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Last added: Angélie Jobin

Scoring Leaders

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Peter Schneider	54	35	34	69
2.	Andrew Clark	52	20	49	69
3.	János Hári	53	22	45	67
4.	Nick Petersen	54	26	39	65
5.	Chris DeSousa	54	36	28	64

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Team Facts

Plays in Liiga
Full name Vaasan Sport
Team colours Black + Red + Black
Town Vaasa, FIN
Founded 1939

2012-2013 Roster

	#	Player	A	Born	Birthplace	HT	WT	S
GOALTENDERS
	#92	Jonathan Iilahti (G)	27	1992	Vaasa, FIN	6'1"	176	L
	#35	Jarno Laitinen (G)	31	1988	Pirkkala, FIN	6'0"	176	L
DEFENSEMEN
	#81	Ari Gröndahl (D)	29	1989	Helsinki, FIN	6'5"	223	R
	#5	Eetu Heikkinen (D) “A”	31	1988	Suomussalmi, FIN	6'1"	194	L
	#70	Tomi Kankaanpää (D)	28	1991	Vaasa, FIN	5'10"	176	L
	#33	Tero Konttinen (D)	34	1985	Helsinki, FIN	5'11"	170	L
	#74	Kai Lehtinen (D)	28	1991	Viiala, FIN	6'0"	185	L
	#34	Joonas Liimatainen (D)	28	1991	Tampere, FIN	6'3"	216	L
	#32	Matti-Pekka Pelkonen (D)	33	1985	Jyväskylä, FIN	6'2"	190	L
	#37	Ville Saukko (D)	25	1993	Vaasa, FIN	5'10"	192	R
	#53	Niko Tuhkanen (D)	31	1988	Lahti, FIN	5'11"	181	L
	#10	Antti Uitto (D) “C”	36	1983	Seinäjoki, FIN	5'9"	194	L
	#36	Jesse Virtanen (D)	27	1991	Rauma, FIN	5'11"	185	L
FORWARDS
	#37	Eero Elo (LW/RW)	29	1990	Rauma, FIN	6'4"	203	R
	#37	Jonas Elola (LW)	25	1993	Vaasa, FIN	5'9"	172	R
	#58	Viktor Fagerhed (F)	29	1990	Turku, FIN	5'8"	187	L
	#51	Oskari Hakomäki (C)	32	1987	Vaasa, FIN	5'10"	165	L
	#37	Mika Halava (LW)	32	1987	Pori, FIN	5'11"	176	R
	#91	Juho Iloviita (F)	28	1991	Vaasa, FIN	5'10"	187	L
	#24	Toni Jalo (LW)	30	1989	Turku, FIN	6'1"	196	L
	#28	Aki Kangasmäki (LW/RW)	30	1989	Rauma, FIN	6'3"	216	L
	#26	Aki Kivelä (RW)	27	1992	Helsinki, FIN	5'11"	181	R
	#36	Jani Kiviniemi (RW)	31	1987	Vaasa, FIN	6'0"	192	L
	#15	Mika Kujanpää (F)	29	1989	Vaasa, FIN	5'9"	176	L
	#20	Jere Laaksonen (C)	28	1991	Eurajoki, FIN	5'9"	183	L
	#20	Jesse Laaksonen (F)	30	1989	Nakkila, FIN	6'4"	209	R
	#21	Tommi Laine (C/F)	33	1986	Naantali, FIN	6'1"	183	L
	#33	Petri Meri (C)	28	1991	Turku, FIN	6'4"	212	L
	#11	Juuso Mörsky (C/RW)	30	1989	Lapua, FIN	5'10"	172	L
	#71	Kim Nabb (RW/LW)	34	1985	Vaasa, FIN	5'9"	187	R
	#23	Markus Nässlin (RW)	28	1991	Vaasa, FIN	5'11"	187	L
	#72	Tomi Pekkala (RW)	30	1988	Liminka, FIN	5'10"	218	L
	#18	Markus Piispanen (RW/LW)	30	1989	Jyväskylä, FIN	5'10"	181	R
	#13	Erik Riska (C/LW) “A”	30	1989	Pietarsaari, FIN	6'2"	203	L
	#7	Samuli Virkkunen (F)	28	1990	Pori, FIN	5'11"	176	R
	#22	Jens Östman (F)	27	1991	Pedersöre, FIN	6'0"	179	L
Position: G:2 D:8 F:21 \| Av Age: 23.87 years \| Av Ht: 6'0" \| Av Wt 190 lbs \| Compare with other teams

