What league does Ketterä U20 play in?

Ketterä U20 play in the U20 Mestis.

When was Ketterä U20 founded?

Ketterä U20 was founded in 1957 in Imatra, FIN, Finland.

Where is Ketterä U20 based?

Ketterä U20 is based in Imatra, FIN.

Who is the head coach of Ketterä U20?

The head coach of Ketterä U20 is Jouni Hallikas.

Who is the captain of Ketterä U20?

The captain of Ketterä U20 is Joona Tarjavuori.

What arena does Ketterä U20 play in?

Ketterä U20 play their home games at OmaSP Areena in Imatra, FIN.

What are the team colors of Ketterä U20?

The team colors of Ketterä U20 are Blue + White + Red.

Ketterä U20

U20 Mestis

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2025-2026

2025-2026 Season

Ketterä U20 were 29-7-1 in the 2025-26 U20 Mestis season with 86 points, 3rd overall.

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2025-2026 Ketterä U20 Roster

	#	Player	A	Born	Birthplace	HT	WT	S
GOALTENDERS
	#35	Asterix Janger (G)	18	2008	Lappeenranta, FIN	5'10"	170	L
	#23	Juho Kuuluvainen (G)	19	2007	Lappeenranta, FIN	5'11"	176	L
	#35	Otto Leinonen (G)	19	2007	Imatra, FIN	5'11"	163	L
	#35	Veeti Luukas (G)	20	2006	Lappeenranta, FIN	5'11"	159	L
	#40	Simo Oja (G)	22	2004	Imatra, FIN	6'0"	157	L
	#35	Väinö Tanninen (G)	21	2005	Imatra, FIN	6'0"	161	L
DEFENSEMEN
	#84	Aatu Ahtiainen (D)	17	2009	Imatra, FIN	5'11"	176	L
	#77	Olivér Farkas (D)Loan	21	2005	Miskolc, HUN	6'3"	190	L
	#37	Tuomas Hietanen (D)"A"	19	2007	Imatra, FIN	5'11"	176	L
	#17	Kimi Hänninen (D)	18	2008	Imatra, FIN	6'1"	168	L
	#67	Eemeli Kautonen (D)	19	2007	Imatra, FIN	6'2"	165	L
	#77	Jami Käkränen (D)	19	2006	Imatra, FIN	5'10"	181	L
	#27	Erik Köhler (D)	18	2007	Espoo, FIN	6'4"	198	L
	#85	Oskari Laakkonen (D)	21	2005	Jyväskylä, FIN	6'0"	176	L
	#84	Roope Maijanen (D)	15	2010	Imatra, FIN	6'0"	163	R
	#16	Viljami Marttiin (D)	21	2005	Lahti, FIN	6'0"	170	L
	#41	Iivari Mattila (D)	19	2006	Imatra, FIN	5'11"	176	L
	#8	Juuso Mattila (D)	20	2006	Imatra, FIN	5'11"	176	L
	#84	Aaretti Partanen (D)Loan	19	2006	Imatra, FIN	6'0"	185	L
	#15	Aleksi Savolainen (D)	20	2006	Imatra, FIN	5'11"	176	L
	#6	Joona Tarjavuori (D)"C"	21	2005	Lappeenranta, FIN	6'0"	170	L
FORWARDS
	#19	Niklas Gezuri (F)	18	2007	Imatra, FIN	5'11"	176	R
	#12	Edi Hakkarainen (LW/RW)	20	2006	Hyvinkää, FIN	6'1"	192	L
	#7	Nico Hammaren (LW)	20	2006	Imatra, FIN	6'2"	198	L
	#97	Elmeri Inkiläinen (C)	20	2006	Imatra, FIN	5'11"	165	R
	#11	Veeti Kankkunen (LW)	19	2006	Imatra, FIN	5'11"	176	L
	#92	Emil Karjalainen (C)	22	2004	Rovaniemi, FIN	5'11"	176	L
	#81	Elias Kokko (RW)	21	2005	Jyväskylä, FIN	5'9"	161	R
	#86	Krystian Lisowski (LW/C)	21	2005	Sanok, POL	6'0"	181	L
	#77	Paavo Mäkelä (C)"A"	21	2005	Salo, FIN	6'4"	201	L
	#17	Erik Nevolainen (F)	22	2004	Kotka, FIN	6'1"	187	L
	#34	Tarmo Niiranen (RW)	19	2007	Kotka, FIN	5'11"	176	L
	#39	Tino Pennanen (F)	20	2006	Savonlinna, FIN	5'11"	176	L
	#29	Joona Rantalainen (F)	22	2004	Imatra, FIN	6'2"	159	L
	#82	Teemu Sinkkonen (LW)	19	2006	Imatra, FIN	5'11"	176	L
	#20	Nestori Sirenne (F)"A"	22	2004	Lappeenranta, FIN	6'0"	176	R
	#21	Kaapo Sorvali (F)	20	2006	Imatra, FIN	5'11"	176	L
	#63	Jakub Srotyr (F)	17	2008	Beroun, CZE	5'9"	143	R
	#28	Aleksi Talo (LW/RW)	22	2004	Lappeenranta, FIN	6'0"	165	L
	#83	Niko Taurivuo (C)	19	2007	Kirkkonummi, FIN	6'1"	187	L
	#77	Jani Tikkanen (F)	18	2008	Imatra, FIN	5'11"	176	L
	#71	Veeti Valtonen (RW)	22	2004	Imatra, FIN	6'4"	205	R
	#55	Daniel Wahlstedt (F)	19	2007	Porvoo, FIN	6'1"	174	L

