When was Jokerit founded?

Jokerit was founded in 1967 in Helsinki, FIN, Finland.

Where is Jokerit based?

Jokerit is based in Helsinki, FIN.

Who is the head coach of Jokerit?

The head coach of Jokerit is Tomek Valtonen.

Who is the captain of Jokerit?

The captain of Jokerit is Saku Forsblom.

What arena does Jokerit play in?

Jokerit play their home games at Helsinki Areena in Helsinki, FIN.

What are the team colors of Jokerit?

The team colors of Jokerit are Blue + Red + Yellow.

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2025-2026 Jokerit Player Stats

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#	Skater	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
Mestis
1.	Alexander Forslund (C)	49	15	52	67	12	24	14	6	17	23	2	17
2.	Oliver Suni (F)	42	18	31	49	10	18	10	3	7	10	0	10
3.	Riku Tuomola (D)	48	10	34	44	20	26	14	0	4	4	0	11
4.	Aleksi Mustonen (C/LW)	47	14	25	39	28	20	14	5	7	12	2	2
5.	Okko Kangasniemi (F)	48	14	16	30	8	11	14	3	6	9	2	0
6.	Jere Henriksson (RW)	31	16	13	29	10	14	14	7	10	17	8	14
7.	Jesse Liuksiala (C)	45	15	10	25	41	10	6	2	4	6	0	6
8.	Miro Nalli (LW)	35	7	9	16	14	8	14	1	4	5	2	3
9.	Samuel Salonen (LW)	22	7	8	15	20	-1
10.	Rasmus Lahnaviik (LW)	48	8	5	13	18	12	14	2	1	3	0	6
11.	Teemu Henritius (RW/C)	43	2	11	13	18	11	12	2	3	5	2	1
12.	Jami Virtanen (LW/RW)	45	4	8	12	12	7	1	0	0	0	0	1
13.	Otso Rantakari (D)	24	3	9	12	18	5	14	3	5	8	4	11
14.	Ville Leskinen (LW/RW)	25	6	5	11	28	-6	13	0	6	6	35	1
15.	Miks Tumānovs (D)	34	5	6	11	10	12	14	0	1	1	2	5
16.	Oliver Tuhkanen (D)	46	3	8	11	44	25	14	1	1	2	0	7
17.	Bruno Kallio (C)	39	4	6	10	10	4	13	2	4	6	0	4
18.	Saku Forsblom (D)	47	4	6	10	32	12	14	4	1	5	2	8
19.	Aleksi Elorinne (D)	43	4	5	9	28	12	14	1	2	3	6	4
20.	Oskari Manninen (D)	34	2	6	8	20	9	14	0	0	0	2	2
21.	Ville Vainikainen (LW/RW)	31	4	3	7	4	2	14	2	0	2	4	1
22.	Simo Heinonen (LW/RW)	5	0	4	4	2	8	9	5	3	8	6	4
23.	Leevi Lemberg (RW)	10	2	1	3	2	-1
24.	Veeti Räsänen (LW)	10	1	1	2	2	1
25.	Reko Alanko (D)	14	1	1	2	14	2
26.	Hugo Rikkilä (D)	16	0	2	2	2	1
27.	Arttu Lausniemi (C)	21	0	2	2	10	-4
28.	Otto Karvinen (LW/RW)	4	0	1	1	2	3	6	0	1	1	18	1
29.	Uula Ruikka (D)	6	0	1	1	2	-2
30.	Niilo Kaipinen (LW)	10	0	1	1	2	1
31.	Matias Rajaniemi (D)	0	0	0	0	0	-
32.	Niks Fenenko (D)	2	0	0	0	2	0
33.	Onni Korkka (D)	6	0	0	0	0	2

#	Goalie	GP	GAA	SV%	W	L	T	SO	TOI	SVS	GP	GAA	SV%
Mestis
1.	Eetu Anttila (G)	2	1.00	.950	2	0	0	0	120:00	38	0
2.	Veini Vehviläinen (G)	33	1.67	.926	22	2	8	6	1978:20	684	14	1.56	.918
3.	Henri Risikko (G)	3	2.65	.892	1	1	1	0	181:06	66
4.	Sisu Heikkeri (G)	12	2.48	.879	5	5	2	0	678:47	203
5.	Juuso Ainasto (G)	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

