When was Ketterä founded?

Ketterä was founded in 1957 in Imatra, FIN, Finland.

Where is Ketterä based?

Ketterä is based in Imatra, FIN.

Who is the head coach of Ketterä?

The head coach of Ketterä is Tuomo Ropo.

What arena does Ketterä play in?

Ketterä play their home games at OmaSP Areena in Imatra, FIN.

What are the team colors of Ketterä?

The team colors of Ketterä are Blue + White + Red.

Ketterä

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2022-2023

2022-2023 Season

Ketterä were 35-11-6 in the 2022-23 Mestis season with 110 points, 2nd overall.

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2022-2023 Ketterä Player Stats

All Positions

#	Skater	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
Mestis
1.	Jere Vertanen (D)	51	17	32	49	8	23	17	2	6	8	10	5
2.	Samu Tuomaala (RW/LW)	29	26	20	46	10	27	17	7	12	19	6	6
3.	Henry Karjalainen (LW/RW)	48	9	33	42	51	16	17	3	10	13	47	1
4.	Jesse Viskari (F/D)	51	16	24	40	6	24	12	5	2	7	4	6
5.	Elmeri Kaksonen (LW/RW)	40	14	22	36	12	27	13	5	10	15	6	1
6.	Yegor Chizhikov (F)	45	16	18	34	53	18	11	0	3	3	6	2
7.	Yegor Shekhovtsov (D)	44	12	21	33	14	24	12	0	4	4	2	4
8.	Jarkko Harjula (RW)	48	11	22	33	26	19	16	6	6	12	14	8
9.	Mikko Haaparanta (F)	42	17	15	32	40	27	16	8	6	14	2	6
10.	Jesse Liuksiala (C)	43	12	18	30	34	15	16	3	4	7	12	1
11.	Valtteri Jeskanen (D)	47	2	18	20	18	16	17	0	2	2	8	0
12.	Väinö Liikonen (D)	52	6	13	19	59	26	17	2	3	5	16	-2
13.	Janne Kettunen (C/LW)	32	3	14	17	18	12	17	7	4	11	12	3
14.	Jesse Ruotsi (C)	49	6	8	14	30	9	17	2	0	2	2	2
15.	Joona Lankinen (F)	46	6	6	12	18	2	8	0	0	0	4	-4
16.	Niko Kautiainen (F)	38	4	8	12	8	5
17.	Aleksi Akkila (C)	40	4	6	10	8	3	3	1	0	1	4	-1
18.	Anton Stråka (C)	10	1	9	10	2	9
19.	Viljami Istala (D)	37	5	3	8	41	8	17	0	0	0	2	-1
20.	Santeri Salmela (D)	23	2	4	6	10	11	7	0	1	1	2	1
21.	Roope Turunen (F)	21	1	5	6	8	6	17	0	3	3	18	0
22.	Aleksi Sinkkonen (LW)	6	3	1	4	2	4	15	1	0	1	10	-5
23.	Saku Vesterinen (D)	7	0	4	4	4	3
24.	Tomi-Petteri Ansio (F)	22	1	2	3	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
25.	Hannes Häkkilä (D)	9	0	3	3	8	-2	17	2	11	13	2	5
26.	Janne Naukkarinen (C/W)	11	0	3	3	4	1	12	0	0	0	0	-1
27.	Eemeli Takala (LW)	21	1	1	2	8	1	2	1	0	1	0	0
28.	Otto Hokkanen (C/W)	1	0	1	1	0	0	11	0	6	6	2	2
29.	Rudi Maarni (C)	2	0	1	1	0	1
30.	Kalle Loponen (D)	3	0	1	1	0	-1
31.	Henri Hietala (D)	8	0	1	1	10	1
32.	Leevi Tanskanen (D)	16	0	1	1	10	2
33.	Jesse Hallikas (LW)	2	0	0	0	0	-1
34.	Peetu Kiukas (D)	2	0	0	0	2	-2
35.	Juho Hallikas (D)	4	0	0	0	0	2
36.	Joona Huttula (D)	4	0	0	0	2	1
37.	Aleksi Niemi (D)	5	0	0	0	0	0
38.	Aaro Rokio (F)	12	0	0	0	2	-2
Suomen Cup
1.	Jarkko Harjula (RW)	5	3	4	7	2	-
2.	Yegor Chizhikov (F)	6	2	5	7	0	-
3.	Valtteri Jeskanen (D)	6	3	3	6	0	-
4.	Janne Kettunen (C/LW)	5	3	2	5	6	-
5.	Jesse Ruotsi (C)	5	2	3	5	2	-
6.	Jere Vertanen (D)	6	3	1	4	0	-
7.	Elmeri Kaksonen (LW/RW)	6	2	2	4	2	-
8.	Joona Lankinen (F)	4	1	3	4	0	-
9.	Jesse Viskari (F/D)	5	1	3	4	2	-
10.	Mikko Haaparanta (F)	5	1	3	4	4	-
11.	Niko Kautiainen (F)	6	1	3	4	0	-
12.	Yegor Shekhovtsov (D)	6	1	3	4	0	-
13.	Santeri Salmela (D)	6	0	4	4	0	-
14.	Eemeli Takala (LW)	6	0	4	4	2	-
15.	Väinö Liikonen (D)	6	2	1	3	0	-
16.	Anton Stråka (C)	4	1	2	3	2	-
17.	Aleksi Akkila (C)	4	0	3	3	2	-
18.	Aaro Rokio (F)	1	1	0	1	0	-
19.	Jesse Liuksiala (C)	4	1	0	1	0	-
20.	Viljami Istala (D)	4	0	1	1	2	-
21.	Jesse Hallikas (LW)	1	0	0	0	0	-
22.	Eetu Nikkilä (D)	1	0	0	0	0	-
23.	Tomi-Petteri Ansio (F)	2	0	0	0	0	-
24.	Leevi Tanskanen (D)	2	0	0	0	0	-
25.	Joona Huttula (D)	4	0	0	0	2	-

