Lahti Pelicans

Pelicans
City	Lahti, Finland
League	SM-liiga
Founded	1945 (1945)
Home arena	Isku Areena (Capacity 5.530)
Colors
Owner(s)	Pasi Nurminen Sami Kallinen Jarno Lindeman Petri Kumpulainen Tomi Veijalainen
General manager	Ilkka Kaarna
Head coach	Kai Suikkanen
Captain	Arttu Luttinen
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

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.

Notable players

• Juhamatti Aaltonen
• Sean Avery
• Timo Blomqvist
• Jason Bonsignore
• Aaron Brocklehurst
• Kari Eloranta
• Sami Helenius
• Justin Hodgman
• Niko Hovinen
• Marko Jantunen
• Erik Kakko
• Toni Koivunen
• Leo Komarov
• Hannu Koskinen
• Erkki Laine
• Ryan Lasch
• Janne Laukkanen
• Toni Lydman
• Antti Niemi
• Petteri Nummelin
• Pasi Nurminen
• Mikko Peltola
• Karri Rämö
• Shayne Toporowski
• Antti Tyrväinen
• Mike York

Retired Numbers

• 11 - Hannu Koskinen
• 13 - Erkki Laine
• 17 - Kari Eloranta

Current team

Goaltenders
Number		Player	Glovehand	Contract	Birthplace
27		Janne Juvonen	L	loan/junior	Kiihtelysvaara, Finland
32		Niko Hovinen	L	loan	Helsinki, Finland
33		Joonas Kuusela	L	2012	Espoo, Finland
35		Antti Rautiola	L	2012 (2013)	Äänekoski, Finland

Defenders
Number		Player	Left/Right Handed	Contract	Birthplace
2		Aaron Brocklehurst	L	2012	Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
5		Juha-Pekka Pietilä	R	2013	Hollola, Finland
6		Joonas Järvinen	L	2013	Turku, Finland
7		Joonas Jalvanti	L	2012	Lahti, Finland
12		Joonas Hurri	L	2013	Lahti, Finland
22		Markus Seikola	R	2013 (2014)	Laitila, Finland
26		Jan Latvala	L	2011	Jyväskylä, Finland
58		Jyri Marttinen	L	2012	Jyväskylä, Finland

Forwards
Number		Player	Left/Right Handed	Position	Contract	Birthplace
3		Matias Loppi	L	C	2012	Helsinki, Finland
4		Max Wärn	L	W	2013	Helsinki, Finland
9		Arttu Luttinen	L	W	2012	Helsinki, Finland
15		Vili Sopanen	R	W	2013	Valkeala, Finland
16		Justin Hodgman	R	C	2012	Brampton, Ontario, Canada
19		Ryan Lasch	R	W	2012	Lake Forest, California, United States
20		Tommi Paakkolanvaara	L	C	2013	Oulunsalo, Finland
23		Jarkko Immonen	L	C	2012	Kouvola, Finland
24		Janne Tavi	L	W	2011	Helsinki, Finland
25		Pekka Jormakka	R	W	2013	Jyväskylän mlk, Finland
36		Teemu Rinkinen	L	W	2012	Hollola, Finland
39		Marko Pöyhönen	L	W	2012	Hollola, Finland
57		Iiro Sopanen	R	W	2012 (2013)	Lahti, Finland
60		Tero Koskiranta	L	C	2012	Paimio, Finland
86		Sami Blomqvist	L	W	2012 (2013)	Örnsköldsvik, Sweden

Coaching

• Head Coach Kai Suikkanen
• Coach Riku-Petteri Lehtonen
• Goalkeeper Coach Pasi Nurminen
• Coach Simo Vehviläinen

External links

Media related to Pelicans (ice hockey) at Wikimedia Commons

• Pelicans official web site (Finnish)
• Ääriliike – Pelicans Lahti Supporters '05 (Finnish)