Team Facts
Plays in Liiga Full name Oulun Kärpät Team colours Black + Yellow + White Town Oulu, FIN Founded 1946

2021-2022 Skater Stats
# N Player GP G A TP PIM +/-   GP G A TP PIM +/-
Liiga
1. Saku Mäenalanen (LW/C)   47 13 28 41 67 14 | 7 1 0 1 4 -2
2. Troy Bourke (C)   53 12 24 36 26 -3 | 7 1 0 1 0 -3
3. Juhamatti Aaltonen (RW)   58 14 21 35 30 -14 | 7 1 2 3 2 -1
4. Petter Emanuelsson (RW)   52 19 15 34 10 -4 | 7 0 2 2 2 -2
5. Topi Niemelä (D)   Toronto Maple Leafs 48 10 22 32 20 8 | 6 0 1 1 2 0
6. Ville Koivunen (W/C)   Carolina Hurricanes 53 11 18 29 20 -11 | 6 1 0 1 0 0
7. Ludwig Byström (D)   60 5 24 29 36 6 | 7 0 5 5 0 1
8. Mika Pyörälä (LW/C)   53 16 12 28 14 11 | 7 1 1 2 4 -1
9. Ville Leskinen (RW/LW)   38 12 15 27 4 11 | 7 1 2 3 2 -2
10. Atte Ohtamaa (D)   46 8 19 27 22 7 | 7 0 0 0 0 -4
                             
11. Aku Räty (RW)   Arizona Coyotes 56 11 11 22 34 4 | 7 1 1 2 4 1
12. Jesse Koskenkorva (C/LW)   42 5 11 16 28 6 | 6 0 2 2 2 0
13. Casey Wellman (C/RW)   35 6 7 13 12 -3 |
14. Aleksi Mustonen (C/LW)   41 5 7 12 2 0 |
15. Axel Rindell (D)   26 1 11 12 4 -3 | 5 0 0 0 2 -3
16. Julius Hermonen (LW)   51 3 8 11 22 5 | 1 0 0 0 0 0
17. Arttu Hyry (RW/C)   43 4 5 9 4 -4 | 7 2 0 2 0 1
18. Arttu Paaso (D)   31 4 4 8 6 8 |
19. Tuukka Tieksola (RW)   Carolina Hurricanes 28 4 3 7 12 -3 | 4 1 0 1 2 -1
20. Julius Junttila (LW/RW)   6 1 4 5 2 3 | 7 0 1 1 2 -4
                             
21. Kirill Slepets (LW/RW)   Carolina Hurricanes 15 1 3 4 2 1 | 1 0 0 0 0 -2
22. Antti Kalapudas (C/LW)   14 2 1 3 0 -5 | 3 0 0 0 0 -1
23. Mikko Niemelä (D)   47 1 2 3 16 0 | 7 0 0 0 2 -2
24. David Sklenicka (D)   9 0 3 3 16 -1 | 7 0 2 2 0 -3
25. Jaakko Niskala (D)   38 0 3 3 10 0 |
26. Oliver Kapanen (C)   Montréal Canadiens 2 0 2 2 0 3 |
27. Radek Koblizek (RW/LW)   6 0 2 2 2 1 |
28. Ville Heikkala (LW)   17 0 2 2 12 2 | 1 0 0 0 0 0
29. Miihkali Teppo (D)   20 0 2 2 14 -8 |
30. Taneli Ronkainen (D)   44 0 2 2 12 -1 | 3 0 0 0 0 0
                             
31. Yegor Shekhovtsov (D)   4 1 0 1 0 2 |
32. Aleksi Antti-Roiko (C)   5 0 1 1 0 2 |
33. Juho Korhonen (D)   5 0 1 1 0 3 |
34. Aatu Räty (C)   Vancouver Canucks 6 0 1 1 2 -1 |
35. Samuel Kemppainen (D)   1 0 0 0 0 0 |
36. Rudolf Cerveny (W/C)   1 0 0 0 0 -1 |
37. Jere Vertanen (D)   2 0 0 0 0 0 |
38. Niko Kuiri (C/LW)   2 0 0 0 0 0 |
39. Miro Keskitalo (D)   2 0 0 0 2 1 |
40. Elmeri Kaksonen (LW/RW)   3 0 0 0 2 -2 |
                             
