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{{Infobox hockey team
'''Kokkolan Hermes''' is an ice hockey team in [[Kokkola]], [[Finland]]. It was founded in 1953 by the merger of the hockey departments of [[Kokkolan Palloveikot|KPV]] and [[Gamlakarleby Bollklubb|GBK]]. Hermes currently competes in the [[Suomi-sarja]], the third level of Finnish hockey.
| team        = Kokkolan Hermes
| colour      = background:#FFFFFF; border-top:red 5px solid; border-bottom:blue 5px solid;
| colour text = black
| logo        = Hermes Kokkola.png
| logosize    = 200px
| city        = [[Kokkola]], [[Finland]]
| league      = [[Mestis]]
| conference  =
| division    =
| founded     = {{Start date|1953}}
| operated    =
| arena      = [[Kokkolan jäähalli]]
| colours    = {{Color box|red|border=darkgray}} {{Color box|white|border=darkgray}} {{Color box|blue|border=darkgray}}
| owner      = Edustus Hermes ry
| chairman    =
| affiliates  = '''[[Vaasan Sport|Sport]]''' ([[Liiga]])<br>'''[[JHT Kalajoki|JHT]]''' ([[Suomi-sarja]])
| parentclub  =
| farmclub    =
| website    = {{URL|http://www.kokkolanhermes.fi/}}
}}


Hermes has played in an array of different Finnish leagues over the years, including the second-level [[I-Divisioona]] and [[Mestis]]. They also participated in the top-level [[SM-sarja]] in the 1959-60 and 1966-67 seasons.
'''Kokkolan Hermes''' is a [[Finland|Finnish]] semi-professional [[ice hockey]] club based in [[Kokkola]] that plays in the [[Mestis]], the second-tier men's league in Finland after [[Liiga]]. The club was founded in 1953 and plays their home games at the [[Kokkolan jäähalli]], which has a capacity of 4,200 spectators.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kokkola.fi/palvelut/liikunta/liikuntapaikat/sisaliikuntapaikat/jaahallit/jaahalli/fi_FI/jaahalli/ |publisher=kokkola.fi |access-date=2015-06-01 |title=Kokkolan jäähalli}}</ref>


The club also supports an active minor ice hockey department, which hosts junior teams in the men's U16 Mestis, U17 Mestis, U18 Mestis, U18 Aluesarja, and U20 Mestis. Hermes previously included women's teams in the U16 Naisten Aluesarja and, until 2019, the U20 Finnish Championship tournament (U20 SM-turnaus).
==History==
The club was founded in 1953 when the ice hockey players of GBK and KPV merged their operations and formed the new club Kokkolan Hermes. The team was named after the Greek Olympian messenger god Hermes who was also the god of sports and athletes.
Hermes played in the second top league of Finland from 1993–2006 before being regulated to [[Suomi-sarja]] where they remained until 2015 when they were promoted back to Mestis.
Hermes won the 1996 [[I-Divisioona]] championship, the only championship in the club's history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mestis.fi/index.php/hermes.html |publisher=mestis.fi |access-date=2015-06-01 |title=Hermes}}</ref>
During the 2008-09 season, Hermes ran into financial troubles and were forced to leave the Suomi-sarja.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kokkolanhermes.fi/seura/historia |publisher=kokkolanhermes.fi |access-date=2015-06-01 |title=Hermes historia|language=fi}}</ref>
==Season by season record==
<small>Since founding of [[Mestis]] in 2000–01</small><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=415&year0=2017 |publisher=eliteprospects.com |access-date=2015-06-01 |title=Hermes - Team History and Stats}}</ref>
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|-
! Season
! League
! GP
! W
! T
! L
! OTW
! OTL
! Pts
! GF
! GA
! Finish
! Playoffs
|-
|[[2000–01 Mestis season|2000-01]]
|[[Mestis]]
|44||25||7||12||—||—||57||153||122||3rd||Bronze game win
|-bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|[[2001–02 Mestis season|2001-02]]
|Mestis
|44||19||5||20||—||—||44||152||149||8th||Quarterfinal loss
|-
|[[2002–03 Mestis season|2002-03]]
|Mestis
|44||17||6||18||—||3||43||131||121||6th||Quarterfinal loss
|-bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|[[2003–04 Mestis season|2003-04]]
|Mestis
|45||—||—||—||—||—||61||166||103||3rd||Bronze game win
|-
|[[2004–05 Mestis season|2004-05]]
|Mesits
|44||18||8||18||3||—||47||124||130||5th||Quarterfinal loss
|-bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|[[2005–06 Mestis season|2005-06]]
|Mestis
|45||12||8||25||—||—||35||116||156||10th||—
|-
|2006–15
|[[Suomi-sarja]]
||—||—||—||—||—||—||—||—||—||—||—
|-bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
|[[2015-16 Mestis season|2015-16]]
|Mestis
|50||22||—||20||2||6||76||158||167||6th||Quarterfinal loss
|-
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Wikipedia}}
[[Category:Ice hockey teams in Finland]]
[[Category:Ice hockey teams in Finland]]

