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Ville Uusitalo
Ville Aleksi Uusitalo (born 6 July 1979) is a retired Finnish ice hockey defenceman. He played a total of 578 regular season games in the Finnish Elite League, scoring 195 points and accumulating 441 penalty minutes, as well as 30 playoff games, scoring 11 points and 24 penalty minutes. Uusitalo served as the captain of the HC Ässät from 2011 to 2015 and led the team to the Finnish Championship in 2013. Additionally he represented Jokerit and the Pelicans in the Finnish Elite League. Uusitalo also played abroad in France, Sweden and Italy. Career Junior and semi-pro He played as a junior for Jäähonka and Espoon Palloseura, whose men's team Uusitalo played for the first time in the third tier, the Suomi-sarja, in the 2000–01 season. EPS won silver at the end of the season, but failed to advance to the Mestis qualifiers. For the 2001–02 season, Uusitalo moved to the third highest league level in France, to Albatros de Brest in the FFHG Division 2. Brest won their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HC Alleghe
HC Alleghe is a professional ice hockey team in Alleghe, Italy. The team plays in the country's second-tier Italian Hockey League and plays at Stadio Alvise De Toni in Alleghe. The team was the surprise winner of the 1992-93 Alpenliga. Current coach of the Vegas Golden Knights NHL team Bruce Cassidy was an important player for Alleghe Hockey, also a member of the roster in the 1992-93 Alpenliga win. They were also formerly coached by former NHL player Steve McKenna. Notable players * Rick Morocco * Bruce Cassidy * Mario Chitaroni * David Delfino * Constant Priondolo * Nikolai Zherdev * Steve McKenna Steve McKenna (born August 21, 1973) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played both defense and left wing. He was a veteran of eight seasons in the NHL. McKenna is currently a constable with the Waterloo Regional Police S ... Women's teams Alleghe Hockey women's team won the Italian Hockey League Women league in season 2018-2019. References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Hockey League Serie A
Italian Hockey League Serie A, formerly known as Serie A, is the top tier of professional ice hockey in Italy, which first began play in 1925. They are conducted under the authority of the Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio (FISG). The league initially merged with the Inter-National League to become the Alps Hockey League in 2016. Italian teams in the Alps Hockey League also compete in the Italian Hockey League - Serie A. The league was known as ''Elite.A'' during the 2013–14 season, and as ''Italian Hockey League - Elite'' during the 2017–18 season. Playing format *First part: "Regular season" - Every team plays four matches (2 home and 2 on the road) against each other. Team points are then halved and the second part begins. *Second part: "Master round/Relegation round" - Teams are divided into two groups, the master round (Group A) with the top 4 teams and the relegation round (Group B) with the last 5 teams. Every team plays two matches (1 home and 1 on the road) aga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Season (sports)
In an organized sports league, a typical season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session: for example, in Major League Baseball the season lasts approximately from the last week of March to the last week of September. In other team sports, like association football or basketball, it is generally from August or September to May although in some countries – such as Northern Europe, North America or East Asia – the season for oudoor summer sports starts in the spring and finishes in autumn, mainly due to weather conditions encountered during the winter. A year can often be broken up into several distinct sections (sometimes themselves called seasons). These are: a preseason, usually a series of exhibition games played for training purposes; a regular season, the main period of the league's competition; the postseason, a playoff tournament played against the league's top teams to determine the league's champion; and the offseason, the time w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playoffs
The playoffs, play-offs, postseason or finals of a sports league are a competition played after the regular season by the top competitors to determine the league champion or a similar accolade. Depending on the league, the playoffs may be either a single game, a series of games, or a tournament, and may use a Single-elimination tournament, single-elimination system or one of several other playoff format, different playoff formats. Playoff, in regard to international fixtures, is to qualify or progress to the next round of a competition or tournament. In team sports in the U.S. and Canada, the vast distances and consequent burdens on cross-country travel have led to regional divisions of teams. Generally, during the regular season, teams play more games in their division than outside it, but the league's best teams might not play against each other in the regular season. Therefore, in the postseason a playoff series is organized. Any group-winning team is eligible to participate, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regular Season
In an organized sports league, a typical season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session: for example, in Major League Baseball the season lasts approximately from the last week of March to the last week of September. In other team sports, like association football or basketball, it is generally from August or September to May although in some countries – such as Northern Europe, North America or East Asia – the season for oudoor summer sports starts in the spring and finishes in autumn, mainly due to weather conditions encountered during the winter. A year can often be broken up into several distinct sections (sometimes themselves called seasons). These are: a preseason, usually a series of exhibition games played for training purposes; a regular season, the main period of the league's competition; the postseason, a playoff tournament played against the league's top teams to determine the league's champion; and the offseason, the time w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tapio Sammalkangas
