HC TPS

TPS or Turun Palloseura is an ice hockey team and 10-time champion of SM-liiga and 1-time champion of SM-sarja. They play in Turku, Finland, at the Gatorade Center. In terms of championships, TPS is the all-time most successful team in the 1975-founded SM-liiga along with Tappara which also has 10 titles.
==Team history==
TPS was established in 1922 as Turun Palloseura, from which the acronym derives. The club began ice hockey activities after 1929. Today, the full name of the company that owns the ice hockey team is HC TPS Turku Oy.
TPS has won the Finnish Championship in ice hockey 11 times: 1956, 1976, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2010. Only Tampere teams Ilves and Tappara have won more titles when SM-sarja also counts. Coach Hannu Jortikka led the club to a total of six championships in 1989–91 and 1999–2001. TPS have also won two Finnish Cups, a European Cup in 1994, the European Hockey League in 1997, and a Super Cup in 1997.
Vladimir Yurzinov used to be the coach of TPS in 1992–98. The team is currently coached by Raimo Helminen.
NHL players from TPS include Saku Koivu, Mikko Koivu, Miikka Kiprusoff, Sami Salo, Petteri Nummelin, Niko Kapanen, Jere Lehtinen, Rasmus Ristolainen, Antero Niittymäki, Lauri Korpikoski, Mikko Rantanen, Kaapo Kakko and others.
==Honours==
===Finnish Champions===
* SM-liiga, Kanada-malja (10): 1976, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2010
* SM-sarja (1): 1956
===Runners-up===
* SM-liiga (8): 1977, 1982, 1985, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2004, 2021
* SM-sarja (4): 1943, 1955, 1957, 1967
* SM-liiga (3): 1978, 1979, 1981
* SM-sarja (1): 1953
===Finnish cup===
* Finnish Cup (ice hockey) (2): 1955, 1956
===European Cup===
* IIHF European Cup (1): 1994
==Players==
===Current roster===
===Staff===
* Head Coach: Raimo Helminen 
* Assistant Coach: Kimmo Rintanen 
* Assistant Coach: Sami Salo 
* Goaltending Coach: Fredrik Norrena 
* Physical Coach: Timo Kujanen 
* Video Coach: Mikael Tolkki 
* General Manager: Mika Eskola 
===Honored numbers===
*3—Timo Nummelin
*8—Juhani Wahlsten
*11—Saku Koivu (not officially retired but out of circulation)
*15—Reijo Leppänen 
*16—Rauli Tammelin
*23—Hannu Virta
===Notable alumni===
*Antti Aalto
*Peter Ahola
*Mika Alatalo
*Marko Anttila
*Jim Bedard (born 1956)
*Aki-Petteri Berg
*Mal Davis
*Miika Elomo
*Mikko Eloranta
*Atte Engren
*Vjačeslavs Fanduļs
*Ilari Filppula
*Alexandar Georgiyev
*Steve Graves
*Tuomas Grönman
*Mikko Haapakoski
*Michael Holmqvist
*Ivan Huml
*Jani Hurme
*Hannes Hyvönen
*Kari Jalonen
*Marko Jantunen
*Martti Jarkko
*Martti Järventie
*Joonas Järvinen
*Arto Javanainen
*Chris Joseph
*Olli Juolevi
*Tomi Kallio
*Niko Kapanen
*Esa Keskinen
*Markus Ketterer
*Marko Kiprusoff
*Miikka Kiprusoff
*Tom Koivisto
*Mikko Koivu
*Saku Koivu
*Lauri Korpikoski
*Teemu Laine
*Jere Lehtinen
*Mika Lehtinen
*Petteri Lehto
*Antero Lehtonen
*Reijo Leppänen
*Seppo Lindström
*Joni Lius
*Jouni Loponen
*Mikko Mäkelä
*Kent McDonell
*Tommi Miettinen
*Reijo Mikkolainen
*Tomáš Mojžíš
*Antero Niittymäki
*Petteri Nummelin
*Timo Nummelin
*Kai Nurminen
*Lasse Pirjetä
*Tomáš Plíhal
*Jukka Porvari
*Seppo Repo
