Mikkelin Jukurit

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).

Mikkelin Jukurit
CityMikkeli
LeagueLiiga
Founded1970 (1970)
Home arenaKalevankankaan jäähalli
ColoursBlue, yellow, red, white
                   
Owner(s)Jukurit HC Oy
Head coachMarko Kauppinen
CaptainMiika Roine
Websitewww.jukurit.fi

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 October 14, 2019[1]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
30 Sami Rajaniemi G L 27 2016 Oulainen, Finland
35 Juhana Aho G L 26 2017 Jyväskylä, Finland
1 Eetu Randelin G L 18 Espoo, Finland
5 Ville Hyvärinen (A) D L 29 2016 Kuopio, Finland
7 Samuli Piipponen D L 27 2014 Helsinki, Finland
8 Mikko Kokkonen D L 19 2013 Mikkeli, Finland
11 Aku Alho D L 23 2017 Espoo, Finland
43 Antti Jaatinen D L 32 2016 Mäntyharju, Finland
52 Samuel Kemppainen D L 19 2019 Oulunsalo, Finland
61 Axel Rindell D R 20 2019 Espoo, Finland
75 Alexander Yakovenko D L 22 2019 Karaganda, Kazakhstan
79 Jakub Galvas D L 21 2019 Ostrava, Czechia
96 Jimi Jalonen D R 24 2018 Riihimäki, Finland
9 Miika Roine (C) F L 28 2016 Jyväskylä, Finland
10 Mārtiņš Dzierklas F L 23 2019 Riga, Latvia
14 Valtteri Hotakainen F L 30 2017 Kokkola, Finland
15 Ville Leskinen F L 24 2016 Pieksämäki, Finland
16 Teemu Henritius F L 27 2015 Helsinki, Finland
18 Heikki Huttunen F R 21 2018 Helsinki, Finland
19 Kristian Tanus F L 19 2019 Tampere, Finland
23 Fredric Weigel F L 28 2019 Stockholm, Sweden
25 Joonas Kalliola F L 29 2013 Rauma, Finland
27 Mika Partanen F L 27 2018 Helsinki, Finland
28 Henri Nikkanen F L 19 2018 Mikkeli, Finland
33 Janne Ritamäki (A) F L 33 2018 Heinola, Finland
54 Jesper Piitulainen (A) F R 28 2016 Savonlinna, Finland
57 Charles Sarault F L 28 2019 Missisauga, ON, Canada
72 Vadim Pereskokov F L 26 2017 Moscow, Russia
88 Julius Vähätalo F L 25 2017 Vahto, 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 2019-2020" (in Finnish). Jukurit. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  2. "Jukurit". Eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
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