Tappara 730971 216490763 2008-06-01T22:03:15Z Timsterr 4660971 /* Current squad */ {{SM-liiga Team |team_name = Tappara |bg_color = #0B2475 |text_color = orange |league = [[SM-liiga]] |founded = [[1955]] |history = '''Tappara'''<br>[[1955]] - present |arena = [[Tampereen jäähalli]] |city = [[Tampere]], [[Finland]] |arena = [[Tampereen jäähalli]] (capacity 7,800) |colors = Dark blue, orange, white |generalmanager = [[Mikko Leinonen]] |headcoach = [[Mikko Saarinen]] |teamcaptain = [[Janne Ojanen]] }} '''Tappara''' ("battleaxe") is an [[ice hockey]] team in the [[SM-liiga]]. They play in [[Tampere]], [[Finland]] at [[Tampereen jäähalli]]. The team have won 12 league championships (1959, 1961, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 2003). ==Team History== Established in [[1955]], Tappara was a reformation of the club TBK, an abbreviation of ''Tammerfors Bollklubb''. Today, the full name of the company that owns the club is ''Tamhockey Oy''. Among the most successful teams in Finland, the team has won the Finnish Championship 12 times (and predecessor TBK three times). Tappara is the second most successful team in Finnish ice hockey history, inferior only to its arch-rival [[Ilves]] (16 championships). Their goal song is "Live is Life" by [[Opus (band)|Opus]]. ===Current squad=== ''(As of [[1st June]] [[2008]])'' {| !colspan=7 |<big>Goaltenders |- bgcolor="#dddddd" !width=5%|Number !width=5%| !!width=14%|Player !width=7%|Shoots !width=10%|Contract !width=37%|Place of birth |- |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''34''' |align=center|[[Image:Flag of Finland.svg|20px|Finnish]] |[[Mika Lehto]] |align=center|L |align=center|[[2010]] |[[Vammala]], [[Finland]] |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''50''' |align=center|[[Image:Flag of Finland.svg|20px|Finnish]] |[[Harri Säteri]] |align=center|L |align=center|[[2009]] |[[Toijala]], [[Finland]] |} {| !colspan=7 |<big>Defenders |- bgcolor="#dddddd" !width=5%|Number !width=5%| !!width=14%|Player !width=7%|Shoots !width=10%|Contract !width=37%|Place of birth |- |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''4''' |align=center|[[Image:Flag of Finland.svg|20px|Finnish]] |[[Miko Malkamäki]] |align=center|L |align=center|[[2009]] |[[Kokkola]], [[Finland]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''15''' |align=center|[[Image:Flag of Finland.svg|20px|Finnish]] |[[Jussi Halme]] |align=center|L |align=center|[[2008]] |[[Nokia (city)|Nokia]], [[Finland]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''16''' |align=center|[[Image:Flag of Finland.svg|20px|Finnish]] |[[Jesse Turkulainen]] |align=center|L |align=center|[[2010+1]] |[[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''33''' |align=center|[[Image:Flag of Finland.svg|20px|Finnish]] |[[Miska Kangasniemi]] |align=center|L |align=center|[[2010]] |[[Jyväskylä]], [[Finland]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''52''' |align=center|[[Image:Flag of Finland.svg|20px|Finnish]] |[[Lasse Korhonen]] |align=center|R |align=center|[[2011]] |[[Helsinki]], [[Finland]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''55''' |align=center|[[Image:Flag of Finland.svg|20px|Finnish]] |[[Janne Grönvall]] |align=center|L |align=center|[[2009]] |[[Rauma]], [[Finland]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''77''' |align=center|[[Image:Flag of Finland.svg|20px|Finnish]] |[[Harri Ilvonen]] |align=center|L |align=center|[[2010]] |[[Rauma]], [[Finland]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''--''' |align=center|[[Image:Flag of Finland.svg|20px|Finnish]] |[[Atte Pentikäinen]] |align=center|L |align=center|[[2009]] |[[Juupajoki]], [[Finland]] |} {| !colspan=7 |<big>Forwards |- bgcolor="#dddddd" !width=5%|Number !width=5%| !!width=14%|Player !width=7%|Shoots !width=7%|Position !width=10%|Contract !width=37%|Place of birth |- |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''8''' |align=center|[[Image:Flag of Finland.svg|20px|Finnish]] |[[Janne Ojanen]] |align=center|L |align=center|C |align=center|[[2008]] |[[Tampere]], [[Finland]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''9''' |align=center|[[Image:Flag of Finland.svg|20px|Finnish]] |[[Iivo Hokkanen]] |align=center|L |align=center|W |align=center|[[2008]] |[[Hämeenlinna]], [[Finland]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''11''' |align=center|[[Image:Flag of Finland.svg|20px|Finnish]] |[[Timo Koskela]] |align=center|L |align=center|LW |align=center|[[2010]] |[[Tampere]], [[Finland]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''12''' |align=center|[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|USA]] |[[Steve Saviano]] |align=center|L |align=center|W |align=center|[[2009]] |[[Reading,_Massachusetts | Reading]], [[Massachusetts]], [[USA]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''14''' |align=center|[[Image:Flag of Finland.svg|20px|Finnish]] |[[Nestori Lähde]] |align=center|L |align=center|RW |align=center|[[2011]] |[[Kangasala]], [[Finland]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''17''' |align=center|[[Image:Flag of Finland.svg|20px|Finnish]] |[[Teemu Nurmi]] |align=center|R |align=center|RW |align=center|[[2009]] |[[Tampere]], [[Finland]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''19''' |align=center|[[Image:Flag of Finland.svg|20px|Finnish]] |[[Arsi Piispanen]] |align=center|R |align=center|C |align=center|[[2010]] |[[Jyväskylä]], [[Finland]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''21''' |align=center|[[Image:Flag of Finland.svg|20px|Finnish]] |[[Jori Lehterä]] |align=center|L |align=center|C |align=center|[[2010]] |[[Helsinki]], [[Finland]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''26''' |align=center|[[Image:Flag of Finland.svg|20px|Finnish]] |[[Jonas Enlund]] |align=center|L |align=center|C |align=center|[[2010]] |[[Helsinki]], [[Finland]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''30''' |align=center|[[Image:Flag of Finland.svg|20px|Finnish]] |[[Ville Nieminen]] |align=center|L |align=center|LW |align=center|[[2010]] |[[Tampere]], [[Finland]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''37''' |align=center|[[Image:Flag of Finland.svg|20px|Finnish]] |[[Timo Vertala]] |align=center|L |align=center|W |align=center|[[2008]] |[[Jyväskylän mlk| Jyväskylän maalaiskunta]], [[Finland]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''44''' |align=center|[[Image:Flag of Finland.svg|20px|Finnish]] |[[Matti Aho]] |align=center|L |align=center|C |align=center|[[2011]] |[[Halikko]], [[Finland]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''51''' |align=center|[[Image:Flag of Finland.svg|20px|Finnish]] |[[Joni Lindlöf]] |align=center|L |align=center|LW |align=center|[[2009]] |[[Tampere]], [[Finland]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''73''' |align=center|[[Image:Flag of Finland.svg|20px|Finnish]] |[[Niclas Lucenius]] |align=center|L |align=center|LW |align=center|[[2010]] |[[Turku]], [[Finland]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''81''' |align=center|[[Image:Flag of Finland.svg|20px|Finnish]] |[[Jukka Peltola]] |align=center|L |align=center|LW |align=center|[[2010]] |[[Tampere]], [[Finland]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''85''' |align=center|[[Image:Flag of Finland.svg|20px|Finnish]] |[[Niko Nieminen]] |align=center|R |align=center|RW |align=center|[[2009]] |[[Espoo]], [[Finland]] |} == Notable Players == ===Retired Numbers=== *2 - [[Kalevi Numminen]] *3 - [[Pekka Marjamäki]] *7 - [[Timo Jutila]] *10 - [[Timo Susi]] ===Not to be Forgotten=== * [[Aleksandr Barkov]] * [[Theo Fleury]] * [[Martti Jarkko]] * [[Hannu Kamppuri]] * [[Jiri Kucera]] * [[Erkki Lehtonen]] * [[Mikko Leinonen]] * [[Antti Leppänen]] * [[Lasse Litma]] * [[Jussi Markkanen]] * [[Markus Mattsson]] * [[Ville Nieminen]] * [[Teppo Numminen]] * [[Janne Ojanen]] * [[Jukka Porvari]] * [[Andrew Raycroft]] * [[Pertti Valkeapää]] ==External links== *[http://www.tappara.fi Tappara official web site] {{Euro-icehockey-team-stub}} {{Finland-stub}} {{SM-liiga}} [[Category:Tampere]] [[Category:SM-liiga teams]] [[cs:Tappara]] [[de:Tappara]] [[fr:Tappara Tampere]] [[fi:Tappara]] [[sv:Tappara]]