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 2012-2013: SM-liiga | Jr. A SM-Liiga | Jr. B SM-sarja | Jr. B2 SM-sarja | Jr. C SM-sarja | Jr. C Mestis | Jr. C Suomi-sarja | Jr. C I Divisioona
Apr. 20 13 | Porin Ässät | - | Tappara Tampere | 4-0 | Show details» |
Apr. 22 13 | Tappara Tampere | - | Porin Ässät | 1-2 OT | Show details» |
Apr. 24 13 | Porin Ässät | - | Tappara Tampere | 3-2 | Show details» |
# | Pos | Player name | State | Born | Height | Weight | Shoots | |
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G | Juha Järvenpää | ![]() | 11.05.1989 | 184 cm | 86 kg | left | Show profile» | |
G | Antti Raanta | ![]() | 12.05.1989 | 183 cm | 88 kg | left | Show profile» | |
G | Atte Tolvanen | ![]() | 23.11.1994 | 181 cm | 85 kg | left | Show profile» | |
D | Shaun Heshka | ![]() | 30.07.1985 | 186 cm | 95 kg | right | Show profile» | |
D | Jani Honkanen | ![]() | 20.09.1979 | 185 cm | 79 kg | left | Show profile» | |
D | Miko Malkamäki | ![]() | 01.05.1988 | 185 cm | 75 kg | left | Show profile» | |
D | Jyri Marttinen | ![]() | 01.09.1982 | 182 cm | 89 kg | left | Show profile» | |
D | Patrik Parkkonen | ![]() | 23.01.1993 | 175 cm | 85 kg | left | Show profile» | |
LD | Tapio Sammalkangas | ![]() | 11.07.1980 | 179 cm | 89 kg | left | Show profile» | |
D | Tommi Taimi | ![]() | 21.09.1990 | 179 cm | 85 kg | right | Show profile» | |
D | Ville Uusitalo | ![]() | 06.07.1979 | 184 cm | 80 kg | left | Show profile» | |
F | Nico Aaltonen | ![]() | 15.06.1988 | 180 cm | 86 kg | left | Show profile» | |
RW | Joel Armia | ![]() | 31.05.1993 | 193 cm | 90 kg | right | Show profile» | |
RW | Daniel Brodin | ![]() | 09.02.1990 | 186 cm | 86 kg | right | Show profile» | |
C | Stephen Dixon | ![]() | 07.09.1985 | 181 cm | 85 kg | left | Show profile» | |
RW | Eero Elo | ![]() | 26.04.1990 | 193 cm | 92 kg | right | Show profile» | |
F | Jesse Huhtala | ![]() | 09.05.1993 | 184 cm | 77 kg | left | Show profile» | |
LW | Jesse Joensuu | ![]() | 05.10.1987 | 193 cm | 96 kg | left | Show profile» | |
LW | Aki Juusela | ![]() | 28.06.1991 | 188 cm | 94 kg | left | Show profile» | |
F | Sami Lähteenmäki | ![]() | 19.09.1989 | 183 cm | 77 kg | left | Show profile» | |
F | Patrik Moisio | ![]() | 04.02.1992 | 187 cm | 95 kg | left | Show profile» | |
F | Sami Mutanen | ![]() | 20.09.1984 | 182 cm | 80 kg | left | Show profile» | |
C | Mika Niemi | ![]() | 10.03.1988 | 186 cm | 87 kg | left | Show profile» | |
LW | Tuomas Pihlman | ![]() | 13.11.1982 | 191 cm | 95 kg | left | Show profile» | |
LW | Michael Ryan | ![]() | 16.05.1980 | 185 cm | 86 kg | left | Show profile» | |
LW | Veli-Matti Savinainen | ![]() | 05.01.1986 | 181 cm | 82 kg | left | Show profile» | |
F | Severi Sillanpää | ![]() | 07.02.1988 | 182 cm | 82 kg | left | Show profile» | |
RW | Dragan Umicevic | ![]() | 09.10.1984 | 185 cm | 94 kg | right | Show profile» | |
C | Aki Uusikartano | ![]() | 13.06.1977 | 185 cm | 86 kg | left | Show profile» | |
F | Samuli Virkkunen | ![]() | 24.11.1990 | 181 cm | 73 kg | right | Show profile» |
Coach name | State | Born | Coach position | |
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Jaakko Rosendahl | ![]() | 23.02.1983 | Goalie coach | Show profile» |
Kari Takko | ![]() | 23.06.1962 | Other | Show profile» |
Karri Kivi | ![]() | 31.01.1970 | Head Coach | Show profile» |
Karri Kivi | ![]() | 31.01.1970 | Head Coach | Show profile» |
Jukka Hirsimäki | ![]() | 25.01.1957 | GM | Show profile» |
Mikael Kotkaniemi | ![]() | 30.04.1969 | Assistant Coach | Show profile» |
Sami Hautamäki | ![]() | ??.??.???? | Team Staff | Show profile» |
Pasi Kaukoranta | ![]() | 05.07.1967 | Assistant Coach | Show profile» |
Mika Toivola | ![]() | 06.03.1971 | Sporting Director | 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 2012-2013: SM-liiga, Jr. A SM-Liiga, Jr. B SM-sarja, Jr. B2 SM-sarja, Jr. C SM-sarja, Jr. C Mestis, Jr. C Suomi-sarja, Jr. C I Divisioona
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