Ice Hockey Teams In Helsinki

Hifk s general manager starting from may 1 2008 is jukka valtanen.

Ice hockey teams in helsinki. Helsinki warriors is the fastest growing field hockey club in finland. It was founded in 1897. The team plays at helsinki ice hall. Hifk ifk helsingfors is an ice hockey team based in helsinki finland.

Finland has been a member of the international ice hockey federation since 1928. Sporting society fellows helsinki is a professional ice hockey team based in helsinki finland that plays in the liiga the sport s top level league in finland. Ifk has won a total of 7 national championships with the latest coming in 2011. The derbys against local rivals jokerit are often sold out and are one of the fiercest in nordic hockey.

Get the full fixture schedule for ifk helsinki including all of the ifk helsinki hockey fixtures for the current season of every hockey league cup friendly match that ifk helsinki are involved in including the europe european trophy finland liiga int nal tournaments european trophy. We have live updates of every ice hockey game that ifk helsinki is taking part in to bring you the latest scores results including stats on all finished game like goal scorers individual period scores overtime scores for the current season past season and all future seasons of every hockey competition that ifk helsinki is taking. The team plays at helsinki ice hall. Since then hifk has won the finnish national championship title seven times 1969 1970 1974 1980 1983 1998 2011.

It was created in 1975 to replace the sm sarja which was. Hifk a traditional abbreviation of idrottsföreningen kamraterna helsingfors english. The sm liiga marketed as just liiga from 2013 on colloquially called the finnish elite league in english is the top professional ice hockey league in finland it is one of the six founding leagues of the champions hockey league and currently allocated five spots the maximum number based on success in previous editions. Ice hockey in finland is governed by the finland ice hockey association.

Finland men s national team made their international debut in 1928 while the women and junior teams made their debuts in 1998 1973. We have a team for everyone. The local team is ifk a club with traditions going back over 100 years with 67 years at top flight level this in 2017 and they have been a part of the national league from the beginning. We are a multinational team that welcome all players young or old with or without previous experience for the upcoming summer outdoor season starting on 1 april 2019.