*Kimmo Rintanen
*Craig Rivet
*Kalle Sahlstedt
*Alexander Salák
*Peter Schaefer
*Rob Shearer
*Andrei Skopintsev
*Karlis Skrastins
*Aleksandr Smirnov
*Raimo Summanen
*Sami Salo
*Kai Suikkanen
*Niklas Sundblad
*Seppo Suoraniemi
*Toivo Suursoo
*Oldřich Svoboda
*Lee Sweatt
*Henrik Tallinder
*Juhani Tamminen
*Jussi Timonen
*Kimmo Timonen
*German Titov
*Pavel Torgayev
*Viktor Tyumenev
*Ville Vahalahti
*Jorma Valtonen
*Jarkko Varvio
*Hannu Viirlas
*Jukka Vilander
*Hannu Virta
*Tony Virta
*Jukka Virtanen
*Jiří Vykoukal
*Juhani Wahlsten
*Urpo Ylönen
*Richard Žemlička
==Seasonal history==
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Season 	GP 	W 	L 	D 	OTW 	P 	GF 	GA 	Coach 	Final position
1940–41 	7 	0 	7 	0 	0 	0 	5 	23 	 	8th
1941–42 No season completed due to war 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1942–43 	7 	5 	1 	1 	0 	11 	23 	9 	 	2nd
1943–44 	7 	5 	1 	1 	0 	11 	29 	8 	 	No season completed due to war
1944–45 	8 	5 	2 	1 	0 	11 	27 	17 	 	4th
1945–46 	8 	3 	4 	1 	0 	7 	30 	48 	 	6th
1946–47 	8 	3 	5 	0 	0 	6 	42 	76 	 	6th
1947–48 	6 	0 	6 	0 	0 	0 	12 	74 	 	7th
1948–49 Didn't compete on the top level 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1949–50 Didn't compete on the top level 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1950–51 Didn't compete on the top level 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1951–52 Didn't compete on the top level 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1952–53 	10 	7 	3 	0 	0 	14 	53 	38 	 	Bronze
1953–54 	8 	5 	2 	1 	0 	11 	38 	29 	 	4th
1954–55 	8 	6 	1 	1 	0 	13 	45 	17 	Esko Pekkalainen 	Silver
1955–56 	8 	6 	2 	0 	0 	12 	31 	28 	Pentti Lumikko 	Gold
1956–57 	8 	6 	2 	0 	0 	12 	40 	22 	Esko Pekkalainen 	Silver
1957–58 	8 	3 	3 	2 	0 	8 	43 	39 	Esko Pekkalainen 	4th
1958–59 	18 	9 	8 	1 	0 	19 	67 	53 	Esko Pekkalainen 	5th
1959–60 	18 	8 	7 	3 	0 	19 	68 	81 	Esko Pekkalainen 	6th
1960–61 	18 	8 	5 	5 	0 	21 	73 	58 	 	4th
1961–62 	18 	5 	12 	1 	0 	11 	52 	65 	 	9th
1962–63 Didn't compete on the top level 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Norwel Olsen 	
1963–64 	18 	7 	10 	1 	0 	15 	80 	60 	Norwel Olsen 	8th
1964–65 	18 	9 	7 	2 	0 	20 	51 	63 	Pertti Nieminen 	4th
1965–66 	20 	10 	7 	3 	0 	23 	66 	58 	Pertti Nieminen 	4th
1966–67 	22 	15 	6 	1 	0 	31 	91 	56 	Pertti Nieminen 	Silver
1967–68 	20 	5 	13 	2 	0 	12 	64 	82 	 	10th
1968–69 Didn't compete on the top level 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	Rauli Virtanen 	
1969–70 	22 	13 	5 	4 	0 	30 	107 	67 	 	4th
1970–71 	22 	6 	14 	2 	0 	14 	71 	101 	 	9th
1971–72 	32 	17 	13 	2 	0 	36 	141 	104 	Juhani Wahlsten 	7th
1972–73 	36 	9 	22 	5 	0 	23 	126 	182 	Matias Helenius 	9th
1973–74 	36 	10 	20 	6 	0 	26 	133 	179 	Matias Helenius 	8th
1974–75 	36 	15 	17 	4 	0 	34 	153 	156 	Reima Särös 	5th
1975–76 	36 	25 	6 	5 	0 	55 	194 	113 	Raimo Määttänen 	Gold
1976–77 	36 	23 	10 	3 	0 	49 	187 	129 	Raimo Määttänen 	Silver
1977–78 	36 	22 	11 	3 	0 	47 	180 	123 	Raimo Määttänen 	Bronze
1978–79 	36 	18 	14 	4 	0 	40 	144 	123 	Raimo Määttänen 	Bronze
1979–80 	36 	26 	6 	4 	0 	56 	210 	123 	Raimo Määttänen 	4th