Tapio Sammalkangas (born March 16, 1980) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenceman. Sammalkangas played 671 games in the Finnish Elite League scoring 94 points and 803 penalty minutes. He won the Finnish Championship with the Porin Ässät in 2013 and Tappara in 2017. He was known as a defensive defenceman. Early life Tapio Sammalkangas was born in Tampere, Finland on 16 March 1980. His father, Timo, played ice hockey as a junior with Ilves and in Sweden's lower divisions. Career Junior Tapio Sammalkangas started ice hockey in the Tampereen Ilves as a four-year old. He played as a forward until the age of ten. Sammalkangas won the U18 bronze medal with Ilves in 1997 and U20 silver in 1999. Professional (1998–2017) Sammalkangas made his professional debut with Ilves in the 1998 SM-liiga playoffs. He played three games with no points. Ilves lost the Kanada-malja finals to IFK Helsingfors. The 1999–2000 season was his actual rookie season in the SM-liiga. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HC TPS
TPS or Turun Palloseura is an ice hockey team and 10-time champion of SM-liiga and 1-time champion of SM-sarja. They play in Turku, Finland, at Gatorade Center. In terms of championships, TPS is the second all-time most successful team in SM-Liiga, right behind Tappara. Team history TPS was established in 1922 as Turun Palloseura, from which the acronym derives. The club began ice hockey activities after 1929. Today, the full name of the company that owns the ice hockey team is ''HC TPS Turku Oy''. TPS has won the Finnish Championship in ice hockey 11 times: 1956, 1976, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2010. Only Tampere teams Ilves and Tappara have won more titles when SM-sarja also counts. Coach Hannu Jortikka led the club to a total of six championships in 1989–91 and 1999–2001. TPS have also won two Finnish Cups, a European Cup in 1994, the European Hockey League in 1997, and a Super Cup in 1997. Vladimir Yurzinov used to be the coach of TPS in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sami Vatanen
Sami Vatanen (born 3 June 1991) is a Finns, Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently a free agent. He last played for Genève-Servette HC of the National League (ice hockey), National League (NL). He was drafted in the fourth round, 106th overall, by the Anaheim Ducks at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft, and played in NHL for the Anaheim Ducks, New Jersey Devils, Carolina Hurricanes and Dallas Stars. He previously played in his native Finland for JYP Jyväskylä, JYP, where he won the 2011–12 SM-liiga season, 2012 SM-liiga Championship. In 2023, Vatanen won the Swiss NL championship with Genève-Servette HC, Genève-Servette, and the Champions Hockey League in 2023–24 Champions Hockey League, 2024. Internationally, Vatanen has represented Finland men's national ice hockey team, Finland and was part of the Gold medal winning teams at the Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament, 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, and the 2022 IIHF World Championship, 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pekka Rautakallio Trophy
The Pekka Rautakallio trophy is an ice hockey award given by the Finland, Finnish Liiga to the best defenceman of the season. In 1995 the award was renamed to carry the name of its first winner Pekka Rautakallio. In 2019 it was awarded to Oliwer Kaski of Lahti Pelicans, Pelicans. Trophy winners *1977–78: Pekka Rautakallio (Porin Ässät (men's ice hockey), Ässät) *1978–79: Pekka Rautakallio (Ässät) *1979–80: Reijo Ruotsalainen (Kärpät) *1980–81: Reijo Ruotsalainen (Kärpät) *1981–82: Pertti Lehtonen (HIFK (ice hockey), HIFK) *1982–83: Nikolay Mikhaylovich Makarov, Nikolai Makarov (Jokerit) *1983–84: Tapio Levo (Ässät) *1984–85: Tapio Levo (Ässät) *1985–86: Pekka Rautakallio (HIFK) *1986–87: Hannu Virta (TPS (ice hockey), TPS) *1987–88: Timo Jutila (Tappara) *1988–89: Hannu Virta (TPS) *1989–90: Hannu Virta (TPS) *1990–91: Hannu Virta (TPS) *1991–92: Harri Laurila (JYP Jyväskylä, JYP) *1992–93: Erik Hämäläinen (Jokerit) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pekka Rautakallio
Pekka Olavi "Rocky" Rautakallio (born July 25, 1953) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey defenceman and coach. He played 14 seasons in Finland's SM-sarja and SM-liiga between 1968 and 1987 for Porin Ässät (men's ice hockey), Ässät and HIFK (ice hockey), HIFK Helsinki, during which he was a five-time Finnish All-Star. Rautakallio was a member of Ässät's championship team that won the Kanada-malja in 1978. He was named the best defenceman of the SM-liiga in 1978, 1979 and 1986; the league later named the award the Pekka Rautakallio trophy in his honour. Internationally, Rautakallio played with the Finland men's national ice hockey team, Finnish national team in seven Ice Hockey World Championships, World Championships and two Canada Cup tournaments. Rautakallio played North American professional hockey on two occasions. He spent two years with the Phoenix Roadrunners (WHA), Phoenix Roadrunners of the World Hockey Association (WHA) between 1975 and 1977. He returned in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KalPa
Kalevan Pallo (KalPa) is a professional ice hockey team which competes in the Finnish Liiga. They play in Kuopio, Finland at the Niiralan monttu, Olvi Areena. Team history Established in 1929 as ''Sortavalan Palloseura'' in Sortavala, the club relocated to Kuopio in 1945 after its original hometown had been annexed by the Soviet Union. During its Sortavala years, the club was not active in ice hockey, but competed in association football, bandy, and pesäpallo instead. Ice hockey was introduced in 1947, and in 1956 KalPa officially replaced the more traditional Kuopio club KuPS in that sport thus specializing in hockey – minor league football was still continued until 1974 as a farm team of sorts for KuPS. The full name of the company that runs the representative team today is ''KalPa Hockey Oy''. The majority of the company is owned by former National Hockey League, NHL players Sami Kapanen and Kimmo Timonen. Kapanen is the majority owner, controlling 50.5% of the franchise. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
