonen

D R 23 2019 Jyväskylä, Finland
39 Flag of Finland Kalajanniska, OskariOskari Kalajanniska

C L 24 2018 Haapajärvi, Finland
51 Flag of Finland Kalapudas, AnttiAntti Kalapudas

C/LW L 27 2019 Oulainen, Finland
52 Flag of Finland Koskela, SanteriSanteri Koskela

F L 21 2020 Jyväskylä, Finland
8 Flag of Finland Koskela, ValtteriValtteri Koskela

D L 21 2020 Jyväskylä, Finland
4 Flag of Finland Kuusela, KimiKimi Kuusela

D L 22 2019 Jyväskylä, Finland
95 Flag of Finland Lahtinen, SeveriSeveri Lahtinen

W L 25 2020 Vantaa, Finland
92 Flag of Finland Lambert, BradBrad Lambert

C R 20 2020 Lahti, Finland
24 Flag of Finland Malinen, AleksiAleksi Malinen

D L 20 2020 Tuusula, Finland
6 Flag of Finland Niku, TomiTomi Niku

D L 22 2019 Jyväskylä, Finland
35 Flag of Finland Parkkinen, NikoNiko Parkkinen

G L 24 2019 Mikkeli, Finland
21 Flag of Finland Puistola, PatrikPatrik Puistola

W L 23 2020 Tampere, Finland
40 Flag of Finland Ruusu, MarkusMarkus Ruusu

G L 26 2019 Jyväskylä, Finland
33 Flag of Finland Salmio, MikkoMikko Salmio

 (A)

W L 32 2020 Jämsä, Finland
9 Flag of Finland Salonen, AleksiAleksi Salonen

 (A)

D R 31 2020 Muurame, Finland
25 Flag of Finland Siikanen, PatrikPatrik Siikanen

LW/C L 23 2020 Espoo, Finland
32 Flag of Finland Turkulainen, JerryJerry Turkulainen

RW R 25 2016 Mikkeli, Finland
17 Flag of Finland Valkeejärvi, SamuelSamuel Valkeejärvi

C/RW L 22 2020 Jyväskylä, Finland


Honours[]

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European titles[]

European Trophy:

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Notable players[]

Honored members[]

NHL alumni[]

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