What league does SoPa Sodankylä play in?

SoPa Sodankylä play in the III-divisioona.

When was SoPa Sodankylä founded?

SoPa Sodankylä was founded in 1978 in Sodankylä, FIN, Finland.

Where is SoPa Sodankylä based?

SoPa Sodankylä is based in Sodankylä, FIN.

Who is the captain of SoPa Sodankylä?

The captain of SoPa Sodankylä is Juho Kurkela.

What arena does SoPa Sodankylä play in?

SoPa Sodankylä play their home games at New Boliden Areena in Sodankylä, FIN.

What are the team colors of SoPa Sodankylä?

The team colors of SoPa Sodankylä are Blue + Red + White.

SoPa Sodankylä

III-divisioona

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2018-2019

2018-2019 Season

SoPa Sodankylä were 4-11-2 in the 2018-19 III-divisioona season with 14 points, 6th in the Lappi-Liiga and 67th overall.

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2018-2019 SoPa Sodankylä Player Stats

All Positions

#	Skater	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
III-divisioona
1.	Timo Mikkola (F)	15	7	13	20	12	-	3	2	3	5	0
2.	Juho Kurkela (F)	16	7	12	19	22	-	3	0	0	0	2
3.	Jake von Hintze (F)	13	4	9	13	16	-	3	1	1	2	12
4.	Jere Harjula (D)	11	6	6	12	46	-	3	1	1	2	6
5.	Joonas Heiskari (D)	12	4	8	12	4	-	3	1	1	2	0
6.	Markus Poikela (F)	6	8	3	11	27	-	3	1	4	5	0
7.	Timotej Kos (RW)	17	5	5	10	30	-	3	2	0	2	4
8.	Mika-Matti Aho (F)	10	5	4	9	12	-
9.	Matti Kylmälä (F)	13	5	3	8	6	-	3	0	0	0	0
10.	Juha Mattanen (F)	9	4	4	8	8	-	3	0	0	0	0
11.	Pekka Martin (F)	10	4	4	8	6	-	2	0	0	0	0
12.	Vili Vaaranmaa (F)	12	1	6	7	10	-	3	1	0	1	2
13.	Joonas Harju (D)	13	1	6	7	8	-	3	0	0	0	0
14.	Matias Neitola (D)	15	3	3	6	16	-	3	1	1	2	2
15.	Juuso Junttila (F/D)	14	4	1	5	0	-	3	0	0	0	0
16.	Kimmo Keskitalo (F)	6	2	3	5	4	-
17.	Atte Kangas (F)	4	2	2	4	12	-
18.	Juho Kaunisvaara (F)	3	1	3	4	29	-	2	0	0	0	2
19.	Henry Lintula (F)	4	1	2	3	2	-	3	0	1	1	0
20.	Jaakko Myllyaho (F)	1	1	1	2	0	-
21.	Kalle Kaunisvaara (D)	4	1	1	2	40	-	3	0	0	0	6
22.	Aleksi Rissanen (F/D)	2	0	2	2	8	-
23.	Aatu Rissanen (D)	3	0	1	1	2	-	3	0	0	0	2
24.	Anssi Salonen (D)	13	0	1	1	6	-
25.	Pekka Pikkuhookana (F)	1	0	0	0	2	-
26.	Jori Sipola (D)	5	0	0	0	0	-	3	0	0	0	0
27.	Janne Kinisjärvi (D)	5	0	0	0	0	-	3	0	0	0	0
28.	Markku Aho (D)	5	0	0	0	4	-

#	Goalie	GP	GAA	SV%	W	L	T	SO	TOI	SVS	GP	GAA	SV%
III-divisioona
1.	Artturi Rissanen (G)	5	6.40	.859	-	-	-	-	-	195	2	2.00	.800
2.	Samu-Matti Lahdenperä (G)	12	6.08	.854	-	-	-	-	-	426	2	5.50	.841
3.	Martti Kalliokoski (G)	4	6.75	.799	-	-	-	-	-	107

2018-2019 SoPa Sodankylä Staff

Equipment ManagerSaku Åhman

Team Staff History

2018-2019 SoPa Sodankylä Captains

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Juho Kurkela

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2018-2019 SoPa Sodankylä Demographics