Position: G: 4, D: 11, F: 19Av Age: 20.15 yearsAv Ht: 6'0"Av Wt: 176 lbsCompare with other teams »

2025-2026 Ketterä U20 Staff

Head CoachJouni Hallikas
Asst. CoachVisa Varonen
Goaltending CoachMikko Rämö
Sports ManagerTurkka Partanen
Team ManagerMika Suikkanen
Conditioning CoachTero Sainio
Equipment ManagerRisto Nuoramo
Equipment ManagerTuomo Ovaska
Mental CoachHanna Ropo

Team Staff History

2025-2026 Ketterä U20 Captains

"C"

Joona Tarjavuori

"A"

Team Captaincy History

2025-2026 Ketterä U20 Demographics

Ketterä U20 Facts

Plays in: U20 Mestis
Team Colors: Blue + White + Red
Town: Imatra, FIN Map
Founded: 1957

2025-2026 Ketterä U20 Roster Facts

Nationalities

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Experience

Ketterä U20: 1 543 GP

Affiliated Team(s)

Ilves (Liiga)
Ilves U20 (U20 SM-sarja)
Ketterä (Mestis)
Ketterä U18 (U18 Suomi-sarja)
Parru HT (II-divisioona)
PEPO HC (II-divisioona)
PESÄ (II-divisioona)
SaiPa (Liiga)
SaiPa U16 (U16 SM-sarja)
SaiPa U18 (U18 SM-sarja)
SaiPa U18 Akatemia (U18 Suomi-sarja)
SaiPa U20 (U20 SM-sarja)

Arena Information

Arena Name: OmaSP Areena
Location: Imatra, FIN
Capacity: 1 300
Construction Year: 2011

Ketterä U20 Games

date	home	visiting	score	league
10/03/2026 10:35 AM UTC	Viikingit U20	Ketterä U20	-	U20 Mestis
09/27/2026 12:35 PM UTC	Kiekko-Espoo U20 Ch	Ketterä U20	-	U20 Mestis
09/26/2026 01:00 PM UTC	Ketterä U20	TUTO Hockey U20	1 - 3	U20 Mestis
09/20/2026 01:00 PM UTC	Ketterä U20	JYP/Diskos U20	7 - 0	U20 Mestis
09/19/2026 01:15 PM UTC	Ketterä U20	Hermes U20	3 - 2 (OT 60:24)	U20 Mestis

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Oskari Laakkonen (D)

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Erik Nevolainen (F)

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Kaapo Sorvali (F)

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Nico Hammaren (F)

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02/16/2026

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Veeti Luukas (G)

