Team Facts

2019-2020 Roster
# N Player A Born Birthplace HT WT S Ctrct
GOALTENDERS
#35 Samu Lonkila (G) 22 1997 Kuopio, FIN 6'0" 190 L 19/20
#30
Conrad Mölder (G) 20 1999 Tallinn, EST 6'1" 192 L
#33 Kimmo Rautiainen (G) 22 1998 Savonlinna, FIN 5'10" 159 L 19/20
DEFENSEMEN
#7 Jere Karlsson (D)   “C” 24 1995 Turku, FIN 5'10" 176 L 19/20
#83 Timi Lehti (D) 21 1998 Rauma, FIN 6'2" 220 L 19/20
#40 Mikke Levo (D)   “A” 25 1995 Orivesi, FIN 6'0" 207 L 19/20
#12 Dmitri Megalinsky (D) 34 1985 Perm, RUS 6'3" 238 L 19/20
#34 Jasper Rannisto (D) 19 2000 Helsinki, FIN 6'1" 176 L 19/20
#65 Eetu Vento (D) 25 1994 Pori, FIN 6'0" 185 R 19/20
#17 Nuutti Viitasalo (D) 20 1999 Raisio, FIN 6'1" 174 R
#18 Jeremi Wehmas (D) 21 1998 Tampere, FIN 5'11" 185 L
FORWARDS
#27 Niko Ahoniemi (RW/LW) 24 1996 Tampere, FIN 5'10" 168 L 20/21
#80 Eetu Elo (LW) 23 1996 Kuusankoski, FIN 5'9" 174 L 19/20
#19
Erik Embrich (C/LW) 23 1997 Helsinki, FIN 6'0" 185 L 19/20
#12 Karri Forsblom (F) 21 1998 Viiala, FIN 6'1" 198 L 19/20
#90 Jonne Jantunen (RW) 23 1996 Lahti, FIN 6'0" 154 R 19/20
#28 Roope Kallio (C) 22 1998 Turku, FIN 6'4" 207 R 20/21
#29 Aaro Löyttymäki (F) 23 1997 Turku, FIN 6'3" 209 R 19/20
#20 Juho Mäkelä (LW) 23 1996 Huittinen, FIN 5'11" 192 L 19/20
#45 Ville Nieminen (LW)   “A” 23 1996 Tampere, FIN 5'10" 181 L 19/20
#36 Alexander Nikulin (C) 34 1985 Perm, RUS 6'1" 205 L 19/20
#67 Aleksi Poikola (F) 23 1996 Espoo, FIN 5'11" 185 L 19/20
#55 Oskari Siiki (LW/RW) 24 1995 Turku, FIN 5'11" 165 L 19/20
#93 Lassi Vanhatalo (LW) 22 1998 Tampere, FIN 6'7" 220 L
#70 Juho Virtanen (C)   “A” 24 1995 Merimasku, FIN 5'9" 165 L 20/21
#54 Valtteri Virtanen (F) 21 1998 Piikkiö, FIN 6'0" 207 L 19/20
#49 Veeti Vuorio (LW) 23 1996 Turku, FIN 6'3" 209 L 19/20
Position: G:3 D:8 F:16 | Av Age: 23.3 years | Av Ht: 6'0" | Av Wt 190 lbs | Compare with other teams
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Team Staff

