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 Matias Lehtonen.

Who is the captain of Ketterä?

The captain of Ketterä is Jarno Lippojoki.

What arena does Ketterä play in?

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

Who is the general manager of Ketterä?

The general manager of Ketterä is Tomi Sillanvuo.

What are the team colors of Ketterä?

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

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	#	Player	A	Born	Birthplace	HT	WT	S
GOALTENDERS
	#33	Juhana Aho (G)Loan	32	1993	Jyväskylä, FIN	5'10"	163	L
	#30	Kevin Lankinen (G)Loan	31	1995	Helsinki, FIN	6'2"	190	L
	#74	Santeri Lipiäinen (G)	30	1995	Lappeenranta, FIN	5'11"	181	R
	#38	Jere Myllyniemi (G)	43	1983	Kangasala, FIN	6'1"	194	L
	#35	Joonas Tiippana (G)	30	1995	Imatra, FIN	6'0"	187	L
DEFENSEMEN
	#82	Henri Auvinen (D)Loan	33	1993	Jyväskylä, FIN	6'3"	236	L
	#42	Ville Heikkilä (D)	31	1995	Helsinki, FIN	5'11"	190	L
	#18	Sami Jekunen (D)	31	1995	Pieksämäki, FIN	6'0"	176	L
	#2	Joni Kallio (D)	33	1993	Oulainen, FIN	6'1"	176	R
	#12	Mikko Kettunen (D)	36	1990	Imatra, FIN	5'10"	176	L
	#15	Mikko Kokkonen (D)Loan	25	2001	Mikkeli, FIN	6'0"	201	L
	#60	Santeri Koponen (D)Loan	28	1997	Joensuu, FIN	5'10"	183	L
	#14	Niko Kosonen (D)	31	1995	Imatra, FIN	6'0"	207	R
	#44	Jarno Lippojoki (D)"C"	40	1986	Imatra, FIN	5'10"	187	L
	#61	Henry Maarnela (D)Loan	30	1996	Lappeenranta, FIN	5'9"	176	L
	#2	Risto Mattila (D)	35	1991	Oulu, FIN	5'11"	198	L
	#20	Juho Mättö (D)	34	1991	Lappeenranta, FIN	5'10"	181	L
	#11	Markus Ovaska (D)	31	1995	Imatra, FIN	5'9"	174	L
		Roope Repo (D)Loan	31	1995	Tampere, FIN	5'11"	183	L
	#52	Jere Sneck (D)Loan	32	1994	Helsinki, FIN	6'3"	216	L
	#58	Samuli Tanhua (D)"A"	30	1995	Oulunsalo, FIN	6'3"	187	L
	#5	Sameli Ventelä (D)	32	1994	Hämeenlinna, FIN	6'1"	187	L
FORWARDS
	#28	Mikko Haaparanta (F)	29	1997	Imatra, FIN	6'3"	198	L
	#55	Tomi Iso-Mustajärvi (C)"A"	34	1992	Tampere, FIN	6'2"	196	L
	#27	Toni Jalovaara (C)	31	1995	Joensuu, FIN	5'9"	176	L
	#80	Jesse Juntheikki (C)"A"	38	1988	Kellokoski, FIN	5'11"	185	L
	#48	Joona Jääskeläinen (LW/RW)	30	1996	Imatra, FIN	5'10"	176	R
	#17	Henry Karjalainen (LW/RW)	31	1995	Lappeenranta, FIN	5'10"	176	L
	#29	Janne Kettunen (C/LW)	32	1994	Lappeenranta, FIN	5'9"	198	L
	#22	Jesse Koskinen (F/C)	33	1993	Iitti, FIN	5'11"	207	L
	#51	Janne Kumpulainen (LW)	35	1991	Jyväskylä, FIN	5'9"	176	L
	#91	Jere Laine (LW/RW)"A"	35	1990	Tuusula, FIN	6'1"	212	R
		Ville Leskinen (LW/RW)Loan	31	1995	Pieksämäki, FIN	6'4"	205	L
		Bastien Maïa (RW/LW)Loan	29	1997	Rouen, FRA	6'2"	183	R
	#47	Rudolfs Maslovskis (RW/C)	31	1995	Riga, LAT	5'7"	163	L
	#13	Joni Nikko (LW/RW)Loan	32	1994	Vaasa, FIN	6'2"	209	L
	#86	Erno Ripatti (C/D)	31	1995	Ristiina, FIN	6'2"	190	L
	#62	Sebastian Sjöholm (C)Loan	30	1996	Lappeenranta, FIN	5'8"	165	L
	#93	Jevgeni Soloviev (RW)	33	1993	St. Petersburg, RUS	5'11"	181	L
	#84	Joni Suutari (C)	34	1992	Lappeenranta, FIN	5'10"	176	L
	#21	Ville Tenosalmi (LW/RW)	32	1994	Saarijärvi, FIN	6'4"	209	L
	#7	Onni Toivanen (LW/RW)	33	1993	Lappeenranta, FIN	6'0"	198	L
	#67	Jesperi Viikilä (C)	31	1995	Asikkala, FIN	6'0"	183	L
	#88	Jesse Viskari (F/D)	27	1998	Imatra, FIN	5'9"	176	L
	#77	Saku Viskari (LW/RW)	31	1995	Imatra, FIN	5'10"	176	R
	#8	Samuli Vuokniemi (LW/RW)	32	1994	Kemi, FIN	6'1"	187	L
	#3	Santeri Vuoti (LW/RW)	31	1995	Hyvinkää, FIN	5'9"	187	L

