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Porin Ässät
- Short name: Ässät
- Year of foundation: 1932
- Colours: red, black, white
- Club status: active
- Address: HC Ässät Pori Oy
Jäähallinpolku
28500 Pori - Phone: +358 (0) 2 631 4650
- Fax: +358 (0) 2 631 6800
- Email: media@assat.com
- WWW: Ässät Pori
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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
Season 1979-1980
Club teams
This club in 1979-1980: SM-liiga | Jr. A SM-Liiga
Current rosterseason 1979-1980
| # | 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 | Ben Schrey | | 07.11.1957 | - cm | - 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» |
| 25 | D | Pentti Rautakallio | | 20.08.1960 | 183 cm | 85 kg | N/A | Show profile» |
| 8 | D | Risto Tuomi | | 21.08.1960 | - cm | - kg | N/A | Show profile» |
| 5 | LD | Jukka Virtanen | | 15.07.1959 | 184 cm | 85 kg | left | Show profile» |
| 4 | RW | Arto Javanainen | | 08.04.1959 | 183 cm | 86 kg | right | Show profile» |
| 10 | F | Aki Joensuu | | 24.02.1960 | 178 cm | 79 kg | N/A | Show profile» |
| 17 | LW | Juha Jyrkkiö | | 17.01.1959 | 181 cm | 90 kg | N/A | Show profile» |
| 13 | C | Veli-Pekka Ketola | | 28.03.1948 | 187 cm | 108 kg | left | Show profile» |
| 15 | F | Simo Ketola | | 31.05.1960 | 184 cm | 91 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» |
| 21 | F | Tauno Mäkelä | | 28.08.1954 | 174 cm | 73 kg | N/A | Show profile» |
| 14 | F | Jari Nyström | | 08.06.1959 | 175 cm | 72 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» |
| 22 | F | Kimmo Sillanpää | | 14.07.1960 | 175 cm | 83 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
Isomäki Arena
- Adress: Metsämiehenkatu 21
28500 Pori - Phone: +358 2 621 1441
- Capacity: 6443
- Opened in: 1971
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:- 2012-2013: SM-liiga
- 2004-2005: Jr. C SM-sarja
- 1979-1980: Jr. A SM-Liiga
- 1977-1978: SM-liiga
- 1974-1975: Jr. B SM-sarja
- 1966-1967: Suomen Cup
from 1900 to 1968:
from 1968 to present:
- Ässät Pori (official)
- Twitter (twitter)
- Facebook Page (facebook)
Recent articlesShow all articles»
- New rule interpretations in the Finnish Liiga: More speed and excitement on the ice (10 Sep 2024)
- Liiga games between December 3 and 19 postponed (02 Dec 2020)
- Ässät Pori fired CEO (16 May 2018)
- A weekend of turning points? (23 Oct 2016)
- Liiga – Fighting for position (04 Feb 2016)
Recent newsShow all news»
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.
(06 Nov 2015)Team statistics
Historic rosters:
Historic statistics:
Past results:
League standings:
Fast factsseason 1979-1980
- Youngest player: Kari Takko (17 years)
- Oldest player: Antti Heikkilä (36 years)
- Shortest player: Rauli Levonen (172 cm)
- Tallest player: Veli-Pekka Ketola (187 cm)
- Nationalities: Finland (24)
Leagues
Porin Ässät participates in season 1979-1980: SM-liiga, Jr. A SM-Liiga
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