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01/17/2026

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Ketterä U20 History and Standings

season	league	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
2026-2027	U20 Mestis	5	2	2	-	1	0	21	12	8	1.6	7	-
2025-2026	U20 Mestis	37	27	7	-	2	1	182	115	86	2.32	3	Bronze game loss
2024-2025	U20 Mestis	38	25	6	-	3	4	183	85	85	2.24	3	Final loss
2023-2024	U20 SM-sarja	38	10	21	-	2	5	91	154	39	1.03	17	-
2022-2023	U20 SM-sarja	7	5	0	-	2	0	40	19	19	2.71	1	Saved in relegation
	U20 SM-sarja	22	9	10	-	0	3	63	80	30	1.36	9	Relegation Play
	U20 SM-sarja	23	7	13	-	1	2	64	84	25	1.09	18	Final group
2021-2022	U20 SM-sarja	26	7	17	-	2	0	73	103	25	0.96	10	Did not make playoffs
	U20 Mestis	16	12	3	-	0	1	62	37	37	2.31	2	Promoted
2020-2021	U20 Mestis	27	16	8	-	2	1	98	73	53	1.96	2	Season Cancelled
	U20 Mestis	22	12	7	-	2	1	80	65	41	1.86	6	-
2019-2020	U20 Mestis	47	21	18	-	5	3	174	153	76	1.62	3	Playoffs Cancelled
	U20 Mestis	30	13	11	-	3	3	117	102	48	1.6	6	Final group
2018-2019	U20 Mestis	46	19	19	-	4	4	169	157	69	1.5	6	Quarterfinal loss
	U20 Mestis	28	12	11	-	3	2	100	89	44	1.57	8	Final group
2017-2018	U20 Mestis	18	9	7	-	0	2	86	62	29	1.61	5	Quarterfinal loss
	U20 Mestis	26	14	9	-	3	0	108	78	48	1.85	5	-
2016-2017	U20 Mestis	40	22	12	-	3	3	166	107	75	1.88	6	Quarterfinal loss
2015-2016	U20 Mestis	40	17	15	-	4	4	140	144	63	1.58	7	Quarterfinal loss
2014-2015	U20 Suomi-Srja	14	12	1	1	-	-	127	38	25	1.79	1	Promoted
	U20 Mestis	24	6	13	-	3	2	71	102	26	1.08	12	Relegated
2013-2014	U20 Suomi-Srja	14	8	4	2	-	-	72	54	18	1.29	2	Promoted
	U20 Suomi-Srja	10	5	3	2	-	-	40	33	12	1.2	4	-
	U20 Suomi-Srja	8	4	3	1	-	-	48	31	9	1.13	2	-
2012-2013	U20 Suomi-Srja	3	3	0	0	-	-	17	9	6	2	1	Qualification
	U20 Suomi-Srja	3	2	1	0	-	-	21	8	4	1.33	2	Qualification
2000-2001	U20 I-div	32	9	18	5	-	-	98	144	23	0.72	7	-
1999-2000	U20 I-div	14	4	10	0	-	-	47	83	8	0.57	7	-
	U20 I-div	14	0	14	0	-	-	39	118	0	0	8	-

Where Are They Now?

Played in the team during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Yegor Chizhikov (F)	2026-2027	Shakhter Soligorsk	Belarus	4	3	7	10	0
2.	Valtteri Kekarainen (F)	2026-2027	Pyry Team	II-divisioona	2	2	5	7	0
3.	Mac Howlett (F)	2026-2027	Basingstoke Bison	NIHL	3	2	5	7	4
4.	Miro Hölli (F)	2026-2027	LeKi	Suomi-sarja	5	2	5	7	0
5.	Valtteri Tamminen (F)	2026-2027	Kiekko-Espoo U20 Ch	U20 Mestis	5	1	6	7	2
6.	Henry Karjalainen (F)	2026-2027	JoKP	Mestis	6	3	3	6	4
7.	Joona Jääskeläinen (F)	2026-2027	HK Spisska Nova Ves	Extraliga	4	2	4	6	4
8.	Mikko Perttu (F)	2026-2027	SaiPa	Champions HL	4	2	4	6	29
9.	Niko Liiri (D)	2026-2027	JoKP	Mestis	6	1	4	5	2
10.	Santeri Airola (D)	2026-2027	SaiPa	Liiga	7	1	4	5	0

