HC TPS
| TPS | |
|---|---|
| City | Turku |
| League | Liiga |
| Founded | 1922 |
| Home arena | Gatorade Center (capacity 11,820) |
| Colours | Black, white |
| Owner(s) | TPS Turku ry (37%) VMP Oy Miikka Kiprusoff TS-Yhtymä Mikko and Saku Koivu |
| General manager |
 Mika Eskola
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| Head coach |
Ari-Pekka Selin
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| Captain |
Tomi Kallio
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| Website | hc.tps.fi |
| Active departments of Turun Palloseura |
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| Floorball | Football | Ice hockey |
TPS or Turun Palloseura is an ice hockey team and 10-time champion of SM-liiga and 1-time champion of SM-sarja. They play in Turku, Finland, at the HK Arena. In terms of championships, TPS is the most successful team in SM-liiga history.
TPS was established in 1922 as Turun Palloseura, from which the acronym derives. The club began ice hockey activities after 1929. Today, the full name of the company that owns the ice hockey team is HC TPS Turku Oy.
TPS has won the Finnish Championship in ice hockey 11 times: 1956, 1976, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2010. Only Tampere teams Ilves and Tappara have won more titles, in the SM-Sarja. TPS has more SM-Liiga titles. Coach Hannu Jortikka led the club to total of six Championships in 1989–91 and 1999–2001. TPS have also won 2 Finnish Cups, a European Cup: 1994, a European Hockey League: 1997 and a Super Cup in 1997.
Vladimir Yurzinov used to be the coach of TPS in 1992–98. The team is currently coached by Miika Elomo.
NHL players from TPS include for example Saku Koivu, Mikko Koivu, Miikka Kiprusoff, Sami Salo, Petteri Nummelin, Niko Kapanen, Jere Lehtinen, Rasmus Ristolainen, Antero Niittymäki, and Lauri Korpikoski.
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