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Espoo Blues
- Year of foundation: 1984
- Colours: Blue, white, yellow
- Club status: active
- Address: Blues Hockey Oy
Urheilupuistontie 3
02200 Espoo - Phone: +358 (09) 856 50 200
- Fax: +358 (09) 856 50 230
- Email: toimisto@blues.fi, myynti@blues.fi
- WWW: Espoo Blues
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Select league
All time leagues: Champions Hockey League | Champions Hockey League (2008–09) | European Women´s Champions Cup | Juniors | SM-liiga | Junior Club World Cup | Suomen Cup | II divisioona | Jr. A SM-Liiga | Jr. A Suomi-Sarja | Jr. B SM-sarja | Jr. B Mestis | Jr. B Suomi-sarja | Jr. B2 SM-sarja | Jr. B2 Mestis | Jr. B2 Suomi-sarja | Jr. C SM-sarja | Jr. C Mestis | Jr. C Suomi-sarja | SM-Sarja (Women) | I divisioona | Jr. A I divisioona | Jr. B I divisioona | Jr. B II divisioona | Jr. C I Divisioona | Juniors (U16)
Season 2008-2009
Club teams
This club in 2008-2009: Champions Hockey League (2008–09) | European Women´s Champions Cup | SM-liiga | Jr. A SM-Liiga | Jr. B SM-sarja | Jr. C SM-sarja | SM-Sarja (Women)
Current rosterseason 2008-2009
| # | Pos | Player name | State | Born | Height | Weight | Shoots | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | Bernd Brückler |  | 26.09.1981 | 186 cm | 88 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| G | Mikko Koskinen |  | 18.07.1988 | 200 cm | 92 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| LD | Rami Alanko | | 31.12.1975 | 185 cm | 85 kg | right | Show profile» | |
| D | Dale Clarke |  | 23.03.1978 | 188 cm | 86 kg | right | Show profile» | |
| LD | Juha Gustafsson | | 26.04.1979 | 189 cm | 98 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| RD | Santeri Heiskanen | | 13.04.1977 | 179 cm | 77 kg | right | Show profile» | |
| D | Miika Huczkowski | | 26.08.1982 | 182 cm | 86 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| RD | Petri Kokko | | 01.02.1975 | 180 cm | 83 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| D | Tero Konttinen | | 14.06.1985 | 180 cm | 80 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| RD | Ismo Kuoppala | | 17.03.1975 | 179 cm | 85 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| D | Mikael Kurki | | 13.01.1987 | 179 cm | 85 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| D | Ville Lajunen | | 08.03.1988 | 185 cm | 88 kg | right | Show profile» | |
| D | Patrik Lostedt | | 19.03.1981 | 179 cm | 82 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| D | Kristian Näkyvä | | 18.11.1990 | 184 cm | 90 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| D | Joonas Rönnberg | | 19.02.1983 | 192 cm | 83 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| C | Ben Eaves |  | 27.03.1982 | 173 cm | 82 kg | right | Show profile» | |
| LW | Toni Kähkönen | | 29.09.1986 | 182 cm | 85 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| RW | Ryan Keller | | 06.01.1984 | 179 cm | 84 kg | right | Show profile» | |
| C | Jani Lajunen | | 16.06.1990 | 189 cm | 92 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| F | Petri Lammassaari | | 06.08.1985 | 178 cm | 78 kg | right | Show profile» | |
| F | Camilo Miettinen | | 01.03.1986 | 177 cm | 84 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| F | Joonas Nättinen | | 03.01.1991 | 188 cm | 77 kg | right | Show profile» | |
| C | Stefan Öhman |  | 05.05.1976 | 181 cm | 90 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| RW | Juuso Puustinen | | 05.04.1988 | 187 cm | 93 kg | right | Show profile» | |
| LW | Erkki Rajamäki | | 30.10.1978 | 187 cm | 94 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| C | Sami Ryhänen | | 23.05.1980 | 177 cm | 78 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| C | Tomi Sallinen | | 11.02.1989 | 184 cm | 80 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| LW | Sami Sandell | | 01.03.1987 | 188 cm | 94 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| F | Jari Tolsa | | 20.04.1981 | 185 cm | 88 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| LW | Jaakko Uhlbäck | | 31.08.1978 | 187 cm | 89 kg | left | Show profile» |
* no longer in the club
Barona Arena
- Adress: Urheilupuistontie 3
02200 Espoo - Phone: +358 9-8565 0200
- Web: http://metroareena.fi/
- Capacity: 7017
