Mikkelin Jukurit

Jukurit
City	Mikkeli, Finland
League	Liiga
Founded	1970
Home arena	Kalevankankaan jäähalli (capacity 4487)
Colours	Blue, yellow, red, white
Head coach	Risto Dufva
Affiliate(s)	SaiPa (SM-liiga)
Website	http://www.jukurit.fi/

Mikkelin Jukurit is an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga. 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^[1]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
4		Valkonen, JoonasJoonas Valkonen	D	L	23		Vantaa, Finland
5		Piipponen, SamuliSamuli Piipponen	D
1		Norja, MikaMika Norja	G	L	31		Lohja, Finland
8		Suoknuuti, EljasEljas Suoknuuti	F	R
12		Mäkinen, AtteAtte Mäkinen	F	L	21		Tampere, Finland
9		Turtiainen, JaakkoJaakko Turtiainen	F
10		Kauppinen, MarkoMarko Kauppinen	D	L	37		Mikkeli, Finland
3		Jekunen, SamiSami Jekunen	D	L	21
29		Juntheikki, JesseJesse Juntheikki	C	L	28	2013	Tuusula, Finland
25		Kalliola, JoonasJoonas Kalliola	F	L	25	2013	Rauma, Finland
23		Laakkonen, NikoNiko Laakkonen	F	L	28	2013	Varkaus, Finland
2		Suhonen, TeemuTeemu Suhonen	D
28		Laine, MikkoMikko Laine	RW	R	26	2012	Piikkiö, Finland
34		Lostedt, PatrikPatrik Lostedt	LW	L	35	2012	Helsinki, Finland
16		Koskinen, JoonasJoonas Koskinen	C	L	29	2013	Ruovesi, Finland
15		Nöyränen, PenttiPentti Nöyränen	RW	L	33	2011	Espoo, Finland
27		Paalanen, VilleVille Paalanen (L)	F	L	26	2013	Lappeenranta, Finland
20		Virmavirta, VilmoVilmo Virmavirta	D	R	22
7		Purolinna, Juha-PetteriJuha-Petteri Purolinna	D	L	28	2011	Helsinki, Finland
13		Ripatti, ErnoErno Ripatti	F	L	21	2009	Ristiina, Finland
11		Ranta, RoopeRoope Ranta	F	R	28		Helsinki, Finland
36		Pavén, JarnoJarno Pavén	D
30		Aho, JuhanaJuhana Aho	G	L	23
18		Sipola, JuusoJuuso Sipola	F	R	23	2013	Oulu, Finland
17		Savolainen, JaniJani Savolainen	RW	R	28	2011	Kuopio, Finland
6		Vaarasuo, IlkkaIlkka Vaarasuo	D	L	33	2009	Iisalmi, Finland
33		Väyrynen, JanneJanne Väyrynen	F	R	24	2013	Järvenpää, Finland

Team Officials

Updated December 15, 2013^[2]

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

References

1. "JOUKKUE 2013-2014". Jurkurit. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
2. "Jukurit". Eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2013-12-15.

External links

• Official website
• SarvisClub (Jukurit fans)