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Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

Season	Roster	Height	Weight	Age
2026-2027	View Roster	5'11"	172 lbs	18.81
2025-2026	View Roster	6'0"	176 lbs	20.15
2024-2025	View Roster	6'0"	179 lbs	19.83
2023-2024	View Roster	6'0"	181 lbs	19.94
2022-2023	View Roster	6'0"	183 lbs	20.06

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Regular Season

Franchise All-Time Points

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Aleksi Akkila (F)	157	69	101	170
2.	Jere Paananen (F)	159	53	100	153
3.	Jere Parikka (F)	142	50	95	145
4.	Jesse Viskari (F)	104	55	89	144
5.	Mikko Haaparanta (F)	110	60	68	128

Franchise All-Time Goals

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Aleksi Akkila (F)	157	69	101	170
2.	Eemeli Manskinen (F)	89	62	49	111
3.	Mikko Haaparanta (F)	110	60	68	128
4.	Jevgeni Soloviev (F)	73	60	65	125
5.	Jesse Viskari (F)	104	55	89	144

Franchise All-Time Assists

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Aleksi Akkila (F)	157	69	101	170
2.	Jere Paananen (F)	159	53	100	153
3.	Jere Parikka (F)	142	50	95	145
4.	Jesse Viskari (F)	104	55	89	144
5.	Saska Putkonen (D)	94	24	73	97

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Jussi Tähkä (D)	118	6	27	375
2.	Jussi Hilpas (D)	103	9	30	355
3.	Patrik Ruotsalainen (F)	135	25	76	295
4.	Markku Moisio (F)	89	48	85	264
5.	Tommi Karhu (D)	124	18	61	264

Franchise All-Time Games Played

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Jere Paananen (F)	159	53	100	153
2.	Aleksi Akkila (F)	157	69	101	170
3.	Valtteri Myllykallio (D)	152	11	54	65
4.	Iiro Soininen (D)	146	8	45	53
5.	Jere Parikka (F)	142	50	95	145

Franchise All-Time Points Per Game

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Olli Jokinen (F)	2	5	8	4.00
2.	Mikko Sipiläinen (F)	4	6	13	3.25
3.	Aleksi Sinkkonen (F)	1	2	3	3.00
4.	Mikko Perttu (F)	1	0	3	3.00
5.	Anri Ravinskis (F)	3	3	7	2.33

Franchise All-Time Points Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Jesse Viskari (F)	2017-2018	43	26	69
2.	Aleksi Akkila (F)	2019-2020	44	23	61
3.	Mikko Haaparanta (F)	2017-2018	36	30	58
4.	Valtteri Niemi (F)	2016-2017	28	27	51
5.	Krystian Lisowski (F)	2025-2026	32	26	51

Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Mikko Haaparanta (F)	2017-2018	36	30	58
2.	Valtteri Niemi (F)	2016-2017	28	27	51
3.	Jesse Viskari (F)	2017-2018	43	26	69
4.	Krystian Lisowski (F)	2025-2026	32	26	51
5.	Turo Häkämies (F)	1997-1998	34	26	50

Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	A	TP
1.	Jesse Viskari (F)	2017-2018	43	43	69
2.	Aleksi Akkila (F)	2019-2020	44	38	61
3.	Sayam Limtong (F)	2022-2023	45	34	45
4.	Juho Hallikas (D)	2024-2025	31	34	42
5.	Kristian Tyyskä (F)	2016-2017	33	33	49

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	TP	PIM
1.	Jussi Tähkä (D)	1997-1998	34	15	148
2.	Jussi Tähkä (D)	1998-1999	33	3	143
3.	Patrik Ruotsalainen (F)	2019-2020	36	31	127
4.	Mikko Hänninen (D)	1997-1998	22	10	119
5.	Jussi Hilpas (D)	2001-2002	19	12	110