HIFK

Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna i Helsingfors HIFK
City:	Helsinki
League:	Liiga
Founded:	1897 (1897) (1928 first official match, 1945 ice-hockey section)
Home Arena:	Helsingin jäähalli (capacity 8,200)
Colors:
Parent club(s):	Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna i Helsingfors - HIFK
Farm club(s):	Kiekko-Pojat

1993-1996 logo

HIFK (a traditional abbreviation of Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna i Helsingfors) is an ice hockey team based in Helsinki, Finland. The team plays at Helsinki Ice Hall. It was founded in 1897. Since then, HIFK has won the Finnish National Championship title seven times (1969, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1983, 1998 and 2011).

HIFK's general manager starting from May 1 2008 is Jukka Valtanen. He is the successor of Pentti Matikainen, who coached Team Finland to its first hockey Olympic medal (silver) in Calgary 1988.

HIFK won the Finnish championship title in the season of 2010-2011 against Espoo Blues.

History

The club was founded in 1897 and started participating in ice hockey in 1928. Since then, HIFK has won the Finnish national championship seven times, of which three (1969, 1970, 1974) were in SM-sarja and four (1980, 1983, 1998, 2011) were in the SM-liiga.

One of the major influences to HIFK was the NHL veteran and Stanley Cup winner Carl Brewer. Hired in 1968 as a playing coach, he advocated a North American style of play which has persisted in HIFK since. Brewer's influence on the way hockey is played in Finland led to his posthumous induction to the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 2003.

Honors

HIFK against Rauman Lukko

HIFK against Jokerit

SM-sarja

• 1 ! SM-sarja Kanada-malja: 1969, 1970, 1974
• 1 ! SM-sarja Kanada-malja: 1973, 1975
• 1 ! SM-sarja Kanada-malja: 1955, 1959, 1971, 1972

SM-liiga

• 1 ! SM-liiga Kanada-malja: 1980, 1983, 1998, 2011
• 1 ! SM-liiga Kanada-malja: 1986, 1999, 2016
• 1 ! SM-liiga Kanada-malja: 1982, 1987, 1988, 1992, 2004, 2018, 2021

International

• 1 ! Ahearne Cup (1): 1970
• 1 ! Tampere Cup (2): 1994, 2015
• 1 ! IIHF European Cup (1): 1980–81
• 1 ! Nordic Trophy (1): 2008

Other awards for the club:

• Harry Lindblad trophy (SM-Liiga regular season winner, since 1975): 2016

External links

• I.F.K. Helsinki official web site

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