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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 1997-1998: SM-liiga | Jr. A SM-Liiga | Jr. B SM-sarja | Jr. C SM-sarja
| # | Pos | Player name | State | Born | Height | Weight | Shoots | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | Pasi Kuivalainen |  | 15.07.1972 | 180 cm | 78 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| G | Mika Lehto | | 12.04.1979 | 180 cm | 85 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| G | Jarno Parkkinen | | 16.03.1976 | 187 cm | 90 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| RD | Sergei Butko |  | 10.07.1968 | 184 cm | 94 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| RD | Denis Chervyakov | | 20.04.1970 | 182 cm | 95 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| LD | Santeri Immonen | | 29.07.1972 | 174 cm | 75 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| LD | Mika Laaksonen | | 18.03.1968 | 183 cm | 87 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| LD | Joni Lehto | | 15.07.1970 | 185 cm | 96 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| LD | Pauli Levokari | | 07.04.1979 | 196 cm | 105 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| RD | Pasi Peltonen | | 17.02.1972 | 186 cm | 90 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| RD | Vesa Salo | | 17.04.1965 | 194 cm | 92 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| RD | Mathias Svedberg |  | 28.09.1969 | 185 cm | 84 kg | right | Show profile» | |
| LD | Kristian Taubert | | 02.04.1972 | 184 cm | 99 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| C | Jan Alinč |  | 27.05.1972 | 188 cm | 89 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| C | Vjačeslav Fandul |  | 17.03.1969 | 178 cm | 85 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| C | Timo Hakanen | | 26.03.1977 | 191 cm | 103 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| C | Oto Hascak |  | 31.01.1964 | 186 cm | 90 kg | right | Show profile» | |
| RW | Jokke Heinänen | | 20.03.1970 | 184 cm | 87 kg | right | Show profile» | |
| LW | Tommy Kiviaho | | 27.06.1971 | 189 cm | 84 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| C | Petr Korinek | | 02.11.1966 | 184 cm | 87 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| LW | Mikael Kotkaniemi | | 30.04.1969 | 180 cm | 85 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| LW | Jari Levonen | | 23.08.1966 | 177 cm | 83 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| C | Jan Lipiansky | | 23.07.1974 | 187 cm | 92 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| RW | Niko Mikkola | | 09.01.1974 | 173 cm | 77 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| RW | Andrei Potaichuk | | 18.08.1970 | 177 cm | 98 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| C | Marco Poulsen | | 11.03.1971 | 185 cm | 80 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| RW | Rauli Raitanen | | 14.01.1970 | 188 cm | 92 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| LW | Kimmo Salminen | | 04.11.1973 | 176 cm | 78 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| RW | Timo Salonen | | 25.08.1976 | 177 cm | 80 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| LW | Jukka Tiilikainen | | 04.04.1974 | 184 cm | 85 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| RW | Pekka Virta | | 19.04.1969 | 185 cm | 94 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| LW | Samu Wesslin | | 29.06.1975 | 180 cm | 90 kg | left | Show profile» |
| Coach name | State | Born | Coach position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juhani Tamminen | | 26.05.1950 | 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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