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Arena Information
  • Arena Name Marli Areena
  • Location Turku, FIN
  • Capacity 2 875
  • Construction Year 2006
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Latest Transactions
DATE STATUS PLAYER TEAM SOURCE
03/28/2020
03/28/2020 Confirmed Leaving Niko Ahoniemi (F) Leaving for Ketterä
03/28/2020 Loan Joining Kari Piiroinen (G) Joining from Tappara
02/28/2020
02/28/2020 Extension Juho Virtanen (F)
02/15/2020
02/15/2020 Confirmed Joining Jasper Rannisto (D) Joining from HIFK U20
02/15/2020 Confirmed Joining Dmitri Megalinsky (D) Joining from No team
02/14/2020
02/14/2020 Confirmed Leaving Vili-Jesper Koivula (F) Leaving for Peliitat
02/13/2020
02/13/2020 Confirmed Leaving Eetu Salmela (D) Leaving for FPS
02/13/2020 Confirmed Leaving Mikko Laine (F) Leaving for Mora IK
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Team History and Standings
Season League GP W T L OTW OTL GF GA TP Rank Postseason
TuTo Hockey
1990-1991 I-divisioona 44 - - - - - 200 224 38 8 -
1991-1992 I-divisioona 44 18 5 21 - - 154 180 41 7 -
1992-1993 I-divisioona 44 - - - - - 200 152 58 2 -
1993-1994 I-divisioona 46 - - - - - 237 165 70 1 Promoted
1994-1995 Liiga 50 18 0 32 - - 152 227 36 11 Did not make playoffs
1995-1996 Liiga 50 12 6 32 - - 140 204 30 12 Relegated
1996-1997 I-divisioona 44 19 3 22 - - 182 156 41 8 Did not make playoffs
1997-1998 I-divisioona 44 18 8 18 - - 151 156 44 5 Qualification loss
1998-1999 I-divisioona 48 17 5 26 - - 158 182 39 6 Qualification loss
1999-2000 I-divisioona 48 26 3 19 - - 152 151 55 4 Qualification loss
2000-2001 Mestis 44 27 8 9 - - 201 126 62 1 Final loss
2001-2002 Mestis 44 21 5 18 - - 172 137 49 5 Quarterfinal loss
2002-2003 Mestis 44 18 4 21 - 1 158 160 41 9 Did not make playoffs
2003-2004 Mestis 45 13 6 23 0 3 121 162 35 11 Saved in relegation
2004-2005 Mestis 44 16 6 17 1 4 123 131 44 6 Bronze game win
2005-2006 Mestis 45 24 5 16 - - 157 123 55 3 Bronze game win
2006-2007 Mestis 45 29 3 9 2 2 171 93 67 2 Bronze game loss
2007-2008 Mestis 45 33 - 7 1 4 214 93 105 1 Champion
2008-2009 Mestis 45 23 - 16 3 3 156 110 78 5 Bronze game loss
2009-2010 Mestis 45 21 - 16 3 5 153 145 74 6 Quarterfinal loss
2010-2011 Mestis 49 13 - 31 0 0 137 185 44 12 Saved in relegation
TUTO Hockey
2011-2012 Mestis 46 16 - 20 6 4 132 150 64 6 Quarterfinal loss
2012-2013 Mestis 48 24 - 13 6 5 161 128 89 2 Bronze game win
2013-2014 Mestis 56 28 - 12 12 4 181 129 112 1 Bronze game win
2014-2015 Mestis 56 28 - 20 7 1 177 143 99 3 Bronze game loss
2015-2016 Mestis 50 17 - 18 9 6 148 149 75 7 Quarterfinal loss
2016-2017 Mestis 50 28 - 17 3 2 167 114 92 2 Bronze game loss
2017-2018 Mestis 50 21 - 17 4 8 166 129 79 5 Final loss
2018-2019 Mestis 50 20 - 18 8 4 151 130 80 5 Bronze game win
2019-2020 Mestis 50 20 - 18 5 7 167 160 77 7 Playoffs Cancelled
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Tournament Statistics
Season Tournament GP W T L OTW OTL GF GA TP Rank Postseason
TuTo
1971-1972 Toronto Cup 4 1 0 3 - - 17 26 2 6 -
TUTO Hockey
2017-2018 Suomen Cup 5 5 - 0 - - 21 5 - Champion
2018-2019 Suomen Cup 2 1 - 0 0 1 13 5 - Relegated
2019-2020 Suomen Cup - - - - - - - - - - -

