JHT is a Finnish

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 based at

Kalajoki Kalajoki (; literally translated the "fish river") is a coastal town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the immediate vicinity of the Gulf of Bothnia in the province of Oulu and is part of the Northern Ostrobothnia region. The town ...

. Full name of the club is ''Junkkarit Hockey Team''. JHT plays in Kalajoki at Kalajoen jäähalli which holds about 1,700, they currently play in the 3rd level in the Finnish hockey leagues (

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 ...

). JHT won the 2017–18 season of Suomi-sarja and faced

Peliitat Heinola Heinolan Peliitat (''formerly Heinolan Kiekko'') is an ice hockey club based in Heinola, Finland. The club is made up of 11 teams with the top team playing in the 2. Divisioona, the 4th tier of ice hockey in Finland. They play their home games i ...

in the promotion playoff to

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 ...

but failed to get promoted.

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Ice hockey teams in Finland Kalajoki 1992 establishments in Finland Ice hockey clubs established in 1992 Sport in North Ostrobothnia {{Finland-sport-team-stub