- Tim Stapleton
Tim Stapleton (born July 9, 1982 in La Grange, Illinois) is an American professional ice hockey forward. After two seasons with the Green Bay Gamblers, Stapleton represented the University of Minnesota-Duluth for four seasons, where he led the team in scoring as a freshman and had back-to-back 40 point seasons. After a brief stint with the Portland Pirates of the AHL, he signed with Jokerit of the Finnish SM-liiga, completing a tryout which led to a one-year contract. - Tommi Santala
Tommi Santala (born June 27, 1979 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish ice hockey player currently part of the Vancouver Canucks organization. Santala started his pro career in Jokerit in the Finnish SM-liiga in the 1998-99 season. After a total of four seasons with HPK, Santala moved to the Thrashers' organisation for the 2003-04 NHL season. Santala divided his time between 50 games in the AHL Chicago Wolves and 33 NHL games. He spent the 2004-05 NHL lockout with the Wolves. - Jani Rita
Jani Rita is a professional ice hockey winger. Despite limited NHL experience, Rita has played extensively in the American Hockey League and in the SM-liiga in his native Finland. He played his first seasons of pro hockey for Jokerit, Helsinki, and was drafted 13th overall in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft by the Edmonton Oilers. Rita played for HPK in the SM-liiga during the 2004-05 NHL lockout, winning the bronze medal. That season he was awarded the Raimo Kilpiö trophy, … - Doug Shedden
Douglas Arthur "Doug" Shedden (born April 29, 1961 in Wallaceburg, Ontario) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. Shedden, who played the position of centre, spent eight seasons playing in the National Hockey League for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Detroit Red Wings, Quebec Nordiques and Toronto Maple Leafs. He was drafted 93rd overall by the Penguins in the 1980 NHL Entry Draft. - Hannes Hyvönen
Hannes Hyvönen is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward. He was drafted by the San Jose Sharks as their ninth-round pick in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. Hyvönen started out in the Kärpät junior team, and started playing in the SM-liiga with TPS. After playing on a number of SM-liiga teams, Hyvönen departed for North America for the 2001-2002 season, which he mostly spent with the Sharks' AHL affiliate, the Cleveland Barons. He was next signed by the Florida Panthers, … - Kim Hirschovits
Kim Hirschovits (born May 9, 1982 in Helsinki, Finland) is a professional ice hockey forward. He was drafted by the New York Rangers as their sixth-round pick, #194 overall, in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft. He is 6'1" tall and weighs 183 lbs. Hirschovits started his playing career with HIFK in the 2000-01 season, but his career took off in the 2005-06 season when he scored 40 points. - Andy Chiodo
Andy Chiodo (born April 25, 1983, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a professional ice hockey goaltender. He was originally selected by the New York Islanders in the sixth round, 166th overall, of the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. The Islanders were unable to sign him, however, and he was made draft-eligible again for the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. The Pittsburgh Penguins chose him in that draft, 199th overall in the seventh round. Prior to playing in the Ontario Hockey League, … - Jesse Niinimäki
Jesse Niinimäki is a Finnish ice hockey forward. Niinimäki played four seasons for Ilves in the Finnish SM-liiga, and was drafted by the Edmonton Oilers in the first round of the 2002 NHL Entry Draft, 15th overall. He spent the 2004-2005 season in the Edmonton Road Runners and Ilves, and signed with Jokerit for the 2005-2006 season. After a disappointing fall season, Niinimäki was released from his contract with Jokerit in January 2006, … - Tony Virta
Tony Virta is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward. He was drafted by the Minnesota Wild as their fourth-round pick in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. Virta is currently playing for Jokerit in the SM-liiga. On December 5, 2005, Virta received a serious knee injury from a failed hip check against him in a game against Ilves, but recovered to play in the last games of the season. In the summer of 2001 did Virta signed with Färjestads BK, … - Kari Lehtonen
Kari Lehtonen (born November 16, 1983 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender. He was drafted 2nd overall in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft by the Atlanta Thrashers. In 2001, as the youngest goalie in the SM-liiga, he earned the league's playoff MVP award, while he was playing for Jokerit. During the 2003-2004 NHL season he played four games for the Thrashers, winning all four of them and posting one shutout. - Tomek Valtonen
Tomek Valtonen is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward. He was drafted by the Detroit Red Wings as their second-round draft pick in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft, #56 overall. Valtonen started his pro career in Ilves in 1997, and played his next season with the Plymouth Whalers in the OHL, and returned to the SM-liiga in 1999 and represented Jokerit until 2007, when he signed a two-year contract with Södertälje SK. He has won the SM-liiga championship, … - Valtteri Filppula
Valtteri Filppula (born March 20, 1984 in Vantaa, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward. - Mika Strömberg
