Mikkelin Jukurit

Mikkelin Jukurit
City Mikkeli
League Liiga
Founded 1970 (1970)
Home arena Kalevankankaan jäähalli
Colours Blue, yellow, red, white
                   
Owner(s) Jukurit HC Oy
Head coach Risto Dufva
Website www.jukurit.fi

Mikkelin Jukurit is an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga. They play in Mikkeli, Finland, at the Kalevankankaan jäähalli. The team has won 7 Mestis championships (2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2013, 2015, and 2016).

History

Mikkelin Jukurit was founded in 1970. The season of 1998-99 was a turning point for the team, when Matti Turunen became the executive director and Risto Dufva from Jyväskylä became head coach. In 1999–2000, they won their first championship in the newly established Suomi-sarja league, and returned to the Mestis after a 20-year break. When Jukurit had won a fourth championship in spring 2006, Risto Dufva left the team.

Personnel

Current roster

Updated January 1, 2017[1]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
30 Finland Sami Rajaniemi G L 26 2016 Oulainen, Finland
7 Finland Samuli Piipponen D L 25 2014 Helsinki, Finland
1 Finland Mika Norja G L 33 2015 Lohja, Finland
2 Finland Henri Auvinen D L 25 2016 Jyväskylä, Finland
3 Finland Keni Karalahti D R 26 2016 Helsinki, Finland
5 Finland Ville Hyvärinen D L 27 2016 Kuopio, Finland
10 Finland Marko Kauppinen (C) D L 39 2015 Mikkeli, Finland
8 Finland Mikko Kokkonen D L 17 2013 Mikkeli, Finland
43 Finland Antti Jaatinen D L 31 2016 Mäntyharju, Finland
52 Finland Valtteri Hietanen D L 25 2016 Virrat, Finland
23 Finland Niko Laakkonen F L 30 2013 Varkaus, Finland
55 Finland Miika Koivisto (A) D L 28 2016 Vaasa, Finland
9 Finland Miika Roine F L 26 2016 Jyväskylä, Finland
12 Finland Turo Asplund (A) F L 33 2016 Jyväskylä, Finland
14 Finland Topi Nättinen (L) F L 24 2016 Jyväskylä, Finland
15 Finland Ville Leskinen F L 23 2016 Pieksämäki, Finland
16 Finland Teemu Henritius F L 25 2015 Helsinki, Finland
18 United States Zach Budish F R 27 2016 Edina, Minnesota, USA
19 Finland Nestori Lähde F L 29 2016 Nokia, Finland
20 Finland Janne Kumpulainen  F L 27 2016 Jyväskylä, Finland
25 Finland Joonas Kalliola F L 27 2013 Rauma, Finland
33 Finland Janne Ritamäki F L 32 2016 Heinola, Finland
38 Finland Teemu Tallberg F L 27 2016 Helsinki, Finland
39 Finland Olli Sipiläinen F L 41 2016 Lappeenranta, Finland
6 Finland Ilkka Vaarasuo D L 35 2009 Iisalmi, Finland
54 Finland Jesper Piitulainen (A) F R 27 2016 Savonlinna, Finland
82 Finland Henrik Koivisto F L 28 2016 Kerava, Finland

Team officials

Updated December 15, 2013[2]

Title Staff Member
Team Manager Mikko Hakkarainen
Team Manager Pekka Lipiäinen
Sports Manager Tommi Kerttula
Head Coach Jarno Pikkarainen
Assistant Coach Timo Turunen
Goaltending Coach Vesa Pantzar

Retired numbers

  • # 22 Martti Salminen
  • # 24 Lasse Kanerva

Notable players

Notes: G = Goaltender, D = Defenceman, F = Forward, HC = Head coach, F-C = Forward-Coach

References

  1. ↑ "JOUKKUE 2013-2014". Jukurit. Archived from the original on 2013-12-15. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
  2. ↑ "Jukurit". Eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
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