Espoo United (ice hockey)

Espoo United
City Espoo, Finland
League Mestis
Founded 2016 (2016)
Home arena Espoo Metro Areena (capacity 6982)
Colours          
Owner(s) Finland Jussi Salonoja
General manager Finland Olli Aro
Head coach Finland Timo Hirvonen
Captain Finland Kim Hirschovits
Website www.espoounited.fi

Espoo United Is a Finnish semi-professional ice-hockey team that plays in the Mestis. The team was formed by Jussi Salonoja after the Espoo Blues went to bankrupt in 2016.

Current Team

Updated October 7, 2016[1]

# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
8 Finland Elgbacka, JaniJani Elgbacka LW/C L 21 2016 Helsinki, Finland
44 Finland Hirschovits, KimKim Hirschovits (C) C L 34 2016 Helsinki, Finland
17 Finland Hopponen, ErnoErno Hopponen D L 19 2016 Espoo, Finland
51 Finland Iisakka, OlliOlli Iisakka LW L 20 2016 Espoo, Finland
7 Finland Järvinen, AleksiAleksi Järvinen RW L 23 2016 Espoo, Finland
19 Finland Kaijomaa, JuusoJuuso Kaijomaa C L 27 2016 Joensuu, Finland
47 Finland Kauppinen, AnttiAntti Kauppinen F L 20 2016 Espoo, Finland
50 Finland Kettukangas, NikkeNikke Kettukangas D L 19 2016 Kerava, Finland
24 Finland Kivilahti, JanneJanne Kivilahti F L 24 2016 Espoo, Finland
91 Finland Laine, JereJere Laine LW R 26 2016 Tuusula, Finland
9 Finland Lamberg, MattiMatti Lamberg RW R 23 2016 Kiiminki, Finland
20 Finland Lipiäinen, ValtteriValtteri Lipiäinen F R 19 2016 Lappeenranta, Finland
58 Finland Moberg, SebastianSebastian Moberg D L 20 2016 Espoo, Finland
22 Finland Oksanen, EmilEmil Oksanen RW R 18 2016 Kirkkonummi, Finland
18 Finland Piispanen, MarkusMarkus Piispanen (A) W R 27 2016 Jyväskylä, Finland
77 Finland Puhakka, JanneJanne Puhakka (A) F L 21 2016 Espoo, Finland
31 Finland Rasilainen, SamuliSamuli Rasilainen G L 20 2016 Oulu, Finland
88 Finland Santala, JimiJimi Santala (A) D L 28 2016 Helsinki, Finland
2 Finland Sillanpää, NiklasNiklas Sillanpää D L 21 2016 Espoo, Finland
21 Finland Tarkkanen, JuhaJuha Tarkkanen D L 23 2016 Helsinki, Finland
55 Finland Tikkinen, NiklasNiklas Tikkinen D L 22 2016 Espoo, Finland
32 Finland Tirronen, RasmusRasmus Tirronen G L 26 2016 Espoo, Finland
23 Finland Uomala, OskariOskari Uomala F L 18 2016 Espoo (?), Finland
39 Finland Veistola, JiriJiri Veistola (A) W R 28 2016 Vantaa, Finland
28 Finland Westermarck, VictorVictor Westermarck D R 22 2016 Espoo, Finland
16 Finland Wuolle, NicolasNicolas Wuolle RW L 23 2016 Helsinki, Finland
27 Finland Ylä-Mononen, JoelJoel Ylä-Mononen D L 21 2016 Kauniainen, Finland

Team Officials

Updated October 7, 2016[1]

Title Staff Member
General Manager Olli Aro
Head Coach Timo Hirvonen
Assistant Coach Saku Martikainen
Goaltending Coach Ilari Näckel
Sports Manager Petri Pakaslahti
Team Manager Ilari Näckel

References

  1. 1 2 "Eliteprospects". Eliteprospects. Retrieved July 10, 2016.

External links


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