KalPa

This article is about the Finnish hockey team. For other uses, see Kalpa.

KalPa
City	Kuopio, Finland
League	SM-liiga
Founded	1929 (1929)
Home arena	Niiralan monttu
Colors
Owner(s)	KalPa Hockey Oy Sami Kapanen Kimmo Timonen Scott Hartnell
General manager	Kimmo Kapanen
Head coach	Tuomas Tuokkola
Captain	Sami Kapanen
Affiliate(s)	SaPKo (Mestis)
Website www.kalpa-hockey.fi

The Kalevan Pallo (KalPa) is an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga. They play in Kuopio, Finland at the Niiralan monttu.

Team history

Established in 1929, the full name of the company that runs the representative team is KalPa Hockey Oy. The majority of the company is owned by NHL players Sami Kapanen and Kimmo Timonen. Kapanen is the majority owner, controlling 50.5% of the franchise. Timonen owns 8%, while Timonen's Philadelphia Flyers teammate Scott Hartnell owns 5%.

During the 2004–05 NHL lockout Timonen, Kapanen, and fellow NHL player Adam Hall were playing for KalPa. After winning the Mestis championship, KalPa was returned to the SM-liiga for the 05–06 season, after being relegated 6 years earlier in 1999.

KalPa has won two medals: Silver in 1990–91 season and bronze in 2008–09 season.

Philadelphia Flyers forward Scott Hartnell purchased a minority share of the team after getting financial advice from Kimmo Timonen during a road trip to Boston.

Honors

Champions

• Mestis Championship (2): 2004, 2005

Players

Current roster

Updated February 13, 2012.

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
43	Canada !	Glenn, RyanRyan Glenn	2.0 !D	L	31	2012	Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada
25	Finland !	Hentunen, JukkaJukka Hentunen	7.0 !RW	R	37	2011	Joroinen, Finland
13	Finland !	Ikonen, JasseJasse Ikonen	4.2 !C/LW	L	21	2011	Kuopio, Finland
42	Finland !	Jokinen, TommiTommi Jokinen	7.0 !RW	L	23	2005	Siilinjärvi, Finland
84	Finland !	Junnila, JyriJyri Junnila	6.0 !LW	R	27	2010	Raahe, Finland
24	Finland !	Kapanen, SamiSami Kapanen (A)	6.0 !LW	L	38	2011	Vantaa, Finland
6	Finland !	Kauppinen, MarkoMarko Kauppinen	2.0 !D	L	32	2011	Mikkeli, Finland
71	Finland !	Kerman, KalleKalle Kerman	4.0 !C	L	33	2009	Kuopio, Finland
19	Finland !	Kiiskinen, TuomasTuomas Kiiskinen (A)	7.0 !RW	L	25	2001	Kuopio, Finland
2	Finland !	Koistinen, MattiMatti Koistinen	2.0 !D	L	26	2011	Outokumpu, Finland
52	Finland !	Koskinen, MikkoMikko Koskinen	1.0 !G	L	23	2011	Vantaa, Finland
40	Finland !	Kukkonen, MikkoMikko Kukkonen	2.0 !D	L	24	2003	Siilinjärvi, Finland
22	Finland !	Kuparinen, MattiMatti Kuparinen	4.0 !C	R	27	2011	Pori, Finland
57	United States !	Lannon, RyanRyan Lannon	2.0 !D	L	31	2012	Grafton, Massachusetts, USA
48	Finland !	Laurila, HenriHenri Laurila	2.0 !D	R	23	2010	Lahti, Finland
38	Sweden !	Masuhr, AdamAdam Masuhr	2.0 !D	R	28	2009	Gävle, Sweden
10	Finland !	Miettinen, TommiTommi Miettinen (C)	4.0 !C	L	36	2009	Kuopio, Finland
18	Finland !	Pakarinen, IiroIiro Pakarinen	6.0 !LW	R	20	2006	Suonenjoki, Finland
15	Finland !	Riekkinen, JoonasJoonas Riekkinen	4.0 !C	L	24	2002	Varpaisjärvi, Finland
3	Finland !	Riikola, Simo-PekkaSimo-Pekka Riikola	2.0 !D	R	20	2009	Joensuu, Finland
28	Finland !	Rissanen, JaakkoJaakko Rissanen	4.0 !C	L	22	2005	Kuopio, Finland
11	Finland !	Saarinen, OssiOssi Saarinen	6.0 !LW	L	24	2011	Helsinki, Finland
23	Finland !	Salminen, SakariSakari Salminen	2.0 !D	R	23	2010	Pori, Finland
46	Finland !	Timonen, JussiJussi Timonen	2.0 !D	L	28	2008	Kuopio, Finland
4	Finland !	Toivonen, JuhaJuha Toivonen	1.0 !G	L	24	2011	Hattula, Finland

Honored members

• 1 - Pasi Kuivalainen
• 27 - Jouni Rinne
• 44 - Kimmo Timonen

NHL alumni

• Sami Kapanen (1990–94, 2004–05, 2008–10, 2011–present)
• Kimmo Timonen (1991–94)
• Jussi Timonen (2001–02, 2008–present)
• Adam Hall (2004–05)
• Teemu Hartikainen (2008–10)

External links

• (Finnish) KalPa official web site
• (Finnish) KalPa junior official web site
• Meltzer, Bill NHL.com article on KalPa. Retrieved 07-11-07.