SaiPa
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| SaiPa | |
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| City: | Lappeenranta, Finland |
| League: | Liiga |
| Founded: | 1948 |
| Home Arena: | Kisapuisto (capacity: 4,820) |
| Colors: | Yellow, black |
| Affiliate(s): | Imatran Ketterä (Mestis) |
Saimaan Pallo (SaiPa) is an ice hockey team in the Finnish Liiga. They play their home games at Kisapuisto in Lappeenranta, Finland.
History
The team's best achievement is from the 1965–1966 season, when they won bronze medals for placing third. SaiPa also played in a bronze medal game in the 1998–1999 and 2013–14 seasons, but lost the games to HPK (7–2) and Lukko (3–2).
SaiPa has participated twice in the Champions Hockey League. During the 2014–2015 season, the team survived the quarterfinals, where they lost the return match against Oulun Kärpät. During the 2016–17 season, SaiPa won their initial games by 11 points. Eisbären Berlin and Luleå HF were the runners-up.
Honours
Domestic
3rd place (1): 1965–66
Pre-season
Runners-up (3): 1958, 1965, 1971
External links
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