#	Goalie	GP	GAA	SV%	W	L	T	SO	TOI	SVS	GP	GAA	SV%
Mestis
1.	Vilho Heikkinen (G)	1	1.00	.955	1	0	0	0	60:00	21
2.	Santeri Lipiäinen (G)	33	2.01	.912	20	9	4	3	1968:19	683	1	4.08	.778
3.	Severi Auvinen (G)	19	1.96	.912	12	2	3	4	1042:14	354	16	1.69	.925
4.	Topias Rovio (G)	1	3.00	.864	1	0	0	0	60:00	19
5.	Valtteri Valle (G)	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6.	Simo Oja (G)	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
7.	Rasmus Ahlblad (G)	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Suomen Cup
1.	Severi Auvinen (G)	6	-	.900	-	-	-	-	-	117
2.	Santeri Lipiäinen (G)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

2022-2023 Ketterä Staff

Head CoachTuomo Ropo
Asst. CoachTeemu Asikainen
Asst. CoachTero Sainio
Goaltending CoachMikko Rämö
Sports ManagerTurkka Partanen
CEOCarlo Grünn
ChairmanMikko Partanen
Conditioning CoachTero Sainio
Equipment ManagerErkki Koho
Equipment ManagerTuomo Ovaska
Head Equipment ManagerHeikki Kääriäinen
Mental CoachHanna Ropo
Skating CoachSimo Korpela

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2022-2023 Ketterä Demographics

Ketterä Facts

Plays in: Mestis
Team Colors: Blue + White + Red
Town: Imatra, FIN Map
Founded: 1957

2022-2023 Ketterä Roster Facts

Nationalities

44 players
2 players

Experience

Ketterä: 2 274 GP
Liiga: 1 612 GP
KHL: 17 GP
Czechia: 41 GP
AHL: 2 GP

Affiliated Team(s)

Ilves (Liiga)
Ilves U20 (U20 SM-sarja)
Ketterä U20 (U20 Mestis)
PEPO HC (II-divisioona)
PESÄ (II-divisioona)
SaiPa (Liiga)
SaiPa U20 (U20 SM-sarja)

Arena Information

Arena Name: OmaSP Areena
Location: Imatra, FIN
Capacity: 1 300
Construction Year: 2011

Ketterä Games

date	home	visiting	score	league
10/09/2026 03:30 PM UTC	Ketterä	RoKi	-	Mestis
10/03/2026 02:00 PM UTC	Pyry Hockey	Ketterä	-	Mestis
10/01/2026 03:30 PM UTC	Ketterä	KeuPa HT	2 - 5	Mestis
09/26/2026 02:00 PM UTC	TUTO Hockey	Ketterä	6 - 3	Mestis
09/25/2026 03:30 PM UTC	Ketterä	JoKP	4 - 2	Mestis

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Jerkko Virtala (D)

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09/10/2026

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Matti Härmä (F)

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08/17/2026

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Eemil Laurell (F)

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08/12/2026

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Tomi Palo (F)

