Imatran Ketterä
Ice hockey team in Imatra
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Imatran Ketterä is an ice hockey club based in Imatra, Finland. Ketterä plays in the Finnish second-tier league, Mestis, during the 2022–23 season.
| Imatran Ketterä | |
|---|---|
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| City | Imatra |
| League | Mestis |
| Founded | 1957 |
| Home arena | Imatra Spa Areena (capacity: 1200) |
| Colours | |
| CEO | Carlo Grünn |
| General manager | Turkka Partanen |
| Head coach | Tuomo Ropo |
| Asst. coaches |
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| Captain | Elmeri Kaksonen |
| Affiliates | SaiPa (Liiga) |
| Website | http://www.kettera.net/ |
| Championships | |
| Mestis champion | 3: 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22 |
Ketterä has played in Mestis since 2017 and has won the championship three times (2019, 2021, 2022).[1][2] With the 2020 playoffs being cancelled due to COVID-19, Ketterä has been the defending champion of Mestis for four years.[3]
Honours
Champions
Mestis (3): 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22- Suomi-sarja (2): 2008–09, 2016–17
- Finnish Cup (3): 2018, 2019, 2021
Runners-up
Mestis (3): 2022–23, 2023–24, 2025–26- Suomi-sarja (1): 2015-16
Notable players
Petteri Nokelainen
Keith Gretzky- Petteri Sihvonen
- Joni Yli-Torkko
- Olli Sipiläinen
Brian Baxter Arroyo Lopez- Steve Peters
- Heikki Mälkiä
- Pasi Nurminen
- Jussi Markkanen
Gary Prior
Björn Robert Sigurdarson
Michael Messner
