JYP Jyväskylä

JYP
JYP
City	Jyväskylä, Finland
League	Liiga
Founded	1923
Home arena	LähiTapiola Areena
Colours	Red, black, white;
Owner(s)	JYP Jyväskylä Oy
General manager	Risto Korpela
Head coach	Johan Pennerborn
Captain	Teemu Eronen
Affiliate	Boston Bruins
Farm club(s)	KeuPa HT
Website	jypliiga.fi
Franchise history
1923–1977	Jyväskylän Palloilijat
1977–present	JYP Jyväskylä
Championships
Playoff championships	2009, 2012

JYP is an ice hockey team playing in the Finnish top division Liiga. They play in Jyväskylä, Finland, at the LähiTapiola Areena.

History

JYP was founded in 1923. First it was the ice hockey section of the sports club Jyväskylän Palloilijat until 1977. Then they separated from that sports club to be an independent hockey club called JyP HT. The current full name of the club is JYP Jyväskylä Oy, having been registered as an osakeyhtiö since 1999. JYP has won the Finnish SM-liiga twice, in 2009 and 2012, having been the losing side in the play-off finals in 1989 and 1992.

Early years

JYP was founded in 1923 as Jyväskylän Palloilijat (Jyväskylä's Ballsport players in English). Originally the club was multi-sport club having competitive departments in football, pesäpallo (Finnish baseball), bandy and later ice hockey and basketball. In 1977 JyP divided due to financial reasons and ice hockey department began with new club, JyP HT (officially Jyväskylän Palloilijat Hockey Team) while football department formed JyP-77 (JJK Jyväskylä nowadays).

The new club started in I Division, the then-second tier of Finnish hockey. JyP HT promoted to the top tier for the 1985-86 SM-liiga season. With ambitious aims, they were fifth after regular season and surprisingly eliminated out of play-offs by only two points. At the next season, the target was in play-offs but seventh place was not enough. When the beginning of the third season was disappointment, head coach Erkka Westerlund – subsequently Finnish national team coach – got sacked.

Partnership with the Boston Bruins

On 8 September 2010, JYP entered into a partnership agreement with the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL), to enable player transfer and training between the two teams and their developmental systems.^[1]

Players

2020–21 roster

As of 22 September 2024


No.	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
–	Valtteri Aliranta	C	L	21	2024	Mänttä, Finland
11	Alex Dostie	C	L	27	2024	Drummondville, Quebec, Canada
42	Teemu Eronen (C)	D	L	33	2023	Vantaa, Finland
61	Santeri Huovila	LW	L	20	2023	Nurmijärvi, Finland
24	Elias Huttu	F	R	19	2023	Jyväskylä, Finland
–	Roni Jokinen	D	R	20	2024	Jyväskylä, Finland
22	Samuel Jonsson	D	L	26	2024	Ängelholm, Sweden
25	Pekka Jormakka (A)	RW	R	34	2024	Jyväskylän maalaiskunta, Finland
28	Jere Lassila (A)	C	L	20	2022	Jyväskylän maalaiskunta, Finland
4	Väinö Liikonen	D	L	23	2024	Kouvola, Finland
33	Veeti Louhivaara	G	L	18	2023	Jyväskylä, Finland
2	Niko Minkkinen	D	R	20	2023	Jyväskylä, Finland
17	Otto Mäkinen	C	L	26	2024	Tampere, Finland
39	Valtteri Ojantakanen	LW	R	24	2024	Helsinki, Finland
31	Eetu Peltola	D	L	25	2021	Helsinki, Finland
14	Mikko Perttu	C	L	24	2022	Järvenpää, Finland
6	Jesse Pulkkinen	D	L	19	2023	Laukaa, Finland
71	Juuso Puustinen (A)	RW	R	36	2022	Kuopio, Finland
76	Nate Schnarr	C	R	25	2024	Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
75	Patrik Siikanen	LW	L	24	2019	Espoo, Finland
8	Tuukka Tieksola	RW	R	23	2024	Oulu, Finland
38	Riku Tohila	C	R	20	2023	Kalajoki, Finland
16	Miks Tumānovs	D	L	23	2023	Riga, Latvia
5	Juuso Vainio (A)	D	R	30	2023	Hämeenlinna, Finland
–	Balázs Varga	RW	L	21	2023	Budapest, Hungary
35	Veini Vehviläinen	G	L	27	2022	Jyväskylä, Finland
92	Aaro Vidgren	RW	L	27	2022	Lohja, Finland
70	Ēriks Vītols	G	L	23	2024	Riga, Latvia
21	Ossi-Veikka Vuontisvaara	D	R	19	2024	Jyväskylä, Finland