Peliitat Heinola
Appearance
Heinolan Peliitat | |
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City | Heinola, Finland |
League | Mestis |
Founded | 1984 |
Home arena | Versowood Areena (capacity 2,975) |
Colours | |
Owner(s) | Heinolan Peliitat Oy |
General manager | Marko Latvanen |
Head coach | Lauri Merikivi |
Captain | Ville-Matti Koponen |
Media | Itä-Häme |
Affiliates | Pelicans, HC Kuusankoski |
Website | peliitat.fi |
Franchise history | |
1984-1989 | Heinolan Peliitat |
1989-2011 | Heinolan Kiekko |
2011-Present | Heinolan Peliitat |
Heinolan Peliitat (formerly Heinolan Kiekko) is an ice hockey club based in Heinola, Finland. The club is made up of 11 teams[1] with the top team playing in the Mestis. They play their home games in the Versowood Areena,[2] which has a capacity of 2,975 (with 1,500 seated[2]). The club is affiliated with the Liiga side Lahti Pelicans.
Retired numbers
- #16 - Marko Nyman[3]
- #19 - Vesa Welling[3]
Peliitat Greats
- Tim Army
- John Donnelly
- Marko Ek
- Donald Fraser
- Niko Hovinen
- Jani Keinänen
- Kurt Kleinendorst
- Ville-Matti Koponen
- Steve MacDonald
- Lauri Mononen
- Erkki Mäkelä
- Juha Ovaska
- Seppo Repo
- Karri Rämö
- Janne Sinkkonen
- Antti Tyrväinen