Joensuun Kiekko-Pojat is a Finnish semi-professional

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 that plays in the Mestis, the second-highest men's ice hockey league in Finland. The club has spent three seasons in the top flight of Finnish hockey, season 1971–72 in

SM-sarja SM-Sarja was the top level of ice hockey in Finland from 1928 to 1975. SM-sarja is a common abbreviation for ''Suomen mestaruussarja'', "Finnish Championship Series". There was variable number of teams playing for the Finnish championship dur ...

and seasons 1989-90 and 1991–92 in SM-liiga.

Honours

Champions

* Mestis ''(1)'': 2009-10 *

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 ...

''(2)'': 2003–04, 2014–15 *

I-Divisioona I-Divisioona was the second tier of ice hockey in Finland from 1974 to 2000. It replaced the previous league Suomensarja that ran from 1936 to 1974. I-Divisioona was known as the Finland-liiga (1992–1994) and the Fazer liiga (1994–1996) due ...

''(3)'': 1988–89, 1990–91, 1992–93, 1996-97

Runners-up

* Mestis ''(2)'': 2008-09, 2011-12 * Mestis ''(1)'': 2015-16 *

''(1)'': 2003

Current team

Updated February 6, 2025

Team officials

Updated June 7, 2024 Puruskainen Sami Jokipojat 2010 1

Retired numbers

*# 1 Tapio Pohtinen *# 9 Hannu Kapanen *# 15 Lauri Mononen *# 25 Markku Kyllönen

Former players

* Tero Arkiomaa * Pavel Brendl * Jon Fontas * Jocelyn Guimond * Roberts Jekimovs * Hannu Kapanen * Jari Kapanen * Lubomir Kolnik * Markku Kyllönen * Mikael Ruohomaa * Alexander Salák * Luke Sellars * Antonin Stavjana * Rostislav Vlach

Season by season record

Since rejoining the Mestis in 2004–05

References

External links

www.joensuunkiekkopojat.fi
{{Liiga Mestis teams Joensuu Former Liiga teams Ice hockey clubs established in 1960 Ice hockey teams in Finland 1960 establishments in Finland Sport in North Karelia