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{{Infobox hockey team
{{Infobox hockey team
| team       = Ässät
| team = Porin Ässät
| colour      = red
| color = background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#D8000B 5px solid; border-bottom:#1B1C20 5px solid;
| colour text = black
| color text = #000000
| logo       = Ässät_Logo.png
| logo = Ässät Logo.png
| logosize   = 250px
| logosize = 195px
| city       = [[Pori]]
| city = [[Pori]]
| league     = [[Liiga]]
| league = [[SM-liiga]]
| conference  =
| founded = 1967
| division    =
| arena = [[Isomäki Ice Hall]]
| founded     = {{Start date|1967}}
| capacity = 6,150
| operated    =
| colors = Red, black, white, gold<br>{{color box|#D8000B}} {{color box|#1B1C20}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}} {{color box|C79C4E}}
| arena       = [[Porin jäähalli]] (capacity 6,500)
| owner = HC Ässät Pori Oy
| colours    = {{colorbox|red}} {{colorbox|black}} {{colorbox|white}}
| affiliates = [[Kuparikiekko]] ([[2. Divisioona|2 div.]])<br>[[Luvian Kiekko -82|LuKi -82]] (2 div.)
| owner       =  
| website= {{URL|https://assat.com}}
| GM          = {{flagicon|FIN}} Jukka Hirsimäki
| dates1 = 1925–1960
| coach      = {{flagicon|FIN}} Pekka Virta
| name1 = [[Porin Palloilijat]]
| captain    = {{flagicon|FIN}} Ville Uusitalo
| dates2 = 1932–1960
| affiliates  =  
| name2 = [[Porin Kärpät]]
| parentclub  =  
| dates3 = 1938–1967
| farmclub    =  
| name3 = [[RU-38 Pori]]
| website    = [http://www.assat.com/ www.assat.com]
| dates4 = 1960–1967
| name4 = [[Porin Karhut]]
| dates5 = 1967–present
| name5 = Porin Ässät
| reg_season_titles = [[1978–79 SM-liiga season|1978–79]]
| championships1_type = [[Kanada-malja]]
| championships1 = '''3''' ([[1970–71 SM-sarja season|1970–71]], [[1977–78 SM-liiga season|1977–78]], [[2012–13 SM-liiga season|2012–13]])
| current =
}}
}}
'''Ässät''' (Finnish for ''aces'') is an ice hockey club based in the town of [[Pori]], [[Finland]]. They play in the Finnish elite league, [[Liiga]]. They play in at the [[Porin jäähalli]] in Isomäki. This arena is known for its intense atmosphere and for being hard place for visiting teams to achieve desired results.<ref>{{cite web | url =http://www.hs.fi/urheilu/artikkeli/Juhani+Tammisen+Sport+tarrasi+momentumiinsa+Porissa/1135244732898 | title =Juhani Tammisen Sport tarrasi momentumiinsa Porissa ‘Juhani Tamminen’s Sport Vaasa hang on to their momentum in Pori | date =2009-04-17 | publisher =Helsingin Sanomat | location=Helsinki |accessdate =2009-04-17}}</ref>


The full name of the company operating the team is at present ''HC Ässät Pori Oy''. They have won three Finnish Championships in ice hockey (1971, 1978, 2013), and several other medals — most recently silver in 2006. In addition both Karhut and RU-38 were one-time champions each.
'''Porin Ässät''' (Finnish for ''Pori Aces''), officially named '''Hockey Club Ässät Pori'''<ref>{{Cite web |title=HC Ässät Pori Oy:n uusi puheenjohtaja on Timo Lehtinen – tilinpäätös voitollinen |url=https://www.sv24.fi/urheilu/hc-assat-pori-oyn-uusi-puheenjohtaja-on-timo-lehtinentilinpaatos-voitollinen-6.139.127586.59a1125552 |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=www.sv24.fi |date=29 August 2023 |language=fi}}</ref> and colloquially known as '''Pata''',<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |last=Takala |first=Kalle |date=2009-04-11 |title=Pata piti paikkansa SM-liigassa! |url=https://www.is.fi/jaakiekko/art-2000000212512.html |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=Ilta-Sanomat |language=fi}}</ref> is a professional ice hockey club based in [[Pori]], Finland. It competes in the [[SM-liiga]], the highest-ranking league of ice hockey in Finland. Since 1971, Ässät has played its games in the [[Isomäki Ice Hall]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2015-10-15 |title=Ässien uuden jäähallin nimeksi Isomäki Areena |url=https://ls24.fi/urheilu/assien-uuden-jaahallin-nimeksi-isomaki-areena |access-date=2023-12-19 |website=LS24 |language=fi}}</ref>
 
The team was founded in 1967 due to a merger of two local sports clubs, [[RU-38 Pori]] and Porin Karhut. Ässät originally competed in the [[SM-sarja]], which was replaced by the SM-liiga in 1975, making Ässät one of the ten original SM-liiga teams. Ässät was relegated to the [[I-Divisioona]] for the [[1989–90 I-Divisioona season|1989–90 season]], but it was promoted back to the SM-liiga after just one season.
 
Ässät has won the [[Kanada-malja]] championship three times (in [[1970–71 SM-sarja season|1971]], [[1977–78 SM-liiga season|1978]] and [[2012–13 SM-liiga season|2013]]); it also won the [[Finnish Cup]] once in 1967. Ässät has a total of nine medals in the upper tier of Finnish ice hockey, with four of them being silver and two of them being bronze. Ässät has been awarded the [[Aaro Kivilinna Memorial Trophy]] once in the 1979–80 season. Ässät won a [[IIHF European Cup|European Cup]] bronze medal in [[IIHF European Cup 1979|1979]].


==History==
==History==

Latest revision as of 16:01, 26 July 2024

Porin Ässät
Ässät Logo.png
City: Pori
League: SM-liiga
Founded: 1967
Home Arena: Isomäki Ice Hall
Affiliate(s): Kuparikiekko (2 div.)
LuKi -82 (2 div.)
Franchise history
1925–1960: Porin Palloilijat
1932–1960: Porin Kärpät
1938–1967: RU-38 Pori
1960–1967: Porin Karhut
1967–present: Porin Ässät


Porin Ässät (Finnish for Pori Aces), officially named Hockey Club Ässät Pori[1] and colloquially known as Pata,[2] is a professional ice hockey club based in Pori, Finland. It competes in the SM-liiga, the highest-ranking league of ice hockey in Finland. Since 1971, Ässät has played its games in the Isomäki Ice Hall.[3]

The team was founded in 1967 due to a merger of two local sports clubs, RU-38 Pori and Porin Karhut. Ässät originally competed in the SM-sarja, which was replaced by the SM-liiga in 1975, making Ässät one of the ten original SM-liiga teams. Ässät was relegated to the I-Divisioona for the 1989–90 season, but it was promoted back to the SM-liiga after just one season.

Ässät has won the Kanada-malja championship three times (in 1971, 1978 and 2013); it also won the Finnish Cup once in 1967. Ässät has a total of nine medals in the upper tier of Finnish ice hockey, with four of them being silver and two of them being bronze. Ässät has been awarded the Aaro Kivilinna Memorial Trophy once in the 1979–80 season. Ässät won a European Cup bronze medal in 1979.

History

The club was established in 1967 when two local clubs, Karhut and RU-38 merged. Ässät has also played football from 1967 to 1981. For a few seasons they played in the Mestaruussarja (‘championship series’), after they were given RU-38’s place in this competition.

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