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2023-2024 KOOVEE Roster

	#	Player	A	Born	Birthplace	HT	WT	S	CTRCT
GOALTENDERS
	#37	Patrik Hamrla (G)	20	2003	Zlin, CZE	6'3"	194	L	Loan
	#40	Verneri Virtanen (G)	23	2000	Tampere, FIN	6'1"	183	L	23/24
DEFENSEMEN
	#28	Sever Bilgili (D)	21	2001	Tampere, FIN	6'0"	163	L	23/24
	#68	Otto Heinonen (D)	19	2004	Tampere, FIN	6'0"	190	L	Loan
	#5	Kalle Hällfors (D)	22	2001	Tampere, FIN	6'4"	198	L	23/24
	#7	Oskari Kantola (D)	25	1998	Oulu, FIN	5'9"	168	L	23/24
	#36	Elias Ruusu (D)	22	2001	Jyväskylä, FIN	6'2"	192	L	23/24
	#49	Sebastian Soini (D)	17	2006	Tampere, FIN	6'2"	181	R	Loan
	#77	Joonas Virtanen (D)	23	2000	Lempäälä, FIN	6'1"	192	L	23/24
	#18	Jeremi Wehmas (D)"C"	24	1998	Tampere, FIN	5'11"	185	L	23/24
FORWARDS
	#23	Santeri Aalto (C)	24	1999	Tampere, FIN	6'3"	187	L	23/24
	#16	Perttu Aho (F)	23	2000	Tampere, FIN	6'1"	192	L	23/24
	#27	Nikolai Hakala (C)	20	2003	Hong Kong, HKG	6'6"	220	L	23/24
	#42	Santtu Hakanen (C)	22	2001	Tampere, FIN	5'7"	172	L	23/24
	#33	Emil Järventie (F)	18	2005	Tampere, FIN	5'10"	168	L	Loan
	#12	Eerik Kantola (F)	21	2002	Oulu, FIN	5'7"	174	L	23/24
	#51	Jere Kivimäki (LW)	23	2000	Tampere, FIN	5'8"	161	L	23/24
	#9	Ondrej Kos (LW)	17	2006	Kurim, CZE	6'1"	148	L	Loan
	#11	Vili Kukkola (RW)	20	2002	Tampere, FIN	5'11"	209	L	23/24
	#20	Niko Lahtinen (LW/RW)"A"	27	1996	Riihimäki, FIN	5'10"	176	L	23/24
	#67	Joona Lehtinen (C)	23	2000	Lahti, FIN	6'1"	190	R	23/24
	#15	Samu Markkula (LW/RW)	29	1994	Jyväskylä, FIN	5'9"	168	L	23/24
	#14	Tomi Purmola (LW)	23	2000	Vantaa, FIN	5'9"	179	L	23/24
	#24	Janne Seppänen (C/RW)	28	1995	Porvoo, FIN	5'8"	159	R	23/24
	#2	Samuli Vainionpää (C/D)"A"	24	1999	Kangasala, FIN	6'3"	207	L	23/24

Position: G: 2, D: 8, F: 15Av Age: 22.32 yearsAv Ht: 6'0"Av Wt: 181 lbsCompare with other teams »

2023-2024 KOOVEE Staff

Head Coach
Miikka Kuusela
Assistant Coach
Ari Ala-Marttila
Assistant Coach
Nils Hagman
Goaltending Coach
Pekka Korhonen
Team Manager
Pekka Korhonen
Chairman
Janne Virtanen
Conditioning Coach
Marika Hillberg
Equipment Manager
Aleksi Nevalainen
Equipment Manager
Pentti Saloniemi
Franchise Owner
Janne Virtanen
Head Equipment Manager
Jari Saloniemi
President
Pekka Hemmilä

Team Staff History

2023-2024 KOOVEE Captains

"C"
- Jeremi Wehmas
"A"
- Samuli Vainionpää
- Niko Lahtinen

Team Captaincy History

2023-2024 KOOVEE Demographics

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KOOVEE Facts

Plays in	Mestis
Team colors	Yellow + Black + Red
Town	Tampere, FIN Map
Founded	1929

