When was Kärpät founded?

Kärpät was founded in 1946 in Oulu, FIN, Finland.

Where is Kärpät based?

Kärpät is based in Oulu, FIN.

Who is the head coach of Kärpät?

The head coach of Kärpät is Kai Suikkanen.

Who is the captain of Kärpät?

The captain of Kärpät is Lasse Kukkonen.

What arena does Kärpät play in?

Kärpät play their home games at Oulun Energia Areena in Oulu, FIN.

Who is the general manager of Kärpät?

The general manager of Kärpät is Juha Junno.

What are the team colors of Kärpät?

The team colors of Kärpät are Black + Yellow + White.

Kärpät

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2016-2017

2016-2017 Season

Kärpät were 31-23-6 in the 2016-17 Liiga season with 90 points, 7th overall.

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2016-2017 Kärpät Player Stats

All Positions

#	Skater	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
Liiga
1.	Mika Pyörälä (LW)	60	26	29	55	20	15	2	0	1	1	0	-4
2.	Shaun Heshka (D)	58	8	24	32	24	16	2	0	0	0	2	0
3.	Ville Leskinen (RW/LW)	54	16	14	30	14	5	2	0	0	0	0	-1
4.	Mikko Lehtonen (RW)	56	12	13	25	50	4	1	0	0	0	0	-1
5.	John Albert (C/LW)	42	12	12	24	16	0	2	1	1	2	0	-3
6.	Jesse Saarinen (LW/RW)	34	6	17	23	10	8	1	0	0	0	0	-1
7.	Lasse Kukkonen (D)	48	7	15	22	26	17	2	0	0	0	0	1
8.	Saku Mäenalanen (LW/C)	34	11	10	21	6	6	2	0	0	0	0	-2
9.	Antti Kalapudas (C)	58	9	12	21	6	-5	2	0	0	0	0	-1
10.	Niklas Olausson (C)	26	3	15	18	18	6
11.	Jari Sailio (LW)	36	5	12	17	24	3	2	0	3	3	4	3
12.	Brock Trotter (C/W)	9	4	8	12	4	6	2	1	1	2	0	-2
13.	Toni Kähkönen (LW/RW)	34	4	7	11	2	-11	1	0	0	0	0	1
14.	Miska Humaloja (C)	53	4	7	11	28	2	2	3	1	4	2	3
15.	Mikko Niemelä (D)	60	2	9	11	32	2	2	0	0	0	2	-3
16.	Ilkka Mikkola (D)	58	1	9	10	58	-13	2	0	0	0	0	-2
17.	Sami Anttila (LW/RW)	42	4	3	7	20	-2	2	1	2	3	0	2
18.	Aku Kestilä (C/LW)	52	3	4	7	6	-4	1	0	0	0	2	-1
19.	Niklas Hagman (LW)	14	2	4	6	2	-5
20.	Aleksi Mäkelä (D)	55	2	4	6	20	-5	2	0	0	0	0	-1
21.	Mikael Ruohomaa (C)	21	1	5	6	10	-2	2	0	0	0	0	-2
22.	Jiří Tlustý (LW/RW)	14	1	4	5	4	-5
23.	Jan Hruska (C)	22	0	5	5	2	-6
24.	Jani Hakanpää (D)	53	0	5	5	61	-4	2	0	1	1	2	0
25.	Jesse Koskenkorva (C/LW)	14	2	0	2	2	0
26.	Taneli Ronkainen (D)	32	0	2	2	8	3
27.	Ivan Svarny (D)	10	0	1	1	2	-4	2	0	1	1	0	-1
28.	Juho Korhonen (D)	1	0	0	0	0	0
29.	Jimi Nylund (LW/RW)	1	0	0	0	0	0
30.	Samuli Tanhua (D)	2	0	0	0	0	0
31.	Radek Koblizek (RW/LW)	3	0	0	0	0	-2
32.	Niko Kuiri (C/LW)	4	0	0	0	2	-3
33.	Tino Metsävainio (LW/C)	8	0	0	0	0	-1
34.	Nicolai Bryhnisveen (D)	9	0	0	0	0	-1
35.	Tommi Välimaa (LW/RW)	9	0	0	0	8	-1
36.	Tuomas Vartiainen (RW)	11	0	0	0	0	-3
37.	Julius Hermonen (LW)	14	0	0	0	2	-1
38.	Taneli Siikaluoma (D)	28	0	0	0	4	-3
Champions HL
1.	Mikael Ruohomaa (C)	6	3	2	5	2	5
2.	Saku Mäenalanen (LW/C)	4	1	3	4	4	4
3.	Mika Pyörälä (LW)	6	1	2	3	0	1
4.	Ville Leskinen (RW/LW)	6	0	3	3	0	3
5.	Jesse Saarinen (LW/RW)	5	1	1	2	4	2
6.	Toni Kähkönen (LW/RW)	6	1	1	2	2	1
7.	Mikko Lehtonen (RW)	6	0	2	2	0	2
8.	Shaun Heshka (D)	6	0	2	2	2	3
9.	John Albert (C/LW)	1	1	0	1	0	1
10.	Niklas Olausson (C)	2	1	0	1	0	0
11.	Miska Humaloja (C)	3	1	0	1	0	1
12.	Mikko Niemelä (D)	6	1	0	1	2	1
13.	Jari Sailio (LW)	6	1	0	1	4	-1
14.	Jani Hakanpää (D)	6	1	0	1	12	4
15.	Radek Koblizek (RW/LW)	4	0	1	1	0	1
16.	Tuomas Vartiainen (RW)	4	0	1	1	0	0
17.	Aleksi Mäkelä (D)	5	0	1	1	0	0
18.	Ilkka Mikkola (D)	6	0	1	1	8	0
19.	Tommi Välimaa (LW/RW)	1	0	0	0	0	0
20.	Sami Anttila (LW/RW)	2	0	0	0	0	0
21.	Lasse Kukkonen (D)	3	0	0	0	0	-1
22.	Tino Metsävainio (LW/C)	4	0	0	0	0	0
23.	Taneli Ronkainen (D)	5	0	0	0	0	3
24.	Nicolai Bryhnisveen (D)	5	0	0	0	2	0
25.	Antti Kalapudas (C)	6	0	0	0	0	-4
26.	Aku Kestilä (C/LW)	6	0	0	0	0	-1

