Lukko/PaRa - Revision history

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| league = [[Naisten Mestis]]
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| operated = 2011–2023<br>2024–present
| arena = [[Eurajoen jäähalli]], [[Eurajoki]]
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| owner = Rauman Lukko ry
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| affiliates = PaRa/Lukko
| website = {{Official website|https://www.juniorilukko.fi/jaakiekko/joukkueet/3229}}

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'''Lukko/PaRa''', also known as '''Rauman Lukko Naiset''', are an [[ice hockey]] team in the [[Naisten Mestis]]. They are based in [[Rauma, Finland|Rauma]], a port city in [[Satakunta]] on the southwestern coast of Finland, and play at the [[Eurajoen jäähalli]] in Eurajoki.

==History==
=== Lukko Naiset ===
Rauman Lukko Naiset was founded in 2011 as the representative women's ice hockey team of the ice hockey and ringette club Rauman Lukko ry – the minor and recreational affiliate of the professional men's ice hockey team [[Lukko]]. Lukko Naiset gained promotion to the [[Naisten Liiga]] for the 2016–17 season and remained in the Liiga until being relegated at the conclusion of the [[2020–21 Naisten Liiga season|2020–21 season]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Biller |first=Philippe |date= |title=Championnat de Finlande de hockey sur glace féminin 2016/17 |trans-title=Finnish Women's Ice Hockey Championship 2016-17 |url=https://www.hockeyarchives.info/Finfem2017.htm |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2019-08-14 |website=HockeyArchives.info |language=fr-fr}}</ref> They achieved promotion in the [[2021–22 Naisten Liiga season#Qualification series|2021–22 NSML qualification series]] and returned to the league after one season in the Naisten Mestis.

The team faced relegation four times in their first five seasons in the Naisten Liiga but were able to save themselves in the qualification series each time, until finally being relegated in the 2020–21 season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theicegarden.com/2019/2/11/18216156/the-naisten-liiga-playoffs-are-set-finland-suomi|title=The Naisten Liiga playoffs are set|last=Foster|first=Meredith|date=2019-02-11|website=The Ice Garden|access-date=2019-08-14}}</ref>

After starting the 2021–22 season in the [[Naisten Mestis]], Lukko earned placement in the Alempi jatkosarja ('Lower division') of the [[2021–22 Naisten Liiga season]]. In the 2022 post-season qualification series, they successfully saved themselves from relegation and maintained their place in the Naisten Liiga in the following season.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Seppä |first1=Lassi |title=Aliisa Toivosen hattutemppu toi Lukon liigataipaleelle jatkoa, akatemiajoukkueiden sinnikkyys ei tuottanut nousua |url=https://www.jatkoaika.com/Uutiset/Aliisa-Toivosen-hattutemppu-toi-Lukon-liigataipaleelle-jatkoa-akatemiajoukkueiden-sinnikkyys-ei-tuottanut-nousua/249062 |website=Jatkoaika |access-date=2023-04-03 |language=fi |date=2023-04-02}}</ref>

Lukko Naiset withdrew from the Naisten Liiga and the team was dissolved in April 2023. Rauman Lukko ry, the team's operating association, cited difficulties in recruiting and retaining players as the principal reasons behind the decision.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-27 |title=Lukko luopuu Naisten liigapaikasta |url=https://www.juniorilukko.fi/uutiset/53177/lukko-luopuu-naisten-liigapaikasta |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=Rauman Lukko ry |language=fi |type=Press release}}</ref> Lukko Naiset players were not consulted prior to the announcement. Captain Maija Koski was shocked by the announcement and strongly felt that the team could have been saved if avenues of communication had been opened between the association and Lukko Naiset players.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Seppä |first=Lassi |date=2023-04-29 |title=Kapteeni Maija Kosken Lukko-sydän murtui joukkueen lopetusuutisesta − "Aikuisten, maksavien pelaajien mielipidettä ei kysytty" |url=https://www.jatkoaika.com/Haastattelu/Kapteeni-Maija-Kosken-Lukko-syd%C3%A4n-murtui-joukkueen-lopetusuutisesta-%E2%88%92-Aikuisten-maksavien-pelaajien-mielipidett%C3%A4-ei-kysytty/249559 |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=Jatkoaika |language=fi}}</ref>

