Imatran Ketterä
| Imatran Ketterä | |
|---|---|
| City | Imatra |
| League | Mestis |
| Founded | 1957 |
| Home arena | Imatra Spa Areena (capacity: 1200) |
| Colours | |
| CEO | Carlo Grünn |
| General manager | Turkka Partanen |
| Head coach | Tuomo Ropo |
| Asst. coaches | Teemu Asikainen Tero Sainio |
| Captain | Elmeri Kaksonen |
| Affiliate | SaiPa (Liiga) |
| Website | http://www.kettera.net/ |
| Championships | |
| Mestis champion | 3: 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22 |
Imatran Ketterä is an ice hockey club based in Imatra, Finland. Ketterä plays in the Finnish second-tier league, Mestis, during the 2022–23 season.
Ketterä has played in Mestis since 2017 and has won the championship three times (2019, 2021, 2022).[1][2] With the 2020 playoffs being cancelled due to COVID-19, Ketterä has been the defending champion of Mestis for four years.[3]
Honours
Champions
- Mestis (3): 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22
- Suomi-sarja (2): 2008–09, 2016–17
- Finnish Cup (3): 2018, 2019, 2021
Runners-up
- Mestis (2): 2022–23, 2023–24
- Suomi-sarja (1): 2015-16
Notable players
- Petteri Nokelainen
- Keith Gretzky
- Petteri Sihvonen
- Joni Yli-Torkko
- Olli Sipiläinen
- Brian Baxter Arroyo Lopez
- Steve Peters
- Heikki Mälkiä
- Pasi Nurminen
- Jussi Markkanen
- Gary Prior
- Björn Robert Sigurdarson
- Michael Messner
References
- ^ "Ketterä on Mestiksen mestari!!! — Juhlat Imatralla ovat alkaneet". Etelä-Saimaa (in Finnish). 2019-04-24. Retrieved 2022-10-13.
- ^ "KETTERÄ ON MESTIKSEN MESTARI KAUDELLA 2020-2021!". mestis.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 2022-10-13.
- ^ "Mestiksen mestaruus pysyy neljännenkin vuoden Ketterällä – "Meillä oli aina kasassa kova neljän ketjun pumppu"". Yle Urheilu (in Finnish). 2022-05-04. Retrieved 2022-10-13.