SoPa Sodankylä Facts

Plays in: III-divisioona
Team Colors: Blue + Red + White
Town: Sodankylä, FIN Map
Founded: 1978

2018-2019 SoPa Sodankylä Roster Facts

Nationalities

30 players
1 player

Experience

SoPa Sodankylä: 1 168 GP

Affiliated Team(s)

KiPS (III-divisioona)

Arena Information

Arena Name: New Boliden Areena
Location: Sodankylä, FIN
Capacity: 450
Construction Year: 2019

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Cristian Lintula (F)

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Oskari Niemelä (D)

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09/07/2026

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Paavo Seppälä (F)

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09/02/2026

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Juuso Junttila (F)

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SoPa Sodankylä History and Standings

season	league	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
SoPa Sodankylä
2026-2027	III-divisioona	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2025-2026	III-divisioona	14	6	7	-	0	1	75	72	19	1.36	5	Quarterfinal loss
2024-2025	III-divisioona	12	8	3	-	0	1	88	64	25	2.08	2	Bronze game loss
2023-2024	III-divisioona	15	4	9	-	1	1	77	95	15	1	5	-
2022-2023	III-divisioona	15	6	8	-	0	1	70	90	19	1.27	3	Quarterfinal loss
2021-2022	III-divisioona	17	5	11	-	1	0	80	118	17	1	5	Quarterfinal loss
2020-2021	III-divisioona	6	1	4	-	1	0	24	36	5	0.83	5	Season Cancelled
2019-2020	III-divisioona	20	5	11	-	1	3	102	151	20	1	5	Did not make playoffs
2018-2019	III-divisioona	17	4	11	-	0	2	77	133	14	0.82	6	Quarterfinal loss
2017-2018	III-divisioona	5	2	3	-	0	0	31	32	6	1.2	5	-
2016-2017	III-divisioona	18	4	13	-	0	1	81	135	13	0.72	6	Quarterfinal loss
2015-2016	III-divisioona	20	11	9	-	0	0	136	99	33	1.65	4	Quarterfinal loss
2014-2015	III-divisioona	20	8	10	-	1	1	130	128	27	1.35	4	Division QF loss
2013-2014	III-divisioona	20	6	14	-	0	0	94	149	18	0.9	10	-
2012-2013	III-divisioona	10	3	6	-	1	0	38	40	11	1.1	5	-
	III-divisioona	6	0	5	-	0	1	18	54	1	0.17	7	-
SoPa (Sodankylä)
2011-2012	III-divisioona	22	12	8	-	2	0	171	103	40	1.82	5	-
SoPa Sodankylä
2008-2009	III-divisioona	6	5	0	1	-	-	52	20	16	2.67	1	Champion
	III-divisioona	14	8	5	1	-	-	90	53	26	1.86	3	Final group
2003-2004	II-divisioona	8	6	2	0	-	-	77	29	12	1.5	2	-
2002-2003	II-divisioona	18	16	1	1	-	0	202	52	33	1.83	1	-
2000-2001	II-divisioona	20	1	19	0	-	-	56	194	2	0.1	8	-
1999-2000	II-divisioona	27	4	22	1	-	-	96	215	9	0.33	9	-
1996-1997	III-divisioona	22	3	18	1	-	-	83	172	7	0.32	10	-
1991-1992	III-divisioona	18	3	12	3	-	-	67	118	9	0.5	9	-

Where Are They Now?

Played in the team during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Aatu Rissanen (D)	2026-2027	KeKi	II-divisioona	1	1	1	2	0
2.	Aleksi Rissanen (F)	2026-2027	KeKi	II-divisioona	1	0	1	1	0
3.	Sisu Pokka (F)	2026-2027	KeKi	II-divisioona	1	0	1	1	0
4.	Eljas Peltoniemi (F)	2026-2027	KeKi	II-divisioona	1	0	0	0	0
5.	Miika Ojala (F)	2026-2027	KeKi	II-divisioona	1	0	0	0	2
6.	Jere Peltonen (D)	2026-2027	RoKi U20	U20 SM-sarja	5	0	0	0	0
7.	Olavi Juvani (F)	2026-2027	YKI	III-divisioona	-	-	-	-	-
8.	Sampo Pikkuhookana (F)	2026-2027	YKI	III-divisioona	-	-	-	-	-
9.	Mikko Rautiainen (F)	2026-2027	YKI	III-divisioona	-	-	-	-	-
10.	Sebastian Toljamo (F)	2026-2027	Raahe-Kiekko Soturit	III-divisioona	-	-	-	-	-

