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{{short description|Ice hockey club based in Heinola, Finland}}
{{Hockey team
{{More citations needed|date=October 2023}}
| team = HeKi
{{Infobox ice hockey team
| colour = #be0027
| team = Heinolan Peliitat
| colour text = blue
| colour = background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#BF1B2C 5px solid; border-bottom:#231F20 5px solid;
| logo = Heki logo.png
| logosize = 150px
| colour text = #000000
| city = [[Heinola]], [[Finland]]
| logo = Peliitat Heinola logo.svg
| league = [[Mestis]]
| logosize = 180px
| city = [[Heinola]], Finland
| conference =
| division =
| league = [[2. Divisioona]]
| founded = {{Start date|1984}}
| founded = 1984
| arena = '''[[Versowood Areena]]'''
| operated =
| colours = Red, white, black<br>{{color box|#BF1B2C}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}} {{color box|#231F20}}
| arena = '''[[Versowood Areena]]''' (capacity 2,975)
| owner = [[Heinolan Peliitat Oy]]
| colours = {{Colorbox|#be0027}} {{colorbox|black}} {{colorbox|white}}
| owner = {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Heinolan Kiekko ry]]
| GM =
| GM =
| coach = {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Janne Sinkkonen]]
| coach = [[Jani Keinänen]]
| captain = {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Olli Sinkkonen]]
| captain =
| affiliates = '''[[Pelicans (ice hockey)|Pelicans]]''' ([[SM-Liiga]])
| media = [[Itä-Häme (newspaper)|Itä-Häme]]
| affiliates = [[Lahti Pelicans]] ([[Liiga]])
| parentclub =
| farmclub =
| parentclub =
| farmclub =
| website = http://www.heki.net/
| website = {{URL|https://peliitat.fi}}
<!---Franchise history--->
| name1 = Heinolan Peliitat
| dates1 = 1984–1989
| name2 = Heinolan Kiekko
| dates2 = 1989–2011
| name3 = Heinolan Peliitat
| dates3 = 2011–present
}}
}}
'''HeKi Heinola''' (''Heinolan Kiekko'') is an [[ice hockey]] club based in [[Heinola]], [[Finland]]. The club is made up of 11 teams<ref name=info>[http://www.eurohockey.net/teams/teaminfo.cgi?team=HeKi%20Heinola General Club info]</ref> with the top team playing in the [[Mestis]]. They play their home games in the [[Versowood Areena]]<ref name=arena>[http://www.eurohockey.net/teams/homeice.cgi?team=HeKi%20Heinola Arena info on EuroHockey.net]</ref>, which has a capacity of 2,975 (with 1,500 seated<ref name=arena />).
'''Heinolan Peliitat''' (''formerly Heinolan Kiekko'') is an ice hockey club based in [[Heinola]], [[Finland]]. The club is made up of 11 teams{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}} with the top team playing in the [[2. Divisioona]],<ref name=":0" /> the 4th tier of ice hockey in Finland. They play their home games in the [[Versowood Areena]], which has a capacity of 2,975 (with 1,500 seated). The club is affiliated with the [[Liiga]] side [[Lahti Pelicans]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Peliitat at eliteprospects.com |url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/3083/peliitat |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=www.eliteprospects.com}}</ref>


==Current roster==
== History ==
The original Peliitat was founded in 1969 and played in 1983–1987 and 1988–1989 in the [[I-Divisioona]]. The club's activities ended with relegation from the I-Divisioona and bankruptcy in 1989.


After the bankruptcy of Peliitat, Heinola Kiekko, founded in 1984, became the leading ice hockey club in [[Heinola]]. HeKi played for a long time in the [[2. Divisioona]] and got promoted in 1999 into the [[Suomi-sarja]]. Success finally came in the 2004–05 season, when HeKi finished second in the series. In the finals, HeKi still had to face a loss to the Seinäjoki Hockey Team.
{| width=750
!colspan=9 |<center><big>Goaltenders
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
!width=5%|#
!width=5%|
|align=left!!width=35%|'''Player'''
!width=5%|'''Pos.'''
!width=8%|'''Catches'''
!width=8%|'''Height'''
!width=8%|'''Weight'''
!width=12%|'''D.O.B.'''
|Place of Birth
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|'''X'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|EST}}
|[[Willem-Henrik Koitmaa]]
|align=center|[[Goaltender|G]]
|align=center|L
|align=center|176&nbsp;cm
|align=center|70&nbsp;kg
|Mar. 10, 1990
|[[Tallinna]], [[Estonia]]
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|'''X'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|FIN}}
|[[Timo Väisänen]]
|align=center|[[Goaltender|G]]
|align=center|L
|align=center|179&nbsp;cm
|align=center|85&nbsp;kg
|Feb. 15, 1987
|[[Mikkeli]], [[Finland]]
|}


