Ässät

Porin Ässät (Finnish for Pori Aces) is an ice hockey club based in the town of Pori, Finland. They play in the Finnish elite league, Liiga. They play in the Porin jäähalli in Isomäki. [1]

For the association football club, see Ässät (football).
Porin Ässät
CityPori
LeagueLiiga
Founded1967 (1967)
Home arenaIsomäki Areena
ColoursRed, black, white
     
General managerTommi Kerttula
Head coachAri-Pekka Selin
CaptainNiklas Appelgren
Championships1971, 1978, 2013
Websiteassat.com

The full name of the company operating the team is at present HC Ässät Pori Oy. They have won three Finnish Championships in ice hockey (1971, 1978, and 2013), and several other medals — most recently silver in 2006. In addition, both Karhut and RU-38 were one-time champions each.

History

The club was established in 1967 when two local clubs, Karhut and RU-38 merged. Ässät has also played football from 1967 to 1981. For a few seasons, they played in the Mestaruussarja (‘championship series’), after they were given RU-38’s place in this competition.

Team staff

Updated March 10th, 2020.[2][3]

Title Staff Member
General ManagerTommi Kerttula
Head CoachAri-Pekka Selin
Assistant CoachSaku Martikainen
Assistant CoachPasi Arvonen
Goaltending CoachJaakko Rosendahl
Physical coachSeppo Vihelä

Players

Current roster

Updated December 3, 2020.[4]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
88 Sami Aittokallio G L 28 2019 Tampere, Finland
21 Niklas Appelgren (C) RW L 30 2017 Kouvola, Finland
22 Roni Hirvonen C L 19 2019 Espoo, Finland
80 Jasse Ikonen LW L 30 2020 Kuopio, Finland
97 Jouka Juhola LW L 23 2013 Harjavalta, Finland
20 Lenni Killinen RW L 20 2018 Espoo, Finland
16 Niko Kivelä LW L 25 2019 Helsinki, Finland
73 Otto Kivenmäki C L 20 2018 Pori, Finland
35 Rasmus Korhonen G L 18 2020 Oulu, Finland
26 Kasper Kotkansalo D L 22 2020 Espoo, Finland
56 Lauri Kulmala C L 22 2019 Porvoo, Finland
9 Tommi Laakso LW L 23 2016 Helsinki, Finland
82 Arttu Lausniemi C L 19 2017 Vammala, Finland
67 Jasper Lindsten LW L 26 2020 Salo, Finland
25 Aleksi Matinmikko D R 20 2019 Oulu, Finland
72 Nicolai Meyer LW L 27 2020 Frederikshavn, Denmark
14 Atte Mäkinen LW L 24 2019 Vantaa, Finland
10 Miro Mäkinen C L 24 2019 Vantaa, Finland
37 Rami Määttä D L 18 2018 Oulu, Finland
29 Markus Niemeläinen D L 22 2019 Kuopio, Finland
31 Mika Niemi (A) C L 32 2020 Pori, Finland
28 Niklas Peltomäki D L 22 2018 Espoo, Finland
50 Valtteri Pihlajamäki RW R 24 2019 Kiikoinen, Finland
30 Linus Söderström G L 24 2020 Stockholm, Sweden
7 Jakob Stenqvist D R 22 2019 Mora, Sweden
74 Peter Tiivola (A) C R 27 2018 Helsinki, Finland
32 Rasmus Tirronen G L 30 2020 Espoo, Finland
6 Olli Vainio (A) D R 26 2019 Tampere, Finland
15 Aleksi Varttinen D L 23 Eura, Finland
91 Teemu Vuorisalo D R 26 Pori, Finland
3 Juuso Walli D L 24 2020 Tampere, Finland
40 Sebastian Wännström RW R 29 2020 Gävle, Sweden

Retired numbers

Number 89 has not been officially retired, but is not in use. It has only been worn by Jaroslav Otevrel, who paralyzed in a collision with another player during the 1995–96 season

Honours

SM-Liiga/SM-sarja

Finnish cup:

  • Winners (1): 1967

IIHF European Cup:

Other awards for the club:

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Juhani Tammisen Sport tarrasi momentumiinsa Porissa 'Juhani Tamminen's Sport Vaasa hang on to their momentum in Pori". Helsinki: Helsingin Sanomat. 2009-04-17. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
  2. "Ässät". pointstreak.com. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  3. "Etusivu > Joukkue > Johtoryhmä". Ässät. Retrieved 2013-12-21.
  4. "Ässät 2018-19". www.eliteprospects.com.


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