Retired Numbers

Stars and Cult Players

Where are they now?
# Player Season Team League GP G A TP PIM
1. Eetu-Ville Arkiomaa (F) 2019-2020 SC Riessersee Germany3 46 22 57 79 20
2. Tomi Wilenius (F) 2019-2020 EK Zell am See AlpsHL 35 28 38 66 22
3. Rasmus Kulmala (F) 2019-2020 Ferencvárosi TC Erste Liga 44 29 25 54 -
4. Antti Kerälä (F) 2019-2020 ESV Kaufbeuren DEL2 50 15 36 51 24
5. Mikko Lehtonen (D) 2019-2020 Jokerit KHL 60 17 32 49 20
6. Jere Laine (F) 2019-2020 Wolf II-divisioona 24 20 28 48 32
7. Otto Mäkinen (F) 2019-2020 KOOVEE Mestis 48 13 35 48 22
8. Otto Lehtonen (F) 2019-2020 VG-62 II-divisioona 22 12 36 48 12
9. Samu Pitkänen (F) 2019-2020 Kopla II-divisioona 16 16 31 47 10
10. Miikka Lehtonen (F) 2019-2020 RNK Hoci II-divisioona 23 20 25 45 4
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Franchise All-Time Points
# Player GP G A TP
1. Tero Forsell (F) 447 149 346 495
2. Aki Keinänen (F) 530 221 216 437
3. Tuukka Pulliainen (F) 428 107 274 381
4. Markku Vuorisalo (F) 449 168 163 331
5. Jari Hirsimäki (F) 225 140 149 289
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Franchise All-Time Goals
# Player GP G A TP
1. Aki Keinänen (F) 530 221 216 437
2. Markku Vuorisalo (F) 449 168 163 331
3. Tero Forsell (F) 447 149 346 495
4. Jari Hirsimäki (F) 225 140 149 289
5. Pekka Virta (F) 252 137 96 233
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Franchise All-Time Assists
# Player GP G A TP
1. Tero Forsell (F) 447 149 346 495
2. Tuukka Pulliainen (F) 428 107 274 381
3. Aki Keinänen (F) 530 221 216 437
4. Jouni Tuominen (F) 326 86 188 274
5. Markku Vuorisalo (F) 449 168 163 331
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Franchise All-Time PIM
# Player GP G TP PIM
1. Aki Keinänen (F) 530 221 437 672
2. Markku Vuorisalo (F) 449 168 331 423
3. Santeri Kilkki (D) 167 14 35 406
4. Atte Saunamäki (F) 384 89 188 394
5. Mikke Levo (D) 123 16 53 354
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Franchise All-Time Games played
# Player GP G A TP
1. Aki Keinänen (F) 530 221 216 437
2. Markku Vuorisalo (F) 449 168 163 331
3. Tero Forsell (F) 447 149 346 495
4. Tuukka Pulliainen (F) 428 107 274 381
5. Atte Saunamäki (F) 384 89 99 188
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Franchise All-Time Points per Game
# Player GP G TP PPG
1. Tommi Leinonen (D) 1 0 3 3.000
2. Joel Janatuinen (F) 3 5 6 2.000
3. Ville Vahalahti (F) 21 15 33 1.571
4. Julius Vähätalo (F) 2 2 3 1.500
5. Tero Toivola (F) 43 12 64 1.488
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Franchise All-Time Points per Season
# Player Season League GP G A TP PPG PIM
1. Jari Hirsimäki (F) 1987-1988 I-divisioona 43 60 44 104 2.42 33
2. Pekka Virta (F) 1993-1994 I-divisioona 46 44 47 91 1.98 44
3. Tero Forsell (F) 2006-2007 Mestis 45 24 47 71 1.58 30
4. Jukka Piirinen (F) 1987-1988 I-divisioona 43 29 41 70 1.63 78
5. Harri Niukkanen (F) 1986-1987 I-divisioona 44 34 31 65 1.48 26
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Franchise All-Time Goals per Season
# Player Season League GP G A TP PPG PIM
1. Jari Hirsimäki (F) 1987-1988 I-divisioona 43 60 44 104 2.42 33
2. Pekka Virta (F) 1993-1994 I-divisioona 46 44 47 91 1.98 44
3. Jouko Myrrä (F) 1992-1993 I-divisioona 44 39 15 54 1.23 4
4. Pekka Virta (F) 1990-1991 I-divisioona 44 38 12 50 1.14 32
5. Juha Virtanen (F) 1985-1986 I-divisioona 44 37 16 53 1.20 34
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Franchise All-Time Assists per Season
# Player Season League GP G A TP PPG PIM
1. Tero Toivola (F) 1992-1993 I-divisioona 43 12 52 64 1.49 84
2. Tero Forsell (F) 2007-2008 Mestis 43 15 50 65 1.51 14
3. Pekka Virta (F) 1993-1994 I-divisioona 46 44 47 91 1.98 44
4. Tero Forsell (F) 2006-2007 Mestis 45 24 47 71 1.58 30
5. Jari Hirsimäki (F) 1987-1988 I-divisioona 43 60 44 104 2.42 33
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Franchise All-Time PIM per Season
# Player Season League GP G A TP PPG PIM
1. Matt Nickerson (D) 2018-2019 Mestis 35 1 6 7 0.20 150
2. Mikke Levo (D) 2018-2019 Mestis 39 7 15 22 0.56 136
3. Derek Famulare (F) 2012-2013 Mestis 45 19 18 37 0.82 121
4. Santeri Kilkki (D) 2000-2001 Mestis 42 6 7 13 0.31 115
5. Brad Turner (D) 1994-1995 Liiga 43 3 9 12 0.28 114
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Average Height, Weight, Age per Season
Season Roster Height Weight Age
2019-2020 View roster 6'0" 190 lbs 23.30
2018-2019 View roster 6'0" 189 lbs 22.86
2017-2018 View roster 6'0" 189 lbs 23.49
2016-2017 View roster 6'0" 189 lbs 23.47
2015-2016 View roster 6'1" 195 lbs 24.09
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Nationalities Throughout History

