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HC Ässät Pori Oy,[1] or simply just Porin Ässät (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈporin æsːæt]; Finnish for Pori Aces or Aces of Pori) is a Finnish sports club based in the town of Pori. Their active sections include men's ice hockey and women's ice hockey. They had an association football section from 1967 to 1982. Their men's team play in Liiga.[2] Their women's team doesn't play in any league, but it played in Naisten SM-sarja from 1982 to 1995.[3] The club has been nicknamed Pata[4] and The Red Machine of Pori (Porin Punakone).[5]

Ässät
Full nameHC Ässät Pori Oy
NicknamePata
The Red Machine of Pori
SportIce hockey (1967-present)
Football (1967-1982)
Founded1967
Team historyRosenlewin Urheilijat-38 (1938-1967)
Porin Karhut (1960-1967)
Based inPori
ArenaIsomäki Areena (men's hockey)
Astora Areena (women's hockey)
StadiumPorin Stadion (football 1967-1982)
MascotRysty Mesikämmen
Official fan clubPataljoona
Sections of Porin Ässät
Ice hockey
(Men's)		 Ice hockey
(Women's)		 Football
(Men's)
Esports

History

Main article: Porin Ässät § History

In the early 1960s, two clubs from Pori joined the SM-sarja, Karhut and RU-38. Both quickly rose to the top of the league's clubs and achieved success in the SM-sarja. Karhut won the Finnish championship in 1965 and RU-38 two years later in 1967. There was fierce competition between the two clubs both on and off the ice. The town was divided into the Karhut and RU-38 fan clubs among the people of Pori, the Karhut were more popular because the majority of the people considered it the city's own club. The RU-38, on the other hand, was considered a Rosenlew factories-funded purchasing team, but it still had its own supporters. The relations between the clubs were not very good.[6]

Although the RU-38 won the Finnish championship in 1967, the Rosenlew company seriously considered giving up sports activities, as Rosenlew felt that hockey did not bring enough positive publicity to the company, quite the contrary. The leaders of Karhut and RU-38 negotiated the unification of the clubs during the spring and early summer so secretly that even the insiders of the teams did not get to know about the merger negotiations. The problem for the Karhut was the economic downturn, as the club had invested in player acquisitions in the fight for the SM-sarja success and the city's hockey dominance. The income was not enough to cover the expenses, especially after some of the supporters had moved to the Rosenlew club.[7]

As Rosenlew was abandoning the sports club, it was suggested that the RU-38 was simply melted into Karhut. This did not come into question from Rosenlew's side. The club had to be given a new name. When an agreement was finally reached, Rosenlew took over a large portion of Karhut's debts and promised to support the new team financially in the early years. The new club was named Porin Ässät. The birth of the club was announced at the end of June 1967.[8] The name of the club was given by Vilho Santala, who acted as a negotiator in uniting the clubs and was elected the first chairman of Ässät. The club's logo was designed by Vesa Antikainen. The color of the club was chosen to be red, which went well with the black and white logo.[8]

In addition to hockey, the Ässät inherited RU-38's place in the football league (Mestaruussarja).[9]


Ice hockey

Men's ice hockey

Main article: Porin Ässät

Ässät has won three Finnish Championships in Liiga and SM-sarja (1971, 1978, 2013)[10]

Women's ice hockey

Main article: Porin Ässät (women's ice hockey)

Ässät played in Naisten SM-sarja from 1982 to 1995.[3] Now it is just an ice hockey school for women with the name Ässät Gold Stars.[11]

Football

Main article: Porin Ässät (men's football)

Ässät played in the premier league of finland from 1968 to 1969.[12] They have won an U19 Finnish championship in 1970.[13][14]

eSport

Ässät has an eSports team, it was formed in 2017. The team participates in the E-Liiga tournament wich is played in the NHL videogame series. The current players of Ässät eSport are Teemu "Teemuyy" Polttila[15] and Tapani ”TAPPUU_” Anttila.[16]

Players outside of the E-Liiga were Timi "Mrhamster" Sillman, Roope "Ronski" Somero, Timo "Ashieli" Korkeakoski, Tomi "TheDesolator" Karhinen, Chris "Karvarausku" Räisä and Timo "Tipi" Virkkunen.[17] These players were a part of Ässät's Overwatch team[18] until 2019.

In 2020, the Liiga playoffs were played in the NHL 20 videogame. Ässät's player was an ex-hockey player Iiro Vehmanen. Ässät lost on the first round to Kärpät.[19][20]

References

  1. ^ "HC Ässät Pori Oy | Yrityksen tiedot". Taloussanomat. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  2. ^ "Ässät at eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  3. ^ a b "Ässät women at eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  4. ^ "Liiga | Onko tässä Ässien näköinen mies? – Pata pestasi kanadalaisen KHL-pakin loppukaudeksi". Satakunnan Kansa (in Finnish). 2021-10-19. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  5. ^ "Erilainen merkkipäiväjuttu: Korttipakkajoukkueilla synttäriviikonloppu – juhlia Porissa ja Stadissa". LS24 (in Finnish). 2017-10-27. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  6. ^ Majasaari, Matti (1994). Pitkä laukaus : porilaisen jääkiekkoilun historia (in Finnish). Pori: Satakunnan kirjateollisuus. pp. 1–76. ISBN 9519583750.
  7. ^ Majasaari, Matti (1994). Pitkä laukaus : porilaisen jääkiekkoilun historia (in Finnish). Pori: Satakunnan kirjateollisuus. pp. 19–80. ISBN 9519583750.
  8. ^ a b Majasaari, Matti (1994). Pitkä laukaus : porilaisen jääkiekkoilun historia (in Finnish). Pori: Satakunnan kirjateollisuus. p. 81. ISBN 9519583750.
  9. ^ "Porilaista jalkapallohistorikkia" [Football history in Pori] (in Finnish).
  10. ^ "Porin Ässät palasi Suomen mestariksi 35 vuoden tauon jälkeen!". Yle Urheilu (in Finnish). 2013-04-24. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  11. ^ "Porin Ässät ry - Gold Stars - Naisten kiekkokoulu". Porin Ässät ry (in Finnish). Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  12. ^ "Index of SPL Finnish League Suomen Cup Seasons". Football Archive. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  13. ^ "Furuholm syötti, Granath viimeisteli – Ensimmäisen mestaruutensa Ässät voitti jalkapallossa". Satakunnan Kansa (in Finnish). 2018-05-02. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  14. ^ "Finland - List of Youth Champions". www.rsssf.com. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  15. ^ "Tässä ovat alkavan eLiiga-kauden pelaajat – Mukana nousevia tähtiä ja hallitsevia mestareita". old.liiga.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  16. ^ "Ässät mukana eLiigassa". assat.com. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  17. ^ "eSports - Team". assat.com. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  18. ^ "IS paljastaa: Porin Ässät perustaa oman pelijoukkueen". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). 2017-05-26. Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  19. ^ "Assembly". Assembly (in Finnish). Retrieved 2022-05-22.
  20. ^ "SM-liiga pudotuspelit käydään virtuaalimaailmassa – mukana kultaleijona ja huippukokki". www.iltalehti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2022-05-22.
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