Mika Strömberg is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted by the Quebec Nordiques as their eleventh-round pick, #211 overall, in the 1990 NHL Entry Draft. After a ten-year career with Jokerit, he spent three years in Switzerland, with Fribourg-Gottéron and EHC Chur. After coming back to Jokerit for one season Strömberg again went overseas, this time to Stockholm and the Djurgårdens IF in the Swedish Elitserien. - Mikko Jokela
Mikko Jokela (born March 4, 1980 in Lappeenranta, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. He played one game in the National Hockey League for the Vancouver Canucks in 2003. Jokela started his ice hockey career with the KalPa junior team, and was selected 96th overall in the 1998 NHL Entry Draft by the New Jersey Devils He represented various SM-liiga teams before he signed with the Devils for the 2001-02 NHL season. - Jari Kurri
Jari Pekka Kurri (born May 18 1960, in Helsinki, Finland) is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey right winger. He is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. During his career in the NHL he played for the Edmonton Oilers, L.A. Kings, New York Rangers, Colorado Avalanche and Anaheim Mighty Ducks. He began his pro career with Jokerit in the Finnish SM-liiga, played his first nine and a half NHL seasons with the Edmonton Oilers, … - Juuso Riksman
Juuso Riksman (born April 1, 1977 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender. Riksman played junior hockey in the HIFK organization, but started his pro career with Hermes of Kokkola, then in the 1st division. After a visit to Kiruna in the Swedish 1st division, Riksman returned to HIFK. When Tom Draper was hired as HIFK's starting goaltender, Riksman signed with MoDo Hockey in Sweden, and after two seasons in Sweden, … - Marko Tuulola
Marko Tuulola is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. He currently represents Jokerit in the Finnish SM-liiga. - Petri Pakaslahti
Petri Pakaslahti (born January 22, 1976 in Vaasa, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward. Pakaslahti is a good defensive center who specializes in faceoffs. He played in the checking line for Team Finland in the 2005 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, and took defensive zone faceoffs for other lines as well. He also played extensively on penalty kill. He started his pro hockey career in Lukko in the Finnish SM-liiga, and moved to Jokerit in 2001, … - Markus Kankaanperä
Markus Kankaanperä is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward. He was drafted by the Vancouver Canucks as their eighth-round pick, #218 overall, in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. Kankaanperä currently plays for Jokerit in the SM-liiga. - Ville Peltonen
Ville Peltonen (born May 24, 1973 in Vantaa, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward. He was drafted by the San Jose Sharks as their third-round pick, #58 overall, in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft - Joonas Hallikainen
Joonas Hallikainen is a Finnish ice hockey goaltender. Hallikainen has played with the Jokerit junior team, and has represented Team Finland in international play. When netminder Pasi Häkkinen left for Denmark after the 2004-2005 season, Hallikainen became the Jokerit #2 goalie in the SM-liiga. With Tim Thomas surprisingly abandoning the team just one day before the regular season opened, … - Sami Lepistö
Sami Lepistö is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman, son of former Jokerit captain and youth international defenseman Jussi Lepistö. Sami was drafted by the Washington Capitals as their third-round pick, #66 overall, in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft. - Olli Malmivaara
Olli Malmivaara (born March 13 1982 in Kajaani, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks as their fourth-round pick, #117 overall, in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. Malmivaara played junior hockey in Jokerit and made his SM-liiga debut there; in 2003 he signed with SaiPa and spent two years with that team. In 2006 he signed with the Lowell Devils of the American Hockey League. - Kai Nurminen
Kai Nurminen (born March 29, 1969, in Turku, Finland) is a Finnish ice hockey forward, currently with TPS in the Finnish SM-liiga. Nurminen started his hockey career playing for TPS in SM-liiga. He has also played two seasons in the Swedish Elitserien. In 1996 he was contracted by Los Angeles Kings in NHL. After only one season in NHL with 67 matches played (scoring 16 goals and 11 assists) he went back to Scandinavia. - Juha Lind
Juha Lind is a Finnish ice hockey forward. Lind started his National Hockey League career with the Dallas Stars in 1997. He would spend two years in Dallas before being sent to the Montreal Canadiens. Lind has also played for Jokerit in Finland, Södertälje SK in Sweden and Red Bull Salzburg EC in Austria where he currently plays. - Niko Hovinen
Niko Hovinen (born March 16, 1988 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish ice hockey goaltender. Currently playing with the Jokerit junior team, Hovinen dressed for a single regular season Jokerit game as backup to Joonas Hallikainen, after Tim Thomas abruptly left the team only a day before the start of the 2005-06 regular season. Hovinen returned to the junior team for the rest of the season. He made his first SM-liiga start on November 23, 2006, against SaiPa, … - Sami Helenius