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Team Staff

Head Coach Pasi Räsänen
Asst. Coach Ari-Pekka Pajuluoma
Goaltending Coach Tapio Kotola
Sports Manager Markus Jämsä
Team Manager Ari-Pekka Pajuluoma
Equipment Manager Taisto Tankka
Equipment Manager Guy Wik
Franchise Owner Antti Törmänen
Video Coach Sasu Koskinen

Team Facts

Nationalities 36 players
Experience Sport: 3 425 GP
SHL: 119 GP
Allsvenskan: 122 GP
Liiga: 2 522 GP
KHL: 64 GP
Affiliated Team(s) Hermes (Mestis)
Sport U18 (Jr. B SM-sarja)
Sport U20 (Jr. A SM-liiga)

Team Captains

“C” Antti Uitto
“A” Erik Riska
Eetu Heikkinen

Team captaincy history

Arena Information

Arena Name Vaasan Sähkö Areena
Location Vaasa, FIN
Capacity 4 448
Construction Year 1971

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Latest Transactions

DATE	STATUS		PLAYER		TEAM
07/17/2019
07/17/2019	Confirmed	Leaving	Toivo Pennanen (D)	Leaving for	Hokki
06/19/2019
06/19/2019	Confirmed	Leaving	William Rapuzzi (F)	Leaving for	Dornbirner EC
06/18/2019
06/18/2019	Confirmed	Joining	Antti Erkinjuntti (F)	Joining from	Tappara
05/31/2019
05/31/2019	Confirmed	Leaving	Joel Kiviranta (F)	Leaving for	Dallas Stars
05/20/2019
05/20/2019	Confirmed	Leaving	Olavi Vauhkonen (F)	Leaving for	Tappara
05/10/2019
05/10/2019	Confirmed	Leaving	Sami Aittokallio (G)	Leaving for	Ässät
05/10/2019	Confirmed	Leaving	Tommi Tikka (F)	Leaving for	HPK
05/09/2019
05/09/2019	Confirmed	Leaving	Gustav Willman Borvik (F)	Leaving for	Kristianstads IK