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2017-2018 Ketterä Staff

Head CoachMatias Lehtonen
Asst. CoachPauli Levokari
Asst. CoachJouko Viljakainen
Goaltending CoachPetteri Koskinen
General ManagerTomi Sillanvuo
Team ManagerTomi Sillanvuo
AnalystJulius Valkeinen
ChairmanMikko Partanen
Conditioning CoachSakari Pusenius
Dir. of Hockey OperationsTurkka Partanen
Equipment ManagerHenri Otranen
Equipment ManagerTuomo Ovaska
Equipment ManagerHenri Tukiainen
Head Equipment ManagerHeikki Kääriäinen

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Ketterä Facts

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

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45 players
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Experience

Ketterä: 2 250 GP
SHL: 22 GP
HockeyAllsvenskan: 48 GP
Liiga: 1 516 GP
KHL: 5 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
09/25/2026 03:30 PM UTC	Ketterä	JoKP	-	Mestis
09/19/2026 02:00 PM UTC	KeuPa HT	Ketterä	-	Mestis
09/18/2026 03:30 PM UTC	Ketterä	IPK	-	Mestis
09/12/2026 02:00 PM UTC	IPK	Ketterä	-	Mestis
09/11/2026 03:30 PM UTC	Ketterä	Kiekko-Vantaa	3 - 4	Mestis

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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	1	0	1	-	0	0	3	4	0	0	7	-
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.	Miku Ronkainen (F)	2026-2027	Rødovre Mighty Bulls	Metal Ligaen	2	1	3	4	2
2.	Mikko Perttu (F)	2026-2027	SaiPa	Champions HL	3	1	3	4	27
3.	Henri Nikkanen (F)	2026-2027	Jokerit	Liiga	3	3	0	3	2
4.	Yegor Chizhikov (F)	2026-2027	Shakhter Soligorsk	-	5	3	0	3	2
5.	Janne Naukkarinen (F)	2026-2027	SaiPa	Champions HL	3	2	1	3	6
6.	Santeri Airola (D)	2026-2027	SaiPa	Liiga	1	1	2	3	0
7.	Joakim Hirschovits (F)	2026-2027	Kiekko-Espoo U20	U20 SM-sarja	3	1	2	3	0
8.	Valtteri Ojantakanen (F)	2026-2027	JYP	Liiga	2	1	1	2	0
9.	Vertti Svensk (D)	2026-2027	SaiPa	Champions HL	3	1	1	2	0
10.	Yegor Shekhovtsov (D)	2026-2027	SKA-VMF St. Petersburg	VHL	4	0	2	2	2

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Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

Season	Roster	Height	Weight	Age
2026-2027	View Roster	6'0"	179 lbs	22.63
2025-2026	View Roster	5'11"	179 lbs	23.64
2024-2025	View Roster	6'0"	183 lbs	23.61
2023-2024	View Roster	6'0"	187 lbs	23.28
2022-2023	View Roster	6'0"	185 lbs	23.47

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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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Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

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Franchise All-Time Points Per Game

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Player Nationalities Throughout History