What league does IPK U20 play in?

IPK U20 play in the U20 Mestis.

When was IPK U20 founded?

IPK U20 was founded in 1966 in Iisalmi, FIN, Finland.

Where is IPK U20 based?

IPK U20 is based in Iisalmi, FIN.

Who is the head coach of IPK U20?

The head coach of IPK U20 is Matti Tiihonen.

Who is the captain of IPK U20?

The captain of IPK U20 is Jaakko Rask.

What arena does IPK U20 play in?

IPK U20 play their home games at Kankaan jäähalli in Iisalmi, FIN.

IPK U20

U20 Mestis

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2017-2018 Season

IPK U20 were 4-20-2 in the 2017-18 U20 Mestis season with 14 points, 16th in the Alkusarja and 25th overall.

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2017-2018 IPK U20 Roster

	#	Player	A	Born	Birthplace	HT	WT	S
GOALTENDERS
	#35	Joonas Kilpeläinen (G)	29	1997	Pieksämäki, FIN	6'3"	176	L
	#93	Valtteri Kyllinen (G)	28	1998	Oulu, FIN	5'10"	176	L
	#30	Joonas Lappalainen (G)	27	1999		6'7"	183	L
		Miska Ruotsalainen (G)	29	1997	Iisalmi, FIN	5'6"	137	L
	#28	Juho Salmela (G)	26	2000	Kuopio, FIN	5'10"	168	L
DEFENSEMEN
		Jussa Huttunen (D)	30	1996	Sonkajärvi, FIN	6'1"	161	L
		Tino Huuskonen (D)	25	2000		6'2"	192	L
	#32	Oskari Juntunen (D)	27	1999	Iisalmi, FIN	6'0"	172	L
	#6	Rene Kojonkoski (D)Loan	27	1998	Kuopio, FIN	6'0"	174	L
	#72	Janne Korhonen (D)	28	1998	Kuopio, FIN	5'8"	168	R
	#44	Miro Kyöttinen (D)	27	1999	Kuopio, FIN	5'9"	172	L
		Jasper Lindqvist (D)	26	2000	Kuopio, FIN	5'11"	159	R
	#7	Santeri Luostarinen (D)	28	1998	Kuopio, FIN	5'10"	179	R
	#22	Tami Meriläinen (D)Loan	26	1999	Kuopio, FIN	5'11"	181	L
	#82	Miro Myllymäki (D)	27	1999	Kärsämäki, FIN	5'9"	181	L
	#9	Aatu Niskanen (D)Loan	27	1999	Kajaani, FIN	5'10"	168	R
	#10	Panu Passiniemi (D)	27	1999	Iisalmi, FIN	5'7"	141	L
	#71	Perttu Pietikäinen (D)	30	1996	Kiuruvesi, FIN	6'1"	220	L
	#66	Jesse Piippo (D)	28	1998	Vieremä, FIN	5'11"	174	L
	#21	Jaakko Rask (D)"C"	30	1996	Lapinlahti, FIN	5'11"	179	L
FORWARDS
	#21	Jesse Ahonen (F/D)	29	1997	Haapajärvi, FIN	6'0"	176	L
	#11	Atte Hallikainen (F)	27	1999		5'9"	157	L
	#23	Miska Hattunen (C/W)Loan	27	1999	Kuopio, FIN	6'0"	176	L
	#15	Eetu Hentunen (F)"A"	28	1998	Kuopio, FIN	5'7"	139	R
	#14	Nicklas Hietala (F)	27	1999	Lahti, FIN	6'3"	176	L
	#91	Niklas Huttunen (F)	27	1999		6'0"	187	L
		Eemil Jaatinen (F)	25	2001	Iisalmi, FIN	5'7"	165	L
	#16	Tino Karppinen (RW)"A"	28	1997	Iisalmi, FIN	5'10"	174	R
	#18	Matias Karttunen (F)	28	1998	Kuopio, FIN	5'11"	165	L
	#4	Niklas Knuutinen (F)	28	1997	Kiuruvesi, FIN	6'0"	176	L
		Saku Komulainen (F/D)	26	2000		5'9"	152	L
	#40	Valtteri Korhonen (F)	28	1998	Nurmes, FIN	5'11"	165	L
		Iivari Lappeteläinen (F)	26	2000	Iisalmi, FIN	5'11"	161	L
	#23	Jesse Laukkanen (F)"A"	29	1996	Sotkamo, FIN	6'4"	198	L
		Denis Lesonen (F)	28	1998	Oulu, FIN	5'11"	159	L
	#27	Aleksi Myöhänen (F)	30	1996	Iisalmi, FIN	5'8"	150	L
	#19	Valtteri Myöhänen (F)	28	1997	Iisalmi, FIN	5'5"	121	L
		Tino Nisula (F)	26	2000		6'3"	194	L
		Igor Ozerov (F)	28	1997	Kostamus, RUS	5'9"	143	R
	#89	Ville Pasanen (F)	29	1997	Lapinlahti, FIN	5'10"	141	L
	#12	Miikka Puurtinen (F)	27	1998	Varkaus, FIN	5'11"	168	R
	#26	Valtteri Rasi (F)	28	1998		5'10"	161	L
	#8	Ville Tiirikainen (F)	29	1997	Iisalmi, FIN	5'10"	176	L