2023-2024 KOOVEE Roster Facts

Nationalities
- 23 players
- 2 players
Experience
- KOOVEE: 1 147 GP
- Liiga: 274 GP
- Czechia: 7 GP
Affiliated Team(s)
- Hiki-Hockey(II-divisioona)
- Ilves(Liiga)
- Ilves U20(U20 SM-sarja)
- KOOVEE II(II-divisioona)
- KOOVEE U16(U16 Mestis)
- KOOVEE U18(U18 Mestis)
- KOOVEE U20(U20 Mestis)
- LeKi(Suomi-sarja)
- Pyry(Suomi-sarja)
- Tappara(Liiga)
- Tappara U20(U20 SM-sarja)

Arena Information

Arena Name	Tampereen jäähalli
Location	Tampere, FIN
Capacity	7 300
Construction Year	1965
Secondary Arena	Hakametsä 2

KOOVEE Games

date	home	visiting	score	league
2023-11-29 Wed, 29 Nov 2023 16:30:00 GMT	Kiekko-Vantaa	KOOVEE	-	Mestis
2023-11-24 Fri, 24 Nov 2023 16:30:00 GMT	Hermes	KOOVEE	5 - 2	Mestis
2023-11-22 Wed, 22 Nov 2023 16:30:00 GMT	KOOVEE	KeuPa HT	2 - 3 (OT 61:17)	Mestis
2023-11-18 Sat, 18 Nov 2023 15:00:00 GMT	IPK	KOOVEE	6 - 2	Mestis
2023-11-14 Tue, 14 Nov 2023 16:30:00 GMT	KOOVEE	TUTO Hockey	4 - 3 (SO 65:00)	Mestis

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Latest Transactions

2023-11-24

confirmed
Valtteri Kekarainen (F)
leaving forLeKi
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2023-10-18

confirmed
Vili-Jesper Koivula (F)
leaving forKOOVEE II
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2023-10-05

loan
Perttu Aho (F)
leaving forLeKi
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loan
Santeri Aalto (F)
leaving forLeKi
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2023-09-18

confirmed
Sever Bilgili (D)
joining fromTappara U20
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confirmed
Nikolai Hakala (F)
joining fromIlves
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2023-08-28

confirmed
Samu Pakarinen (G)
leaving forSK Horacka Slavia Trebic
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2023-08-01

confirmed
Niko Lahtinen (F)
joining fromNottingham Panthers
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KOOVEE History and Standings

season	league	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
2023-2024	Mestis	19	5	10	-	3	1	57	77	22	1.16	10	-
2022-2023	Mestis	52	19	20	-	5	8	143	179	75	1.44	9	Quarterfinal loss
2021-2022	Mestis	52	10	29	-	5	8	130	185	48	0.92	14	Relegation Play
2021-2022	Mestis	10	4	5	-	0	1	34	32	13	1.3	4	Saved in relegation
2020-2021	Mestis	28	13	12	-	2	1	89	93	44	1.57	6	Qualification loss
2019-2020	Mestis	50	28	22	-	7	5	198	183	82	1.64	5	Playoffs Cancelled
2018-2019	Mestis	50	13	30	-	3	4	141	210	49	0.98	12	Saved in relegation
2017-2018	Suomi-sarja	30	17	8	-	3	2	147	104	59	1.97	6	Final group
2017-2018	Suomi-sarja	40	20	13	-	4	3	178	139	71	1.78	6	Qualification loss
2016-2017	Suomi-sarja	36	15	13	-	5	3	158	140	58	1.61	7	Quarterfinal loss
2015-2016	Suomi-sarja	36	11	18	-	5	2	135	147	45	1.25	9	Did not make playoffs
2014-2015	Suomi-sarja	36	13	18	-	3	2	122	129	47	1.31	12	Saved in play-out
2013-2014	Suomi-sarja	38	20	11	-	4	3	159	110	71	1.87	3	Quarterfinal loss
2012-2013	Suomi-sarja	20	9	7	-	2	2	85	78	33	1.65	4	-
2012-2013	Suomi-sarja	22	12	9	-	1	0	105	81	38	1.73	4	No playoffs held
2011-2012	Suomi-sarja	14	8	3	-	2	1	69	46	29	2.07	2	-
2011-2012	Suomi-sarja	22	14	5	-	1	2	91	62	46	2.09	3	Qualification loss
2010-2011	Suomi-sarja	22	14	4	-	2	2	113	84	48	2.18	3	Qualification loss
2010-2011	Suomi-sarja	12	9	2	-	0	0	60	43	27	2.25	1	-
2009-2010	Suomi-sarja	14	6	4	-	4	0	81	60	26	1.86	3	No playoffs held
2009-2010	Suomi-sarja	20	19	1	-	0	0	136	49	57	2.85	1	-
2008-2009	Suomi-sarja	14	5	7	-	1	1	51	59	18	1.29	6	No playoffs held
2008-2009	Suomi-sarja	12	10	2	-	0	0	69	25	30	2.5	1	-
2007-2008	Suomi-sarja	20	14	3	-	1	2	102	69	46	2.3	1	-
2007-2008	Suomi-sarja	14	7	5	-	0	2	58	55	23	1.64	4	No playoffs held
2006-2007	Mestis	45	9	30	6	-	-	133	227	26	0.58	11	Relegated
2005-2006	Suomi-sarja	32	15	12	2	1	2	128	120	36	1.13	4	Promoted
2004-2005	Suomi-sarja	20	12	6	2	0	0	95	68	26	1.3	2	-
2004-2005	Suomi-sarja	38	19	12	4	2	0	167	130	47	1.24	5	Did not make playoffs
2003-2004	Suomi-sarja	36	15	14	4	1	2	120	128	38	1.06	4	Qualification loss