- Opened in: 1998
Retired Number
33 - Timo Hirvonen
- Peter Ahola
- Rami Alanko
- Tyler Arnason
- Frank Banham
- Timo Blomqvist
- Scott Brower
- Bernd Brückler
- Jan Čaloun
- Mariusz Czerkawski
- Johan Davidsson
- Thomas Draper
- Ben Eaves
- Nils Ekman
- Joakim Eriksson
- Kari Haakana
- Niklas Hagman
- Timo Hirvonen
- Juha Ikonen
- Joonas Jääskeläinen
- Otakar Janecký
- Toni Kähkönen
- Jere Karalahti
- Steve Kariya
- Ladislav Kohn
- Krys Kolanos
- Mikko Koskinen
- Arto Laatikainen
- Jani Lajunen
- Tero Lehterä
- Jere Lehtinen
- Mikko Lehtonen
- Donald MacLean
- Ryan Malone
- Kent Manderville
- Dale McTavish
- Branislav Mezei
- Cory Murphy
- Jarmo Myllys
- Sami Nuutinen
- Stefan Öhman
- Antti Pihlström
- Esa Pirnes
- Erkki Rajamäki
- Mike Ribeiro
- Christian Ruuttu
- Ilkka Sinisalo
- Petri Skriko
- Iiro Tarkki
- Petr Ton
- Lauri Tukonen
- Jiří Vykoukal
- Landon Wilson
- from 1984 to 1998: Kiekko-Espoo
- from 1998 to present: Espoo Blues
League winners:
- 2018-2019: Naisten Liiga
- 2014-2015: SM-Sarja (Women)
- 2013-2014: Jr. C SM-sarja
- 2013-2014: SM-Sarja (Women)
- 2013-2014: Jr. A SM-Liiga
- 2012-2013: SM-Sarja (Women)
- 2011-2012: Jr. C SM-sarja
- 2010-2011: Jr. C SM-sarja
- 2010-2011: Jr. B SM-sarja
- 2008-2009: Jr. A SM-Liiga
- 2008-2009: SM-Sarja (Women)
- 2007-2008: SM-Sarja (Women)
- 2006-2007: SM-Sarja (Women)
- 2004-2005: SM-Sarja (Women)
- 2003-2004: SM-Sarja (Women)
- 2002-2003: SM-Sarja (Women)
- 2001-2002: SM-Sarja (Women)
- 2000-2001: SM-Sarja (Women)
- 1999-2000: SM-Sarja (Women)
- 1998-1999: SM-Sarja (Women)
from 1900 to present:
- Espoo Blues (official)
- Blues Fan Club (Fans site)
Recent articlesShow all articles»
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- CHL moves on to quarterfinals (10 Nov 2015)
- CHL determined ranking for the draw (29 Apr 2015)
- All CHL teams for 2015–16 are known (21 Apr 2015)
- JYP sweeps Blues (26 Mar 2015)
Recent newsShow all news»
Kim Hirschovits to Kärpät
Last year's Liiga top scorer Kim Hirschovits will leave Espoo Blues with immediate effect and join Kärpät Oulu. Hirschovits terminated his current contract due to unpaid salaries arising from financial problems the Blues are having and joins the champion until season's end with an option for next season. He will not be eligible for tuesday's second leg in the CHL between Kärpät and Espoo.
(02 Dec 2015)European Women´s Champions Cup second round
The three groups of the second round of the European Women´s Champions Cup were played this past weekend. HC SKIF Nizhny Novgorod, HC Lugano, Linköpings HC and Espoo Blues qualified for the Final Tournament that will be played February 20-22.
(08 Dec 2014)European Women’s Champions Cup second stage
The second stage of the European Women's Champions Cup was played this weekend.
From Group E in Bad Tölz, Tornado Moscow Region (RUS) and ESC Planegg (GER) qualified for the Final Tournament in March.
AIK (SWE) and Espoo Blues (FIN) advanced from Group F in Lohja, Finland.
(08 Dec 2013)Dinamo Riga wins LDZ Kauss
In the final of LDZ Kauss on Wedneseday the Latvian hosts Dinamo Riga won against their KHL rivals Lokomotiv Yaroslavl with 3-1 in Arena Riga. Just one day earlier Lokomotiv had won the last group match between the two teams with 4-1. Finnish SM-liiga side Espoo Blues took the third place after defeating Atlant Mytischy 3:2 in the shootout. The following awards were given to the best players of LDZ Kauss.
Tournament MVP: Karsums (Riga); Best Goalie: Jučers (Riga), Best Defender: Vishnevsky (Atlant), Best Forward: Kalyuzhny (Lokomotiv)
Team statistics
Historic rosters:
Historic statistics:
Past results:
League standings:
Fast factsseason 2008-2009
- Youngest player: Joonas Nättinen (18 years)
- Oldest player: Petri Kokko (34 years)
- Shortest player: Ben Eaves (173 cm)
- Tallest player: Mikko Koskinen (200 cm)
- Nationalities: Austria (1), Canada (2), Finland (24), Sweden (2), USA (1)
Leagues
Espoo Blues participates in season 2008-2009: Champions Hockey League (2008–09), European Women´s Champions Cup, SM-liiga, Jr. A SM-Liiga, Jr. B SM-sarja, Jr. C SM-sarja, SM-Sarja (Women)
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USA outlasts Canada, earns berth in 4 Nations title game
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