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| Nickname | Röda (The Reds) Röda pantrar (The Red Panthers) |
| City | Helsinki |
| League | SM-liiga |
| Founded | 1897 (1897) |
| Home arena | Helsingin jäähalli (capacity: 8,200) |
| Colours | Red, white, dark blue |
| Owner(s) | HIFK Ligaföreningen rf. |
| General manager | Jukka Valtanen |
| Head coach | Olli Jokinen |
| Captain | Ilari Melart |
| Parent club(s) | HIFK |
| Farm club(s) | Jokipojat |
| Website | hifk |
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| Championships | |
| Playoff championships | 1969,1970,1974,1980,1983,1998,2011 |
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HIFK Hockey (a traditional abbreviation of the Swedish nameIdrottsföreningen Kamraterna, Helsingfors, English: "Sporting Society Comrades, Helsinki") is a professionalice hockey team based inHelsinki,Finland that plays in theSM-liiga, the sport's top-level league in Finland. The team plays atHelsinki Ice Hall.
IFK Helsingfors was founded in 1897 and started participating in ice hockey in 1928. Since then, HIFK has won the Finnish national championship seven times, of which three (1969, 1970, 1974) were inSM-sarja and four (1980, 1983, 1998, 2011) were in the SM-liiga. HIFK has the highest number of audience in the SM-liiga and is one of the wealthiest sports clubs in Finland.[citation needed]
One of the major influences to HIFK was the NHL veteran andStanley Cup winnerCarl Brewer. Hired in 1968 as a playing coach, he advocated a North American style of play which has persisted in HIFK since. Brewer's influence on the way ice hockey is played in Finland led to his posthumous induction to theFinnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 2003.
The championship team from 1998 is widely recognized as one of the best ever to have skated together in the top flight of Finnish ice hockey.[citation needed] Players on the 1998 championship team included a number of future (and former) NHL players – includingTim Thomas,Jan Čaloun,Johan Davidsson,Bob Halkidis,Olli Jokinen,Jere Karalahti,Jarno Kultanen,Brian Rafalski,Christian Ruuttu,Jarkko Ruutu,Kimmo Timonen andMarko Tuomainen.
HIFK's general manager starting from May 1, 2008, is Jukka Valtanen. He is the successor ofPentti Matikainen, who coachedTeam Finland to its first hockey Olympic medal (silver) in Calgary 1988.
HIFK uses a shield for their logo, with a four pointed star and textI.F.K. and year of formation1897 on it. They wear red, white and blue colored jerseys, and have worn those colors since their beginnings. For the1993-94 season, HIFK changed their logo to a five pointed star with text sayingHIFK Hockey on it. Unpopular with fans, and HIFK wanting to modernize their brand, changed their logo again in 1996 to a red big cat on a blue circle. Commonly referred to as "petologo" (English: "beast logo") among fans. When the beast logo became HIFK's primary logo for the1996-97 season, they reintroduced the original shield logo to become their jersey's new shoulder patches. For the2008-09 season, HIFK made their original shield logo the primary logo once again. It would swap places with the beast logo on the jerseys, making the beast logo their new shoulder patches until the2017-18 season, when the beast logo was eliminated from the jerseys entirely.
HIFK play their home games atHelsinki Ice Hall. The stadium opened in 1966, and seats up to 8 200 spectators. The arena was also used and shared by rival teamJokerit until 1997, when they moved to theHartwall Arena. During season 2024-2025,Jokerit returned to Helsinki Ice Hall for their home games due to not having access to the Hartwall Arena nor a viable replacement available.[1] HIFK is well known for playing classic hard rock music during games in Helsinki Ice Hall.
HIFK are rivals withJokerit; games were often sold out and were in the later years among the fiercest in Nordic ice hockey, but are no longer played following Jokerit's withdrawal from Liiga after the 2013–14 season to join the Russian-basedKontinental Hockey League (KHL). Following a history of even series of games, HIFK won the game total with 106–105 after a 2–1 victory in a classical outdoor game in March 2014, claiming the title of Helsinki's dominion.[2]
SM-sarjaKanada-malja:1969,1970,1974
SM-sarja Kanada-malja: 1973, 1975
SM-sarja Kanada-malja: 1955, 1959, 1971, 1972SM-liigaKanada-malja:1980,1983,1998,2011 SM-liiga Kanada-malja: 1986, 1999, 2016 SM-liiga Kanada-malja: 1982, 1987, 1988, 1992, 2004, 2018, 2021Ahearne Cup(1): 1970Tampere Cup(2): 1994, 2015IIHF European Cup(1):1980–81Nordic Trophy(1):2008Other awards for the club:
Updated 22 September 2024[3]
Peter Ahola
Tom Askey
Keith Aulie
Yohann AuvituJamie BakerShawn Bates
Jaroslav Bednar
Emil BemströmLadislav BenýšekSean BergenheimTim BerglandTom BissettHenrik BorgströmLuciano BorsatoDarren BoykoKip BrennanCarl BrewerAlex BroadhurstNiklas BäckströmJan ČalounSébastien CentomoDale ClarkeJohan DavidssonTom DraperParris DuffusCorey ElkinsMiika ElomoRico FataJoe FinleyTrevor GilliesRaymond Giroux
Nikolai GoldobinMarkus GranlundMikael GranlundSteve GuollaMatti HagmanNiklas HagmanBob HalkidisJeff HamiltonBrett HarkinsIlkka HeikkinenMiro HeiskanenRoope HintzJan HrdinaVille HussoHannes HyvönenKari JalonenMikko JokelaOlli JokinenMartti JärventieIiro JärviJari KaarelaSami KapanenJere KaralahtiMichael KeränenOtto KoivulaJarno KultanenTeemu LaaksoKevin LankinenLucas LessioJoona LuotoRoss LupaschukToni LydmanJohn Madden
Ivan MajeskyAnssi MelametsäSandy MogerJohan MotinCory MurphyRaymond MurrayTodd NelsonMika NoronenPatrick O'SullivanJoni OrtioIiro PakarinenVille PeltonenJoël PerraultMathieu PerreaultJanne PesonenLennart PetrellIlkka PikkarainenLasse PirjetäAndrej PodkonickyTimo PärssinenKyle QuinceyBrian RafalskiJoonas RaskPekka RautakallioChristian RuuttuTuomo RuutuJarkko RuutuSimo SaarinenTony SalmelainenTommi Santala
Ryan SavoiaRobert SchnabelRoman SimicekIlkka SinisaloVille SirénMartin SpanhelAntti SuomelaRyan ThangTim ThomasBilly TibbettsEsa TikkanenKimmo TimonenBrad ThiessenMarko TuomainenRyan VesceTomáš VokounRoman VopatPeter WhitePetteri WirtanenMarek ŽidlickýDave Siciliano, player-coach during the 1971–72 season[4][5]
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