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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 2006-2007: 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 | Matti Kaltiainen | 30.04.1982 | 188 cm | 98 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
G | Eero Kilpeläinen | 07.05.1985 | 185 cm | 78 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
G | Jussi Rynnäs | 22.05.1987 | 196 cm | 98 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
D | Peter Aston | 24.02.1986 | 188 cm | 93 kg | right | Show profile» | ||
D | Johan Fransson | 18.02.1985 | 187 cm | 90 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
LD | Mika Halava | 20.05.1987 | 181 cm | 80 kg | right | Show profile» | ||
D | Eetu Heikkinen | 08.07.1988 | 185 cm | 88 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
D | Juhamatti Hietamäki | 22.03.1985 | 179 cm | 90 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
RD | Teemu Kesä | 07.06.1981 | 185 cm | 96 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
D | Tero Konttinen | 14.06.1985 | 180 cm | 80 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 | Anssi Tieranta | 07.08.1985 | 194 cm | 98 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
RD | Marko Toivonen | 05.05.1978 | 197 cm | 107 kg | right | Show profile» | ||
LD | Iikka Törnvall | 13.01.1983 | 182 cm | 84 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
LW | David Bararuk | 26.05.1983 | 182 cm | 81 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
RW | B.J. Crombeen | 10.07.1985 | 183 cm | 96 kg | right | Show profile» | ||
F | Patrik Forsbacka | 12.08.1982 | 190 cm | 87 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
F | Toni Häppölä | 09.04.1981 | 187 cm | 93 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
RW | Paul Healey | 20.03.1975 | 188 cm | 95 kg | right | Show profile» | ||
C | Ville Hirvonen | 07.01.1980 | 182 cm | 84 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
F | Tuomas Huhtanen | 16.03.1987 | 186 cm | 94 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
LW | Jesse Joensuu | 05.10.1987 | 193 cm | 96 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
C | Joonas Kemppainen | 07.04.1988 | 189 cm | 93 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
LW | Marko Kivenmäki | 20.07.1975 | 175 cm | 80 kg | left | 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» | ||
F | Alexander Naurov | 04.03.1985 | 180 cm | 85 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
F | Jussi Peltomaa | 24.06.1987 | 184 cm | 86 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
LW | Tobias Salmelainen | 27.03.1985 | 179 cm | 80 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
F | Tuomas Takala | 01.10.1984 | 180 cm | 81 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
F | Petteri Tasku | 07.10.1985 | 176 cm | 88 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
LW | Tommi Turunen | 13.01.1970 | 179 cm | 85 kg | left | Show profile» | ||
C | Tom Wandell | 29.01.1987 | 185 cm | 91 kg | left | Show profile» |
Coach name | State | Born | Coach position | |
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Jukka Hirsimäki | 25.01.1957 | GM | Show profile» | |
Jari Härkälä | 29.01.1962 | Head Coach | Show profile» | |
Juha Pajuoja * | 31.03.1967 | Head Coach | Show profile» | |
Pasi Kaukoranta | 05.07.1967 | 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 2006-2007: SM-liiga, Jr. A SM-Liiga, Jr. B SM-sarja, Jr. C SM-sarja
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