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2017-2018 IPK U20 Staff

Head CoachMatti Tiihonen
Asst. CoachJuha Honkanen

Team Staff History

2017-2018 IPK U20 Captains

"C"

Jaakko Rask

"A"

Team Captaincy History

2017-2018 IPK U20 Demographics

IPK U20 Facts

Plays in: U20 Mestis
Team Colors: -
Town: Iisalmi, FIN Map
Founded: 1966

2017-2018 IPK U20 Roster Facts

Nationalities

42 players
1 player

Experience

IPK U20: 1 569 GP

Affiliated Team(s)

IPK (Mestis)
IPK U16 (U16 Suomi-sarja)
IPK U17 (U17 Suomi-sarja)
IPK U18 (U18 II-divisioona)
Kalla Hockey (III-divisioona)
KalPa (Liiga)
KalPa U18 (U18 SM-sarja)
KalPa U20 (U20 SM-sarja)
KalPa U20 Akatemia (U20 II-divisioona)
LL-89 (III-divisioona)
SuKiKa (II-divisioona)
UU (II-divisioona)

Arena Information

Arena Name: Kankaan jäähalli
Location: Iisalmi, FIN
Capacity: 1 300
Construction Year: 1990

IPK U20 Games

date	home	visiting	score	league
10/11/2026 10:30 AM UTC	IPK U20	KOOVEE U20	-	U20 Mestis
10/03/2026 02:40 PM UTC	IPK U20	Kiekko-Vantaa U20	-	U20 Mestis
09/26/2026 02:40 PM UTC	IPK U20	JYP/Diskos U20	8 - 5	U20 Mestis
09/19/2026 10:30 AM UTC	Jokipojat U20	IPK U20	7 - 3	U20 Mestis
09/13/2026 10:20 AM UTC	KJT Haukat U20	IPK U20	2 - 7	U20 Mestis

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IPK U20 History and Standings