Sami Helenius (born January 22, 1974 in Helsinki, Finland) is an ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted by the Calgary Flames as their fifth-round pick, #102 overall, in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft. Helenius is 6'5 in height and 240 in weight. Helenius started his professional career in Jokerit in the Finnish SM-liiga in 1992, and made his way to North America for the 1994-95 season, and after spending five years mostly in the minor leagues, … - Ari Ahonen
Ari Ahonen is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Frölunda Indians of the SEL. He was drafted in the first round, 27th overall, by the New Jersey Devils in the 1999 NHL Entry Draft. After playing three seasons in Finland's SM-liiga, representing JYP and HIFK, Ahonen joined the Devils' American Hockey League affiliate, the Albany River Rats. After five seasons with the River Rats, Ahonen returned to Finland in 2006 to represent Blues, … - Antti-Jussi Niemi
Antti-Jussi Niemi is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted by the Ottawa Senators as their fourth-round pick, #81 overall, in the 1996 NHL Entry Draft. Niemi, a defensive-minded rearguard who plays with a mean streak, has won two SM-liiga gold medals with Jokerit, the Elitserien championship with Frölunda HC in 2005, and has represented Finland at several Ice Hockey World Championships, as well as the 2006 Winter Olympics. - Pasi Häkkinen
Pasi Häkkinen is a Finnish ice hockey goaltender. Häkkinen started his pro career with SaiPa in the Finnish SM-liiga, and was the backup goalie for Jokerit for the 2004-2005 season, when he won the silver medal with the club. He was their #1 goaltender in the previous season, and has signed with a Danish team for the 2005-2006 season. Häkkinen has also spent a year with the Nottingham Panthers in the British league. - Pasi Nurminen
Pasi Nurminen is a Finnish retired ice hockey goaltender. He was drafted by the Atlanta Thrashers as their sixth-round pick, #189 overall, in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. Nurminen started his playing career with Reipas Lahti in Finland and later moved on to Kettera Imatra and Pelicans. In 1998 he moved to HPK and then to Jokerit a year later, where he won the Urpo Ylönen trophy as best goaltender in the SM-liiga. - Jori Lehterä
Jori Lehterä is a Finnish professional ice hockey center. Lehterä dominated the Jokerit junior team in scoring, and earned himself a place on the team's SM-liiga roster in the fall of 2006. He is a skilled offensive center who is showing signs of becoming an excellent playmaker. Lehterä was selected to represent Finland at the 2006 World Under-20's Championships in Sweden, but couldn't make the team due to an injury. - Janne Niinimaa
Janne Niinimaa (born 22 May, 1975 in Raahe, Finland) is a professional ice hockey defenceman. He was selected in the second round of the 1993 NHL Entry Draft, 36th overall, by the Philadelphia Flyers. Following three seasons playing with Jokerit in Helsinki, Finland, Niinimaa made his debut with the Flyers in the 1996-97 NHL season, posting 44 points and a +12 rating, and being named to the NHL All-Rookie Team. - Kevin Kantee
Kevin Kantee (born January 29, 1984 in Idaho Falls, Idaho, USA) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted by the Chicago Blackhawks as their sixth-round pick, #188 overall, in the 2002 NHL Entry Draft. Kantee is currently signed with Ilves in the SM-liiga. - Ilari Filppula
Ilari Filppula (born November 5, 1981 in Vantaa, Finland) is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward. He is the older brother of Valtteri Filppula. Filppula started his pro career in Kiekko-Vantaa, in the Finnish lower leagues, and after two years with JYP spent a season with Jokerit, and has now returned to JYP with a two-year contract. - Scott Langkow
Scott Langkow (born April 21, 1975, in Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender, currently representing Jokerit in the SM-liiga - Roman Vopat
Roman Vopat (born April 21, 1976 in Litvinov, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech professional ice hockey forward. He was drafted by the St. Louis Blues as their seventh-round draft pick, #172 overall, in the 1994 NHL Entry Draft. Vopat started his playing career in his native Litvinov, and made a long career in North America before returning to Europe. After a season with the Essen Mosquitoes of the German league, Vopat played five seasons in Finland, for Pelicans, Ilves, and HIFK. - Tomi Mäki
Tomi Mäki is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward. He was drafted by the Calgary Flames as their fourth-round pick, #108 overall, in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft. Mäki played four seasons with Jokerit in the Finnish SM-liiga, and currently plays for the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben Knights of the AHL. - Rami Alanko
Rami Alanko, is a professional Finnish ice hockey player. He is currently playing for the Espoo Blues in the Finnish SM-Liiga. He joined the club in May 2007. He started his career in 1995 and has played with several finish clubs including HPK, Espoo Blues, Jokerit and Haukat. He has also played a short stint in Switzerland for Kloten Flyers in 1997. He played with Swedish club Färjestads BK between 2005 and November 2006, … - Harry Harkimo
Harry "Hjallis" Harkimo (born: 1953) is a Finnish businessman. He is best-known as chairman of the board of the Helsinki-based ice-hockey team Jokerit, the developer of its home arena, Hartwall Areena (aka Hjallis-halli). and as an investor in sports. He has also been a professional sailor and a sports manager. Early 2000s, Hjallis divorced his member-of-parliament-wife Leena Harkimo and married younger member-of-parliament Merikukka Forsius-Harkimo.
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