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'{{Hockey team | team = Ässät | colour = red | colour text = black | logo = Ässät logo.png | logosize = 150px | city = [[Pori]] | league = [[SM-liiga]] | conference = | division = | founded = {{Start date|1967}} | operated = | arena = [[Porin jäähalli]] (capacity 6,500) | colours = {{colorbox|red}} {{colorbox|black}} {{colorbox|white}} | owner = | GM = {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Jukka Hirsimäki]] | coach = {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Pekka Rautakallio]] | captain = {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Matti Kuparinen]] | affiliates = | parentclub = | farmclub = | website = http://www.assat.com }} '''Ässät''' (English: aces) is an [[ice hockey]] team in the Finnish elite league, [[SM-liiga]]. They play in [[Pori]], [[Finland]] at the [[Porin jäähalli]]. ==Team history== The team was established in 1967 by merging two local teams, [[Karhut]] and [[RU-38]]. The full name of the company operating the team is at present ''HC Ässät Pori Oy''. They have won two Finnish Championships (1971, 1978), and several other medals – most recently silver in 2006. In addition both Karhut and RU-38 were one-time champions each. ==Current squad== {| !colspan=7 |<big>[[Goaltender]]s |- bgcolor="#dddddd" !width=5%|Number !width=5%| !!width=15%|Player !width=16%|Glove hand !width=9%|Contract until !width=37%|Birthplace |- |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''30''' |align=center|{{flagicon|FIN}} |[[Juha Järvenpää]] |align=center|L |align=center|2011 |[[Jyväskylä]], [[Finland]] |- bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''37''' |align=center|{{flagicon|FIN}} |[[Eero Kilpeläinen]] |align=center|L |align=center|2011 |[[Juva]], [[Finland]] |} {| !colspan=7 |<big>[[Defenceman (ice hockey)|Defencemen]] |- bgcolor="#dddddd" !width=5%|Number !width=5%| !!width=15%|Player !width=16%|Shot hand !width=9%|Contract until !width=37%|Birthplace |- |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''7''' |align=center|{{flagicon|FIN}} |[[Jesse Jyrkkiö]] |align=center|R |align=center|2012 |[[Hämeenlinna]], [[Finland]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''8''' |align=center|{{flagicon|FIN}} |[[Miro Rahkola]] |align=center|L |align=center|2011 |[[Pori]], [[Finland]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''24''' |align=center|{{flagicon|FIN}} |[[Miko Malkamäki ]] |align=center|L |align=center|2013 |[[Kokkola]], [[Finland]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''42''' |align=center|{{flagicon|FIN}} |[[Tero Määttä]] |align=center|L |align=center|2011 |[[Vantaa]], [[Finland]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''44''' |align=center|{{flagicon|FIN}} |[[Juho Mielonen]] |align=center|R |align=center|2012 |[[Savonlinna]], [[Finland]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''47''' |align=center|{{flagicon|FIN}} |[[Tapio Sammalkangas]] |align=center|L |align=center|2011 |[[Tampere]], [[Finland]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''52''' |align=center|{{flagicon|FIN}} |[[Ville Uusitalo]] |align=center|L |align=center|2013 |[[Espoo]], [[Finland]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''78''' |align=center|{{flagicon|SVK}} |[[Kristian Kudroc]] |align=center|R |align=center|2012 |[[Michalovce]], [[Slovakia]] |} {| !colspan=7 |<big>[[Forward (ice hockey)|Forwards]] |- bgcolor="#dddddd" !width=5%|Number !width=5%| !!width=15%|Player !width=16%|Shot hand !width=9%|Contract until !width=37%|Birthplace |- |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''9''' |align=center|{{flagicon|FIN}} |[[Pasi Salonen]] |align=center|L |align=center|2011 (2012) |[[Helsinki]], [[Finland]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''10''' |align=center|{{flagicon|FIN}} |[[Joel Armia]] |align=center|R |align=center|2012 |[[Pori]], [[Finland]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''11''' |align=center|{{flagicon|FIN}} |[[Tuomas Huhtanen]] |align=center|L |align=center|2011 |[[Noormarkku]], [[Finland]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''14''' |align=center|{{flagicon|FIN}} |[[Antti Mäkilä]] |align=center|R |align=center|2012 |[[Pori]], [[Finland]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''19''' |align=center|{{flagicon|FIN}} |[[Veli-Matti Savinainen]] |align=center|L |align=center|2012 |[[Espoo]], [[Finland]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''22''' |align=center|{{flagicon|FIN}} |[[Matti Kuparinen]] |align=center|R |align=center|2011 |[[Pori]], [[Finland]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''23''' |align=center|{{flagicon|CRO}} |[[Borna Rendulic]] |align=center|R |align=center|2013 |[[Zagreb]], [[Croatia]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''25''' |align=center|{{flagicon|FIN}} |[[Jesse Laaksonen]] |align=center|R |align=center|2012 |[[Pori]], [[Finland]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''31''' |align=center|{{flagicon|FIN}} |[[Mika Niemi]] |align=center|L |align=center|2012 |[[Pori]], [[Finland]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''33''' |align=center|{{flagicon|FIN}} |[[Tommi Huhtala]] |align=center|L |align=center|2011 |[[Tampere]], [[Finland]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''72''' |align=center|{{flagicon|FIN}} |[[Severi Sillanpää]] |align=center|L |align=center|2012 |[[Pori]], [[Finland]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''81''' |align=center|{{flagicon|FIN}} |[[Niko Palonen]] |align=center|R |align=center|2012 |[[Pori]], [[Finland]] |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''91''' |align=center|{{flagicon|FIN}} |[[Tuomas Santavuori]] |align=center|L |align=center|2011 (2012) |[[Lahti]], [[Finland]] |} ==Out on loan== {| !colspan=7 |<big>[[Forward (ice hockey)|Forwards]] |- bgcolor="#dddddd" !width=5%|Number !width=5%| !!width=15%|Player !width=16%|Shot hand !width=9%|Contract until !width=19%|Birthplace !width=18%|Club |- |-bgcolor="#eeeeee" |align=center|'''51''' |align=center|{{flagicon|FIN}} |[[Aki Keinänen]] |align=center|R |align=center|2009 |[[Kuopio]], [[Finland]] |TuTo Turku |} ==Notable players== * [[Arto Javanainen]] * [[Veli-Pekka Ketola]] * [[Scott Langkow]] * [[Kari Makkonen]] * [[Pasi Peltonen]] * [[Juuso Riksman]] * [[Jason Williams (hockey)|Jason Williams]] * [[Jesse Joensuu]] * [[Mark Jooris]] * [[Kari Takko]] * [[BJ Crombeen]] ===Retired numbers=== * 2 - [[Antti Heikkilä]] * 4 - [[Arto Javanainen]] * 12 - [[Tapio Levo]] * 13 - [[Veli-Pekka Ketola]] * 89 - [[Jaroslav Otevrel]] ===Famous Coaches=== * [[Alpo Suhonen]] {{SM-liiga}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Assat}} [[Category:Pori]] [[Category:SM-liiga teams]] {{Euro-icehockey-team-stub}} {{Finland-stub}} [[cs:Ässät]] [[de:Porin Ässät]] [[fr:Ässät]] [[lt:Porin Ässät]] [[pl:Porin Ässät]] [[ru:Эссят]] [[fi:Porin Ässät]] [[sv:Ässät]]'