In the 2005–06 season, HeKi won the Suomi-sarja championship and also the [[Mestis]] qualifiers, beating [[Kokkolan Hermes]], among others. For the 2006–07 season, HeKi rose to the second-highest league in Finland. At the same time, the activities of the representative team were separated from the junior teams.
{| width=750
!colspan=9 |<center><big>Defensemen
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
!width=5%|#
!width=5%|
|align=left!!width=35%|'''Player'''
!width=5%|'''Pos.'''
!width=8%|'''Shoots'''
!width=8%|'''Height'''
!width=8%|'''Weight'''
!width=12%|'''D.O.B.'''
|Place of Birth
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|'''5'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|FIN}}
|[[Pekka Saittakari]]
|align=center|[[Defenseman (ice hockey)|D]]
|align=center|L
|align=center|180&nbsp;cm
|align=center|89&nbsp;kg
|Sep. 17, 1980
|[[Heinola]], [[Finland]]
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|'''10'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|FIN}}
|[[Antti Turunen (ice hockey)|Antti Turunen]]
|align=center|[[Defenseman (ice hockey)|D]]
|align=center|L
|align=center|178&nbsp;cm
|align=center|81&nbsp;kg
|Apr. 12, 1986
|[[Jyväskylä]], [[Finland]]
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|'''X'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|ITA}}
|[[Roland Hofer]]
|align=center|[[Defenseman (ice hockey)|D]]
|align=center|L
|align=center|180&nbsp;cm
|align=center|82&nbsp;kg
|Jun. 24, 1990
|[[Vipiteno]], [[Italy]]
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|'''X'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|FIN}}
|[[Kenneth Kavanne]]
|align=center|[[Defenseman (ice hockey)|D]]
|align=center|L
|align=center|190&nbsp;cm
|align=center|83&nbsp;kg
|Nov. 2, 1989
|[[Espoo]], [[Finland]]
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|'''X'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|FIN}}
|[[Micke Niemelä]]
|align=center|[[Defenseman (ice hockey)|D]]
|align=center|R
|align=center|177&nbsp;cm
|align=center|80&nbsp;kg
|Apr. 28, 1989
|[[Espoo]], [[Finland]]
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|'''X'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|FIN}}
|[[Miikka Sireni]]
|align=center|[[Defenseman (ice hockey)|D]]
|align=center|L
|align=center|182&nbsp;cm
|align=center|92&nbsp;kg
|Mar. 1, 1989
|[[Lahti]], [[Finland]]
|}


In April 2011, the operation of HeKi's representative team was incorporated as Heinola Edustuskiekon Tuki Oy, and at the same time, the name Heinolan Peliitat, considered nostalgic in the city, was taken to use again.
{| width=750
!colspan=9 |<center><big>Forwards
|- bgcolor="#dddddd"
!width=5%|#
!width=5%|
|align=left!!width=35%|'''Player'''
!width=5%|'''Pos.'''
!width=8%|'''Shoots'''
!width=8%|'''Height'''
!width=8%|'''Weight'''
!width=12%|'''D.O.B.'''
|Place of Birth
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|'''11'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|FIN}}
|[[Topi Ahola]]
|align=center|[[Forward (ice hockey)|F]]
|align=center|L
|align=center|180&nbsp;cm
|align=center|83&nbsp;kg
|Apr. 6, 1988
|[[Lahti]], [[Finland]]
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|'''27'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|FIN}}
|[[Janne Ritamäki]]
|align=center|[[Forward (ice hockey)|F]]
|align=center|L
|align=center|185&nbsp;cm
|align=center|86&nbsp;kg
|Aug. 13, 1986
|[[Heinola]], [[Finland]]
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|'''29'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|FIN}}
|[[Petteri Laine]]
|align=center|[[Forward (ice hockey)|F]]
|align=center|L
|align=center|183&nbsp;cm
|align=center|80&nbsp;kg
|Oct 21, 1986
|[[Heinola]], [[Finland]]
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|'''X'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|FIN}}
|[[Jan-Erik Kammonen]]
|align=center|[[Forward (ice hockey)|F]]
|align=center|L
|align=center|181&nbsp;cm
|align=center|90&nbsp;kg
|Sep. 25, 1989
|[[Tuusula]], [[Finland]]
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|'''X'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|FIN}}
|[[Marko Kiiskinen]]
|align=center|[[Forward (ice hockey)|F]]
|align=center|L
|align=center|173&nbsp;cm
|align=center|63&nbsp;kg
|Nov. 22, 1988
|[[Heinola]], [[Finland]]
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|'''X'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|FIN}}
|[[Jesse Rohtla]]
|align=center|[[Forward (ice hockey)|F]]
|align=center|L
|align=center|174&nbsp;cm
|align=center|78&nbsp;kg
|Mar. 8, 1988
|[[Lahti]], [[Finland]]
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|'''X'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|FIN}}
|[[Jere Saarinen]]
|align=center|[[Forward (ice hockey)|F]]
|align=center|L
|align=center|180&nbsp;cm
|align=center|83&nbsp;kg
|Mar. 10, 1989
|[[Lahti]], [[Finland]]
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|align=center|'''X'''
|align=center|{{flagicon|FIN}}
|[[Jukka Sompi]]
|align=center|[[Forward (ice hockey)|F]]
|align=center|L
|align=center|187&nbsp;cm
|align=center|88&nbsp;kg
|Feb. 12, 1987
|[[Sysmä]], [[Finland]]
|}


