Mikkelin Jukurit

Mikkelin Jukurit was founded in 1970. During the 1970s Jukurit played on the second highest level but the 80's and 90's they spent on lower levels. The season of 1998-99 was a turning point for the team, when Matti Turunen became the executive director and Risto Dufva from Jyväskylä became head coach. In the 1999–2000 season they won their first championship in the newly established Suomi-sarja league, and returned to the Mestis after a 20-year break. Jukurit won the Mestis championship on their first three seasons in Mestis and made the semifinals consecutively on their first 8 seasons.^[1] When Jukurit had won a fourth championship in spring 2006, Risto Dufva left the team. After this, Finnish hockey legend Reijo Ruotsalainen was hired as head coach but he was replaced mid-season by a long-time assistant coach Pekka Lipiäinen. The season 2008-2009 was the only Mestis season Jukurit didn't make the playoffs.

In 2009 an incorporation Jukurit HC Oy was founded. Until this the team had operated as an association.

After hiring Jarno Pikkarainen as head coach for the 2010-11 season, Jukurit returned to the finals but lost to Sport. Under Pikkarainen Jukurit won another championship in 2012-13 and two more in 2015 and 2016 with Antti Pennanen as head coach.

After the team's 7th Mestis championship, Jukurit was granted a permission to purchase a licence to Liiga, the top league in Finnish ice hockey. During the team's 16 seasons in Mestis, they achieved 7 gold medals, 4 silver medals, and one bronze medal.

Since the season 2016-2017 Jukurit has played in Liiga. During the first 4 seasons, the team has yet to make the playoffs, finishing 11th, 13th, 14th, and 13th in the regular season.^[2]

Coached by former NHL player Olli Jokinen, Jukurit sensationally finished second in the regular season of 2021-2022, reaching their first ever playoff spot.

Updated February 13, 2022^[3]

No.	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
1		Eetu Randelin	G	L	22	n/a	Espoo, Finland
33		Karolus Kaarlehto	G	L	24	2022	Turku, Finland
35		Oskari Salminen	G	L	24	2021	Kotka, Finland
36		Waltteri Ignatjew	G	L	24	2021	Helsinki, Finland
4		Veli-Matti Tiuraniemi	D	L	27	2021	Espoo, Finland
7		Joni Jurmo	D	L	22	2021	Helsinki, Finland
8		Libor Zábranský	D	R	24	2021	Brno, Czech Republic
19		Hannes Häkkilä	D	L	21	2021	Kalajoki, Finland
23		Linus Nässén	D	L	26	2021	Norrtälje, Sweden
28		Niklas Peltomäki	D	L	26	2021	Espoo, Finland
47		Saku Forsblom	D	L	26	2021	Mikkeli, Finland
60		Niclas Lundgren	D	L	34	2021	Västerås, Sweden
94		Stanislav Gareev	D	R	24	2022	Ivanovo, Russia
98		Oliver Larsen	D	R	25	2021	Aalborg, Denmark
13		Kirill Maksimov	F	R	25	2021	Moscow, Russia
14		Anssi Löfman	F	L	36	2020	Lappeenranta, Finland
15		Juho Järvelä	F	L	20	n/a	Mikkeli, Finland
16		Teemu Henritius	F	L	31	2015	Helsinki, Finland
17		Otto Mäkinen	F	L	26	2020	Tampere, Finland
20		Patrik Puistola	F	L	23	2021	Tampere, Finland
25		Pekka Jormakka	F	R	33	2021	Jyväskylä mlk, Finland
26		Jarkko Immonen	F	R	42	2021	Rantasalmi, Finland
27		Markus Oden	F	R	22	2020	Washington, DC, USA
29		Nikita Krivokrasov	F	L	23	2021	Westminster, Colorado, USA
52		Petrus Palmu (C)	F	L	26	2021	Joensuu, Finland
54		Jesper Piitulainen	F	R	32	2016	Savonlinna, Finland
56		Samu Tuomaala	F	R	21	2022	Oulu, Finland
59		Mikael Saha	F	L	29	2020	Loimaa, Finland
62		Perttu Kiesilä	F	R	26	n/a	Mikkeli, Finland
72		Joachim Rohdin	F	R	32	2020	Gävle, Sweden
83		Simon Stransky	F	L	26	2020	Ostrava, Czech Republic
95		Oskars Batna	F	L	29	2021	Riga, Latvia

Updated January 8, 2022^[4]

• # 12 Antti Laakso
• # 22 Martti Salminen
• # 24 Lasse Kanerva
• # 31 Petri Lehtonen

Number 21 is not in circulation, it belonged to Sami Lehmusmetsä who died in a traffic accident.

Notes:G = Goaltender, D = Defenceman, F = Forward, HC = Head coach, C = Coach

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