HC TPS

TPS or Turun Palloseura is an ice hockey team and 11-time champion of SM-liiga. They play in Turku, Finland, at the HK Arena. In terms of championships, TPS is the most successful team in SM-liiga history.
==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, in the SM-Sarja. TPS has more SM-Liiga titles. Coach Hannu Jortikka led the club to total of six Championships in 1989-91 and 1999-2001. TPS have also won 2 Finnish Cups, a European Cup: 1994, a European Hockey League: 1997 and a Super Cup in 1997.
==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, 2022
* SM-sarja (4): 1943, 1955, 1957, 1967
* SM-liiga (3): 1978, 1979, 1981
* SM-sarja (1): 1953
===Finnish cup===
* Finnish Cup (2): 1955, 1956
===European Cup===
* IIHF European Cup (1): 1993
* European Hockey League (1): 1997
==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
2020–21 	59 	27 	14 	18 	7 	106 	165 	140 	Raimo Helminen 	Silver
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==External links==
*TPS official web site
Category:Ice hockey teams in Finland