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 | 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 2018-2019: Liiga | Jr. A SM-Liiga | Jr. A Suomi-Sarja | Jr. B SM-sarja | Jr. B Mestis | Jr. B Suomi-sarja | Jr. B2 SM-sarja | Jr. C SM-sarja | Jr. C aluesarjat
# | Pos | Player name | State | Born | Height | Weight | Shoots | |
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G | Juuso Helomaa | ![]() | 27.02.2003 | 186 cm | 88 kg | left | Show profile» | |
G | Matthias Rindone | ![]() | 07.01.2004 | 180 cm | 72 kg | left | Show profile» | |
G | Elias Saloharju | ![]() | 08.04.2003 | - cm | - kg | N/A | Show profile» | |
D | Aleksi Heimosalmi | ![]() | 08.05.2003 | 181 cm | 82 kg | right | Show profile» | |
D | Verneri Hellman | ![]() | 11.06.2003 | 190 cm | 96 kg | left | Show profile» | |
D | Aki Jokela | ![]() | 12.08.2004 | 182 cm | 77 kg | left | Show profile» | |
D | Aaro Kautto | ![]() | 26.05.2003 | 177 cm | 86 kg | right | Show profile» | |
D | Vili Lehtonen | ![]() | 24.06.2003 | - cm | - kg | left | Show profile» | |
D | Josias Malén | ![]() | 23.02.2003 | - cm | - kg | left | Show profile» | |
D | Waltteri Mattila | ![]() | 08.06.2003 | 189 cm | 83 kg | left | Show profile» | |
D | Leevi Rautiainen | ![]() | 25.08.2003 | 183 cm | 88 kg | left | Show profile» | |
D | Jerry Santala | ![]() | 12.03.2003 | 174 cm | 64 kg | left | Show profile» | |
D | Onni Valtala | ![]() | 31.05.2003 | - cm | - kg | right | Show profile» | |
F | Niko Ahokas | ![]() | 10.07.2003 | 183 cm | 88 kg | left | Show profile» | |
LW | Tomek Haula | ![]() | 29.09.2004 | 175 cm | 70 kg | left | Show profile» | |
F | Eero Kalli | ![]() | 18.07.2003 | - cm | - kg | left | Show profile» | |
F | Niklas Ketonen | ![]() | 09.04.2003 | 181 cm | 89 kg | left | Show profile» | |
C | Feetu Knihti | ![]() | 16.03.2003 | 182 cm | 80 kg | left | Show profile» | |
F | Roberts Krievins | ![]() | 11.12.2003 | 184 cm | 84 kg | left | Show profile» | |
RW | Samu Levola | ![]() | 13.10.2003 | 179 cm | 80 kg | left | Show profile» | |
F | Benjamin Tillqvist | ![]() | 25.02.2003 | - cm | - kg | left | Show profile» | |
F | Juho Tunkkari | ![]() | 01.02.2003 | - cm | - kg | N/A | Show profile» | |
F | Aaro Tuohimaa | ![]() | 11.07.2003 | 188 cm | 83 kg | left | Show profile» | |
LW | Kasperi Väätäinen | ![]() | 07.04.2003 | 180 cm | 77 kg | left | Show profile» | |
F | Heikki Virtanen | ![]() | 20.01.2003 | 195 cm | 93 kg | right | Show profile» | |
F | Aaro Virtanen | ![]() | 06.11.2003 | 180 cm | 80 kg | left | Show profile» |
Coach name | State | Born | Coach position | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Juha Mattila | ![]() | 20.12.1976 | Head Coach | Show profile» |
Tony Luukkala | ![]() | 24.10.1993 | 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 2018-2019: Liiga, Jr. A SM-Liiga, Jr. A Suomi-Sarja, Jr. B SM-sarja, Jr. B Mestis, Jr. B Suomi-sarja, Jr. B2 SM-sarja, Jr. C SM-sarja, Jr. C aluesarjat
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