season	league	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
IPK U20
2026-2027	U20 Mestis	5	3	2	-	0	0	28	22	9	1.8	6	-
2025-2026	U20 Mestis	37	20	12	-	4	1	172	125	69	1.86	6	Quarterfinal loss
2024-2025	U20 Mestis	38	15	18	-	2	3	155	166	52	1.37	11	-
2023-2024	U20 Mestis	36	8	18	-	4	6	132	161	38	1.06	16	-
2022-2023	U20 Mestis	20	11	6	-	1	2	96	75	37	1.85	5	-
	U20 Mestis	18	6	10	-	0	2	66	94	20	1.11	14	-
2021-2022	U20 Mestis	40	15	18	-	6	1	144	160	58	1.45	7	-
	U20 Mestis	16	5	8	-	3	0	55	71	21	1.31	10	-
2020-2021	U20 Mestis	29	5	19	-	3	2	91	142	23	0.79	6	Season Cancelled
	U20 Mestis	23	3	16	-	3	1	73	118	16	0.7	16	-
2019-2020	U20 Suomi-Srja	13	4	6	3	-	-	37	54	11	0.85	5	Season Cancelled
IPK/KalPa U20
	U20 Suomi-Srja	18	13	4	1	-	-	93	67	27	1.5	1	-
IPK U20
2017-2018	U20 Suomi-Srja	14	6	7	1	-	-	62	61	13	0.93	6	No playoffs held
	U20 Mestis	26	4	20	-	0	2	70	135	14	0.54	16	Relegated
2016-2017	U20 Mestis	40	9	28	-	1	2	131	236	31	0.78	14	Did not make playoffs
2015-2016	U20 Alueliiga	10	3	5	2	-	-	49	58	8	0.8	4	-
	U20 Suomi-Srja	10	4	6	0	-	-	53	54	8	0.8	5	Relegated
	U20 Suomi-Srja	8	3	5	0	-	-	43	37	6	0.75	4	-
2014-2015	U20 Alueliiga	9	3	5	1	-	-	40	47	7	0.78	3	-
	U20 Aluesarja	7	6	1	0	-	-	44	27	12	1.71	2	-
	U20 Aluesarja	4	2	1	1	-	-	31	17	5	1.25	2	-
	U20 Suomi-Srja	3	0	3	0	-	-	9	30	0	0	4	Relegated
2013-2014	U20 Aluesarja	10	2	6	2	-	-	43	57	6	0.6	5	-
	U20 Aluediv	12	6	5	1	-	-	71	55	13	1.08	3	-
	U20 Suomi-Srja	8	3	5	0	-	-	33	61	6	0.75	4	Relegated
2012-2013	U20 Suomi-Srja	14	0	12	2	-	-	39	92	2	0.14	8	Did not make playoffs
2003-2004	U20 Suomi-Srja	14	2	11	1	-	-	53	98	5	0.36	8	Did not make playoffs
	U20 I-div	12	1	10	1	-	0	26	89	3	0.25	7	-

IPK U20 Stars And Cult Players

Tommi Mielonen (F)

Where Are They Now?

Played in the team during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Arttu Ahvenjärvi (F)	2026-2027	Urho	Suomi-sarja	4	2	8	10	8
2.	Paavo Lind (D)	2026-2027	Viikingit	II-divisioona	4	4	3	7	4
3.	Jonatan Pajala (D)	2026-2027	Warkis	II-divisioona	3	3	3	6	2
4.	Petteri Huttunen (D)	2026-2027	Laser HT U20	U20 Mestis	4	1	4	5	0
5.	Topi Jaamalainen (F)	2026-2027	Urho	Suomi-sarja	5	3	1	4	4
6.	Tuomas Makkonen (F)	2026-2027	Jokipojat U20	U20 Mestis	6	2	2	4	0
7.	Samuli Karjalainen (D)	2026-2027	SuKiKa	II-divisioona	2	1	3	4	0
8.	Niko Tikkanen (F)	2026-2027	Hiki-Hockey	II-divisioona	4	2	1	3	0
9.	Kalle Antila (F)	2026-2027	Laser HT U20	U20 Mestis	5	1	2	3	2
10.	Miska Hattunen (F)	2026-2027	IPK	Mestis	6	1	2	3	4

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Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

Season	Roster	Height	Weight	Age
2026-2027	View Roster	5'11"	176 lbs	18.60
2025-2026	View Roster	5'11"	181 lbs	19.77
2024-2025	View Roster	5'11"	181 lbs	19.65
2023-2024	View Roster	5'10"	174 lbs	19.61
2022-2023	View Roster	5'10"	172 lbs	19.64