After the [[2022–23 Mestis season]], Peliitat played [[Nokian Pyry]] in the Mestis qualifiers and avoided relegation. Peliitat later went bankrupt<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-05-10 |title=Käräjäoikeus asetti Peliitat konkurssiin |url=https://www.itahame.fi/paikalliset/5918591 |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=Itä-Häme |language=fi}}</ref> and did not receive a Mestis license for the 2023–24 season and thus got relegated down two tiers into the 2. Divisioona.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2023-06-08 |title=Heinolan Peliitat palaa nopeasti kiekkokartalle |url=https://www.ess.fi/urheilu/5988867 |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=Etelä-Suomen Sanomat |language=fi}}</ref>
==HeKi Greats==
* [[Karri Ramo]]


==Retired Numbers==
==Retired numbers==
{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}
* '''#16''' - [[Marko Nyman]]
* '''#19''' - [[Vesa Welling]]
* '''#27''' - [[Steve MacDonald (ice hockey)|Steven MacDonald]]


==Peliitat alumni==
* '''#16''' - [[Marko Nyman]]<ref name=retired>[http://forums.internationalhockey.net/showpost.php?p=122358&postcount=3 Page citing the Club's retired numbers]</ref>
{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}
* '''#19''' - [[Vesa Welling]]<ref name=retired />
* [[Tim Army]]
* [[John Donnelly (ice hockey)|John Donnelly]]
* [[Marko Ek]]
* [[Donald Fraser (ice hockey)|Donald Fraser]]
* [[Niko Hovinen]]
* [[Jani Keinänen]]
* [[Kurt Kleinendorst]]
* [[Ville-Matti Koponen]]
* [[Steve MacDonald (ice hockey)|Steve MacDonald]]
* [[Lauri Mononen]]
* [[Erkki Mäkelä]]
* [[Juha Ovaska]]
* [[Seppo Repo]]
* [[Karri Rämö]]
* [[Janne Sinkkonen]]
* [[Antti Tyrväinen (ice hockey)|Antti Tyrväinen]]


==Notes==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


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[[Category:Heinola]]
[[Category:Sport in Heinola]]
[[Category:Ice hockey teams in Finland]]
[[Category:Ice hockey teams in Finland]]
[[Category:Ice hockey clubs established in 1984]]

[[Category:1984 establishments in Finland]]
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Latest revision as of 16:33, 19 October 2023

Heinolan Peliitat
CityHeinola, Finland
League2. Divisioona
Founded1984
Home arenaVersowood Areena
ColoursRed, white, black
     
Owner(s)Heinolan Peliitat Oy
Head coachJani Keinänen
MediaItä-Häme
AffiliateLahti Pelicans (Liiga)
Websitepeliitat.fi
Franchise history
1984–1989Heinolan Peliitat
1989–2011Heinolan Kiekko
2011–presentHeinolan Peliitat

Heinolan Peliitat (formerly Heinolan Kiekko) is an ice hockey club based in Heinola, Finland. The club is made up of 11 teams[citation needed] with the top team playing in the 2. Divisioona,[1] the 4th tier of ice hockey in Finland. They play their home games in the Versowood Areena, which has a capacity of 2,975 (with 1,500 seated). The club is affiliated with the Liiga side Lahti Pelicans.[2]

History

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The original Peliitat was founded in 1969 and played in 1983–1987 and 1988–1989 in the I-Divisioona. The club's activities ended with relegation from the I-Divisioona and bankruptcy in 1989.

After the bankruptcy of Peliitat, Heinola Kiekko, founded in 1984, became the leading ice hockey club in Heinola. HeKi played for a long time in the 2. Divisioona and got promoted in 1999 into the Suomi-sarja. Success finally came in the 2004–05 season, when HeKi finished second in the series. In the finals, HeKi still had to face a loss to the Seinäjoki Hockey Team.

In the 2005–06 season, HeKi won the Suomi-sarja championship and also the Mestis qualifiers, beating Kokkolan Hermes, among others. For the 2006–07 season, HeKi rose to the second-highest league in Finland. At the same time, the activities of the representative team were separated from the junior teams.

In April 2011, the operation of HeKi's representative team was incorporated as Heinola Edustuskiekon Tuki Oy, and at the same time, the name Heinolan Peliitat, considered nostalgic in the city, was taken to use again.

After the 2022–23 Mestis season, Peliitat played Nokian Pyry in the Mestis qualifiers and avoided relegation. Peliitat later went bankrupt[3] and did not receive a Mestis license for the 2023–24 season and thus got relegated down two tiers into the 2. Divisioona.[1]

Retired numbers

[edit]

[citation needed]

Peliitat alumni

[edit]

[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Heinolan Peliitat palaa nopeasti kiekkokartalle". Etelä-Suomen Sanomat (in Finnish). 2023-06-08. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  2. ^ "Peliitat at eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
  3. ^ "Käräjäoikeus asetti Peliitat konkurssiin". Itä-Häme (in Finnish). 2023-05-10. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
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