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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 | Naisten Liiga | 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 1996-1997: SM-liiga | Jr. A SM-Liiga | Jr. B SM-sarja | Jr. B I divisioona
# | Pos | Player name | State | Born | Height | Weight | Shoots | |
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G | Aki Kemppi | 28.01.1980 | 173 cm | 77 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
G | Mika Lehto | 12.04.1979 | 180 cm | 85 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
G | Tommy Nordenswan | 01.06.1979 | 186 cm | 89 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
G | Jarno Parkkinen | 16.03.1976 | 187 cm | 90 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
G | Jani Rintala | 29.12.1977 | 177 cm | 75 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
D | Tero Alminoja | 22.03.1979 | 189 cm | 95 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
D | Jani Ekman | 24.09.1978 | 182 cm | 82 kg | N/A | Show profile» | ||
LD | Tuomo Kyhä | 09.08.1976 | 186 cm | 100 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
RD | Janne Laitila | 11.05.1979 | 181 cm | 85 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
LD | Pauli Levokari | 07.04.1979 | 196 cm | 105 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
RD | Juha Mattila | 20.12.1976 | 184 cm | 95 kg | right | Show profile» | ||
D | Vesa Nevala | 06.04.1978 | 175 cm | 79 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
LD | Tommi Rajamäki | 29.02.1976 | 190 cm | 94 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
D | Pasi Tamminen | 14.07.1977 | 188 cm | 95 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
D | Tommi Törnroos | 27.07.1978 | 185 cm | 83 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
F | Mika Ahonkivi | 02.02.1976 | 176 cm | 67 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
F | Antti Alitalo | 28.11.1979 | 181 cm | 83 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
C | Timo Hakanen | 26.03.1977 | 191 cm | 103 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
F | Mikko Järvenpää | 27.08.1978 | 183 cm | 100 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
F | Toni Kaukiainen | 02.12.1977 | 185 cm | 92 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
F | Markus Koivisto | 17.09.1977 | 175 cm | 95 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
F | Veli-Matti Koivisto | 21.05.1978 | 184 cm | 91 kg | N/A | Show profile» | ||
F | Markku Kuparinen | 07.01.1979 | 173 cm | 74 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
F | Petri Laakso | 29.05.1978 | 178 cm | 80 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
F | Jaakko Mäkelä | 05.06.1979 | 174 cm | 69 kg | right | Show profile» | ||
LW | Janne Mäkelä | 09.03.1977 | 172 cm | 85 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
F | Petri Nylund | 15.07.1978 | 176 cm | 75 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
F | Niko Papinaho | 21.03.1980 | 177 cm | 85 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
RW | Timo Salonen | 25.08.1976 | 177 cm | 80 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
RW | Markku Tähtinen | 10.04.1978 | 177 cm | 84 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
F | Tapani Vesa | 03.09.1978 | 177 cm | 90 kg | right | Show profile» | ||
F | Jussi Viljanen | 21.12.1980 | 176 cm | 80 kg | right | 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 1996-1997: SM-liiga, Jr. A SM-Liiga, Jr. B SM-sarja, Jr. B I divisioona
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