TUTO Hockey

TUTO Hockey
CityTurku, Finland
LeagueMestis
Founded1929 Turun Toverit
1988 TuTo Hockey
2011 TUTO Hockey
Home arenaKupittaan jäähalli (capacity 2,875)
Colours     
Owner(s)TUTO Hockey Oy
General managerRoope Paltta
Head coachMiika Elomo
CaptainJere Karlsson
Farm club(s)HC Indians
VG-62
Websitehttp://www.tutohockey.fi/

TUTO Hockey [1] (Turun Toverit) is a Finnish ice hockey team based at the Kupittaan jäähalli (capacity 2,875, inauguration in November 2006). Established in 1929, TUTO plays in Turku, Finland, and is one of two clubs in that city (the other being TPS of Liiga). The Full name of the club is TUTO Hockey. They play in the second highest ice hockey league in Finland, Mestis, having been relegated out of SM-liiga in 1996 (four years before SM-liiga closed its promotion/relegation system). TUTO has applied for a SM-liiga license for the 2024–25 season.

Honours

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SM-sarja

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Finnish cup

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Mestis

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Current roster

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Updated December 7, 2017[2][3]

No. Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
31 Finland Julius Pohjanoksa G L 28 2017 Kaarina, Finland
34 Finland Markus Ruusu (L) G L 26 2017 Jyväskylä, Finland
7 Finland Jere Karlsson (A) D L 28 2016 Turku, Finland
23 Finland Antti Helanto D L 33 2017 Turku, Finland
32 Finland Matias Haaranen D L 28 2017 Riihimäki, Finland
82 Finland Aki Keinänen F R 40 2009 Kuopio, Finland
40 Finland Mikke Levo D L 29 2017 Orivesi, Finland
55 Finland Samu Suominen D L 28 2016 Forssa, Finland
66 Finland Kalle Valtola D L 28 2016 Turku, Finland
89 Finland Anssi Virkki D L 35 2014 Savonlinna, Finland
9 Finland Niklas Lehtimäki F L 29 2017 Kiukainen, Finland
13 Finland Niklas Näppi F L 31 2017 Eurajoki, Finland
15 Finland Mika-Matti Hyvärinen (A) F L 31 2015 Kuopio, Finland
24 Finland Eetu-Ville Arkiomaa F R 31 2017 Rauma, Finland
25 Finland Manu Honkanen F L 28 2017 Turku, Finland
53 Finland Juho Mäkelä F L 28 2017 Huittinen, Finland
61 Finland Aki Juusela F L 33 2015 Rauma, Finland
63 Finland Tomi Wilenius F R 31 2016 Nokia, Finland
70 Finland Juho Virtanen F L 30 2016 Merimasku, Finland
73 Finland Niclas Lucenius (C) F L 35 2017 Turku, Finland
77 Finland Matias Lehtonen F L 29 2017 Turku, Finland
78 Finland Johan Elfvengren F R 30 2017 Turku, Finland

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Title Staff Member
General Manager Dani Aavinen
Team Manager & Director of Player Personnel Elmo Aittola
Head coach Miika Elomo
Assistant coach Marko Kiprusoff

References

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  1. ^ capitalized TuTo until 2011
  2. ^ "TuTo". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  3. ^ "Joukkue". TuTo Hockey. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
  4. ^ "TuTo". Eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2017-12-07.
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