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Team History and Standings

Season	League	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	TP	Rank	Postseason
1989-1990	I-divisioona	44	19	5	20	-	-	213	236	43	6	-
1990-1991	I-divisioona	44	12	4	28	-	-	149	249	28	11	Saved in relegation
1991-1992	I-divisioona	44	4	2	38	-	-	125	308	10	12	Relegated
1992-1993	II-divisioona	32	24	0	8	-	-	197	106	48	-	-
1993-1994	II-divisioona	36	21	0	15	-	-	187	135	42	-	-
1994-1995	II-divisioona	14	10	1	3	-	-	71	45	21	2	-
1995-1996	II-divisioona	36	32	1	3	-	-	292	80	65	1	Qualification loss
1997-1998	I-divisioona	44	17	6	21	-	-	119	148	40	8	Did not make playoffs
1998-1999	I-divisioona	48	30	4	14	-	-	153	119	64	3	Qualification loss
1999-2000	I-divisioona	48	31	5	12	-	-	190	118	67	2	Qualification loss
2000-2001	Mestis	44	21	5	18	-	-	153	129	47	5	Bronze game loss
2001-2002	Mestis	44	23	8	13	-	-	154	106	55	4	Bronze game loss
2002-2003	Mestis	44	21	3	17	-	3	150	129	48	5	Bronze game loss
2003-2004	Mestis	45	23	3	15	2	2	151	124	55	4	Quarterfinal loss
2004-2005	Mestis	44	23	7	14	1	-	153	108	54	4	Final loss
2005-2006	Mestis	45	26	4	15	-	-	172	106	58	2	Final loss
2006-2007	Mestis	45	30	6	9	-	-	195	105	68	1	Bronze game win
2007-2008	Mestis	45	23	-	17	2	3	193	139	76	6	Quarterfinal loss
2008-2009	Mestis	45	25	-	13	5	2	145	104	87	2	Champion
2009-2010	Mestis	45	22	-	16	3	4	152	120	76	4	Quarterfinal loss
2010-2011	Mestis	49	22	-	19	5	5	139	133	79	3	Champion
2011-2012	Mestis	46	24	-	10	4	8	154	104	88	3	Champion
2012-2013	Mestis	48	23	-	18	5	2	147	127	81	3	Quarterfinal loss
2013-2014	Mestis	56	27	-	12	11	6	195	161	109	2	Quarterfinal loss
2014-2015	Liiga	60	15	-	35	5	5	121	185	60	14	Did not make playoffs
2015-2016	Liiga	60	20	-	24	7	9	153	156	83	10	Playoffs Qualifier loss
2016-2017	Liiga	60	16	-	28	5	11	128	169	69	14	Did not make playoffs
2017-2018	Liiga	60	12	-	33	7	8	153	206	58	15	Did not make playoffs
2018-2019	Liiga	60	17	-	24	11	8	182	205	81	11	Did not make playoffs
2019-2020	Liiga	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Tournament Statistics

Season	Tournament	GP	W	T	L	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	TP	Rank	Postseason
1969-1970	Suomen Cup	1	1	-	0	-	-	10	0	-	-	Qualification
	Suomen Cup	2	1	-	1	-	-	6	3	-	-	-
1970-1971	Suomen Cup	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
	Suomen Cup	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1975-1976	Expolaris Cup	4	1	0	3	-	-	12	21	2	4	-
2012-2013	Continental Cup	3	1	-	1	1	0	19	9	5	2	-

Retired Numbers

Stars and Cult Players

Where are they now?

#	Player	Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM
1.	Markus Kankaanperä (D)	2019-2020	HIFK	Liiga	-	-	-	-	-
2.	Mika Halava (F)	2019-2020	KoMu HT	II-divisioona	-	-	-	-	-
3.	Matti Järvinen (F)	2019-2020	KalPa	Liiga	-	-	-	-	-
4.	Teemu Tallberg (F)	2019-2020	HIFK	Liiga	-	-	-	-	-
5.	T.J. Foster (F)	2019-2020	Guildford Flames	EIHL	-	-	-	-	-
6.	Teddy Da Costa (F)	2019-2020	GKS Katowice	Poland	-	-	-	-	-
7.	Michal Kristof (F)	2019-2020	Kärpät	Liiga	-	-	-	-	-
8.	Joel Kiviranta (F)	2019-2020	Texas Stars	AHL	-	-	-	-	-
9.	Gustav Willman Borvik (F)	2019-2020	Kristianstads IK	Allsvenskan	-	-	-	-	-
10.	Elias Laitamäki (D)	2019-2020	Finland U19 (all)	International-Jr	-	-	-	-	-

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Franchise All-Time Points

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Håkan Hjerpe (F)	378	345	297	642
2.	Jari Kiviniemi (F)	509	179	226	405
3.	Markus Jämsä (F)	445	191	207	398
4.	Timo Salomaa (F)	310	187	192	379
5.	Vesa Myllyaho (F)	521	147	215	370

Franchise All-Time Goals

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Håkan Hjerpe (F)	378	345	297	642
2.	Markus Jämsä (F)	445	191	207	398
3.	Timo Salomaa (F)	310	187	192	379
4.	Jari Kiviniemi (F)	509	179	226	405
5.	Kaj-Ove Ahlmark (F)	355	161	144	305

