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All time leagues: Juniors | SM-liiga | U17 Ylempi | U19 Ylempi | Juniors (U20) | Jr. A SM-Liiga | Jr. A Suomi-Sarja | Jr. B SM-sarja | Jr. B Mestis | Jr. B Suomi-sarja | Jr. B aluesarjat | Jr. B2 SM-sarja | Jr. B2 Mestis | Jr. B2 Suomi-sarja | Jr. C SM-sarja | Jr. C Mestis | Jr. C Suomi-sarja | Jr. C aluesarjat | SM-Sarja (Women) | Liigakarsinta | I divisioona | Jr. A I divisioona | Jr. B I divisioona | Jr. B2 I divisioona | Jr. C I Divisioona | Jr. C II Divisioona
This club in 1978-1979: SM-liiga | Jr. A SM-Liiga
| # | Pos | Player name | State | Born | Height | Weight | Shoots | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | G | Antero Kivelä |  | 26.12.1955 | 181 cm | 81 kg | N/A | Show profile» |
| 19 | G | Pertti Lehti | | 18.07.1958 | 174 cm | 63 kg | N/A | Show profile» |
| 27 | G | Kari Takko | | 23.06.1962 | 187 cm | 86 kg | right | Show profile» |
| 3 | D | Tapio Flinck | | 14.08.1950 | 187 cm | 96 kg | left | Show profile» |
| 2 | D | Antti Heikkilä | | 30.10.1943 | 184 cm | 87 kg | left | Show profile» |
| 12 | D | Tapio Levo | | 24.09.1955 | 185 cm | 87 kg | N/A | Show profile» |
| 26 | D | Martti Nenonen | | 20.05.1957 | 175 cm | 76 kg | left | Show profile» |
| 6 | D | Jaakko Niemi | | 17.12.1952 | 182 cm | 82 kg | left | Show profile» |
| 24 | D | Harry Nikander | | 18.06.1957 | 184 cm | 87 kg | N/A | Show profile» |
| 5 | D | Pekka Rautakallio | | 25.07.1953 | 190 cm | 97 kg | left | Show profile» |
| 8 | D | Risto Tuomi | | 21.08.1960 | - cm | - kg | N/A | Show profile» |
| 4 | RW | Arto Javanainen | | 08.04.1959 | 183 cm | 86 kg | right | Show profile» |
| 13 | C | Veli-Pekka Ketola | | 28.03.1948 | 187 cm | 108 kg | left | Show profile» |
| 9 | F | Tapio Koskinen | | 22.01.1953 | - cm | - kg | N/A | Show profile» |
| 16 | F | Rauli Levonen | | 15.07.1953 | 172 cm | 78 kg | left | Show profile» |
| 7 | F | Pekka Mäkelä | | 28.04.1957 | 180 cm | 79 kg | N/A | Show profile» |
| 21 | F | Tauno Mäkelä | | 28.08.1954 | 174 cm | 73 kg | N/A | Show profile» |
| 18 | F | Jouni Mäkitalo | | 23.05.1957 | 185 cm | 87 kg | N/A | Show profile» |
| 22 | F | Kari Makkonen | | 20.01.1955 | - cm | - kg | N/A | Show profile» |
| 11 | F | Ari Peltola | | 20.10.1958 | 178 cm | 75 kg | N/A | Show profile» |
| 20 | F | Veli-Matti Ruisma | | 28.09.1954 | 182 cm | 78 kg | N/A | Show profile» |
| 10 | F | Pekka Stenfors | | 30.11.1957 | 180 cm | 78 kg | N/A | Show profile» |
| 14 | F | Erkki Väkiparta | | 23.9.1951 | 172 cm | 73 kg | left | Show profile» |
| 23 | ??? | Jyrki Levonen | | 31.03.1958 | - cm | - kg | N/A | Show profile» |
| Coach name | State | Born | Coach position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lasse Heikkilä | | 27.05.1934 | Head Coach | Show profile» |
* no longer in the club
Retired numbers
2 - Antti Heikkilä
4 - Arto Javanainen
12 - Tapio Levo
13 - Veli-Pekka Ketola
89 - Jaroslav Otevrel
The team was established in 1967 by merging two local teams, Karhut and RU-38.
Notable players:Champions ’65, ’71, ’78
League winners:
Fastest Liiga goal
Markus Nurmi of TPS needed only four seconds to score on Ässät's young goalie Rasmus Korhonen for the fastest goal ever in the Finnish top league.
The game was the Liiga debut for the 18-year-old goalie.
Fastest Liiga goals:
4 seconds: Markus Nurmi, TPS / TPS-Ässät November 28 2020
5 seconds: Jari Laiho, Lukko / Lukko-Jokerit December 6 1979
5 seconds: Esa Välioja, Tappara / Tappara-Jokerit January 31 1982
5 seconds: Seppo Ahokainen, Tappara / Ilves-Tappara December 6 1983
Source: Iitalehti
(29 Nov 2020)New Sports Director at Ässät
Former player and Karhu-Kissat junior chief Jari Korpisalo has been chosen to replace Mika Toivola as Ässät Sports Director.
Korpisalo and Ässät has agreed to a 3-year deal starting in early January. Korpisalo played 575 games for Ässät between 1990 - 2005 and was the team's best scorer 6 times during that era. Since 2006 he had been working for his own junior team Karhu-Kissat as a junior chief.
Current Sporting Director Toivola will continue as usual until January and after year change they will sit down and decide how they shall split the work.
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