=== Lukko/PaRa ===
In May 2024, a Lukko announced a new strategy for girls' and women's ice hockey via partnership with Panelian Raikas (PaRa), an ice hockey club in nearby Panelia. The strategy included the re-establishment of Lukko Naiset as Lukko/PaRa, which will play the 2024–25 season in the Naisten Mestis with the goal of being promoted to the Naisten Liiga within three seasons. PaRa's existing women's team was renamed PaRa/Lukko and will compete in the Naisten Suomi-sarja during the 2024–25 season.<ref name="pukkila20240520">{{cite news |last1=Pukkila |first1=Tapio |title=Rauman Lukko tekee paluun naisten jääkiekkoon – tavoitteena liigapaikka Panelian Raikkaan kanssa |url=https://yle.fi/a/74-20089546 |access-date=20 June 2024 |work=[[Yle|Yle Uutiset]] |date=20 May 2024 |language=fi}}</ref>

== Season-by-season results ==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; font-size: 95%"
|-
! rowspan="2" | Season
! rowspan="2" | League
! colspan="10" | Regular season
! rowspan="2" | Post season results
|-
! Finish !! GP !! W !! OTW !! OTL !! L !! GF !! GA !! Pts !! Top scorer
|-
![[2018–19 Naisten Liiga season|2018–19]]
| Naisten Liiga
| 9th
| 30||8||2||0||20||76||149||28
| align="left" | {{Flagicon|FIN}} E. Ylitalo '''26''' (12+14)
| align="left" | Saved in relegation
|-
![[2019–20 Naisten Liiga season|2019–20]]
| Naisten Liiga
| 9th
| 30||5||2||1||22||57||128||20
| align="left" | {{Flagicon|FIN}} E. Varpula '''21''' (12+9)
| align="left" | ''Relegation series cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic''
|-
![[2020–21 Naisten Liiga season|2020–21]]
| Naisten Liiga
| 10th
| 27||4||0||0||23||47||145||12
| align="left" | {{Flagicon|FIN}} M. Koski '''20''' (13+7)
| align="left" | '''Relegated''' to Naisten Mestis
|-
! rowspan="2" |[[2021–22 Naisten Liiga season|2021–22]]
| Naisten Mestis {{Abbr|Q|Qualification}}
| 2nd<small>[a]</small><ref>{{cite web |title=2021–2022 Naisten Mestis karsinta, lohko 2: Sarjataulukko |url=http://tulospalvelu.leijonat.fi/serie/?season=2022&lid=73&did=0&stgid=8224&lang=fi&page=sarjataulukko |publisher=[[Finnish Ice Hockey Association]] |access-date=2023-04-02|language=fi |date=2021-12-11}}</ref>
| 12||11||0||0||1||84||18||33
| align="left" | {{Flagicon|FIN}}M. Koski '''36''' (18+18)
| align="left" | '''Promoted''' to Naisten Liiga lower division series
|-
| Naisten Liiga
| 10th
| 10||4||0||0||6||19||32||12
| align="left" | {{Flagicon|FIN}} R-M. Kangasniemi '''7''' (2+5)
| align="left" | Saved in relegation
|-
! [[2022–23 Naisten Liiga season|2022–23]]
| Naisten Liiga
| 9th
| 36||1||4||1||30||59||227||12
| align="left" | {{Flagicon|FIN}} A. Toivonen '''24''' (12+12)
| align="left" | Saved in relegation
|-
! 2023–24
| colspan="12" align="center"|''Did not play''
|}

[a] 1st in Lohko 2 (2.75 points per game)

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