Blues (Espoo)
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| Blues | |
| Image:Bluesespoo.gif | |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Home ice | LänsiAuto Areena |
| Based in | Espoo |
| Colours | blue, white |
| League | SM-liiga |
| Head coach | Kari Heikkilä |
| General manager | Raimo Summanen |
The Espoo Blues are an ice hockey team in the Finnish SM-liiga. They play in Espoo, Finland at the LänsiAuto Areena.
- Founded: 1984
- Arena: LänsiAuto Areena (capacity 7,000)
- Uniform colours: Blue, white, gold
- Logo design: Blues in stylized text
- League championships won: 0
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History
The club was established in February 1984 as Kiekko-Espoo and played their first season in 1984-1985 in the Finnish Second Division. In 1988 they achieved promotion to the Finnish First Division and in 1992 celebrated their promotion to the SM-liiga. The club and the team changed their name in 1998. The name came from the dominant colour of their home jersey. The full name of the club is Blues Hockey Oy.
New players for the 2005-2006 season include Steve Kariya, Neil Little, Esa Pirnes and Jari Korhonen.
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Notable players
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Current players
- 1 Image:Flag of Finland.svg - Antti Härmä
- 30 Image:Flag of Austria.svg - Bernd Brückler
- 46 Image:Flag of Finland.svg - Matti Kaltiainen
- 2 Image:Flag of Finland.svg - Juha Gustafsson
- 4 Image:Flag of Finland.svg - Janne Jalasvaara
- 5 Image:Flag of Finland.svg - Thomas Heinrichs
- 6 Image:Flag of Finland.svg - Mikael Kurki
- 9 Image:Flag of Finland.svg - Matti Tevanen
- 14 Image:Flag of Finland.svg - Tuomas Eskelinen
- 21 Image:Flag of Finland.svg - Tero Määttä
- 25 Image:Flag of Finland.svg - Jussi Halme
- 34 Image:Flag of Finland.svg - Ismo Kuoppala
- 42 Image:Flag of Finland.svg - Arto Laatikainen
- 44 Image:Flag of Finland.svg - Kimmo Peltonen
- 10 Image:Flag of Sweden.svg - Joakim Eriksson
- 12 Image:Flag of Finland.svg - Esa Pirnes
- 13 Image:Flag of Finland.svg - Markku Hurme
- 16 Image:Flag of Finland.svg - Olli Ahonen
- 17 Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg - Ladislav Kohn
- 18 Image:Flag of Finland.svg - Erkki Rajamäki
- 19 Image:Flag of Finland.svg - Mikko Lehtonen
- 20 Image:Flag of Finland.svg - Pentti Nöyränen
- 22 Image:Flag of Canada.svg- Steve Kariya
- 23 Image:Flag of Finland.svg - Joni Finell
- 25 Image:Flag of Finland.svg - Teemu Riihijärvi
- 28 Image:Flag of Finland.svg - Semir Ben-Amor
- 33 Image:Flag of Finland.svg - Timo Hirvonen
- 40 Image:Flag of Finland.svg - Jaakko Uhlbäck
- 78 Image:Flag of Finland.svg - Kari Kalto
- 85 Image:Flag of Finland.svg - Niko Nieminen
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Team captains
- Jan Långbacka 1992-94
- Hannu Järvenpää 1994
- Peter Ahola 1994-95
- Jarmo Muukkonen 1995-96
- Teemu Sillanpää 1996-97
- Juha Ikonen 1997-99
- Peter Ahola 1999-2001
- Valeri Krykov 2001-02
- Juha Ylönen 2002-03
- Rami Alanko 2003-05
- Timo Hirvonen 2005-2005, stepped down as captain in November, 2005.
- Markku Hurme 2005-present , replaced Hirvonen as captain mid-season.
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Not to be forgotten
- Jere Lehtinen juniors-1993
- Tero Lehterä juniors-1994, 1997-98, 2001-02
- Ilkka Sinisalo 1994-96, in organization 1996-99
- Timo Blomqvist 1994-96
- Peter Ahola juniors-1989, 1994-95, 1999-2001
- Juha Ikonen juniors-1990, 1993-1999
- Jiri Vykoukal 1998-2003
- Jan Caloun 2001-04
- Mariusz Czerkawski 1994-95 (NHL lockout)
- Mike Ribeiro 2005 (NHL lockout)
- Timo Hirvonen juniors-2003, 2005-present
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Retired numbers
None
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References
Blues official web sitede:Espoo Blues fi:Espoo Blues ru:Эспо Блюз (хоккейный клуб, Эспо) sv:Blues Esbo