Ässät
Ässät
| Porin Ässät | |
|---|---|
| City | Pori |
| League | Liiga |
| Founded | 1967 |
| Home arena | Isomäki Areena |
| Colours | Red, black, white |
| General manager | Eeva Perttula |
| Head coach | Ari-Pekka Selin |
| Captain | Tommi Taimi |
| Championships | 1971, 1978, 2013 |
| Website | assat.com [6] |
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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. [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, and 2013), and several other medals — most recently silver in 2006. In addition, both Karhut and RU-38 were one-time champions each.
| Porin Ässät | |
|---|---|
| City | Pori |
| League | Liiga |
| Founded | 1967 |
| Home arena | Isomäki Areena |
| Colours | Red, black, white |
| General manager | Eeva Perttula |
| Head coach | Ari-Pekka Selin |
| Captain | Tommi Taimi |
| Championships | 1971, 1978, 2013 |
| Website | assat.com [6] |
| |
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
| Title | Staff Member |
|---|---|
| General Manager | Mikael Lehtinen |
| Head Coach | Ari-Pekka Selin |
| Assistant Coach | |
| Goaltending Coach | Jaakko Rosendahl |
Players
Retired numbers
2 - Antti Heikkilä
4 - Arto Javanainen
11 - Raimo Kilpiö, September 21.2019.
12 - Tapio Levo
13 - Veli-Pekka Ketola
Number 89 has not been officially retired, but is not in use. It has only been worn by Jaroslav Otevrel, who paralyzed in a collision with another player during the 1995–96 season
Honours
SM-Liiga/SM-sarja
Kanada-malja (3): 1970–72, 1977–78, 2012–13
Runner-up (4): 1978–79, 1979–80, 1983–84, 2005–06
Bronze (2): 1975–76, 1994–95
Finnish cup:
Winners (1): 1967
IIHF European Cup:
Bronze (1): 1978–79
Other awards for the club:
I-Divisioona winner (it was the second level of ice hockey in Finland): 1989–90
Notable alumni
Sebastian Aho
Joel Armia
B.J. Crombeen
Erik Haula
Arto Javanainen
Jesse Joensuu
Veli-Pekka Ketola
Scott Langkow
Kari Makkonen
Antti Raanta
Pekka Rautakallio
Juuso Riksman
Christian Ruuttu
Kari Takko
Jason Williams
Alpo Suhonen (coach)
Tomas Zaborsky
Jesperi Kotkaniemi