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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 2002-2003: SM-liiga | Jr. A SM-Liiga | Jr. B SM-sarja | Jr. C SM-sarja
| # | Pos | Player name | State | Born | Height | Weight | Shoots | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | Joonas Itäjärvi |  | 23.10.1988 | 180 cm | 78 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| G | Tomi Jylhä | | 18.05.1987 | 184 cm | 82 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| G | Jussi Rynnäs | | 22.05.1987 | 196 cm | 98 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| LD | Mika Halava | | 20.05.1987 | 181 cm | 80 kg | right | Show profile» | |
| D | Riku Joensuu | | 16.11.1987 | 175 cm | 75 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| D | Niko Koskela | | 15.05.1987 | 180 cm | 85 kg | right | Show profile» | |
| D | Jukka-Pekka Neuvo | | 05.05.1987 | 190 cm | 90 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| D | Akusti Niskanen | | 30.03.1987 | 171 cm | 65 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| D | Juho Sulin | | 19.06.1987 | 189 cm | 92 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| D | Kim Virtanen | | 07.07.1988 | 174 cm | 70 kg | right | Show profile» | |
| F | Jarkko Hoseus | | 18.07.1987 | 181 cm | 72 kg | right | Show profile» | |
| F | Tuomas Huhtanen | | 16.03.1987 | 186 cm | 94 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| LW | Jesse Joensuu | | 05.10.1987 | 193 cm | 96 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| F | Ville Kentta | | 12.03.1987 | 184 cm | 77 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| F | Jussi Mäkelä | | 24.02.1987 | 175 cm | 80 kg | right | Show profile» | |
| F | Jussi Peltomaa | | 24.06.1987 | 184 cm | 86 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| RW | Sakari Salminen | | 31.05.1988 | 180 cm | 73 kg | right | Show profile» | |
| F | Severi Sillanpää | | 07.02.1988 | 182 cm | 82 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| F | Juho Silvast | | 19.04.1987 | 174 cm | 78 kg | right | Show profile» | |
| F | Niko Vähä-Ruka | | 18.12.1986 | 174 cm | 78 kg | left | Show profile» | |
| ??? | Antti Astala | | ??.??.???? | - cm | - kg | N/A | Show profile» | |
| ??? | Joonas Bärholm | | ??.??.???? | - cm | - kg | N/A | Show profile» | |
| ??? | Mikko Fisk | | ??.??.???? | - cm | - kg | N/A | Show profile» | |
| ??? | Markus Heiniluoma | | ??.??.???? | - cm | - kg | N/A | Show profile» | |
| ??? | Markus Kauppinen | | ??.??.???? | - cm | - kg | N/A | Show profile» | |
| ??? | Miikka Pirttinen | | ??.??.???? | - cm | - kg | N/A | Show profile» | |
| ??? | Vesa Raitolampi | | ??.??.???? | - cm | - kg | N/A | Show profile» | |
| ??? | Tuomas Salonen | | ??.??.???? | - cm | - kg | N/A | Show profile» | |
| ??? | Tommi Sundelin | | ??.??.???? | - cm | - kg | N/A | Show profile» | |
| ??? | Matti Vapaniemi | | ??.??.???? | - cm | - kg | N/A | Show profile» | |
| ??? | Jussi Viljanen | | ??.??.???? | - cm | - kg | N/A | 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.
(06 Nov 2015)Finland (29)Porin Ässät participates in season 2002-2003: SM-liiga, Jr. A SM-Liiga, Jr. B SM-sarja, Jr. C SM-sarja
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