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Pelicans Lahti

Year of foundation: 1945
Colours: teal, black, white, yellow
Club status: active
Address: Lahden Pelicans Oy
Svinhufvudinkatu 29
Isku Areena, 15110 Lahti
Phone: +358 03-874 470
Fax: +358 03-874 4744
Email: pelicans@pelicans.fi, info@pelicans.fi, media@pelicans.fi (press office)
WWW: Pelicans Lahti

Pelicans Lahti is major league affiliate of: Pelicans 2000

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Season 2019-2020

Pos	Player name	Born	Height	Weight	Shoots
G	Taavi Volanen	02.10.2004	178 cm	72 kg	left	Show profile»
D	Marek Alscher	07.04.2004	190 cm	89 kg	left	Show profile»
D	Jimi Junkkari	20.02.2005	188 cm	83 kg	left	Show profile»
F	Matus Gedeon	07.03.2004	185 cm	74 kg	left	Show profile»
RW	Joona Karén	14.05.2004	179 cm	85 kg	left	Show profile»
F	Joonas Karttunen	12.07.2004	180 cm	80 kg	left	Show profile»
RW	Jesse Kiiskinen	23.08.2005	184 cm	87 kg	right	Show profile»
C	Rasmus Kumpulainen	08.08.2005	190 cm	87 kg	left	Show profile»
F	Oliver Kuntonen	09.09.2005	175 cm	70 kg	left	Show profile»
F	Kaarlo Kuusisto	28.01.2004	180 cm	80 kg	left	Show profile»
C	Jesse Rantanen	19.02.2003	185 cm	79 kg	left	Show profile»
F	Niklas Rasikannas	31.03.2004	177 cm	74 kg	right	Show profile»
F	Axel Skinnari	16.03.2004	185 cm	77 kg	right	Show profile»

Coach name	State	Born	Coach position
Joonas Rantanen		06.11.1996	Goalie coach	Show profile»

* no longer in the club

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Isku Areena Lahti

Adress: Lahden jäähalli
Svinhufvudinkatu 29
15110 Lahti
Phone: +358 3-816 8250
Email: info@pelicans.fi
Capacity: 5530
Opened in: 1973

Retired Numbers
11 - Hannu Koskinen
13 - Erkki Laine
17 - Kari Eloranta

Notable players:

from 1899 to 1964: Viipurin Reipas
from 1964 to 1975: Lahden Reipas
from 1975 to 1989: Kiekkoreipas
from 1989 to 1992: Hockey Reipas
from 1992 to 1996: Reipas Lahti
from 1996 to present: Pelicans Lahti

League winners:

2006-2007: Jr. A SM-Liiga
1965-1966: Suomen Cup

from 1900 to 2016:

from 2016 to present:

Pelicans Lahti (official)
Twitter (twitter)
Facebook Page (facebook)
Ääriliike Lahti Supporters (Fans site)
Flying Pelicans Fan Club (Fans site)
Pelicans Fans’ Site (Fans site)

Recent articlesShow all articles»

New rule interpretations in the Finnish Liiga: More speed and excitement on the ice (10 Sep 2024)
Liiga games between December 3 and 19 postponed (02 Dec 2020)
Tournaments finished in Finland and Russia (06 Aug 2019)
Liiga quarterfinals: A matter of seconds (29 Mar 2016)
Tappara already through to Semis (27 Mar 2016)

Recent newsShow all news»

A 465 penalties minutes record was set in SM-Liiga's Pelicans Lahti - HIFK Helsinki game last saturday. After an initial fight between HIFK's Siim Liivik and Pelicans' Arttu Luttinen, another big brawl resulted in 14 players and the two coaches sent off. The news had a notable repercussion all over the country and even Finnish president Tarja Halonen made a statement about it blaming the event
The SM-Liiga disciplinary board has not yet decided about suspensions.

(28 Nov 2011)

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Past results:

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Fast factsseason 2019-2020

Youngest player: Jesse Kiiskinen (14 years)
Oldest player: Kaarlo Kuusisto (16 years)
Shortest player: Niklas Rasikannas (177 cm)
Tallest player: Marek Alscher (190 cm)
Nationalities: Czechia (1), Finland (9), Slovakia (1)

Leagues

Pelicans Lahti participates in season 2019-2020: Champions Hockey League, Liiga, Jr. A SM-Liiga, Jr. B SM-sarja, Jr. B2 SM-sarja, Jr. C SM-sarja

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