Mikkelin Jukurit

Mikkelin Jukurit is an ice hockey team in Liiga, the top tier Finnish ice hockey league. They play in Mikkeli, Finland, at the Kalevankankaan jäähalli (known since 2016 as Ikioma Areena). The team has won 7 Mestis (2nd highest level) championships (2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2013, 2015, and 2016).

Mikkelin Jukurit
CityMikkeli
LeagueLiiga
Founded1970 (1970)
Home arenaIkioma Areena
ColoursBlue, yellow, red, white
                   
Owner(s)Jukurit HC Oy
Head coachMarko Kauppinen
CaptainMiika Roine
Websitewww.jukurit.fi

History

Mikkelin Jukurit was founded in 1970. During the 1970's Jukurit played on the second highest level but the 80's and 90's they spent on lower levels. 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 the 1999–2000 season they won their first championship in the newly established Suomi-sarja league, and returned to the Mestis after a 20-year break. Jukurit won the Mestis championship on their first three seasons in Mestis and made the semifinals consecutively on their first 8 seasons.[1] When Jukurit had won a fourth championship in spring 2006, Risto Dufva left the team. After this, Finnish hockey legend Reijo Ruotsalainen was hired as head coach but he was replaced mid-season by a long-time assistant coach Pekka Lipiäinen. The season 2008-2009 was the only Mestis season Jukurit didn't make the playoffs.

In 2009 an incorporation Jukurit HC Oy was founded. Until this the team had operated as an association.

After hiring Jarno Pikkarainen as head coach for the 2010-11 season, Jukurit returned to the finals but lost to Sport. Under Pikkarainen Jukurit won another championship in 2012-13 and two more in 2015 and 2016 with Antti Pennanen as head coach.

After the teams 7th Mestis championship, Jukurit was granted a permission to purchase a licence to Liiga, the top league in Finnish ice hockey. During the teams 16 seasons in Mestis, they achieved 7 gold medals, 4 silver medals, and one bronze medal.

Since the season 2016-2017 Jukurit has played in Liiga. During the first 4 seasons, the team has yet to make the playoffs, finishing 11th, 13th, 14th, and 13th in the regular season.[2]

Personnel

Current roster

Updated October 14, 2019[3]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
30 Sami Rajaniemi G L 27 2016 Oulainen, Finland
35 Juhana Aho G L 26 2017 Jyväskylä, Finland
1 Eetu Randelin G L 18 Espoo, Finland
5 Ville Hyvärinen (A) D L 29 2016 Kuopio, Finland
7 Samuli Piipponen D L 27 2014 Helsinki, Finland
8 Mikko Kokkonen D L 19 2013 Mikkeli, Finland
11 Aku Alho D L 24 2017 Espoo, Finland
43 Antti Jaatinen D L 32 2016 Mäntyharju, Finland
52 Samuel Kemppainen D L 20 2019 Oulunsalo, Finland
61 Axel Rindell D R 20 2019 Espoo, Finland
75 Alexander Yakovenko D L 22 2019 Karaganda, Kazakhstan
79 Jakub Galvas D L 21 2019 Ostrava, Czechia
96 Jimi Jalonen D R 24 2018 Riihimäki, Finland
9 Miika Roine (C) F L 28 2016 Jyväskylä, Finland
10 Mārtiņš Dzierklas F L 23 2019 Riga, Latvia
14 Valtteri Hotakainen F L 30 2017 Kokkola, Finland
15 Ville Leskinen F L 25 2016 Pieksämäki, Finland
16 Teemu Henritius F L 27 2015 Helsinki, Finland
18 Heikki Huttunen F R 21 2018 Helsinki, Finland
19 Kristian Tanus F L 19 2019 Tampere, Finland
23 Fredric Weigel F L 28 2019 Stockholm, Sweden
25 Joonas Kalliola F L 29 2013 Rauma, Finland
27 Mika Partanen F L 27 2018 Helsinki, Finland
28 Henri Nikkanen F L 19 2018 Mikkeli, Finland
33 Janne Ritamäki (A) F L 33 2018 Heinola, Finland
54 Jesper Piitulainen (A) F R 28 2016 Savonlinna, Finland
57 Charles Sarault F L 28 2019 Missisauga, ON, Canada
72 Vadim Pereskokov F L 26 2017 Moscow, Russia
88 Julius Vähätalo F L 25 2017 Vahto, Finland


Team officials

Updated August 8, 2020[4]

Title Staff Member
Team Manager Mikko Hakkarainen
Sports Manager Jukka Holtari
Head Coach Marko Kauppinen
Assistant Coach Teemu Suokas
Assistant Coach Jari Kauppila
Goaltending Coach Mika Tarvainen
Equipment Manager Jose Rämö
Trainer Jukka Kääriäinen
Jouni Huttunen Team Physician
Jari Veteläinen Masseuse

Retired numbers
  • # 12 Antti Laakso
  • # 22 Martti Salminen
  • # 24 Lasse Kanerva
  • # 31 Petri Lehtonen

Number 21 is not in circulation, it belonged to Sami Lehmusmetsä who died in a traffic accident.

Captains[5]
Name Seasons
Lasse Kanerva 2000-02, 2005-07
Mikko Hakkarainen 2002-05
Timo Kuuluvainen 2007-08
Ilkka Kallioinen 2008-12
Pasi Järvinen 2012-14
Juuso Akkanen 2014-15
Marko Kauppinen 2015-17
Miika Roine 2017

Head Coaches[6]
Head coach Seasons
Jorma Paju 1970-72
Teuvo Myyryläinen 1972-73
Martti Helle 1973-74
Jukka Mattila 1974-75
Eero Välivuori 1975-76
Jukka Mattila 1976-80
Kari Kivilompolo 1980-81
Markku Mikkonen 1981-83
Ole Renlund 1983-84
Matti Ruohonen 1984-86 Replaced mid-season 1985-86 by Hannu Riipinen
Hannu Muhonen 1986-88
Markku Mustonen 1988-89 Replaced mid-season by Martti Salminen
Martti Salminen 1989-91
Pekka Kähönen 1991-92
Miroslav Paulus 1992-93
Jukka Penttinen 1992-95
Pertti Pöyry 1995-98
Risto Dufva 1998-06
Reijo Ruotsalainen 2006-07 Replaced January 26th by Pekka Lipiäinen
Kari Makkonen 2007-08 Replaced October 13th by Pekka Lipiäinen
Pekka Lipiäinen 2008-09
Jarno Pikkarainen 2010-14 Replaced December 4th by Timo Turunen, December 16th by Antti Pennanen
Antti Pennanen 2014-16
Risto Dufva 2016-18
Pekka Kangasalusta 2018-20 Replaced January 6th by Marko Kauppinen
Marko Kauppinen 2020-

Notable players

Notes: G = Goaltender, D = Defenceman, F = Forward, HC = Head coach, F-C = Forward-Coach

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References
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  2. "Jukurit | Liiga". liiga.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2020-08-06.
  3. "JOUKKUE 2019-2020" (in Finnish). Jukurit. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  4. "Jukurit". Eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2013-12-15.
  5. "Jukurit | Liiga". liiga.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2020-08-06.
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