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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 Gatorade Center. In terms of championships, TPS is the second all-time most successful team in SM-Liiga, right behind Tappara.
Mikko Henrikki Eloranta is a Finnish former ice hockey player who played with TPS Turku of the SM-Liiga. He represented Finland in both the Olympic Winter Games and the World Cup of Hockey.
Fredrik Jan Elis Norrena is a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played 100 games in the National Hockey League with the Columbus Blue Jackets between 2006 and 2008. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1992 to 2014, was mainly spent in Europe, where he mainly played in the Finnish SM-liiga and Swedish Elitserien. Internationally Norrena played for the Finnish national team at five World Championships, winning one silver and one bronze medal, and the 2006 Winter Olympics, winning a silver medal.
Aulis Virtanen was Finnish ice hockey editor, journalist, sportscaster and rink announcer.
Kai Petri Suikkanen is a retired Finnish professional ice hockey left wing. Currently, he works as the head coach of Augsburger Panther of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL).
Kimmo Rintanen is a former professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga before getting transferred to Swiss Elite League Team Kloten Flyers, where he played from the 2001-02 season until 2010-11, before his final season at HC Lugano in 2011-12. Before his international career, he played for Lukko, TPS, and Jokerit in Finland. He also won a bronze medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics. Rintanen has played 155 matches for the National team of Finland and has scored 35 goals. Starting in 2015 he has been an assistant coach for TPS in Finland.
Jukka Einar Virtanen is a retired professional ice hockey player who played in the SM-liiga. He played for Ässät and TPS. He also won a silver medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics.
Jani Tapani Virtanen is a Finnish former professional footballer who played as a striker.
Ville Vahalahti is a Finnish ice hockey player currently playing for Lukko of the Finnish Liiga.
Alexander Salák is a Czech professional ice hockey goaltender. He is currently an unrestricted free agent who most recently played for Djurgårdens IF of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He played two games in the National Hockey League with the Florida Panthers in 2009. Internationally Salák has played for the Czech national team at three World Championships, and at the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Atte Engren is a Finnish former professional ice hockey goaltender. He is currently the goaltending coach of Lukko U18 in the U18 SM-sarja, the top-tier under-18 junior league in Finland.
Joni Ortio is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for HV71 of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He has previously played for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was a sixth-round selection of the Flames, 171st overall, at the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. Before the NHL he played for TPS and HIFK Helsinki in the Sm-liiga. Internationally, Ortio has represented Finland on four occasions. He was a member of the bronze medal-winning team at the 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships and played in the 2013 World Championship
Mikael Aaltonen is a Finnish ice hockey player who currently plays professionally in Finland for TPS of the SM-liiga.
Markus Palmroth is a Finnish ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing with HC TPS in the Finnish Liiga.
Jarkko Hattunen is a Finnish ice hockey player who currently plays professionally in Finland for TPS of the SM-liiga.
Kari Virtanen is a Finnish football manager and former player. He is currently coach of Veikkausliiga club Inter Turku.
Marko Virtanen is a Finnish former professional ice hockey player. He is currently the head coach of Lukko in the Finnish Liiga.
Susanna Jenni "Suski" Tapani is a Finnish multi-sport athlete who competes in ice hockey, ringette, and in-line hockey. She plays professional ice hockey in the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) with PWHL Boston and is a member of both the Finnish national ice hockey team and Finnish national ringette team.
The 2019–20 SM-liiga season was the 45th season of the SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland, since the league's formation in 1975. The last two game days of the regular season were scheduled to be played in front of an empty arena due to the Finnish government advising that all public events with more than 500 attendees would be cancelled or postponed. On 13 March, the rest of the season, which included the final round of the regular season and all of playoffs, was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Turun Palloseura Naiset, abbreviated TPS Naiset, are an ice hockey team in the Finnish Naisten Liiga (NSML). They play in Turku, Southwest Finland at the Kupittaan jäähalli and Impivaaran jäähalli. The team has played in the Naisten Liiga, the Finnish Championship league for women's ice hockey, since gaining promotion in the 2018–19 season.
