# HPK

Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho (HPK) is a professional ice hockey team in the Liiga, the top men's ice hockey league in Finland. Their home ice is the Ritari-areena in Hämeenlinna. HPK was established in 1929. The parent club of the team is HPK Edustusjääkiekko ry and the team is sometimes promoted as the "Hockey Playing Knights," with a logo representing a knight's helmet. HPK won their first SM-liiga championship in 2006 and the second in 2019.

## Honours
### Champions

* SM-liiga Kanada-malja (2): 2006, 2019

### Runners-up

* SM-liiga (3): 1952, 1993, 2010
* SM-liiga (9): 1954, 1991, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2007
Other awards for the club:
* I-Divisioona (it was the second level of ice hockey in Finland) (5): 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1988

## Players
### Current roster

| No. | Player | Pos | S/G | Age | Acquired | Birthplace |
| 81 | Samuli Aaltonen | LW | L | 24 | 2023 | Uusikaupunki, Finland |
| 8 | Vili Alitalo | C | L | 22 | 2023 | Hämeenlinna, Finland |
| 72 | Arturs Andzans | D | L | 23 | 2023 | Riga, Latvia |
| 93 | Christopher Bengtsson | C | L | 31 | 2024 | Stockholm, Sweden |
| – | Olli Eloranta | C | L | 18 | 2024 | Lahti, Finland |
| 17 | Juuso Hietanen (A) | D | R | 39 | 2022 | Hämeenlinna, Finland |
| 25 | Heikki Huttunen | C | R | 26 | 2022 | Helsinki, Finland |
| 37 | Ossi Ikonen | D | L | 34 | 2019 | Toivakka, Finland |
| 11 | Julius Janhonen | C | L | 25 | 2024 | Espoo, Finland |
| 71 | Juho Järvelä | C | L | 21 | 2023 | Mikkeli, Finland |
| 4 | Viljami Jokirinne | D | L | 21 | 2024 | Nokia, Finland |
| 3 | Kalle Kangas | D | L | 19 | 2024 | Vantaa, Finland |
| 89 | Juuso Ketola | D | R | 24 | 2023 | Ulvila, Finland |
| – | Akseli Ketonen | D | R | 19 | 2024 | Hämeenlinna, Finland |
| 23 | Jesse Kiiskinen | RW | R | 19 | 2024 | Hollola, Finland |
| 44 | Oliver Kopiloff | C/LW | L | 19 | 2024 | Hämeenlinna, Finland |
| 15 | Olli Korhonen | C | L | 26 | 2024 | Anjalankoski, Finland |
| 43 | Miska Kukkonen | D | R | 24 | 2024 | Jokioinen, Finland |
| 80 | Kasper Lundell | C | L | 20 | 2023 | Espoo, Finland |
| 74 | Petteri Nikkilä (C) | D | L | 32 | 2022 | Hämeenlinna, Finland |
| 40 | Petteri Nurmi | D | L | 22 | 2021 | Helsinki, Finland |
| 12 | Sami Päivärinta | C | L | 21 | 2023 | Somero, Finland |
| 30 | Sami Rajaniemi | G | L | 32 | 2022 | Oulainen, Finland |
| 19 | Teemu Rautiainen | LW | L | 32 | 2023 | Nurmijärvi, Finland |
| 29 | Miro Ruokonen | LW | L | 28 | 2023 | Forssa, Finland |
| 35 | Kaj Saarinen | G | L | 20 | 2022 | Hämeenlinna, Finland |
| 1 | Kim Saarinen | G | L | 18 | 2023 | Hämeenlinna, Finland |
| 18 | Valtteri Savolainen | LW | L | 21 | 2022 | Hämeenlinna, Finland |
| 28 | Aleksi Sinkkonen | LW | L | 22 | 2024 | Imatra, Finland |
| 50 | Axel Skinnari | W | R | 20 | 2023 | Lahti, Finland |
| 92 | Vili Toivonen | RW | L | 19 | 2022 | Loppi, Finland |
| 82 | Eetu Tuulola (A) | RW | R | 26 | 2023 | Hämeenlinna, Finland |
| 10 | Roope Vesterinen | W | L | 18 | 2022 | Hämeenlinna, Finland |
| 38 | Eerik Wallenius | D | L | 18 | 2023 | Salo, Finland |
Updated August 1, 2024

### Honored members

* 02 Eero Salisma
* 09 Jyrki Louhi
* 13 Marko Palo
* 17 Juha Hietanen
* 18 Hannu Savolainen
* 36 Marko Tuulola

### NHL alumni

* Eric Fehr
* Riku Hahl
* Jukka Hentunen
* Josh Holden
* Niko Kapanen
* Rostislav Klesla
* Janne Laukkanen
* Ville Leino
* Antti Miettinen
* Pasi Nurminen
* Timo Pärssinen
* Antti Pihlström
* Brian Rafalski
* Karri Rämö
* Geoff Sanderson
* Roman Šimíček
* Ville Sirén
* Juuse Saros
* Petr Tenkrát
* Hannu Toivonen
* Jarkko Varvio
* Tomáš Vlasák
* Kristian Vesalainen