1980–81 	36 	22 	9 	5 	0 	49 	213 	141 	Juhani Wahlsten 	Bronze
1981–82 	36 	23 	7 	6 	0 	52 	180 	120 	Juhani Wahlsten 	Silver
1982–83 	36 	18 	13 	5 	0 	41 	145 	131 	Juhani Wahlsten 	5th
1983–84 	37 	23 	13 	1 	0 	47 	150 	117 	Matti Keinonen 	4th
1984–85 	36 	24 	10 	2 	0 	50 	163 	124 	Matti Keinonen 	Silver
1985–86 	36 	18 	13 	5 	0 	41 	153 	139 	Juhani Tamminen 	4th
1986–87 	44 	22 	16 	6 	0 	50 	198 	194 	Juhani Tamminen 	4th
1987–88 	44 	22 	19 	3 	0 	47 	206 	182 	Juhani Tamminen 	5th
1988–89 	44 	29 	10 	5 	0 	63 	209 	120 	Hannu Jortikka 	Gold
1989–90 	44 	31 	10 	3 	0 	65 	175 	100 	Hannu Jortikka 	Gold
1990–91 	44 	27 	12 	5 	0 	59 	168 	109 	Hannu Jortikka 	Gold
1991–92 	44 	29 	14 	1 	0 	59 	181 	153 	Hannu Jortikka 	5th
1992–93 	48 	28 	12 	8 	0 	64 	178 	138 	Vladimir Yurzinov 	Gold
1993–94 	48 	34 	14 	0 	0 	68 	227 	124 	Vladimir Yurzinov 	Silver
1994–95 	50 	30 	17 	3 	0 	63 	219 	149 	Vladimir Yurzinov 	Gold
1995–96 	50 	33 	12 	5 	0 	71 	216 	141 	Vladimir Yurzinov 	Silver
1996–97 	50 	32 	11 	7 	0 	71 	191 	105 	Vladimir Yurzinov 	Silver
1997–98 	48 	30 	12 	6 	0 	66 	162 	111 	Vladimir Yurzinov 	5th
1998–99 	54 	37 	10 	7 	0 	81 	179 	107 	Hannu Jortikka 	Gold
1999–00 	54 	39 	10 	5 	0 	83 	232 	118 	Hannu Jortikka 	Gold
2000–01 	56 	36 	16 	4 	0 	76 	186 	115 	Hannu Jortikka 	Gold
2001–02 	56 	32 	21 	3 	0 	69 	154 	111 	Kari Jalonen 	4th
2002–03 	56 	24 	26 	6 	0 	56 	138 	138 	Kari Jalonen 	8th
2003–04 	56 	35 	14 	7 	0 	80 	169 	112 	Jukka Koivu 	Silver
2004–05 	56 	22 	16 	18 	8 	92 	146 	142 	Jukka Koivu 	6th
2005–06 	56 	14 	23 	19 	11 	72 	119 	135 	Hannu Jortikka 	10th
2006–07 	56 	23 	22 	11 	6 	86 	167 	155 	Hannu Jortikka 	9th
2007–08 	56 	18 	27 	11 	2 	67 	130 	164 	Hannu Virta 	10th
2008–09 	58 	21 	27 	10 	7 	80 	133 	159 	Hannu Virta until Oct 2008, after that Kai Suikkanen 	8th
2009–10 	58 	25 	25 	8 	6 	89 	169 	169 	Kai Suikkanen 	Gold
2010–11 	60 	12 	32 	16 	8 	60 	134 	186 	Heikki Leime until Oct 2010, then Riku-Petteri Lehtonen until Jan 2011, after that Jukka Koivu 	13th
2011–12 	60 	21 	30 	9 	6 	78 	134 	180 	Pekka Virta 	10th
2012–13 	60 	12 	28 	20 	8 	64 	144 	181 	Pekka Virta until Oct 2012, after that Juha Pajuoja 	13th
2013–14 	60 	12 	31 	17 	6 	59 	135 	197 	Kai Suikkanen 	13th
2014–15 	60 	17 	32 	11 	3 	65 	122 	172 	Kai Suikkanen until Nov 2014, then Miika Elomo until Feb 2015, after that Jarno Pikkarainen 	13th
2015–16 	60 	23 	22 	15 	6 	90 	150 	152 	Ari-Pekka Selin 	7th
2016–17 	60 	30 	14 	16 	8 	114 	167 	123 	Ari-Pekka Selin 	5th
2017–18 	60 	30 	15 	15 	7 	112 	187 	147 	Kalle Kaskinen 	4th
2018–19 	60 	29 	20 	11 	5 	103 	164 	152 	Kalle Kaskinen 	6th
2019–20 	59 	17 	29 	13 	5 	69 	149 	185 	Kalle Kaskinen until Oct 2019, after that Marko Virtanen 	11th
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==Liiga individual awards==
===Best coach===
* 2010 Kai Suikkanen
* 2001 Hannu Jortikka
* 2000 Hannu Jortikka
* 1999 Hannu Jortikka
* 1995 Vladimir Yurzinov
* 1994 Vladimir Yurzinov
* 1993 Vladimir Yurzinov
* 1991 Hannu Jortikka
* 1990 Hannu Jortikka
* 1989 Hannu Jortikka
===SM-liiga Best player of the season, MVP ===
As voted by the players.
