Kalevan Pallo Naiset | |
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City | Kuopio, Finland |
League | Naisten Liiga |
Founded | 1990 |
Home arena |
Kuopion jäähalli Lippumäen jäähalli |
Colours | Black, gold |
Owner(s) | Juniori-KalPa ry |
General manager | Jukka Koskinen |
Head coach | Mika Väärälä |
Captain | Johanna Juutilainen |
Affiliate | KalPa Akatemia |
Website | Official website |
Current season |
Kalevan Pallo Naiset ( lit. ' Kaleva's Ball Women'), abbreviated as KalPa Naiset, are an ice hockey team in the Naisten Liiga (NSML). Founded in 1990, the team plays in Kuopio, the largest city in Finland's eastern-central province of North Savo, at the Kuopion jäähalli (unofficially known as Niiralan Monttu or Niirala); Lippumäen jäähalli serves as a secondary venue. The team won the Finnish Championship (SM) silver medal in 2021, and have won four SM bronze medals, in 1995, 1996, 2017, and 2023.
In 2020, the team qualified for the Aurora Borealis Cup playoff final and were set to face the reigning champions, Kiekko-Espoo, when the playoffs were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic before the first game of the finals. By making it to the playoff finals, KalPa was guaranteed at least a silver medal, which would have been the highest finish in team history to that point, but with the cancellation of the season no Finnish Championship (SM) medals were awarded. [1]
This is a partial list of the most recent seasons completed by KalPa Naiset.
Note: Finish = Rank at end of regular season; GP =
Games played, W = Wins (3 points), OTW = Overtime wins (2 points), OTL = Overtime losses (1 point), L = Losses, GF =
Goals for, GA =
Goals against, Pts =
Points, Top scorer:
Points (
Goals+
Assists)
Season | League | Regular season | Post season results | |||||||||
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Finish | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts | Top scorer | |||
2015–16 | Naisten SM-sarja | 6th | 28 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 47 | 124 | 24 | Jo. Juutilainen 32 (10+22) | Lost quarterfinals, 0–2 ( HPK) |
2016–17 | Naisten SM-sarja | 3rd | 28 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 100 | 72 | 57 | T. Niskanen 36 (15+21) | Won bronze medal, 1–0 ( HPK) |
2017–18 | Naisten Liiga | 6th | 30 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 112 | 92 | 47 | T. Niskanen 44 (20+24) | Lost quarterfinals, 1–3 ( Blues) |
2018–19 | Naisten Liiga | 4th | 30 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 154 | 83 | 57 | T. Niskanen 79 (31+48) | Lost bronze medal, 0–1 ( Kärpät) |
2019–20 | Naisten Liiga | 3rd | 30 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 124 | 64 | 61 | E. Holopainen 62 (37+25) | Won semifinals, 3–0 (
Ilves) Finals cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic |
2020–21 | Naisten Liiga | 2nd | 25 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 121 | 51 | 56 | E. Holopainen 64 (39+25) | Lost finals, 1–3 ( K-Espoo) |
2021–22 | Naisten Liiga | 8th | 30 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 70 | 96 | 32 | Jo. Juutilainen 34 (9+25) | Lost quarterfinals, 1–3 ( K-Espoo) |
2022–23 | Naisten Liiga | 2nd | 36 | 29 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 197 | 65 | 93 | E. Holopainen 75 (41+34) | Won bronze medal, 1–0 ( HPK) |
2023–24 | Naisten Liiga | 4th | 32 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 119 | 81 | 60 | E. Holopainen 57 (32+25) | Won bronze medal, 3–1 ( HPK) |
Coaching staff and team personnel
First Team
Second Team
Various individual KalPa Naiset player records achieved through the end of the 2022–23 season. [15]
The top regular season point scorers in KalPa Naiset history, as of April 2023 [update]. [15]
Note: Nat = Nationality; Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; = 2023–24 KalPa player
Nat | Player | Pos | GP | G | A | Pts | P/G |
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Tanja Niskanen | F | 301 | 257 | 231 | 488 | 1.62 | |
Johanna Juutilainen | F | 316 | 142 | 234 | 376 | 1.19 | |
Elisa Holopainen | F | 157 | 174 | 148 | 322 | 2.05 | |
Matilda Nilsson | F | 189 | 164 | 140 | 304 | 1.61 | |
Salla Rantanen | F | 272 | 97 | 112 | 209 | 0.77 | |
Marjo Voutilainen | F | 177 | 86 | 101 | 187 | 1.06 | |
Kati Kovalainen | F | 70 | 72 | 35 | 107 | 1.53 | |
Tanja Koljonen | D | 137 | 20 | 83 | 103 | 0.75 | |
Emma Ritari | D | 251 | 34 | 68 | 102 | 0.41 | |
Liisa Kastikainen | F | 171 | 48 | 51 | 99 | 0.58 | |
Eija Rahunen | F | 80 | 28 | 54 | 82 | 1.02 | |
Tiina Paananen | F | 58 | 46 | 35 | 81 | 1.40 | |
Isa Rahunen | D | 135 | 34 | 47 | 81 | 0.60 | |
Venla Hovi | F | 49 | 38 | 36 | 74 | 1.51 | |
Anni Kettunen | D | 174 | 23 | 42 | 65 | 0.37 |
Years active with KalPa listed alongside player name. [16]