#	Goalie	GP	GAA	SV%	W	L	T	SO	TOI	SVS	GP	GAA	SV%
Liiga
1.	Jussi Rynnäs (G)	48	1.97	.925	21	16	10	5	2800:51	1135	2	3.77	.849
2.	Sami Aittokallio (G)	16	2.41	.913	1	7	5	1	821:00	345
Champions HL
1.	Jussi Rynnäs (G)	2	0.98	.968	2	0	0	1	122:57	60
2.	Sami Aittokallio (G)	4	1.23	.958	2	1	1	1	244:00	113

2016-2017 Kärpät Staff

Head CoachKai Suikkanen
Asst. CoachMikko Manner
Asst. CoachToni Sihvonen
Goaltending CoachAri Hilli
General ManagerJuha Junno
Sports ManagerHarri Aho
Team ManagerAri Hilli
ChairmanTommi Virkkunen
Conditioning CoachSamppa Jaakola
Equipment ManagerAki Karjalainen
Equipment ManagerArto Pekkala
ScoutJuuso Matkaselkä

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2016-2017 Kärpät Captains

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Kärpät Facts

Plays in: Liiga
Team Colors: Black + Yellow + White
Town: Oulu, FIN Map
Founded: 1946

2016-2017 Kärpät Roster Facts

Nationalities

31 players
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Experience

Kärpät: 3 475 GP
NHL: 1 439 GP
WC: 216 GP
OG: 32 GP
SHL: 869 GP
HockeyAllsvenskan: 297 GP
Liiga: 5 923 GP
KHL: 874 GP
Czechia: 507 GP
AHL: 1 574 GP
NL: 155 GP

Affiliated Team(s)

Hermes (Mestis)
Kärpät U16 (U16 SM-sarja)
Kärpät U16 Akatemia (U16 Mestis)
Kärpät U18 (U18 SM-sarja)
Kärpät U18 Akatemia (U18 Mestis)
Kärpät U20 (U20 SM-sarja)
RoKi (Mestis)

Arena Information

Arena Name: Oulun Energia Areena
Location: Oulu, FIN
Capacity: 6 614
Construction Year: 1974

Kärpät Games

date	home	visiting	score	league
10/07/2026 03:30 PM UTC	Kärpät	Kiekko-Espoo	-	Liiga
10/03/2026 02:00 PM UTC	HPK	Kärpät	-	Liiga
10/02/2026 03:30 PM UTC	Kiekko-Espoo	Kärpät	1 - 3	Liiga
09/30/2026 03:30 PM UTC	Kärpät	SaiPa	4 - 1	Liiga
09/26/2026 02:00 PM UTC	Sport	Kärpät	1 - 2	Liiga

