Luleå Swedish champions
Luleå wins their second title in Sweden, 29 years after the first one. Read more»
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All time leagues: Juniors | SM-liiga | U17 Ylempi | U19 Ylempi | Juniors (U20) | Jr. A SM-Liiga | Jr. A Suomi-Sarja | Jr. B SM-sarja | Jr. B Mestis | Jr. B Suomi-sarja | Jr. B aluesarjat | Jr. B2 SM-sarja | Jr. B2 Mestis | Jr. B2 Suomi-sarja | Jr. C SM-sarja | Jr. C Mestis | Jr. C Suomi-sarja | Jr. C aluesarjat | SM-Sarja (Women) | Liigakarsinta | I divisioona | Jr. A I divisioona | Jr. B I divisioona | Jr. B2 I divisioona | Jr. C I Divisioona | Jr. C II Divisioona
This club in 1989-1990: Jr. A SM-Liiga | SM-Sarja (Women) | Liigakarsinta | I divisioona | Jr. A I divisioona
# | Pos | Player name | State | Born | Height | Weight | Shoots | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | G | Pasi Räty | ![]() | 01.02.1970 | 181 cm | 78 kg | N/A | Show profile» |
34 | G | Kari Rosenberg | ![]() | 20.12.1967 | 176 cm | 77 kg | left | Show profile» |
G | Timo Vuorela | ![]() | ??.??.???? | - cm | - kg | N/A | Show profile» | |
10 | D | Vladimir Durdin | ![]() | 21.04.1956 | 185 cm | 86 kg | left | Show profile» |
7 | LD | Olli Kaski | ![]() | 21.04.1967 | 182 cm | 84 kg | right | Show profile» |
3 | LD | Kaj Kuusisto | ![]() | 19.05.1972 | 187 cm | 97 kg | left | Show profile» |
12 | D | Tapio Levo | ![]() | 24.09.1955 | 185 cm | 87 kg | N/A | Show profile» |
9 | D | Roni Mesikämmen | ![]() | 12.03.1968 | 183 cm | 85 kg | N/A | Show profile» |
D | Harry Nikander | ![]() | 18.06.1957 | 184 cm | 87 kg | N/A | Show profile» | |
5 | LD | Marko Sten | ![]() | 21.07.1968 | 173 cm | 80 kg | left | Show profile» |
6 | D | Risto Tuomi | ![]() | 21.08.1960 | - cm | - kg | N/A | Show profile» |
26 | F | Aleksejs Frolikovs | ![]() | 15.02.1957 | 180 cm | 87 kg | N/A | Show profile» |
18 | RW | Jokke Heinänen | ![]() | 20.03.1970 | 184 cm | 87 kg | right | Show profile» |
30 | LW | Arto Heiskanen | ![]() | 23.11.1963 | 189 cm | 90 kg | right | Show profile» |
4 | RW | Arto Javanainen | ![]() | 08.04.1959 | 183 cm | 86 kg | right | Show profile» |
F | Jarkko Lehtonen | ![]() | 14.03.1966 | 174 cm | 75 kg | N/A | Show profile» | |
20 | LW | Jari Levonen | ![]() | 23.08.1966 | 177 cm | 83 kg | left | Show profile» |
RW | Jarno Levonen | ![]() | 05.08.1972 | 170 cm | 86 kg | left | Show profile» | |
22 | F | Kari Makkonen | ![]() | 20.01.1955 | - cm | - kg | N/A | Show profile» |
27 | F | Heikki Mattila | ![]() | 26.02.1970 | 182 cm | 88 kg | N/A | Show profile» |
F | Tuomo Ojanen | ![]() | 15.01.1968 | - cm | - kg | N/A | Show profile» | |
29 | RW | Rauli Raitanen | ![]() | 14.01.1970 | 188 cm | 92 kg | left | Show profile» |
28 | F | Sami Saarinen | ![]() | 16.11.1968 | 183 cm | 80 kg | N/A | Show profile» |
23 | F | Kimmo Sillanpää | ![]() | 14.07.1960 | 175 cm | 83 kg | N/A | Show profile» |
F | Mika Viljanen | ![]() | 19.07.1967 | 180 cm | 84 kg | left | Show profile» | |
8 | C | Janne Virtanen | ![]() | 09.02.1968 | 171 cm | 80 kg | left | Show profile» |
C | Timo Vuorinen | ![]() | 19.07.1970 | 170 cm | 83 kg | left | Show profile» | |
11 | ??? | Janne Hukkanen | ![]() | 08.02.1968 | - cm | - kg | N/A | Show profile» |
17 | ??? | Tomi Ojanen | ![]() | ??.??.???? | - cm | - kg | N/A | Show profile» |
??? | Timo Vuorinen | ![]() | 15.02.1965 | - cm | - kg | N/A | Show profile» |
Coach name | State | Born | Coach position | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lasse Heikkilä | ![]() | 27.05.1934 | GM | Show profile» |
Matti Keinonen | ![]() | 06.11.1941 | Head Coach | Show profile» |
Ismo Läntinen | ![]() | 01.01.1954 | Assistant Coach | Show profile» |
* no longer in the club
Retired numbers
2 - Antti Heikkilä
4 - Arto Javanainen
12 - Tapio Levo
13 - Veli-Pekka Ketola
89 - Jaroslav Otevrel
The team was established in 1967 by merging two local teams, Karhut and RU-38.
Notable players:Champions ’65, ’71, ’78
League winners:
Fastest Liiga goal
Markus Nurmi of TPS needed only four seconds to score on Ässät's young goalie Rasmus Korhonen for the fastest goal ever in the Finnish top league.
The game was the Liiga debut for the 18-year-old goalie.
Fastest Liiga goals:
4 seconds: Markus Nurmi, TPS / TPS-Ässät November 28 2020
5 seconds: Jari Laiho, Lukko / Lukko-Jokerit December 6 1979
5 seconds: Esa Välioja, Tappara / Tappara-Jokerit January 31 1982
5 seconds: Seppo Ahokainen, Tappara / Ilves-Tappara December 6 1983
Source: Iitalehti
(29 Nov 2020)New Sports Director at Ässät
Former player and Karhu-Kissat junior chief Jari Korpisalo has been chosen to replace Mika Toivola as Ässät Sports Director.
Korpisalo and Ässät has agreed to a 3-year deal starting in early January. Korpisalo played 575 games for Ässät between 1990 - 2005 and was the team's best scorer 6 times during that era. Since 2006 he had been working for his own junior team Karhu-Kissat as a junior chief.
Current Sporting Director Toivola will continue as usual until January and after year change they will sit down and decide how they shall split the work.
(06 Nov 2015)Porin Ässät participates in season 1989-1990: Jr. A SM-Liiga, SM-Sarja (Women), Liigakarsinta, I divisioona, Jr. A I divisioona
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