41. Joona Mourujärvi (D)   7 0 0 0 0 -1 |
42. Damir Musin (D)   11 0 0 0 0 -1 | 7 0 0 0 2 -1
43. Veli-Matti Tiuraniemi (D)   12 0 0 0 0 -2 |
2021-2022 Goaltending Stats
# N Player GP GAA SV% w l t so toi svs   GP GAA SV%
  Liiga                          
1. Niklas Kokko   Seattle Kraken 1 0.00 1.000 0 0 0 0 3 1 |
2. Juha Jatkola   Nashville Predators 2 1.36 .949 1 1 0 1 88 37 |
3. Joel Blomqvist   Pittsburgh Penguins 20 1.32 .940 6 3 5 5 950 330 | 7 1.10 .950
4. Stanislav Galimov   46 2.42 .913 17 16 10 3 2501 1063 | 2 15.54 .546
5. Libor Kasik   1 2.90 .897 0 0 1 0 63 26 |
6. Waltteri Ignatjew   0 - - 0 3 0 0 240 91 |
Games
Date Home Visiting Score League
2023-12-08T16:30:00+0000 Ässät Kärpät - Liiga
2023-12-02T15:00:00+0000 Kärpät HIFK 0 - 7 Liiga
2023-12-01T16:30:00+0000 HIFK Kärpät 4 - 3 (OT) Liiga
2023-11-29T16:30:00+0000 Tappara Kärpät 4 - 1 Liiga
2023-11-25T15:00:00+0000 Kärpät Sport 5 - 2 Liiga
2023-11-23T16:30:00+0000 Kärpät Ässät 2 - 1 (SO) Liiga
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Latest Transactions
DATE STATUS PLAYER TEAM SOURCE
11/25/2023
11/25/2023 Confirmed Joining Nick Ritchie (F) Joining from No team
11/24/2023
11/24/2023 Loan Leaving Emil Pieniniemi (D) Leaving for Hermes
11/24/2023 Confirmed Leaving Joonas Lohisalo (F) Leaving for SaiPa
11/24/2023 Loan Joining Viljami Juusola (D) Joining from IF Björklöven
11/20/2023
11/20/2023 Loan Leaving Visa Vedenpää (G) Leaving for Hermes
10/31/2023
10/31/2023 Loan Leaving Visa Vedenpää (G) Leaving for Hermes
10/17/2023
10/17/2023 Confirmed Leaving Trevor Mingoia (F) Leaving for Västerås IK
10/16/2023
10/16/2023 Loan Joining Noel Gunler (F) Joining from Carolina Hurricanes
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Team History and Standings
Season League GP W T L OTW OTL GF GA TP P/GP Rank Postseason
1994-1995 II-divisioona 16 16 0 0 - - 144 40 32 2.00 1 Promoted
1995-1996 I-divisioona 44 21 4 19 - - 180 165 46 1.05 8 Quarterfinal loss
1996-1997 I-divisioona 44 26 4 14 - - 196 154 56 1.27 2 Qualification loss
1997-1998 I-divisioona 44 31 5 8 - - 171 99 67 1.52 1 Qualification loss
1998-1999 I-divisioona 48 41 4 1 - - 265 91 86 1.79 1 Qualification loss
1999-2000 I-divisioona 48 42 3 3 - - 287 91 87 1.81 1 Promoted
2000-2001 SM-liiga 56 23 8 25 - - 165 178 54 0.96 8 Bronze game loss
2001-2002 SM-liiga 56 25 9 22 - - 156 148 60 1.07 6 Quarterfinal loss
2002-2003 SM-liiga 56 32 8 16 - - 187 141 73 1.30 3 Final loss
2003-2004 SM-liiga 56 29 14 13 - - 194 129 78 1.39 2 Champion
