MIKKELI-FINLAND

Mikkelin Jukurit

Jukurit
City	Mikkeli, Finland
League	Mestis
Founded	1970
Home arena	Kalevankankaan jäähalli (capacity 4487)
Head coach	Jarno Pikkarainen
Affiliate(s)	SaiPa (SM-liiga)
Website http://www.jukurit.fi/

Mikkelin Jukurit is an ice hockey team in the Mestis. They play in Mikkeli, Finland, at the Kalevankankaan jäähalli. The team has won 5 league championships (2001, 2002, 2003, 2006 and 2013).

Contents

• 1 History
• 2 Notable players
  • 2.1 Retired numbers
  • 2.2 Well known players
  • 2.3 Current squad
  • 2.4 Team Officials
  • 2.5 Team Officials
• 3 References
• 4 External links

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.

Notable players

Retired numbers

• # 22 Martti Salminen
• # 24 Lasse Kanerva

Well known players

G Jaakko Suomalainen, Kärpät G Tero Leinonen, Ilves G Tommi Nikkilä, Tappara G Mikko Strömberg, Innsbruck Haie D Simo Mälkiä, SaiPa D Jukka-Pekka Laamanen, Kärpät F Ossi Pellinen, HPK F-C Pentti Matikainen, HIFK GM

D Markku Erholtz, HPK D Marko Kauppinen, Jokerit D Jari Korhonen, end D Tommi Kovanen, HIFK D Mikko Mäenpää, HPK D Matti Kuusisto, KalPa HC Risto Dufva, JYP F Martti Salminen, end

D Kalle Kaijomaa, JYP D Juha Salmu, JYP D Esa Saksinen, JYP D Joni Tuominen, SaiPa F Iivo Hokkanen, HPK F Tero Koponen, Lukko HC Reijo Ruotsalainen F Erkka Westerlund, end

F Juha-Pekka Hytönen, JYP F Mika Niemi, JYP F Samuli Piiroinen, JYP F Olli Sipiläinen, JYP F Petri Koskinen, SaiPa F Mikko Hakkarainen, SaiPa F Lasse Kanerva, end

G = Goaltender, D = Defencemen, F = Forward, HC = Head Coach, F-C = Forward-Coach

Current squad

Updated December 15, 2013^[1]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
4		Juuso Akkanen	D	L	31	2011	Rauma, Finland
27		Jani Forsström	D	L	29	2013	Lahti, Finland
35		Tadeas Galansky	G	R	22	2013	Brno, Czech Republic
8		Iivo Hokkanen	C	L	29	2012	Hämeenlinna, Finland
12		Toni Hyvärinen	RW	R	26	2012	Kuopio, Finland
9		Mikko Hyyryläinen	F	R	19	2009	Mikkeli, Finland
10		Toni Jalo	F	L	25	2013	Turku, Finland
3		Pasi Järvinen	D	R	39	2011	Tervakoski, Finland
29		Jesse Juntheikki	C	L	26	2013	Tuusula, Finland
25		Joonas Kalliola	F	L	23	2013	Rauma, Finland
23		Niko Laakkonen	F	L	26	2013	Varkaus, Finland
2		Elmeri Laamanen	D	L	20	2008	Mikkeli, Finland
28		Mikko Laine	RW	R	24	2012	Piikkiö, Finland
34		Patrik Lostedt	LW	L	33	2012	Helsinki, Finland
16		Joonas Koskinen	C	L	27	2013	Ruovesi, Finland
15		Pentti Nöyränen	RW	L	31	2011	Espoo, Finland
27		Ville Paalanen (L)	F	L	25	2013	Lappeenranta, Finland
14		Roy Pihlström	D	R	24	2013	Helsinki, Finland
7		Juha-Petteri Purolinna	D	L	26	2011	Helsinki, Finland
13		Erno Ripatti	F	L	19	2009	Ristiina, Finland
11		Jesse Rohtla	C	L	26	2011	Lahti, Finland
5		Roni Rukajärvi	D	R	21	2013	Oulu, Finland
30		Petteri Similä	G	L	24	2012	Oulu, Finland
18		Juuso Sipola	F	R	21	2013	Oulu, Finland
17		Jani Savolainen	RW	R	26	2011	Kuopio, Finland
6		Ilkka Vaarasuo	D	L	32	2009	Iisalmi, Finland
33		Janne Väyrynen	F	R	22	2013	Järvenpää, Finland

Team Officials

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