Luleå Swedish champions
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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 2001-2002: SM-liiga | Jr. B SM-sarja | Jr. C SM-sarja | Jr. A I divisioona
# | Pos | Player name | State | Born | Height | Weight | Shoots | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
G | Kristian Antila | ![]() | 10.01.1980 | 192 cm | 94 kg | left | Show profile» | |
G | Matti Järvinen | ![]() | 20.04.1984 | 174 cm | 76 kg | left | Show profile» | |
G | Tommi Satosaari | ![]() | 17.02.1975 | 185 cm | 85 kg | left | Show profile» | |
LD | Timo Ahmaoja | ![]() | 08.08.1978 | 185 cm | 83 kg | right | Show profile» | |
RD | Stanislav Jasečko | ![]() | 05.12.1972 | 192 cm | 95 kg | left | Show profile» | |
D | Jukka-Pekka Laamanen | ![]() | 04.10.1976 | 178 cm | 82 kg | left | Show profile» | |
RD | Pasi Peltonen | ![]() | 17.02.1972 | 186 cm | 90 kg | left | Show profile» | |
D | Mika Rontti | ![]() | 30.11.1983 | 183 cm | 85 kg | left | Show profile» | |
LD | Tapio Sammalkangas | ![]() | 11.07.1980 | 179 cm | 89 kg | left | Show profile» | |
D | Curtis Sheptak | ![]() | 19.11.1974 | 191 cm | 100 kg | left | Show profile» | |
LD | Timo Willman | ![]() | 12.10.1972 | 183 cm | 90 kg | left | Show profile» | |
RW | Semir Ben-Amor | ![]() | 06.05.1982 | 183 cm | 101 kg | left | Show profile» | |
F | Patrik Forsbacka | ![]() | 12.08.1982 | 190 cm | 87 kg | left | Show profile» | |
C | Jarkko Immonen | ![]() | 19.04.1982 | 181 cm | 95 kg | right | Show profile» | |
RW | Tuomas Jalava | ![]() | 10.06.1977 | 184 cm | 82 kg | left | Show profile» | |
C | Sami Karjalainen | ![]() | 29.05.1974 | 178 cm | 93 kg | left | Show profile» | |
C | Juha Kiilholma | ![]() | 26.06.1982 | 183 cm | 87 kg | left | Show profile» | |
RW | Mikko Konttila | ![]() | 18.04.1972 | 186 cm | 89 kg | left | Show profile» | |
RW | Jari Korpisalo | ![]() | 17.02.1966 | 178 cm | 80 kg | right | Show profile» | |
RW | Timo Koskela | ![]() | 23.01.1979 | 181 cm | 82 kg | left | Show profile» | |
C | Jan Lipiansky | ![]() | 23.07.1974 | 187 cm | 92 kg | left | Show profile» | |
F | Joose Lipponen | ![]() | 18.02.1981 | 180 cm | 81 kg | left | Show profile» | |
F | Janne Mäkelä | ![]() | 24.04.1982 | 185 cm | 85 kg | right | Show profile» | |
RW | Sandy Moger | ![]() | 21.03.1969 | 193 cm | 100 kg | right | Show profile» | |
RW | Pasi Nielikäinen | ![]() | 11.02.1974 | 188 cm | 97 kg | left | Show profile» | |
LW | Marko Palo | ![]() | 26.09.1967 | 180 cm | 90 kg | right | Show profile» | |
F | Mikko Peltonen | ![]() | 30.07.1982 | 188 cm | 84 kg | left | Show profile» | |
C | Éric Perrin | ![]() | 01.11.1975 | 175 cm | 82 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» | |
RW | Jani Väänänen | ![]() | 20.03.1980 | 181 cm | 90 kg | left | Show profile» | |
LW | Juha Viinikainen | ![]() | 07.09.1977 | 181 cm | 81 kg | left | Show profile» | |
LW | Samu Wesslin | ![]() | 29.06.1975 | 180 cm | 90 kg | left | Show profile» |
Coach name | State | Born | Coach position | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Kaj Matalamäki | ![]() | 03.03.1942 | Head Coach | Show profile» |
Vladimir Vladimirovich Yurzinov * | ![]() | 26.03.1965 | Head Coach | Show profile» |
Jari Härkälä | ![]() | 29.01.1962 | 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 2001-2002: SM-liiga, Jr. B SM-sarja, Jr. C SM-sarja, Jr. A I divisioona
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