2004-2005 SM-liiga 56 35 - 10 5 6 190 122 121 2.16 1 Champion
2005-2006 SM-liiga 56 36 - 10 4 6 180 105 122 2.18 1 Bronze game win
2006-2007 SM-liiga 56 33 - 13 6 4 197 125 115 2.05 1 Champion
2007-2008 SM-liiga 56 32 - 9 10 5 205 129 121 2.16 1 Champion
2008-2009 SM-liiga 58 28 - 22 5 3 185 149 97 1.67 5 Final loss
2009-2010 SM-liiga 58 21 - 26 7 4 150 163 81 1.40 9 Quarterfinal loss
2010-2011 SM-liiga 60 23 - 25 8 4 151 161 89 1.48 8 Playoffs Qualifier loss
2011-2012 SM-liiga 60 29 - 23 4 4 164 148 99 1.65 7 Quarterfinal loss
2012-2013 SM-liiga 60 23 - 22 9 6 172 150 93 1.55 7 Playoffs Qualifier loss
2013-2014 Liiga 60 36 - 9 8 7 190 106 131 2.18 1 Champion
2014-2015 Liiga 60 31 - 16 9 4 167 126 115 1.92 1 Champion
2015-2016 Liiga 60 33 - 13 6 8 178 126 119 1.98 2 Bronze game win
2016-2017 Liiga 60 22 - 23 9 6 147 136 90 1.50 7 Playoffs Qualifier loss
2017-2018 Liiga 60 33 - 11 8 8 195 134 123 2.05 1 Champion
2018-2019 Liiga 60 41 - 11 6 2 207 101 137 2.28 1 Final loss
2019-2020 Liiga 59 43 - 16 7 5 185 114 127 2.15 1 Playoffs Cancelled
2020-2021 Liiga 58 25 - 21 10 2 143 134 97 1.67 7 Quarterfinal loss
2021-2022 Liiga 60 24 - 20 7 9 171 141 95 1.58 6 Quarterfinal loss
2022-2023 Liiga 60 24 - 19 7 10 158 143 96 1.60 7 Playoffs Qualifier loss
2023-2024 Liiga 27 12 - 10 2 3 71 67 43 1.59 4 -
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Tournament Statistics
Season Tournament GP W T L OTW OTL GF GA TP P/GP Rank Postseason
1969-1970 Suomen Cup 1 0 - 1 - - 2 3 - - - First round loss
1970-1971 Suomen Cup - - - - - - - - - - - -
1981-1982 European Cup 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0 - - 4 Promoted
European Cup 3 1 0 2 - - 7 21 2 0.67 Final group
2004-2005 ECC 2 2 0 0 - - 10 4 4 2.00 1 Final loss
2005-2006 ECC 2 2 0 0 - - 6 1 6 3.00 1 Final loss
2007-2008 ECC 2 1 - 1 0 0 9 6 3 1.50 2 Did not make playoffs
2008-2009 Champions HL 4 0 - 3 0 1 5 11 1 0.25 3 Did not make playoffs
2010-2011 ET 8 5 - 2 0 1 25 25 16 2.00 3 Quarterfinal loss
2011-2012 ET 8 1 - 2 2 3 21 23 10 1.25 5 Did not make playoffs
2012-2013 ET 8 1 - 4 2 1 18 26 7 0.88 7 Did not make playoffs
2013-2014 ET 8 4 - 4 0 0 19 21 12 1.50 5 Did not make playoffs
2014-2015 Champions HL 6 3 - 1 2 0 17 12 13 2.17 1 Semifinal loss
2015-2016 Champions HL 4 4 - 0 0 0 12 1 12 3.00 1 Final loss
2016-2017 Champions HL 4 3 - 0 1 0 12 5 11 2.75 1 16th final loss
2018-2019 Champions HL 6 4 - 1 1 0 27 14 14 2.33 1 Quarterfinal loss
2019-2020 Champions HL 6 4 - 2 2 1 18 13 11 1.83 3 Did not make playoffs