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Regular Season

Franchise All-Time Points

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Niko Nuutinen (F)	108	69	71	140
2.	Matias Pirhonen (F)	187	55	84	139
3.	Niklas Alanko (F)	133	81	56	137
4.	Niko Lång (F)	110	72	62	134
5.	Tapio Huttunen (F)	85	64	50	114

Franchise All-Time Goals

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Niklas Alanko (F)	133	81	56	137
2.	Niko Lång (F)	110	72	62	134
3.	Niko Nuutinen (F)	108	69	71	140
4.	Tapio Huttunen (F)	85	64	50	114
5.	Matias Pirhonen (F)	187	55	84	139

Franchise All-Time Assists

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Matias Pirhonen (F)	187	55	84	139
2.	Niko Nuutinen (F)	108	69	71	140
3.	Waltteri Salo (F)	99	36	69	105
4.	Miska Huttunen (F)	117	36	69	105
5.	Aleksi Myöhänen (F)	127	33	67	100

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min.

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PIM
1.	Timo Suomisalo (F)	78	35	65	248
2.	Tapio Huttunen (F)	85	64	114	226
3.	Evgeny Nylund (D)	15	0	2	196
4.	Niklas Alanko (F)	133	81	137	182
5.	Eemil Jaatinen (F)	89	34	71	166

Franchise All-Time Games Played

#	Player	GP	G	A	TP
1.	Matias Pirhonen (F)	187	55	84	139
2.	Juuso Pulkkinen (F)	153	45	50	95
3.	Niklas Alanko (F)	133	81	56	137
4.	Aleksi Myöhänen (F)	127	33	67	100
5.	Petri Patronen (F)	122	24	36	60

Franchise All-Time Points Per Game

#	Player	GP	G	TP	PPG
1.	Ville Heiskanen (D)	1	3	4	4.00
2.	Tommi Kärkkäinen (F)	1	1	3	3.00
3.	Ville Kainulainen (F)	18	22	40	2.22
4.	Samuel Timonen (F)	1	1	2	2.00
5.	Olli Pulkkinen (F)	6	5	11	1.83

Franchise All-Time Points Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Konsta Piirainen (F)	2023-2024	40	31	59
2.	Arttu Ahvenjärvi (F)	2025-2026	33	27	53
3.	Arttu Ahvenjärvi (F)	2024-2025	33	26	51
4.	Niko Lång (F)	2022-2023	36	25	46
5.	Waltteri Salo (F)	2022-2023	38	18	46

Franchise All-Time Goals Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	G	TP
1.	Konsta Piirainen (F)	2023-2024	40	31	59
2.	Arttu Ahvenjärvi (F)	2025-2026	33	27	53
3.	Arttu Ahvenjärvi (F)	2024-2025	33	26	51
4.	Niko Lång (F)	2022-2023	36	25	46
5.	Tuomas Makkonen (F)	2025-2026	37	23	45

Franchise All-Time Assists Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	A	TP
1.	Waltteri Salo (F)	2021-2022	37	32	40
2.	Topi Jaamalainen (F)	2024-2025	34	29	39
3.	Konsta Piirainen (F)	2023-2024	40	28	59
4.	Waltteri Salo (F)	2022-2023	38	28	46
5.	Josi Kähkönen (D)	2023-2024	34	28	34

Franchise All-Time Penalty Min. Per Season

#	Player	Season	GP	TP	PIM
1.	Evgeny Nylund (D)	2012-2013	8	2	146
2.	Reece Kelly (D)	2021-2022	34	28	120
3.	Jonatan Pajala (D)	2020-2021	28	29	107
4.	Antti Virtanen (F)	2003-2004	11	5	92
5.	Juuso Halonen (D)	2009-2010	22	26	76