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The Finnish men's national ice hockey team, nicknamed Leijonat / Lejonen ("The Lions" in Finnish and Swedish), is governed by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association. Finland is one of the most successful national ice hockey teams in the world and a member of the so-called "Big Six", the unofficial group of the six strongest men's ice hockey nations ...
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HIFK (a traditional abbreviation of the Swedish name Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna, Helsingfors, English: "Sporting Society Comrades, Helsinki") is a professional ice hockey team based in Helsinki, Finland that plays in the SM-liiga, the sport's top-level league in Finland. The team plays at Helsinki Ice Hall.
The Liiga, colloquially called the Finnish Elite League in English or FM-ligan in Swedish, [1] [2] is the top professional ice hockey league in Finland. The league comprises 16 teams from all around Finland with relegation and promotion between the Mestis. [3] [4] The winner of the Liiga playoffs is awarded the Kanada-malja at the end of each ...
Their home ice is the Ritari-areena in Hämeenlinna. HPK was established in 1929 . The parent club of the team is HPK Edustusjääkiekko ry [ 1 ] and the team is sometimes promoted as the "Hockey Playing Knights," with a logo representing a knight's helmet.
The Finnish Ice Hockey Association (Finnish: Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto, Swedish: Finlands Ishockeyförbund) is the governing body of ice hockey in Finland. [3] Since the late 1980s, Finland has enjoyed a period of success on the international stage and, as of 2022, the men's national team is ranked first in the world and the women's national team is ranked third in the world by the IIHF.
Ilves (pronounced; Finnish for "Lynx") is a Finnish professional ice hockey team based in Tampere.They play in the Liiga at the Tampere Deck Arena.. The match between Ilves (yellow and green) and Tappara (blue and orange) on December 3, 2021 at Nokia Arena in Tampere, Finland
Ice hockey leagues were first established in Finland in the 1920s. [6] SM-sarja was established as the first national men's ice hockey league in 1928. Viipurin Reipas were champions in the inaugural year and remain one of the oldest ice hockey teams in Finland, still competing today under the name Lahti Pelicans.