Latest revision as of 19:13, 26 July 2024

Kokkolan Hermes
Hermes Kokkola.png
City: Kokkola, Finland
League: Mestis
Founded: 1953 (1953)
Home Arena: Kokkolan jäähalli
Colors:               
Affiliate(s): Sport (Liiga)
JHT (Suomi-sarja)


Kokkolan Hermes is a Finnish semi-professional ice hockey club based in Kokkola that plays in the Mestis, the second-tier men's league in Finland after Liiga. The club was founded in 1953 and plays their home games at the Kokkolan jäähalli, which has a capacity of 4,200 spectators.[1]

The club also supports an active minor ice hockey department, which hosts junior teams in the men's U16 Mestis, U17 Mestis, U18 Mestis, U18 Aluesarja, and U20 Mestis. Hermes previously included women's teams in the U16 Naisten Aluesarja and, until 2019, the U20 Finnish Championship tournament (U20 SM-turnaus).

History

The club was founded in 1953 when the ice hockey players of GBK and KPV merged their operations and formed the new club Kokkolan Hermes. The team was named after the Greek Olympian messenger god Hermes who was also the god of sports and athletes.

Hermes played in the second top league of Finland from 1993–2006 before being regulated to Suomi-sarja where they remained until 2015 when they were promoted back to Mestis.

Hermes won the 1996 I-Divisioona championship, the only championship in the club's history.[2]

During the 2008-09 season, Hermes ran into financial troubles and were forced to leave the Suomi-sarja.[3]

Season by season record

Since founding of Mestis in 2000–01[4]

Season League GP W T L OTW OTL Pts GF GA Finish Playoffs
2000-01 Mestis 44 25 7 12 — — 57 153 122 3rd Bronze game win
2001-02 Mestis 44 19 5 20 — — 44 152 149 8th Quarterfinal loss
2002-03 Mestis 44 17 6 18 — 3 43 131 121 6th Quarterfinal loss
2003-04 Mestis 45 — — — — — 61 166 103 3rd Bronze game win
2004-05 Mesits 44 18 8 18 3 — 47 124 130 5th Quarterfinal loss
2005-06 Mestis 45 12 8 25 — — 35 116 156 10th —
2006–15 Suomi-sarja — — — — — — — — — — —
2015-16 Mestis 50 22 — 20 2 6 76 158 167 6th Quarterfinal loss

References

  1. ↑ "Kokkolan jäähalli". kokkola.fi. http://www.kokkola.fi/palvelut/liikunta/liikuntapaikat/sisaliikuntapaikat/jaahallit/jaahalli/fi_FI/jaahalli/. 
  2. ↑ "Hermes". mestis.fi. http://www.mestis.fi/index.php/hermes.html. 
  3. ↑ "Hermes historia" (in fi). kokkolanhermes.fi. http://www.kokkolanhermes.fi/seura/historia. 
  4. ↑ "Hermes - Team History and Stats". eliteprospects.com. http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=415&year0=2017. 
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