The Jääurheiluseura Hawks, commonly known as the Haukat ('Hawks'), is a men's
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...
team in the
Suomi-sarja
The Suomi-sarja is Finland's third highest ice hockey league. Suomi-sarja has 14 teams. Suomi-sarja has been played since the 1999–2000 season. Prior to this, Finland's third league had been Division II since 1975 and before that the Provi ...
, the third-tier professional ice hockey league in Finland.
The team is based in
Järvenpää
Järvenpää (; , ; ) is a town in Finland, located in the southern interior of the country. Järvenpää is situated in the centre of the Uusimaa region in the immediate vicinity of Lake Tuusula. The population of Järvenpää is approximately ...
, in the
Uusimaa region of southern Finland, and their
home arena is the Järvenpää Ice Hall ().
History
Founded in 1979, the team faced relegation to the
Suomi-sarja
The Suomi-sarja is Finland's third highest ice hockey league. Suomi-sarja has 14 teams. Suomi-sarja has been played since the 1999–2000 season. Prior to this, Finland's third league had been Division II since 1975 and before that the Provi ...
after losing the
Mestis
Mestis (from , meaning 'Championship series', stylized as MEST1S) is the second-highest men's ice hockey league in Finland. The league was established by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association in 2000 to replace the I-divisioona ('First Division ...
regular season in 2005–06. After years of financial trouble and facing the prospect of relegation, Haukat gave up their place in Mestis and ended their hockey activities for a few years.
Haukat started playing hockey again during the season 2009–2010. Haukat started playing in
2. Divisioona, which is the fourth highest level of hockey in finland. The team was promoted to Suomi-sarja for 2017–2018 season.
Notable Haukat players
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Petri Varis
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Kimmo Kuhta
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Juuso Laukkanen
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Jussi Helminen
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Miika Uosukainen
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Jari Viuhkola
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Jari Kurri
Jari Pekka Kurri (; born 18 May 1960) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player. Beginning in 1980, he played Winger (ice hockey), right wing for five National Hockey League (NHL) teams: the Edmonton Oilers, the Los Angeles Kings, the N ...
References
External links
Official Website
Haukatat Eliteprospects.com
Defunct ice hockey teams in Finland
Mestis teams
Järvenpää
Sport in Uusimaa
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