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Kärpät History and Standings

season	league	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
2026-2027	Liiga	9	5	3	-	0	1	22	21	16	1.78	5	-
2025-2026	Liiga	60	16	32	-	6	6	175	197	66	1.1	14	Did not make playoffs
2024-2025	Liiga	60	19	28	-	7	6	172	193	77	1.28	13	Did not make playoffs
2023-2024	Liiga	60	28	18	-	8	6	174	147	106	1.77	4	Bronze game win
2022-2023	Liiga	60	24	19	-	7	10	158	143	96	1.6	7	Playoffs Qualifier loss
2021-2022	Liiga	60	24	20	-	7	9	171	141	95	1.58	6	Quarterfinal loss
2020-2021	Liiga	58	25	21	-	10	2	143	134	97	1.67	7	Quarterfinal loss
2019-2020	Liiga	59	43	16	-	7	5	185	114	127	2.15	1	Playoffs Cancelled
2018-2019	Liiga	60	41	11	-	6	2	207	101	137	2.28	1	Final loss
2017-2018	Liiga	60	33	11	-	8	8	195	134	123	2.05	1	Champion
2016-2017	Liiga	60	22	23	-	9	6	147	136	90	1.5	7	Playoffs Qualifier loss
2015-2016	Liiga	60	33	13	-	6	8	178	126	119	1.98	2	Bronze game win
2014-2015	Liiga	60	31	16	-	9	4	167	126	115	1.92	1	Champion
2013-2014	Liiga	60	36	9	-	8	7	190	106	131	2.18	1	Champion
2012-2013	SM-liiga	60	23	22	-	9	6	172	150	93	1.55	7	Playoffs Qualifier loss
2011-2012	SM-liiga	60	29	23	-	4	4	164	148	99	1.65	7	Quarterfinal loss
2010-2011	SM-liiga	60	23	25	-	8	4	151	161	89	1.48	8	Playoffs Qualifier loss
2009-2010	SM-liiga	58	21	26	-	7	4	150	163	81	1.4	9	Quarterfinal loss
2008-2009	SM-liiga	58	28	22	-	5	3	185	149	97	1.67	5	Final loss
2007-2008	SM-liiga	56	32	9	-	10	5	205	129	121	2.16	1	Champion
2006-2007	SM-liiga	56	33	13	-	6	4	197	125	115	2.05	1	Champion
2005-2006	SM-liiga	56	36	10	-	4	6	180	105	122	2.18	1	Bronze game win
2004-2005	SM-liiga	56	35	10	-	5	6	190	122	121	2.16	1	Champion
2003-2004	SM-liiga	56	29	13	14	-	-	194	129	78	1.39	2	Champion
2002-2003	SM-liiga	56	32	16	8	-	-	187	141	73	1.3	3	Final loss
2001-2002	SM-liiga	56	25	22	9	-	-	156	148	60	1.07	6	Quarterfinal loss
2000-2001	SM-liiga	56	23	25	8	-	-	165	178	54	0.96	8	Bronze game loss
1999-2000	I-divisioona	48	42	3	3	-	-	287	91	87	1.81	1	Promoted
1998-1999	I-divisioona	48	41	1	4	-	-	265	91	86	1.79	1	Qualification loss
1997-1998	I-divisioona	44	31	8	5	-	-	171	99	67	1.52	1	Qualification loss

Kärpät Tournament Statistics

season	tournament	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
2024-2025	Spengler Cup	2	0	1	-	1	0	7	8	2	1	3	Playoffs Qualifier loss
2019-2020	Champions HL	6	4	2	-	2	1	18	13	11	1.83	3	Did not make playoffs
2018-2019	Champions HL	6	4	1	-	1	0	27	14	14	2.33	1	Quarterfinal loss
2016-2017	Champions HL	4	3	0	-	1	0	12	5	11	2.75	1	16th final loss
2015-2016	Champions HL	4	4	0	-	0	0	12	1	12	3	1	Final loss
2014-2015	Champions HL	6	3	1	-	2	0	17	12	13	2.17	1	Semifinal loss
2013-2014	ET	8	4	4	-	0	0	19	21	12	1.5	5	Did not make playoffs
2012-2013	ET	8	1	4	-	2	1	18	26	7	0.88	7	Did not make playoffs
2011-2012	ET	8	1	2	-	2	3	21	23	10	1.25	5	Did not make playoffs
2010-2011	ET	8	5	2	-	0	1	25	25	16	2	3	Quarterfinal loss
2008-2009	Champions HL	4	0	3	-	0	1	5	11	1	0.25	3	Did not make playoffs
2007-2008	ECC	2	1	1	-	0	0	9	6	3	1.5	2	Did not make playoffs
2005-2006	ECC	2	2	0	0	-	-	6	1	6	3	1	Final loss
2004-2005	ECC	2	2	0	0	-	-	10	4	4	2	1	Final loss
1981-1982	European Cup	3	1	2	0	-	-	7	21	2	0.67	3	Final group
	European Cup	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	0	-	-	4	Promoted
1970-1971	Suomen Cup	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1969-1970	Suomen Cup	1	0	1	-	-	-	2	3	-	-	-	First round loss

Kärpät Retired Numbers

Kärpät Stars And Cult Players

Where Are They Now?

