Tappara Tampere

Hakametsä Tampere

The team currently known as Tappara was established in 1932 as Tammerfors Bollklubb (TBK). The team then consisted of players from the Swedish school in Tampere. The first official game was played in 1934. The team was promoted to the Finnish premier league for the first time for the 1942-43 season, and the team's first win was gained against Tarmo Hämeenlinna in January 1943. In 1946, the team won its first medal, bronze medal, as it finished third in the league, despite losing 19-4 to local rivals Ilves, which ended up as the champions.
The first notable period of success took place in early 50's, as TBK won three consecutive national championships in 1953-1955. In 1955, the team changed its original Swedish name to the Finnish Tappara in order to attract Finnish-speaking players. After that, the team went on to win three further championships (1959, 1961, and 1964), three second places (1958, 1960, and 1963), and three third places (1956, 1957, and 1962) in just nine years. Their winning streak was followed by a more silent period, with Tappara even playing one season (1965-1966) at the second highest level, gaining immediate promotion back to the top flight. A new arena Tampereen jäähalli was built in Hakametsä, Tampere to host the 1965 world championships. After the games the venue became the home arena of Tappara and their local rivals, Ilves and Koo-Vee and Tappara still play their home games there today.

Retired numbers
2 - Kalevi Numminen
3 - Pekka Marjamäki
7 - Timo Jutila
8 - Janne Ojanen
10 - Timo Susi

• Seppo Ahokainen
• Luciano Borsato
• Janne Grönvall
• Steve Guolla
• Hannu Haapalainen
• Timo Jutila
• Hannu Kamppuri
• Antti Kangasniemi
• Aleksandrs Kercs
• Pertti Koivulahti
• Pekka Laksola
• Mikko Luoma
• Tuukka Mäntylä
• Pekka Marjamäki
• Reijo Mikkolainen
• Jason Mark Muzzatti
• Esko Niemi
• Ville Nieminen
• Mika Noronen
• Kalevi Numminen
• Stefan Öhman
• Janne Ojanen
• Andrew Raycroft
• Anssi Salmela
• Pekka Saravo
• Timo Susi
• Jussi Tarvainen
• Pertti Valkeapää
• Ari Vallin
• Jarkko Varvio
• Timo Vertala
• Vesa Viitakoski

• from 1932 to 1955: Tammerfors Bollklubb
• from 1955 to present: Tappara Tampere

Champions ’59, ’61, ’64, ’75, ’77, ’79, ’82, ’84, 86, ’87, ’88

• 2009-2010: Nordic Trophy
• 2002-2003: SM-liiga
• 1987-1988: SM-liiga
• 1986-1987: SM-liiga
• 1985-1986: SM-liiga
• 1983-1984: SM-liiga
• 1981-1982: SM-liiga
• 1978-1979: SM-liiga
• 1976-1977: SM-liiga

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