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Ketterä History and Standings

season	league	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
2026-2027	Mestis	7	1	4	-	1	1	17	24	6	0.86	8	-
2025-2026	Mestis	49	17	15	-	9	8	152	141	77	1.57	3	Final loss
2024-2025	Mestis	49	20	17	-	9	3	145	125	81	1.65	3	Quarterfinal loss
2023-2024	Mestis	48	29	13	-	5	1	192	115	98	2.04	2	Final loss
2022-2023	Mestis	52	34	11	-	1	6	197	115	110	2.12	2	Final loss
2021-2022	Mestis	52	30	12	-	7	3	191	132	107	2.06	1	Champion
2020-2021	Mestis	31	17	9	-	1	4	130	92	57	1.84	3	Champion
2019-2020	Mestis	50	34	16	-	8	5	188	127	99	1.98	1	Playoffs Cancelled
2018-2019	Mestis	50	22	14	-	7	7	163	141	87	1.74	3	Champion
2017-2018	Mestis	50	25	16	-	4	5	180	159	88	1.76	3	Quarterfinal loss
2016-2017	Mestis	8	4	4	-	0	0	28	24	12	1.5	3	Qualification loss
	Suomi-sarja	36	31	2	-	3	0	215	59	99	2.75	1	Champion
2015-2016	Suomi-sarja	36	26	5	-	2	3	144	84	85	2.36	1	Final loss
2014-2015	Suomi-sarja	36	14	18	-	3	1	132	141	49	1.36	10	Saved in play-out
2013-2014	Suomi-sarja	38	19	13	-	3	3	163	133	66	1.74	5	Quarterfinal loss
2012-2013	Suomi-sarja	21	14	5	-	0	2	96	66	44	2.1	2	-
	Suomi-sarja	20	2	15	-	1	2	54	108	10	0.5	7	-
2011-2012	Suomi-sarja	22	8	10	-	4	0	89	87	32	1.45	6	No playoffs held
	Suomi-sarja	14	8	3	-	1	2	71	41	28	2	3	-
2010-2011	Suomi-sarja	14	10	2	-	1	1	76	37	33	2.36	1	-
	Suomi-sarja	22	13	8	-	1	0	107	88	41	1.86	4	No playoffs held
2009-2010	Suomi-sarja	14	6	8	-	0	0	67	63	18	1.29	4	No playoffs held
	Suomi-sarja	20	12	5	-	2	1	84	57	41	2.05	1	-
2008-2009	Suomi-sarja	20	11	7	-	2	0	91	70	37	1.85	1	-
	Suomi-sarja	14	9	2	-	2	1	67	44	32	2.29	1	Qualification loss
2007-2008	Suomi-sarja	15	13	1	-	0	1	89	55	40	2.67	1	Saved in relegation
	Suomi-sarja	20	6	10	-	1	3	95	96	23	1.15	5	-
2006-2007	Suomi-sarja	36	7	21	4	3	1	146	193	25	0.69	7	Did not make playoffs
2005-2006	Suomi-sarja	32	11	18	2	1	0	100	133	26	0.81	7	Did not make playoffs
2004-2005	Suomi-sarja	38	19	14	4	2	1	139	126	45	1.18	6	Did not make playoffs

Ketterä Tournament Statistics

season	tournament	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
2022-2023	Suomen Cup	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Semifinal loss
2021-2022	Suomen Cup	2	2	0	-	0	0	12	5	6	3	1	Champion
2019-2020	Suomen Cup	9	7	2	-	-	-	33	20	21	2.33	-	Champion
2018-2019	Suomen Cup	7	7	0	-	0	0	19	7	-	-	1	Champion
2017-2018	Suomen Cup	2	1	1	-	-	-	6	5	-	-	-	16th final loss
1970-1971	Suomen Cup	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1969-1970	Suomen Cup	2	1	1	-	-	-	4	11	-	-	-	-

Ketterä Retired Numbers

Where Are They Now?

Played in the team during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Yegor Chizhikov (F)	2026-2027	Shakhter Soligorsk	Belarus	6	3	8	11	4
2.	Adam Dvorak (F)	2026-2027	HK Poprad	Extraliga	6	6	4	10	6
3.	Rudolfs Maslovskis (F)	2026-2027	Broceni	Latvia2	3	5	5	10	4
4.	Joona Jääskeläinen (F)	2026-2027	HK Spisska Nova Ves	Extraliga	6	2	7	9	4
5.	Arttu Reponen (F)	2026-2027	PEPO HC	II-divisioona	2	0	9	9	0
6.	Valtteri Ojantakanen (F)	2026-2027	JYP	Liiga	6	3	4	7	0
7.	Valtteri Kekarainen (F)	2026-2027	Pyry Team	II-divisioona	2	2	5	7	0
8.	Miku Ronkainen (F)	2026-2027	Rødovre Mighty Bulls	Metal Ligaen	6	2	5	7	2
9.	Ville Vainikainen (F)	2026-2027	Chamonix	Ligue Magnus	6	3	3	6	0
10.	Henry Karjalainen (F)	2026-2027	JoKP	Mestis	6	3	3	6	4