* 2001 Kimmo Rintanen
* 2000 Kai Nurminen
* 1997 Kimmo Rintanen
* 1995 Saku Koivu
* 1994 Esa Keskinen
* 1992 Mikko Mäkelä
* 1989 Jukka Vilander
===Best goalie===
* 2010 Atte Engren
* 1999 Miikka Kiprusoff
* 1997 Jani Hurme
* 1991 Markus Ketterer
* 1989 Timo Lehkonen
* 1980 Jorma Valtonen
* 1979 Jorma Valtonen
===Best defenceman===
* 2010 Lee Sweatt
* 2001 Jouni Loponen
* 1995 Petteri Nummelin
* 1994 Petteri Nummelin
* 1991 Hannu Virta
* 1990 Hannu Virta
* 1987 Hannu Virta
===League top goalscorer===
* 2000 Kai Nurminen
* 1994 Marko Jantunen
* 1989 Jukka Vilander
* 1988 Arto Javanainen
* 1982 Reijo Leppänen
===Most points in regular season===
* 2000 Kai Nurminen
* 1995 Saku Koivu
* 1994 Esa Keskinen
* 1993 Esa Keskinen
* 1992 Mikko Mäkelä
* 1988 Esa Keskinen
* 1982 Reijo Leppänen
* 1981 Reijo Leppänen
===Rookie of the Season===
* 2019 Kaapo Kakko
* 2018 Petrus Palmu
* 2007 Tuomas Suominen
* 2000 Antero Niittymäki
* 1996 Jani Hurme
* 1982 Hannu Virta
===Best plus/minus===
* 2017 Jasper Lindsten
* 2001 Jouni Loponen
* 2000 Kai Nurminen
* 1997 Kimmo Timonen
* 1994 Aleksandr Smirnov
* 1990 Jukka Virtanen
* 1989 Jukka Vilander
* 1982 Timo Nummelin
* 1980 Reijo Leppänen
=== Regular season MVP ===
Awarded by the league.
* 2001 Tony Virta
* 2000 Kai Nurminen
* 1997 Jani Hurme
*1995 Saku Koivu
* 1994 Esa Keskinen
===Gentleman player===
* 2012 Ville Vahalahti
* 2001 Kimmo Rintanen
* 2000 Kimmo Rintanen
* 1999 Marko Kiprusoff
* 1998 Kimmo Rintanen
* 1997 Kimmo Rintanen
* 1995 Jere Lehtinen
* 1993 Esa Keskinen
* 1989 Jukka Vilander
* 1988 Jukka Vilander
* 1987 Jukka Vilander
* 1985 Reijo Leppänen
* 1984 Esa Keskinen
* 1981 Timo Nummelin
* 1977 Jarmo Koivunen
* 1957 Aki Salonen
===Playoffs MVP===
* 2010 Ilari Filppula
* 2000 Tomi Kallio
* 1999 Miikka Kiprusoff
* 1995 Saku Koivu
==Former coaches==
*Vladimir Yurzinov
*Jukka Koivu
*Hannu Jortikka
*Hannu Virta
*Pekka Virta
*Juha Pajuoja
*Heikki Leime
*Riku-Petteri Lehtonen
*Juhani Tamminen
*Kari Jalonen
*Matti Keinonen
*Juhani Wahlsten
==See also==
*:Category:HC TPS players
==References==
==External links==
*TPS official web site 
*Official supporter club (not controlled by the club)
*Independent TPS supporter club
*Independent supporter club
 
Category:Liiga teams