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Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

Season	Roster	Height	Weight	Age
2026-2027	View Roster	5'10"	172 lbs	22.11
2025-2026	View Roster	5'10"	172 lbs	20.85
2024-2025	View Roster	5'10"	174 lbs	22.10
2023-2024	View Roster	5'10"	181 lbs	25.38
2022-2023	View Roster	5'10"	174 lbs	24.87

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Regular Season

Franchise All-Time Points

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Timo Mikkola (F)	203	129	146	275
2.	Markus Poikela (F)	78	143	113	256
3.	Juho Kurkela (F)	202	110	145	255
4.	Timotej Kos (F)	101	75	78	153
5.	Tuomas Kemi (F)	78	50	87	137

Franchise All-Time Goals

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Markus Poikela (F)	78	143	113	256
2.	Timo Mikkola (F)	203	129	146	275
3.	Juho Kurkela (F)	202	110	145	255
4.	Timotej Kos (F)	101	75	78	153
5.	Mika-Matti Aho (F)	80	52	60	112

Franchise All-Time Assists

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Timo Mikkola (F)	203	129	146	275
2.	Juho Kurkela (F)	202	110	145	255
3.	Markus Poikela (F)	78	143	113	256
4.	Tuomas Kemi (F)	78	50	87	137
5.	Timotej Kos (F)	101	75	78	153

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Juho Kurkela (F)	202	110	255	399
2.	Jere Harjula (D)	96	32	93	390
3.	Juho Kaunisvaara (F)	62	22	67	252
4.	Timotej Kos (F)	101	75	153	171
5.	Markus Poikela (F)	78	143	256	165

Franchise All-Time Games Played

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Timo Mikkola (F)	203	129	146	275
2.	Juho Kurkela (F)	202	110	145	255
3.	Matias Neitola (D)	138	43	66	109
4.	Joonas Harju (D)	112	19	56	75
5.	Timotej Kos (F)	101	75	78	153

Franchise All-Time Points Per Game

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Otto Markus (F)	7	11	15	2.14
2.	Juho Nieminen (D)	59	40	118	2.00
3.	Jari Seppälä (F)	1	1	2	2.00
4.	Jaakko Myllyaho (F)	1	1	2	2.00
5.	Joni Taipale (F)	1	0	2	2.00

Franchise All-Time Points Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Markus Poikela (F)	2011-2012	17	37	57
2.	Markus Poikela (F)	2019-2020	18	28	53
3.	Juho Nieminen (D)	2015-2016	19	16	48
4.	Markus Poikela (F)	2015-2016	12	26	44
5.	Markus Poikela (F)	2013-2014	11	17	43

Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Markus Poikela (F)	2011-2012	17	37	57
2.	Markus Poikela (F)	2019-2020	18	28	53
3.	Markus Poikela (F)	2015-2016	12	26	44
4.	Markus Poikela (F)	2002-2003	12	24	42
5.	Rico Siekkinen (F)	2014-2015	20	19	33

Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	A	TP
1.	Juho Nieminen (D)	2015-2016	19	32	48
2.	Antti Marin (D)	2011-2012	22	29	43
3.	Juho Nieminen (D)	2014-2015	18	28	43
4.	Markus Poikela (F)	2013-2014	11	26	43
5.	Markus Poikela (F)	2019-2020	18	25	53

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	TP	PIM
1.	Kalle Kaunisvaara (D)	2014-2015	13	5	79
2.	Jere Harjula (D)	2009-2010	12	3	78
3.	Antti Marin (D)	2009-2010	15	15	69
4.	Juho Kurkela (F)	2009-2010	12	11	67
5.	Juho Kaunisvaara (F)	2016-2017	13	11	63