Lahti Pelicans
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| Pelicans | |
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| City | Lahti, Finland |
| League | SM-liiga |
| Founded | 1945 |
| Home arena | Isku Areena (Capacity 5.530) |
| Colors | |
| Owner(s) | Pasi Nurminen Sami Kallinen Jarno Lindeman Petri Kumpulainen Tomi Veijalainen[1] |
| General manager | Ilkka Kaarna |
| Head coach |  Kai Suikkanen |
| Captain | Tommi Paakkolanvaara |
| Media | Etelä-Suomen Sanomat Radio Voima |
| Affiliates | Peliitat (Mestis) |
| Website | pelicans.fi |
| Franchise history | |
| 1891-1945 | Viipurin Reipas |
| 1945-1975 | Lahden Reipas |
| 1975-1989 | Kiekkoreipas |
| 1989-1992 | Hockey Reipas |
| 1992-1996 | Reipas Lahti |
| 1996-present | Pelicans |
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Pelicans is an ice hockey team playing in the SM-liiga, and formed in 1996. They play in the city of Lahti, Finland at Isku Arena. The team is partially owned by retired NHL goaltender Pasi Nurminen.
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Season records [edit]
This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Pelicans. For the full season-by-season history, see List of SM-liiga seasons
| Season | Games | Won | Lost | Tie | OTL | SOL | Points | Goals for |
Goals against |
Rank | Playoffs |
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| 2007–08 | 56 | 33 | 19 | - | 4 | 0 | 98 | 176 | 142 | 6 | Lost in Quarterfinals |
| 2008–09 | 58 | 27 | 27 | - | 1 | 3 | 80 | 149 | 145 | 9 | Lost in Quarterfinals |
| 2009–10 | 58 | 24 | 27 | - | 7 | 0 | 73 | 166 | 197 | 12 | Out of Playoffs |
| 2010–11 | 60 | 19 | 37 | - | 2 | 2 | 59 | 133 | 180 | 14 | Out of Playoffs |
| 2011–12 | 60 | 39 | 18 | - | 3 | 0 | 111 | 213 | 155 | 2 | Lost in Finals |
Players [edit]
Current roster [edit]
Updated December 9, 2012.[2]
Team Captains [edit]
- Ilpo Koskela (1976–77)
- Matti Kaario (1977–81)
- Olavi Niemenranta (1981–82)
- Erkki Laine (1982–84, 1990–94)
- Hannu Koskinen (1984–85)
- Tony Grönroos (1996–98)
- Kimmo Peltonen (1998–99)
- Mika Niskanen (1999–01)
- Toni Koivunen (2001–03, 2004–05)
- Jari Kauppila (2003–04)
- Erik Kakko (2005–10)
- Jan Latvala (2010–11)
- Arttu Luttinen (2011–12)
- Tommi Paakkolanvaara (2012–)
NHL alumni [edit]
Retired Numbers [edit]
- 11 - Hannu Koskinen
- 13 - Erkki Laine
- 17 - Kari Eloranta
Coaches [edit]
- Head Coach Kai Suikkanen
- Coach Riku-Petteri Lehtonen
- Goalkeeper Coach Simo Vehviläinen
List of head coaches [edit]
- Unto Viitala 1960–1964
- Esko Luostarinen 1964–1968
- Erkki Mononen 1968–1969
- Heljo Liesmäki 1969–1970
- Juhani Vuorela 1970–1972
- Aulis Hirvonen 1972–1976
- Matti Lampainen 1976–1978
- Veli-Pekka Roiha 1978–1981
- Matti Koivunen 1981–1982 (Fired on November 20th 1982)
- Pertti Mantere 1982–1984 (Fired on March 2nd 1984)
- Veli-Pekka Roiha 1984–1984
- Lasse Väliaho 1984–1985
- Veli-Pekka Roiha 1985–1986 (Fired on November 21st 1986)
- Yrjö Hakulinen 1986–1987
- Kari Malinen 1987–1989 (Fired on Spring 1989)
- Seppo Repo 1989
- Esko Nokelainen 1989–1993 (Fired on March 9th 1993)
- Kari Mäkinen 1993 (Fired on October 3rd 1993)
- Jukka-Ville Jääsalmi 1993–1994
- Sergei Grišintšov 1994–1996 (Fired on January 31st 1996)
- Kari Eloranta 1996–2002
- Petteri Hirvonen 2002–2003 (Fired on October 22nd 2003)
- Petteri Sihvonen 2003–2004
- Petri Matikainen 2004–2005
- Jami Kauppi 2005 (Fired on October 26th 2005)
- Ilkka Kaarna 2005 (Cartaker head coach from October 26th 2005 to November 3rd 2005)
- Pasi Räsänen 2005-2006 (Caretaker head coach before Aravirta. As of January 7th 2006)
- Hannu Aravirta 2006–2009
- Mika Toivola 2009–2010 (Fired on October 24th 2010)
- Pasi Räsänen 2010–2011
- Kai Suikkanen 2011–2013
References [edit]
- ^ "Pelicansille uudet omistajat" (in Finnish). Jatkoaika. 2005.04.15. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
- ^ "Joukkue" (in Finnish). www.pelicans.fi. Retrieved 2012-12-09. Text " Pelicans " ignored (help)
External links [edit]
Media related to Lahti Pelicans at Wikimedia Commons
- Pelicans official web site (Finnish)
- Ääriliike – Pelicans Lahti Supporters '05 (Finnish)
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