Kiekko-Vantaa Explained

Team:	Kiekko-Vantaa
Colour:	background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#0039A6 5px solid; border-bottom:#dd2200 5px solid;
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City:	Vantaa, Finland
League:	Mestis
Arena:	Trio Areena (capacity 3700)
Owner:	Kiekko-Vantaa Hockey Oy
Gm:	Kai Sointu
Coach:	Simo Mälkiä
Captain:	Toni Leinonen
Affiliates:	Hunters (Suomi-sarja)
Website:	http://www.kiekko-vantaa.fi/

Kiekko-Vantaa is an ice hockey team from Vantaa, Finland, playing in the Mestis league. It plays its home games in Trio Areena. Kiekko-Vantaa has been in Mestis since the league started in 2000 and have been in the finals twice, losing both times. The team was owned by South Korean businessman Chung Mong-won from 2012 to 2015.^[1]

Honours

Mestis

• Mestis (2): 2003, 2017

Players

• Jere Elo
• Ilari Filppula
• Valtteri Filppula
• Carlo Grünn
• Juha Kaunismäki
• Antti Niemi
• Erkki Rajamäki
• Joonas Vihko
• Hannu Väisänen
• Joonas Rönnberg
• Juha Koivisto
• Sami Heinonen

Retired numbers

• 7 Jukka Hakkarainen
• 10 Petri Pitkäjärvi
• 39 Antti Niemi^[2]

External links

• Tervetuloa Kiekko-Vantaa Hockey Oy:n verkkosivuille
• Eliteprospects Team Page

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mong-Won Chung Team Staff Profile. Elite Prospects. 4 February 2020.
2. Web site: Antti Niemen numero 39 jäädytetään. https://archive.today/20130213115629/http://www.kiekko-vantaa.fi/k-vantaa/www/fi/index.php?we_objectID=16624. dead. 13 February 2013. Kiekko-Vantaa. 13 August 2012.