- Tappara
SM-liiga Team
team_name = Tappara
bg_color = #0B2475
text_color = orange
league =SM-liiga
founded =1955
history = Tappara1955 - present
arena =Tampereen jäähalli
city =Tampere ,Finland
arena =Tampereen jäähalli (capacity 7,800)
colors = Dark blue, orange, white
generalmanager =Mikko Leinonen
headcoach =Mikko Saarinen
teamcaptain =Janne Ojanen Tappara ("battleaxe") is an
ice hockey team in theSM-liiga . They play inTampere ,Finland atTampereen jäähalli . The team have won 15 league championships (1953, 1954, 1955, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1975, 1977, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 2003).Team History
Established in
1955 , Tappara was a reformation of the club TBK, an abbreviation of "Tammerfors Bollklubb". Today, the full name of the company that owns the club is "Tamhockey Oy". Among the most successful teams in Finland, the team has won the Finnish Championship 12 times (and predecessor TBK three times). Tappara is the second most successful team in Finnish ice hockey history, inferior only to its arch-rivalIlves (16 championships).Their goal song is "Live is Life" by Opus.
Current squad
"(As of
1st June 2008 )"Notable Players
Retired Numbers
*2 -
Kalevi Numminen
*3 -Pekka Marjamäki
*7 -Timo Jutila
*10 -Timo Susi Not to be Forgotten
*
Aleksandr Barkov
*Theo Fleury
*Martti Jarkko
*Hannu Kamppuri
*Jiri Kucera
*Erkki Lehtonen
*Mikko Leinonen
*Antti Leppänen
*Lasse Litma
*Jussi Markkanen
*Markus Mattsson
*Ville Nieminen
*Teppo Numminen
*Janne Ojanen
*Jukka Porvari
*Andrew Raycroft
*Pertti Valkeapää External links
* [http://www.tappara.fi Tappara official web site]
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