Kärpät

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Established
1946 (80 years old)

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Ice Hockey

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Oulu, Finland

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Finnish Liiga

Last Edit
zag: 11/Jan/26

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23 Jan	Kiekko-Es	4:30pm	Kärpät
24 Jan	SaiPa	3:00pm	Kärpät
28 Jan	Kärpät	4:30pm	Pelicans
31 Jan	Kärpät	3:00pm	Assat
04 Feb	Tappara	4:30pm	Kärpät
Results
16 Jan	Kärpät	5 - 4	Lukko
14 Jan	Kärpät	1 - 2	SaiPa
10 Jan	TPS Turku	2 - 3	Kärpät
09 Jan	Lukko	4 - 1	Kärpät
07 Jan	Assat	4 - 3	Kärpät

Description

Oulun Kärpät (Finnish for "Oulu Ermines", sometimes referred to as Kärpät Oulu) is a Finnish professional ice hockey team based in Oulu and playing in the top-tier Finnish Liiga. Kärpät have won the Finnish championship title eight times, and has been the most successful Finnish ice hockey team in the 2000s and 2010s.
When the SM-liiga was founded in August 1975, Kärpät were still playing level below in the first division. The team earned promotion to the elite league after the 1976–77 season. In their debut season in SM-liiga, Kärpät managed to finish seventh out of ten teams. During their second season in the top level in 1978–79, however, the team struggled and finished last in the regular season, but proved victorious in the relegation league and retained their place in the top league. On the positive side, Kärpät's Kari Jalonen was awarded Jarmo Wasama memorial trophy for the best rookie in league after the season.