Rauman Lukko (Finnish for "lock") is a Finnish sports club based in Rauma, Finland, best known for its men's 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. The club was founded as Rauma Woodin Lukko in 1936. The representative team currently plays in the Finnish

Liiga The Liiga, colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English or FM-ligan in Swedish, is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. The league comprises 16 teams from all around Finland with relegation and promotion between the Mesti ...

, the premier men's professional ice hockey league in Finland. They play their home games in the Äijänsuo Arena, which has a capacity of 5,400 spectators. Lukko won the

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 ...

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...

and won the Liiga championship in

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. Until 2023 the club also had a top-tier women's representative ice hockey team, which played in the Naisten Liiga, and a top-tier women's representative

pesäpallo Pesäpallo (; ; , colloquially known in Finnish as pesis and also referred to as Finnish baseball) is a fast-moving bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport that is often referred to as the national sport of Finland and has some presence in other ...

team, which plays in the

Superpesis The Superpesis is the highest level of the Finnish pesäpallo league system. Contested by 13 clubs in men's league and 12 clubs in women's league, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Ykköspesis. Seasons usually run from ...

Honours

Domestic

* Winners (1): 2020–21 * Runners-up (1): 1987–88 * 3rd place (4): 1993–94, 1995–96,

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, 2013–14

* Winners (1): 1962–63 * Runners-up (2): 1960–61, 1965–66 * 3rd place (2): 1964–65, 1968–69 ''Other awards for the club:'' *

Harry Lindblad Harry Gustaf Lindblad (30 July 1912 – 2 February 1984) was a Finnish ice hockey administrator, coach and player. He served as the Finnish Ice Hockey Association president for 18 years, after five years as its vice-president. During this time, ...

trophy (SM-Liiga regular season winner, since 1975): 2021, 2025

Pre-season

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* Winners (2): 1964, 1969

Players

Current roster

Honored members

Teppo Rastio Teppo Edvard Rastio (15 February 1934 – 29 May 2023) was a Finnish professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga for Lukko and Ilves. Rastio was inducted to the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 1985. Rastio was also known as a footba ...

, Jouni Peltonen *7

Matti Keinonen Matti Keinonen (6 November 1941 – 27 November 2021) was a Finnish professional ice hockey player and coach. During his career he played in the SM-sarja with Lukko, Lukko Rauma, RU-38 (sports club), RU-38, Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi, HJK Helsink ...

*8 Jorma Vehmanen *13 Jari Torkki *26 Matti Forss *35 Petri Vehanen *77 Erik Hämäläinen

NHL players

Glenn Anderson Glenn Chris Anderson (born October 2, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Edmonton Oilers, Toronto Maple Leafs, New York Rangers and St. Louis Blues. Anders ...

Sheldon Brookbank Sheldon W. Brookbank (born October 3, 1980) is a Canadians, Canadian former professional ice hockey Defenceman (ice hockey), defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was the assistant coach of the Chicago Blackhawks of the Nat ...

* Hal Gill * Tuomas Grönman * Ilkka Heikkinen * Jarmo Myllys * Janne Niskala *

Esa Pirnes Esa Pirnes (born April 1, 1977) is a Finnish former professional ice hockey centre (ice hockey), centre. He played most of his career, which lasted from 1995 to 2016, in the Finnish Liiga. He also played 57 games in the National Hockey League wit ...

* Dwayne Roloson *

Jānis Sprukts Jānis Sprukts (born January 31, 1982) is a retired Latvian professional ice hockey forward. Biography As a youth, Sprukts played in the 1996 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a team from Riga. He was drafted by Panthers as th ...

* Iiro Tarkki *

Mikael Tellqvist Mikael Karl Tellqvist (born 19 September 1979) is a Swedish former professional ice hockey goaltender who last played for Djurgårdens IF of the Swedish Hockey League, his second tenure with the club. Playing career Tellqvist was dr ...

* Shayne Toporowski * Jari Torkki * Mikkel Bödker * Frans Nielsen * Philip Larsen *

Aaron Gagnon Aaron Gagnon (born April 24, 1986) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Dallas Stars and Winnipeg Jets. Early life Gagnon was born on April 24, 1986, in Quesnel, British C ...

* Petteri Nummelin *

Antti Raanta Antti Raanta (born 12 May 1989) is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender who currently plays for Lukko in the Finnish Liiga. He last played with Genève-Servette Hockey Club, Genève-Servette HC of the National League (ice hockey), Nationa ...

* Chris VandeVelde

References

External links

* Liiga teams Sport in Rauma, Finland 1936 establishments in Finland Lukko Sports clubs and teams in Satakunta {{Europe-icehockey-team-stub