Elite Prospects Notes and Trivia
History

The club was founded in 1929 as Turun Toverit. In 1946 the club formed an ice hockey team, which started to play competitively in 1950. In 1988 the team adopted the name TuTo Hockey, while the team is commonly known simply as TuTo. The team name echoes its origins as a team founded by left-leaning moderate social democrats.

From 1965 to 1975 the team played in SM-sarja and enjoyed moderate success in the late 1960s. in 1975 the team placed last in SM-sarja and was thus relegated to newly formed I-divisioona. However, the team never participated in I-divisioona and sold its players to its local rival TPS. The team continued playing in lower divisions.

In 1983 TuTo was promoted to I-divisioona. After playing for over ten seasons in I-divisioona, TuTo, coached by Juhani Tamminen, was promoted to SM-liiga in 1994. Team's tenure in SM-liiga was, however, rather short-lived as the team was relegated back to I-divisioona only after two seasons in SM-liiga.

In 2000 I-divisioona was renamed to Mestis due to the closure of SM-liiga, which prevented promotion and relegation between the two leagues. During the decade, TuTo both endured relegation in 2004 and was crowned the league champion in 2008.

After peaking in 2008, the core of the team dispersed to other teams as the top players were signed by SM-liiga teams. Furthermore, during the triumphant 2007-08 season, the team board had a disagreement regarding the development and ownership of the team, which led to the resignation of two board members, including the team chairman. Subsequently, one of the key actors behind the team's success, coach Ismo Lehkonen announced that he would not continue as the team coach in 2008-09. Lehkonen returned to coach the team in 2013-14.

TuTo has traditionally been a rival team to TPS. However, due to the teams playing on different levels, TuTo has loaned some of its rival's players at times. In 2009 the teams entered into an affiliation agreement, which displeased some of the fans.

In 2011, after a troublesome season, the team ownership changed, capital was infused and a new chairman was elected. The team ownership change once more in 2014.

Behind the name

The original name of the team was Turun Toverit, shortened to TuTo. The word 'Toverit', comrades in English, echoes working class roots.

Team colours and jerseys

The team colours of TuTo are white, blue and red. The team has traditionally worn jerseys with a TUTO wordmark instead of a team logo in front of the jersey, but this changed in 2011 when the team adopted its current logo. Since season 1999-00 the team has worn jerseys that are very similar to the New York Rangers jerseys in design and colors. For a long time TUTO played its home games in white jerseys, unlike the other teams in Mestis, but this changed when TUTO started to use the team logo on the jerseys.