Played in the team during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Jesse Puljujärvi (F)	2026-2027	Genève-Servette HC	NL	8	6	5	11	29
2.	Sakari Manninen (F)	2026-2027	Genève-Servette HC	NL	8	5	4	9	0
3.	Juha Koivisto (F)	2026-2027	HC Ludwig	III-divisioona	4	2	6	8	2
4.	Jan Hruska (F)	2026-2027	LHK Jestřábi Prostějov	2. liga	3	1	6	7	2
5.	Austin Rueschhoff (F)	2026-2027	HC Pustertal	ICEHL	4	1	6	7	9
6.	Michal Kristof (F)	2026-2027	HK Nitra	Extraliga	7	3	3	6	0
7.	Saku Mäenalanen (F)	2026-2027	SCL Tigers	NL	8	3	3	6	10
8.	Jere Vertanen (D)	2026-2027	Amiens	Ligue Magnus	6	2	4	6	7
9.	Otto Karvinen (F)	2026-2027	Hockey Punks	Latvia	5	3	2	5	4
10.	Niko Nissilä (D)	2026-2027	Unterland	Alps Hockey League	4	2	3	5	2

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Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

Season	Roster	Height	Weight	Age
2026-2027	View Roster	6'0"	183 lbs	25.00
2025-2026	View Roster	6'0"	183 lbs	26.46
2024-2025	View Roster	6'0"	187 lbs	27.34
2023-2024	View Roster	6'1"	190 lbs	27.20
2022-2023	View Roster	6'0"	190 lbs	27.59

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Regular Season

Franchise All-Time Points

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Markku Kiimalainen (F)	547	238	218	456
2.	Mika Pyörälä (F)	749	216	232	448
3.	Jari Viuhkola (F)	580	130	286	416
4.	Kari Jalonen (F)	254	148	257	405
5.	Pekka Arbelius (F)	372	189	213	402

Franchise All-Time Goals

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Markku Kiimalainen (F)	547	238	218	456
2.	Mika Pyörälä (F)	749	216	232	448
3.	Kai Suikkanen (F)	372	207	137	344
4.	Pekka Arbelius (F)	372	189	213	402
5.	Markku Perkkiö (F)	222	170	118	288

Franchise All-Time Assists

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Jari Viuhkola (F)	580	130	286	416
2.	Kari Jalonen (F)	254	148	257	405
3.	Mika Pyörälä (F)	749	216	232	448
4.	Markku Kiimalainen (F)	547	238	218	456
5.	Pekka Arbelius (F)	372	189	213	402

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Ilkka Mikkola (D)	662	59	247	691
2.	Juha Huikari (D)	487	139	310	621
3.	Lasse Kukkonen (D)	674	72	210	524
4.	Mikko Lehtonen (D)	565	87	231	464
5.	Antti Aarnio (F)	302	21	49	453

Franchise All-Time Games Played

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Mika Pyörälä (F)	749	216	232	448
2.	Lasse Kukkonen (D)	674	72	138	210
3.	Ilkka Mikkola (D)	662	59	188	247
4.	Atte Ohtamaa (D)	634	52	137	189
5.	Jari Viuhkola (F)	580	130	286	416

Franchise All-Time Points Per Game

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Alexander Skvortsov (F)	22	20	60	2.73
2.	Martin Bergeron (F)	86	86	163	1.90
3.	Juha Puoskari (F)	14	6	24	1.71
4.	Kari Jalonen (F)	254	148	405	1.59
5.	Vladimir Kames (F)	132	89	207	1.57

Franchise All-Time Points Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Kari Jalonen (F)	1986-1987	44	29	93
2.	Martin Bergeron (F)	1999-2000	45	40	86
3.	Vladimir Kames (F)	1991-1992	44	36	84
4.	Juha Riihijärvi (F)	1989-1990	44	38	83
5.	Marko Lapinkoski (F)	1989-1990	44	44	79

Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Martin Bergeron (F)	1998-1999	41	46	77
2.	Markku Perkkiö (F)	1975-1976	36	45	72
3.	Marko Lapinkoski (F)	1989-1990	44	44	79
4.	Markku Perkkiö (F)	1976-1977	36	44	70
5.	Martin Bergeron (F)	1999-2000	45	40	86

Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	A	TP
1.	Kari Jalonen (F)	1986-1987	44	64	93
2.	Jari Laukkanen (F)	1999-2000	47	54	73
3.	Michal Kovařčík (F)	2024-2025	53	49	62
4.	Juha Jokiharju (F)	1998-1999	41	49	60
5.	Vladimir Kames (F)	1991-1992	44	48	84

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	TP	PIM
1.	Otto Karvinen (F)	2018-2019	52	10	131
2.	Kristian Taubert (D)	1999-2000	40	36	120
3.	Jari Sailio (F)	2017-2018	50	12	115
4.	Antti Aarnio (F)	2007-2008	46	7	113
5.	Martin Bergeron (F)	1998-1999	41	77	112