2025-2026 Jokerit Staff

Head CoachTomek Valtonen
Asst. CoachWaltteri Immonen
Goaltending CoachSamuli Nordman
Sports ManagerOlli-Pekka Yrjänheikki
ChairmanMikko Saarni
Commercial Dir.Jiri Veistola
Conditioning CoachJaakko Forssell
Dir. of CommunicationsKaisa Kontiainen
Equipment ManagerTimo Kolehmainen
Equipment ManagerMikko Taipale
Head Equipment ManagerHarri Puustinen
Massage TherapistJarno Hyytiäinen
Sales ManagerTuomas Eklund
Sales ManagerTuomas Pippola
Sales ManagerJukka Räisänen
ScoutMikael Makkonen

2025-2026 Jokerit Captains

"C"

Saku Forsblom

"A"

Team Captaincy History

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2025-2026 Jokerit Demographics

Jokerit Facts

Plays in: Liiga
Team Colors: Blue + Red + Yellow
Town: Helsinki, FIN Map
Founded: 1967

2025-2026 Jokerit Roster Facts

Nationalities

36 players
2 players

Experience

Jokerit: 1 868 GP
NHL: 1 GP
WC: 9 GP
SHL: 80 GP
HockeyAllsvenskan: 17 GP
Liiga: 5 015 GP
KHL: 68 GP
AHL: 42 GP
DEL: 63 GP
NL: 44 GP

Affiliated Team(s)

Jokerit U16 (U16 SM-sarja)
Jokerit U18 (U18 SM-sarja)
Jokerit U20 (U20 SM-sarja)
Kiekko-Vantaa (Mestis)
Kiekko-Vantaa U20 (U20 Mestis)

Arena Information

Arena Name: Helsinki Areena
Location: Helsinki, FIN
Capacity: 13 349
Construction Year: 1997

Jokerit Games

date	home	visiting	score	league
09/19/2026 02:00 PM UTC	Jokerit	Tappara	-	Liiga
09/17/2026 03:30 PM UTC	Jokerit	JYP	-	Liiga
09/09/2026 03:30 PM UTC	Ässät	Jokerit	-	Liiga
09/05/2026 02:00 PM UTC	Lukko	Jokerit	7 - 2	Liiga
09/01/2026 03:30 PM UTC	Sport	Jokerit	5 - 4 (SO)	Liiga

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Otto Karvinen (F)

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Miro Nalli (F)

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Jokerit History and Standings

season	league	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
2026-2027	Liiga	2	0	1	-	0	1	6	12	1	0.5	15	-
2025-2026	Mestis	49	30	8	-	7	4	172	95	108	2.2	1	Champion \| Promoted
2024-2025	Mestis	49	32	7	-	7	3	178	72	113	2.31	1	Champion
2023-2024	Mestis	48	23	10	-	10	5	179	120	94	1.96	3	Quarterfinal loss
2021-2022	KHL	47	22	12	-	7	6	143	113	64	1.36	2	Withdrawn
2020-2021	KHL	60	26	19	-	6	9	174	153	73	1.22	5	Conference QF loss
2019-2020	KHL	62	28	16	-	10	8	184	164	84	1.35	3	Playoffs Interrupted
2018-2019	KHL	62	32	19	-	5	6	197	164	80	1.29	4	Conference QF loss
2017-2018	KHL	56	29	15	-	4	8	151	108	103	1.84	3	Conference SF loss
2016-2017	KHL	60	23	19	-	6	12	149	165	93	1.55	8	Conference QF loss
2015-2016	KHL	60	31	19	-	5	5	167	140	108	1.8	2	Conference QF loss
2014-2015	KHL	60	35	16	-	5	4	171	136	119	1.98	4	Conference SF loss
2013-2014	Liiga	60	25	22	-	5	8	156	145	93	1.55	7	Playoffs Qualifier loss
2012-2013	SM-liiga	60	28	15	-	10	7	168	136	111	1.85	1	Quarterfinal loss
2011-2012	SM-liiga	60	24	15	-	8	13	183	155	101	1.68	6	Bronze game win
2010-2011	SM-liiga	60	25	20	-	6	9	165	150	96	1.6	6	Quarterfinal loss
2009-2010	SM-liiga	58	22	28	-	4	4	144	157	78	1.34	10	Playoffs Qualifier loss
2008-2009	SM-liiga	58	28	20	-	4	6	134	132	98	1.69	4	Quarterfinal loss
2007-2008	SM-liiga	56	29	14	-	5	8	179	152	105	1.88	3	Bronze game loss
2006-2007	SM-liiga	56	32	15	-	6	3	194	144	111	1.98	2	Final loss
2005-2006	SM-liiga	56	19	29	-	4	4	149	190	69	1.23	11	Did not make playoffs
2004-2005	SM-liiga	56	34	15	-	4	3	163	96	113	2.02	2	Final loss
2003-2004	SM-liiga	56	23	19	14	-	-	131	120	64	1.14	7	Quarterfinal loss
2002-2003	SM-liiga	56	35	15	6	-	-	154	108	76	1.36	2	Bronze game loss
2001-2002	SM-liiga	56	29	16	11	-	-	160	102	71	1.27	3	Champion
2000-2001	SM-liiga	56	35	14	7	-	-	184	128	77	1.38	1	Quarterfinal loss
1999-2000	SM-liiga	54	27	18	9	-	-	147	131	63	1.17	5	Final loss
1998-1999	SM-liiga	54	31	20	3	-	-	171	140	65	1.2	3	Quarterfinal loss
1997-1998	SM-liiga	48	24	19	5	-	-	139	137	53	1.1	4	Bronze game win
1996-1997	SM-liiga	50	35	11	4	-	-	192	116	74	1.48	1	Champion