Retired Numbers

Stars and Cult Players

Where are they now?
# Player Season Team League GP G A TP PIM
1. Joonas Huovinen (F) 2023-2024 Capitals Leeuwarden Netherlands2 8 15 16 31 4
2. Brock Trotter (F) 2023-2024 Moosomin Rangers BSHL 6 7 21 28 4
3. Vitezslav Bilek (F) 2023-2024 HC Řisuty Czechia3 17 13 12 25 14
4. Cody Kunyk (F) 2023-2024 Löwen Frankfurt DEL 24 8 17 25 10
5. Kristian Vesalainen (F) 2023-2024 HIFK Liiga 27 10 14 24 4
6. Nicolas Deschamps (F) 2023-2024 Grenoble Ligue Magnus 21 8 16 24 8
7. Juho Lammikko (F) 2023-2024 ZSC Lions NL 21 8 14 22 10
8. Sebastian Aho (F) 2023-2024 Carolina Hurricanes NHL 23 8 14 22 12
9. Janne Kuokkanen (F) 2023-2024 Malmö Redhawks SHL 24 8 13 21 6
10. Sakari Manninen (F) 2023-2024 Genève-Servette HC NL 27 10 9 19 12
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Franchise All-Time Points
# Player GP G A TP
1. Markku Kiimalainen (F) 547 238 218 456
2. Mika Pyörälä (F) 749 216 232 448
3. Jari Viuhkola (F) 580 130 286 416
4. Kari Jalonen (F) 254 148 257 405
5. Pekka Arbelius (F) 372 189 213 402
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Franchise All-Time Goals
# Player GP G A TP
1. Markku Kiimalainen (F) 547 238 218 456
2. Mika Pyörälä (F) 749 216 232 448
3. Kai Suikkanen (F) 372 207 137 344
4. Pekka Arbelius (F) 372 189 213 402
5. Markku Perkkiö (F) 222 170 118 288
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Franchise All-Time Assists
# Player GP G A TP
1. Jari Viuhkola (F) 580 130 286 416
2. Kari Jalonen (F) 254 148 257 405
3. Mika Pyörälä (F) 749 216 232 448
4. Markku Kiimalainen (F) 547 238 218 456
5. Pekka Arbelius (F) 372 189 213 402
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Franchise All-Time PIM
# Player GP G TP PIM
1. Ilkka Mikkola (D) 662 59 247 691
2. Juha Huikari (D) 487 139 310 621
3. Lasse Kukkonen (D) 674 72 210 524
4. Mikko Lehtonen (D) 565 87 231 464
5. Antti Aarnio (F) 302 21 49 453
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Franchise All-Time Games played
# Player GP G A TP
1. Mika Pyörälä (F) 749 216 232 448
2. Lasse Kukkonen (D) 674 72 138 210
3. Ilkka Mikkola (D) 662 59 188 247
4. Jari Viuhkola (F) 580 130 286 416
5. Mikko Lehtonen (D) 565 87 144 231
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Franchise All-Time Points per Game
# Player GP G TP PPG
1. Alexander Skvortsov (F) 22 20 60 2.73
2. Martin Bergeron (F) 86 86 163 1.90
3. Juha Puoskari (F) 14 6 24 1.71
4. Kari Jalonen (F) 254 148 405 1.59
5. Vladimir Kames (F) 132 89 207 1.57
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Franchise All-Time Points per Season
# Player Season League GP G A TP PPG PIM
1. Kari Jalonen (F) 1986-1987 SM-liiga 44 29 64 93 2.11 30
2. Martin Bergeron (F) 1999-2000 I-divisioona 45 40 46 86 1.91 71
3. Vladimir Kames (F) 1991-1992 I-divisioona 44 36 48 84 1.91 67
4. Juha Riihijärvi (F) 1989-1990 I-divisioona 44 38 45 83 1.89 32
5. Marko Lapinkoski (F) 1989-1990 I-divisioona 44 44 35 79 1.80 6
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Franchise All-Time Goals per Season
# Player Season League GP G A TP PPG PIM
1. Martin Bergeron (F) 1998-1999 I-divisioona 41 46 31 77 1.88 112
2. Markku Perkkiö (F) 1975-1976 I-divisioona 36 45 27 72 2.00 31
3. Marko Lapinkoski (F) 1989-1990 I-divisioona 44 44 35 79 1.80 6
4. Markku Perkkiö (F) 1976-1977 I-divisioona 36 44 26 70 1.94 34
5. Martin Bergeron (F) 1999-2000 I-divisioona 45 40 46 86 1.91 71
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Franchise All-Time Assists per Season
# Player Season League GP G A TP PPG PIM
1. Kari Jalonen (F) 1986-1987 SM-liiga 44 29 64 93 2.11 30
2. Jari Laukkanen (F) 1999-2000 I-divisioona 47 19 54 73 1.55 56
3. Juha Jokiharju (F) 1998-1999 I-divisioona 41 11 49 60 1.46 12
4. Vladimir Kames (F) 1991-1992 I-divisioona 44 36 48 84 1.91 67
5. Martin Bergeron (F) 1999-2000 I-divisioona 45 40 46 86 1.91 71
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Franchise All-Time PIM per Season
# Player Season League GP G A TP PPG PIM
1. Otto Karvinen (F) 2018-2019 Liiga 52 2 8 10 0.19 131
2. Kristian Taubert (D) 1999-2000 I-divisioona 40 15 21 36 0.90 120
3. Jari Sailio (F) 2017-2018 Liiga 50 3 9 12 0.24 115
4. Antti Aarnio (F) 2007-2008 SM-liiga 46 1 6 7 0.15 113
5. Martin Bergeron (F) 1998-1999 I-divisioona 41 46 31 77 1.88 112
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Average Height, Weight, Age per Season
Season Roster Height Weight Age
2023-2024 View roster 6'1" 189 lbs 26.48
2022-2023 View roster 6'1" 189 lbs 27.76
2021-2022 View roster 6'0" 184 lbs 26.25
2020-2021 View roster 6'0" 183 lbs 26.23
2019-2020 View roster 6'0" 185 lbs 27.09
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