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Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

Season	Roster	Height	Weight	Age
2026-2027	View Roster	6'0"	181 lbs	22.82
2025-2026	View Roster	5'11"	179 lbs	23.64
2024-2025	View Roster	6'0"	183 lbs	23.64
2023-2024	View Roster	6'0"	187 lbs	23.28
2022-2023	View Roster	6'0"	185 lbs	23.50

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Franchise All-Time Points

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Jari Lippojoki (D)	580	271	315	586
2.	Jose Pekkala (F)	299	176	296	472
3.	Veli-Matti Heino (F)	302	159	207	366
4.	Matti Tiainen (F)	355	158	179	337
5.	Arttu Reponen (F)	200	88	192	280

Franchise All-Time Goals

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Jari Lippojoki (D)	580	271	315	586
2.	Jose Pekkala (F)	299	176	296	472
3.	Veli-Matti Heino (F)	302	159	207	366
4.	Matti Tiainen (F)	355	158	179	337
5.	Tero Roiha (F)	156	117	100	217

Franchise All-Time Assists

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Jari Lippojoki (D)	580	271	315	586
2.	Jose Pekkala (F)	299	176	296	472
3.	Veli-Matti Heino (F)	302	159	207	366
4.	Arttu Reponen (F)	200	88	192	280
5.	Matti Tiainen (F)	355	158	179	337

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Jussi Hilpas (D)	151	11	49	551
2.	Jari Lippojoki (D)	580	271	586	509
3.	Esa Takala (D)	305	62	160	441
4.	Teemu Asikainen (F)	239	88	196	360
5.	Mikko Kettunen (D)	254	32	101	331

Franchise All-Time Games Played

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Jari Lippojoki (D)	580	271	315	586
2.	Matti Tiainen (F)	355	158	179	337
3.	Esa Takala (D)	305	62	98	160
4.	Veli-Matti Heino (F)	302	159	207	366
5.	Jose Pekkala (F)	299	176	296	472

Franchise All-Time Points Per Game

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Atso Askonen (F)	15	15	31	2.07
2.	Ville Kemppi (F)	1	0	2	2.00
3.	Ondrej Mikula (F)	21	23	39	1.86
4.	Hannu Savolainen (F)	24	11	43	1.79
5.	Simo Karjalainen (F)	16	12	28	1.75

Franchise All-Time Points Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Jose Pekkala (F)	1991-1992	35	40	116
2.	Harri Valtonen (F)	1991-1992	36	38	90
3.	Jari Lippojoki (D)	1991-1992	36	41	87
4.	Veli-Matti Heino (F)	1991-1992	33	26	74
5.	Esa Puuska (D)	1991-1992	35	30	72

Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Jari Lippojoki (D)	1991-1992	36	41	87
2.	Jose Pekkala (F)	1991-1992	35	40	116
3.	Patrick Ryan (F)	1986-1987	43	39	68
4.	Harri Valtonen (F)	1991-1992	36	38	90
5.	Tero Roiha (F)	2000-2001	28	32	65

Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	A	TP
1.	Jose Pekkala (F)	1991-1992	35	76	116
2.	Harri Valtonen (F)	1991-1992	36	52	90
3.	Arttu Reponen (F)	2013-2014	38	52	72
4.	Jesse Juntheikki (F)	2016-2017	31	49	69
5.	Veli-Matti Heino (F)	1991-1992	33	48	74

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	TP	PIM
1.	Konsta Mesikämmen (D)	2018-2019	45	10	164
2.	Jussi Hilpas (D)	2004-2005	35	6	138
3.	Henri Myöhänen (F)	2012-2013	35	38	120
4.	Jussi Hilpas (D)	2002-2003	28	6	120
5.	Jussi Hilpas (D)	2005-2006	24	12	119

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Arena Information

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Ketterä History and Standings

Ketterä Tournament Statistics

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Ketterä Stars And Cult Players

Where Are They Now?

Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

Franchise All-Time Points

Franchise All-Time Goals

Franchise All-Time Assists

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.

Franchise All-Time Games Played

Franchise All-Time Points Per Game

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Player Nationalities Throughout History