Jokerit Tournament Statistics

season	tournament	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
2015-2016	Spengler Cup	2	1	1	-	0	0	9	9	3	1.5	2	Playoffs Qualifier loss
2014-2015	Spengler Cup	2	0	2	-	0	0	4	7	0	0	3	Playoffs Qualifier loss
2013-2014	ET	8	4	3	-	1	0	17	12	14	1.75	3	Did not make playoffs
2012-2013	ET	8	4	2	-	1	1	24	18	15	1.88	3	Did not make playoffs
2011-2012	ET	8	6	2	-	0	0	29	18	18	2.25	1	Final loss
2010-2011	ET	8	4	3	-	1	0	20	15	14	1.75	3	Quarterfinal loss
2003-2004	Spengler Cup	4	1	3	-	0	0	8	13	2	0.5	4	Did not make playoffs
2002-2003	Cont Cup	3	2	0	0	1	0	12	5	6	2	-	Champion
2000-2001	Spengler Cup	4	1	3	-	0	0	5	11	2	0.5	5	Did not make playoffs
1998-1999	Euro HL	6	4	1	-	0	1	20	17	13	2.17	2	Playoffs Qualifier loss
1997-1998	Spengler Cup	4	2	2	-	-	-	13	12	4	1	3	Did not make playoffs
	Euro HL	6	2	2	-	2	0	17	13	10	1.67	2	Did not make playoffs
1996-1997	Spengler Cup	4	2	2	-	-	-	14	14	4	1	4	Did not make playoffs
	Euro HL	6	6	0	0	-	-	28	9	12	2	1	Quarterfinal loss
1995-1996	European Cup	2	2	0	0	-	-	10	5	4	2	1	Champion
1994-1995	European Cup	3	3	0	0	-	-	18	6	6	2	1	Champion
1993-1994	Spengler Cup	4	1	3	-	-	-	14	17	2	0.5	5	Did not make playoffs
1992-1993	European Cup	3	2	1	0	-	-	7	8	4	1.33	2	Bronze game win
	European Cup	3	1	2	0	-	-	10	11	2	0.67	3	Promoted
	European Cup	2	2	0	0	-	-	12	3	4	2	1	Promoted
1983-1984	Spengler Cup	4	0	3	1	-	-	17	34	1	0.25	5	No playoffs held
1973-1974	European Cup	4	2	2	0	-	-	14	13	-	-	8	Eighth Final Loss
	Pohjola Cup	6	3	2	1	-	-	22	18	7	1.17	2	-
	Spengler Cup	4	2	2	0	-	-	22	22	4	1	3	No playoffs held
1971-1972	Toronto Cup	4	1	2	1	-	-	16	26	3	0.75	4	-
	Sir William Cup	6	2	4	0	-	-	19	23	4	0.67	6	-
	SovSport Cup	4	0	4	0	-	-	5	27	0	0	5	Did not make playoffs
1970-1971	Suomen Cup	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Toronto Cup	5	3	2	0	-	-	35	31	6	1.2	3	-
1969-1970	Suomen Cup	3	3	0	-	-	-	20	3	-	-	2	-

Jokerit Retired Numbers

Jokerit Stars And Cult Players

Where Are They Now?

