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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 2004-2005: SM-liiga | Jr. A SM-Liiga | Jr. B SM-sarja | Jr. C SM-sarja
# | Pos | Player name | State | Born | Height | Weight | Shoots | |
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G | Scott Langkow | 21.04.1975 | 180 cm | 85 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
G | Tuomas Nissinen | 17.07.1983 | 188 cm | 86 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
G | Marko Tåg | 28.01.1985 | 178 cm | 84 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
LD | Jarkko Glad | 17.07.1973 | 184 cm | 92 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
D | Jere Härkälä | 10.01.1985 | 176 cm | 90 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
RD | Aki Heino | 11.08.1977 | 180 cm | 85 kg | right | Show profile» | ||
RD | Samuli Jalkanen | 29.08.1978 | 174 cm | 83 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
LD | Pauli Levokari | 07.04.1979 | 196 cm | 105 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
RD | Pasi Peltonen | 17.02.1972 | 186 cm | 90 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
D | Atte Pentikäinen | 12.12.1982 | 194 cm | 100 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
D | Mika Rontti | 30.11.1983 | 183 cm | 85 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
D | Jesse Saarinen | 22.03.1977 | 182 cm | 88 kg | right | Show profile» | ||
D | Olegs Sorokins | 04.01.1974 | 178 cm | 80 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
RD | Marko Toivonen | 05.05.1978 | 197 cm | 107 kg | right | Show profile» | ||
D | Atte Valli | 30.08.1984 | 181 cm | 90 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
C | Greg Classen | 24.08.1977 | 183 cm | 86 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
LW | Jesse Joensuu | 05.10.1987 | 193 cm | 96 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
C | Juha-Pekka Ketola | 21.01.1983 | 186 cm | 85 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
C | Juha Kiilholma | 26.06.1982 | 183 cm | 87 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
LW | Marko Kivenmäki | 20.07.1975 | 175 cm | 80 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
RW | Jari Korpisalo | 17.02.1966 | 178 cm | 80 kg | right | Show profile» | ||
C | Matti Kuparinen | 16.10.1984 | 181 cm | 94 kg | right | Show profile» | ||
RW | Kristian Kuusela | 19.02.1983 | 175 cm | 85 kg | right | Show profile» | ||
RW | Pasi Nielikäinen | 11.02.1974 | 188 cm | 97 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
F | Mika Niemi | 26.04.1981 | 186 cm | 92 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
F | Petteri Tasku | 07.10.1985 | 176 cm | 88 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
RW | Pasi Tuominen | 03.05.1974 | 185 cm | 90 kg | right | Show profile» | ||
C | Aki Uusikartano | 13.06.1977 | 185 cm | 86 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
C | Teemu Virkkunen | 13.01.1979 | 183 cm | 80 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
LW | Samu Wesslin | 29.06.1975 | 180 cm | 90 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
RW | Jason Williams | 11.08.1980 | 180 cm | 83 kg | right | Show profile» |
Coach name | State | Born | Coach position | |
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Karri Kivi | 31.01.1970 | Assistant Coach | Show profile» | |
Jukka Hirsimäki | 25.01.1957 | GM | Show profile» | |
Pasi Kaukoranta | 05.07.1967 | Assistant Coach | Show profile» | |
Mika Toivola | 06.03.1971 | Head 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 2004-2005: SM-liiga, Jr. A SM-Liiga, Jr. B SM-sarja, Jr. C SM-sarja
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