KalPa
City	Kuopio, Finland
League	SM-liiga
Founded	1929 (1929)
Home arena	Niiralan monttu (capacity 5,225)
Colors
General manager	Jukka Pennanen
Head coach	Pekka Virta
Captain	Sami Kapanen
Website http://www.kalpa-hockey.fi

The KalPa is an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga. They play in Kuopio, Finland at the Niiralan monttu.

Contents 1 Team history 2 2008–09 team 3 Notable players 3.1 Retired numbers 4 External links

[edit] Team history

Established in 1929, the full name of the company that runs the representative team is KalPa Hockey Oy. The majority of the company is owned by NHL players Sami Kapanen and Kimmo Timonen. Kapanen is the majority owner, controlling 50.5% of the franchise. Timonen owns 8%.

During the 2004–05 NHL lockout Timonen, Kapanen, and fellow NHL player Adam Hall were playing for KalPa. After winning the Mestis championship, KalPa was returned to the SM-liiga for the 05–06 season, after being relegated 6 years earlier in 1999.

KalPa has won two medals: Silver in 1990–91 season and bronze in 2008–09 season.

[edit] 2008–09 team

Goaltenders
Number	Nationality	Player	Glovehand	Contract Length	Birthplace
30		Ari Ahonen	L	2010	Jyväskylä, Finland
60		Mika Järvinen	L	2010	Hattula, Finland

Defencemen
Number	Nationality	Player	Left/Right Handed	Contract Length	Birthplace
4		Janne Jalasvaara	L	2010	Oulu, Finland
6		Aku Pekkarinen	L	2009	Kuopio, Finland
7		Timo Seppänen	L	2010	Helsinki, Finland
8		Ville Varakas	L	2010	Helsinki, Finland
21		Juha Alastalo	R	2009	Kuopio, Finland
26		Mika Strömberg	L	2009	Helsinki, Finland
33		Tomi Tuomainen	L	2009	Kuopio, Finland
41		Mikko Kukkonen	L	2010	Siilinjärvi, Finland
46		Jussi Timonen	L	2009 (2010)	Kuopio, Finland

Forwards
Number	Nationality	Player	Left/Right Handed	Position	Contract Length	Birthplace
9		Juha Virtanen	L	W	2009	Sonkajärvi, Finland
11		Aatu Hämäläinen	R	W	2010	Suonenjoki, Finland
13		Toni Häppölä	L	C	2010	Helsinki, Finland
15		Joonas Riekkinen	L	C	2010	Varpaisjärvi, Finland
16		Teemu Virtala	L	C	2009	Uusikaupunki, Finland
21		Jyri Junnila	R	W	2009	Raahe, Finland
22		Tommi Miettinen	L	W	2009	Kuopio, Finland
24		Sami Kapanen	L	W	2009	Vantaa, Finland
29		Kalle Kerman	L	LW	2009	Kuopio, Finland
41		Kalle Sahlstedt	L	C	2009 (2010)	Rauma, Finland
42		Tommi Jokinen	L	W	2009	Siilinjärvi, Finland
50		Toni Hyvärinen	R	W	2009	Kuopio, Finland
51		Jarkko Malinen	L	C	2009	Kuopio, Finland
61		Timo Salo	L	W	2009	Naantali, Finland
71		Tapio Laakso	L	C	2009	Rymättylä, Finland

[edit] Notable players

• Adam Hall
• Sami Kapanen
• Tomas Kurka
• Kimmo Timonen
• Olli Jokinen

[edit] Retired numbers

• 1 - Pasi Kuivalainen
• 27 - Jouni Rinne

[edit] External links

• KalPa official web site
• KalPa junior official web site
• Meltzer, Bill NHL.com article on KalPa. Retrieved 07-11-07.

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