Franchise All-Time Assists

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Håkan Hjerpe (F)	378	345	297	642
2.	Patrik Westerback (F)	291	77	254	331
3.	Jari Kiviniemi (F)	509	179	226	405
4.	Vesa Myllyaho (F)	521	147	215	370
5.	Markus Jämsä (F)	445	191	207	398

Franchise All-Time PIM

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Jari Kiviniemi (F)	509	179	405	825
2.	Markus Jämsä (F)	445	191	398	591
3.	Patrik Westerback (F)	291	77	331	558
4.	Heikki Autio (D)	431	38	103	477
5.	Håkan Hjerpe (F)	378	345	642	390

Franchise All-Time Games played

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Mikael Hallbäck (D)	529	61	126	187
2.	Vesa Myllyaho (F)	521	147	215	370
3.	Jari Kiviniemi (F)	509	179	226	405
4.	Markus Jämsä (F)	445	191	207	398
5.	Heikki Autio (D)	431	38	65	103

Franchise All-Time Points per Game

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Ulf Slotte (F)	18	31	43	2.389
2.	Jesse Virtanen (D)	1	0	2	2.000
3.	Jukka Alkula (F)	9	12	17	1.889
4.	Joni Rautavuori (F)	128	81	221	1.727
5.	Kari Teräväinen (F)	185	160	318	1.719

Franchise All-Time Points per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Håkan Hjerpe (F)	1988-1989	I-divisioona	44	54	45	99	2.25	52
2.	Håkan Hjerpe (F)	1976-1977	I-divisioona	36	64	25	89	2.47	46
3.	Håkan Hjerpe (F)	1986-1987	I-divisioona	44	44	43	87	1.98	53
4.	Håkan Hjerpe (F)	1987-1988	I-divisioona	44	38	46	84	1.91	46
5.	Pekka Lehmus (F)	1995-1996	II-divisioona	35	33	51	84	2.40	22

Franchise All-Time Goals per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Håkan Hjerpe (F)	1976-1977	I-divisioona	36	64	25	89	2.47	46
2.	Håkan Hjerpe (F)	1977-1978	I-divisioona	36	55	24	79	2.19	67
3.	Håkan Hjerpe (F)	1988-1989	I-divisioona	44	54	45	99	2.25	52
4.	Håkan Hjerpe (F)	1986-1987	I-divisioona	44	44	43	87	1.98	53
5.	Börje Eriksson (F)	1980-1981	I-divisioona	36	42	31	73	2.03	20

Franchise All-Time Assists per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Pekka Lehmus (F)	1995-1996	II-divisioona	35	33	51	84	2.40	22
2.	Joni Rautavuori (F)	1995-1996	II-divisioona	36	28	51	79	2.19	30
3.	Juho-Tuomas Appel (F)	2007-2008	Mestis	45	7	47	54	1.20	39
4.	Håkan Hjerpe (F)	1987-1988	I-divisioona	44	38	46	84	1.91	46
5.	Håkan Hjerpe (F)	1988-1989	I-divisioona	44	54	45	99	2.25	52

Franchise All-Time PIM per Season

#	Player	Season	League	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM
1.	Markus Kankaanperä (D)	2016-2017	Liiga	56	1	7	8	0.14	158
2.	Jari Kiviniemi (F)	1996-1997	II-divisioona	30	20	32	52	1.73	138
3.	Mike Brennan (D)	2014-2015	Liiga	51	7	7	14	0.27	129
4.	Teemu Viemerö (D)	1996-1997	II-divisioona	28	5	14	19	0.68	126
5.	David Saunders (F)	1989-1990	I-divisioona	37	28	18	46	1.24	115

Average Height, Weight, Age per Season

Season	Roster	Avg Height	Avg Weight	Avg Age
2019-2020	View roster	5'11"	186 lbs	26.35
2018-2019	View roster	6'0"	193 lbs	26.13
2017-2018	View roster	6'0"	194 lbs	25.97
2016-2017	View roster	6'0"	195 lbs	26.23
2015-2016	View roster	6'0"	193 lbs	26.55

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