Played in the team during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Sakari Manninen (F)	2026-2027	Genève-Servette HC	Champions HL	2	1	3	4	0
2.	Jonathan Pudas (D)	2026-2027	Skellefteå AIK	Champions HL	2	0	4	4	2
3.	Aleksi Halme (F)	2026-2027	Frederikshavn White Hawks	Metal Ligaen	3	2	1	3	0
4.	Julius Saari (D)	2026-2027	Finland U20 (all)	International-Jr	7	1	2	3	4
5.	Otto Karvinen (F)	2026-2027	Hockey Punks	Latvia	1	2	0	2	0
6.	Niklas Friman (D)	2026-2027	TPS	Liiga	2	1	1	2	0
7.	Atte Vikla (D)	2026-2027	Kiekko-Espoo U20	U20 SM-sarja	2	1	1	2	2
8.	Frank Gymer (F)	2026-2027	Frederikshavn White Hawks	Metal Ligaen	3	0	2	2	2
9.	Iiro Pakarinen (F)	2026-2027	HIFK	Liiga	2	1	0	1	0
10.	Henrik Haapala (F)	2026-2027	Tappara	Liiga	1	0	1	1	0

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Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

Season	Roster	Height	Weight	Age
2026-2027	View Roster	6'0"	190 lbs	27.32
2025-2026	View Roster	6'1"	187 lbs	26.09
2024-2025	View Roster	5'11"	183 lbs	27.19
2023-2024	View Roster	6'0"	181 lbs	23.53
2021-2022	View Roster	6'1"	194 lbs	29.70

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Regular Season

Franchise All-Time Points

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Petri Varis (F)	501	200	220	420
2.	Otakar Janecký (F)	355	99	279	378
3.	Timo Turunen (F)	290	218	135	353
4.	Henry Leppä (F)	363	179	168	347
5.	Keijo Säilynoja (F)	368	149	134	283

Franchise All-Time Goals

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Timo Turunen (F)	290	218	135	353
2.	Petri Varis (F)	501	200	220	420
3.	Henry Leppä (F)	363	179	168	347
4.	Keijo Säilynoja (F)	368	149	134	283
5.	Antti Törmänen (F)	410	137	113	250

Franchise All-Time Assists

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Otakar Janecký (F)	355	99	279	378
2.	Petri Varis (F)	501	200	220	420
3.	Mika Strömberg (D)	510	94	189	283
4.	Brian O'Neill (F)	311	83	185	268
5.	Jari Lindroos (F)	298	94	169	263

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Tomek Valtonen (F)	402	67	132	724
2.	Antti-Jussi Niemi (D)	453	28	99	612
3.	Markus Kankaanperä (D)	260	21	46	584
4.	Mika Strömberg (D)	510	94	283	556
5.	Jesse Joensuu (F)	349	78	163	463

Franchise All-Time Games Played

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Tomi Mäki (F)	628	55	67	122
2.	Jani Rita (F)	617	131	112	243
3.	Waltteri Immonen (D)	511	36	147	183
4.	Mika Strömberg (D)	510	94	189	283
5.	Petri Varis (F)	501	200	220	420

Franchise All-Time Points Per Game

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Veli-Pekka Ketola (F)	22	25	37	1.68
2.	Teemu Selänne (F)	157	120	222	1.41
3.	Timo Sutinen (F)	179	106	250	1.40
4.	Ville Leino (F)	55	28	77	1.40
5.	Gary Yaremchuk (F)	20	7	28	1.40

Franchise All-Time Points Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Ville Leino (F)	2007-2008	55	28	77
2.	Timo Sutinen (F)	1973-1974	36	21	72
3.	Petri Varis (F)	2000-2001	56	27	70
4.	Teemu Selänne (F)	1988-1989	35	36	69
5.	Timo Turunen (F)	1972-1973	36	41	67

Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Timo Turunen (F)	1972-1973	36	41	67
2.	Teemu Selänne (F)	1991-1992	44	39	62
3.	Pasi Saarela (F)	1998-1999	54	38	58
4.	Janne Lahti (F)	2010-2011	59	37	59
5.	Teemu Selänne (F)	1988-1989	35	36	69

Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	A	TP
1.	Alexander Forslund (F)	2025-2026	49	52	67
2.	Timo Sutinen (F)	1973-1974	36	51	72
3.	Ville Leino (F)	2007-2008	55	49	77
4.	Alexander Forslund (F)	2023-2024	48	47	55
5.	Brian O'Neill (F)	2018-2019	62	45	58

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	TP	PIM
1.	Sami Helenius (D)	2007-2008	49	7	198
2.	Jarkko Ruutu (F)	2011-2012	59	35	192
3.	Sean Gagnon (D)	1999-2000	42	8	183
4.	Markus Kankaanperä (D)	2005-2006	53	10	182
5.	Antti Tyrväinen (F)	2013-2014	41	14	142