Helsinki Ice Hall ( Finnish : Helsingin jäähalli , Swedish : Helsingfors ishall ), colloquially called Nordis , is an indoor arena located in Helsinki , Finland . The arena has a seating capacity of 8,200.
13-458: Helsinki Ice Hall has been the home arena of HIFK of Liiga since its construction in 1966. The arena was also the home of Jokerit from 1967 until the team moved to the new Hartwall Arena in 1997, and again for some of their home games from 2023 on. Helsinki Ice Hall used to be the main venue for the majority of important ice sports events and indoor arena concerts held in Finland, but after
26-427: A five pointed star with text saying HIFK Hockey on it. Unpopular with fans, and HIFK wanting to modernize their brand, changed their logo again in 1996 to a red big cat on a blue circle. Commonly referred to as "petologo" (English: "beast logo") among fans. When the beast logo became HIFK's primary logo for the 1996-97 season , they reintroduced the original shield logo to become their jersey's new shoulder patches. For
39-460: A history of even series of games, HIFK won the game total with 106–105 after a 2–1 victory in a classical outdoor game in March 2014, claiming the title of Helsinki's dominion. Other awards for the club: Updated 22 September 2024 1993%E2%80%9394 SM-liiga season Finnish ice hockey season The 1993–94 SM-liiga season was the 19th season of
52-472: 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 uses a shield for their logo, with a four pointed star and text I.F.K. and year of formation 1897 on it. They wear red, white and blue colored jerseys, and have worn those colors since their beginnings. For the 1993-94 season , HIFK changed their logo to
65-471: The 2008-09 season , HIFK made their original shield logo the primary logo once again. It would swap places with the beast logo on the jerseys, making the beast logo their new shoulder patches until 2017, when the beast logo was eliminated from the jerseys entirely. HIFK play their home games at Helsinki Ice Hall . The stadium opened in 1966, and seats up to 8 200 spectators. The arena was also used and shared by rival team Jokerit until 1997, when they moved to
78-480: The 2022 IIHF World Championship , the games of group A were moved to Helsinki Ice Hall, due to some of the owners of the Hartwall Arena being covered by the sanctions set up after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine . Helsinki Ice Hall is sometimes called "Nordis", referring to its address on Nordenskiöldinkatu . Another nickname for the arena is "Petoluola", Finnish for "The Beast Cave", which refers to
91-646: The 2nd logo of HIFK : a red panther. [REDACTED] Media related to Helsinki Ice Hall at Wikimedia Commons HIFK (ice hockey) HIFK (a traditional abbreviation of the Swedish name Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna, Helsingfors , English: "Sporting Society Comrades, Helsinki") is a professional ice hockey team based in Helsinki , Finland that plays in the SM-liiga , the sport's top-level league in Finland. The team plays at Helsinki Ice Hall . The club
104-684: The Hartwall Arena . HIFK is well known for playing classic hard rock music during games in Helsinki Ice Hall. HIFK are rivals with Jokerit ; games were often sold out and were in the later years among the fiercest in Nordic ice hockey, but are no longer played following Jokerit's withdrawal from Liiga after the 2013–14 season to join the Russian-based Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Following
117-584: 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 ice hockey is played in Finland led to his posthumous induction to the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 2003. The championship team from 1998 is widely recognized as one of the best ever to have skated together in
130-4654: The SM-liiga, the top level of ice hockey in Finland . 12 teams participated in the league, and Jokerit Helsinki won the championship. Standings [ edit ] Rank Club GP W T L GF GA Diff P 1. TPS 48 34 0 14 227 124 +103 68 2. Ässät 48 25 7 16 185 148 +37 57 3. Jokerit 48 26 4 18 181 131 +50 56 4. Lukko 48 26 4 18 165 142 +23 56 5. JyP HT 48 26 4 18 157 135 +22 56 6. Ilves 48 21 9 18 153 144 +9 51 7. Tappara 48 23 5 20 175 175 0 51 8. HIFK 48 23 4 21 167 161 +6 50 9. HPK 48 23 3 22 167 170 -3 49 10. KalPa 48 16 5 27 143 170 -27 37 11. K-Espoo 48 13 5 27 138 197 -59 31 12. Reipas 48 6 2 40 119 280 -161 14 Playoffs [ edit ] Quarterfinals [ edit ] TPS - HIFK 3:0 (4:1, 2:1, 7:3) Ässät - Tappara Tampere 2:3 (3:4, 2:5, 7:4, 5:4, 1:4) Jokerit - Ilves 3:1 (6:1, 4:1, 2:3, 5:1) Lukko - JYP 3:1 (3:1, 1:2, 4:1, 4:1) Semifinal [ edit ] TPS - Tappara Tampere 3:1 (6:4, 1:3, 6:3, 4:2) Jokerit - Lukko 3:1 (2:0, 5:0, 0:4, 2:1 P) 3rd place [ edit ] Lukko - Tappara Tampere 3:2 P Final [ edit ] TPS - Jokerit 1:3 (4:1, 0:3, 1:2, 2:3 P) Relegation [ edit ] Rank Club GP W T L GF GA Diff P 1. TuTo 6 4 0 2 24 25 -1 8 2. SaiPa 6 3 0 3 24 22 +2 6 3. Jokipojat 6 2 1 3 28 25 +3 5 4. Reipas 6 2 1 3 19 23 -4 5 External links [ edit ] SM-liiga official website v t e Liiga Seasons 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 Current teams (2024–25) HIFK HPK Ilves Mikkelin Jukurit JYP Jyväskylä KalPa Kiekko-Espoo KooKoo Oulun Kärpät Lukko Lahti Pelicans SaiPa Vaasan Sport Tappara HC TPS Porin Ässät Former teams FPS Jokerit Jokipojat Koovee TUTO Hockey Trophies and awards Kanada-malja Kultainen kypärä Kalevi Numminen Jarmo Wasama memorial Matti Keinonen Raimo Kilpiö Urpo Ylönen Pekka Rautakallio Aarne Honkavaara Veli-Pekka Ketola Lasse Oksanen Jari Kurri Unto Wiitala Other Mestis Suomi-sarja 2. Divisioona 3. Divisioona Finland men's national ice hockey team SM-sarja (defunct) Naisten Liiga Naisten Mestis Finland women's national ice hockey team U20 SM-sarja Finland men's national junior ice hockey team IIHF IIHF Continental Cup IIHF European Champions Cup Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1993–94_SM-liiga_season&oldid=1224448107 " Categories : 1993–94 in European ice hockey leagues 1993–94 in Finnish ice hockey Liiga seasons Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
143-419: The constructions of Gatorade Center in 1990, Hartwall Arena in 1997, and Tampere Deck Arena in 2021, many of the largest events now take place in the newer arenas. Nevertheless, the arena still remains an active venue for concerts, conferences, expos and sports events. During the 2016 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships , games were played there. While the Hartwall Arena was the planned secondary venue for
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#1732790405974156-401: The top flight of Finnish ice hockey. Players on the 1998 championship team included a number of future (and former) NHL players – including Tim Thomas , Jan Čaloun , Johan Davidsson , Bob Halkidis , Olli Jokinen , Jere Karalahti , Jarno Kultanen , Brian Rafalski , Christian Ruuttu , Jarkko Ruutu , Kimmo Timonen and Marko Tuomainen . HIFK's general manager starting from May 1, 2008,
169-457: 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. HIFK has the highest number of audience in the SM-liiga and is one of the wealthiest sports clubs in Finland. One of the major influences to HIFK was
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