Mikkelin Jukurit

Jukurit
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City	Mikkeli, Finland
League	Liiga
Founded	1970 (1970)
Home arena	Kalevankankaan jäähalli (capacity 4487)
Head coach	Jarno Pikkarainen
Affiliate(s)	SaiPa (SM-liiga)
Website	http://www.jukurit.fi/

Mikkelin Jukurit is an ice hockey team in the Mestis. They play in Mikkeli, Finland, at the Kalevankankaan jäähalli. The team has won 7 Mestis championships (2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2013, 2015 and 2016).

History

Mikkelin Jukurit was founded in 1970. The season of 1998-99 was a turning point for the team, when Matti Turunen became the executive director and Risto Dufva from Jyväskylä became head coach. In 1999–2000 they won their first championship in the newly established Suomi-sarja league, and returned to the Mestis after a 20 year break. When Jukurit had won a fourth Championship in spring 2006, Risto Dufva left the team.

Notable players

Retired numbers

• # 22 Martti Salminen
• # 24 Lasse Kanerva

Well known players

G Jaakko Suomalainen, Kärpät G Tero Leinonen, Ilves G Tommi Nikkilä, Tappara G Mikko Strömberg, Innsbruck Haie D Simo Mälkiä, SaiPa D Jukka-Pekka Laamanen, Kärpät F Ossi Pellinen, HPK F-C Pentti Matikainen, HIFK GM

D Markku Erholtz, HPK D Marko Kauppinen, Jokerit D Jari Korhonen, end D Tommi Kovanen, HIFK D Mikko Mäenpää, HPK D Matti Kuusisto, KalPa HC Risto Dufva, JYP F Martti Salminen, end

D Kalle Kaijomaa, JYP D Juha Salmu, JYP D Esa Saksinen, JYP D Joni Tuominen, SaiPa F Iivo Hokkanen, HPK F Tero Koponen, Lukko HC Reijo Ruotsalainen F Erkka Westerlund, end

F Juha-Pekka Hytönen, JYP F Mika Niemi, JYP F Samuli Piiroinen, JYP F Olli Sipiläinen, JYP F Petri Koskinen, SaiPa F Mikko Hakkarainen, SaiPa F Lasse Kanerva, end

G = Goaltender, D = Defencemen, F = Forward, HC = Head Coach, F-C = Forward-Coach

Current squad

Updated December 15, 2013

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
4		Joonas Valkonen	D	L	31		Vantaa, Finland
5		Samuli Piipponen	D
1		Mika Norja	G	L	40		Lohja, Finland
8		Eljas Suoknuuti	F	R
12		Atte Mäkinen	F	L	29		Tampere, Finland
9		Jaakko Turtiainen	F
10		Marko Kauppinen	D	L	45		Mikkeli, Finland
3		Sami Jekunen	D	L	29
29		Jesse Juntheikki	C	L	37	2013	Tuusula, Finland
25		Joonas Kalliola	F	L	33	2013	Rauma, Finland
23		Niko Laakkonen	F	L	36	2013	Varkaus, Finland
2		Teemu Suhonen	D
28		Mikko Laine	RW	R	34	2012	Piikkiö, Finland
34		Patrik Lostedt	LW	L	43	2012	Helsinki, Finland
16		Joonas Koskinen	C	L	38	2013	Ruovesi, Finland
15		Pentti Nöyränen	RW	L	41	2011	Espoo, Finland
27		Ville Paalanen (L)	F	L	35	2013	Lappeenranta, Finland
20		Vilmo Virmavirta	D	R	30
7		Juha-Petteri Purolinna	D	L	36	2011	Helsinki, Finland
13		Erno Ripatti	F	L	29	2009	Ristiina, Finland
11		Roope Ranta	F	R	36		Helsinki, Finland
36		Jarno Pavén	D
30		Juhana Aho	G	L	31
18		Juuso Sipola	F	R	31	2013	Oulu, Finland
17		Jani Savolainen	RW	R	36	2011	Kuopio, Finland
6		Ilkka Vaarasuo	D	L	42	2009	Iisalmi, Finland
33		Janne Väyrynen	F	R	32	2013	Järvenpää, Finland

Team Officials

Updated December 15, 2013

Title	Staff Member
Team Manager	Mikko Hakkarainen
Team Manager	Pekka Lipiäinen
Sports Manager	Tommi Kerttula
Head Coach	Jarno Pikkarainen
Assistant Coach	Timo Turunen
Goaltending Coach	Vesa Pantzar

External links

• www.jukurit.fi
• SarvisClub (Jukurit fans)