KOOVEE Tournament Statistics

season	tournament	GP	W	L	T	OTW	OTL	GF	GA	PTS	PPG	rank	postseason
2022-2023	Suomen Cup	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021-2022	Suomen Cup	2	2	0	-	0	0	9	5	6	3	1	Quarterfinal loss
2019-2020	Suomen Cup	8	4	3	-	1	0	39	25	14	1.75	-	Semifinal loss
2018-2019	Suomen Cup	4	2	2	-	0	0	12	11	-	-	-	Quarterfinal loss
2017-2018	Suomen Cup	2	1	1	-	-	-	10	8	-	-	-	-
1971-1972	Toronto Cup	5	1	3	1	-	-	17	42	3	0.6	5	-
1970-1971	Toronto Cup	5	1	4	0	-	-	17	38	2	0.4	6	-
1970-1971	Suomen Cup	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1969-1970	Suomen Cup	3	1	2	-	1	0	22	11	-	-	-	-
1968-1969	European Cup	0	0	0	0	-	-	0	0	-	-	15	16th final loss
1967-1968	Suomen Cup	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-

KOOVEE Retired Numbers

#10
Heino Pulli (F)

KOOVEE Stars And Cult Players

Where Are They Now?

Played in the team during season

#	player	season	team	league	GP	G	A	PTS	PIM
1.	Mark Rozanov (F)	2023-2024	Buz Beykoz	Turkey	4	24	14	38	0
2.	Aleksi Luhtalampi (F)	2023-2024	KOOVEE II	II-divisioona	12	7	28	35	2
3.	Roope Niskanen (F)	2023-2024	HYC Herentals	BeNeLiga	16	16	16	32	4
4.	Antoine Herpin (F)	2023-2024	Hiki-Hockey	II-divisioona	13	15	13	28	6
5.	Valtteri Peltonen (F)	2023-2024	Hiki-Hockey	II-divisioona	14	10	17	27	8
6.	Eppu Varjamo (F)	2023-2024	PKS	II-divisioona	10	3	23	26	2
7.	Lassi Korpela (F)	2023-2024	Pyry	Suomi-sarja	15	11	14	25	6
8.	Niko Kuivaniemi (D)	2023-2024	Pyry	Suomi-sarja	16	10	15	25	6
9.	Valtteri Mäkiviinikka (F)	2023-2024	Pyry	Suomi-sarja	16	11	11	22	31
10.	Jerry Laakso (D)	2023-2024	KOOVEE II	II-divisioona	10	9	13	22	2

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Average Height, Weight, Age Per Season

Season	Roster	Height	Weight	Age
2023-2024	View roster	6'0"	181 lbs	22.32
2022-2023	View roster	6'0"	181 lbs	23.74
2021-2022	View roster	6'0"	187 lbs	22.31
2020-2021	View roster	6'0"	185 lbs	23.50
2019-2020	View roster	6'0"	190 lbs	23.83

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Franchise All-Time Points

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Franchise All-Time Goals

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Franchise All-Time Assists

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Franchise All-Time Games Played

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Franchise All-Time Points Per Game

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Franchise All-Time Points Per Season

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Nationalities Throughout History

Elite Prospects Notes and Trivia

Team names:
- TK-V (1949-1967)
- KOOVEE (1967-)