KalPa Naiset


Kalevan Pallo Naiset, abbreviated as KalPa Naiset, is an ice hockey team in the Auroraliiga. Founded in 1990, the team plays in Kuopio, the largest city in Finland's eastern-central province of North Savo, at the Kuopion jäähalli ; Lippumäen jäähalli serves as a secondary venue. The team won the Finnish Championship silver medal in 2021, and have won five SM bronze medals, in 1995, 1996, 2017, 2023, and 2024.
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History

In 2020, the team qualified for the Aurora Borealis Cup playoff final and were set to face the reigning champions, Kiekko-Espoo, when the playoffs were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic before the first game of the finals. By making it to the playoff finals, KalPa was guaranteed at least a silver medal, which would have been the highest finish in team history to that point, but with the cancellation of the season no Finnish Championship medals were awarded.

Season-by-season results

This is a partial list of the most recent seasons completed by KalPa Naiset.
Note: Finish = Rank at end of regular season; GP = Games played, W = Wins, OTW = Overtime wins, OTL = Overtime losses, L = Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points, Top scorer: '''Points'''

Players and personnel

2025–26 roster

Coaching staff and team personnel
  • Head coach: Artturi Rouhiainen
  • Assistant coach: Jere Hakkarainen
  • Assistant coach: Sami Tapaninen
  • Goaltending coach: Joonas Rantanen
  • Conditioning coach: Tiia Kukkonen
  • Conditioning coach: Jaakko Uhlbäck
  • Team managers: Mari Leskinen
  • Equipment managers: Jarno Hakkarainen & Jari Hämäläinen

Team captains

  • Johanna Juutilainen, 2010–11
  • Isa Rahunen, 2011–12
  • Marjo Voutilainen, 2012–13
  • Venla Hovi & Anni Kettunen, 2013–14
  • Johanna Juutilainen, 2015–2018
  • Tanja Niskanen, 2018–19
  • Tiina Ranne & Emma Ritari, 2019–20
  • Emma Ritari, 2020–21
  • Johanna Juutilainen, 2021–2024
  • Elli Mäkelä, 2024–25
  • Lunasa Sano, 2025–

Head coaches

Awards and honours

Finnish Championship

Aurora Borealis Cup Runners-up : 2021Third Place : 1995, 1996, 2017, 2023. 2024
Sources:

Individual awards

Player of the Month

All-Stars

;First Team
  • 2023–24: Elisa Holopainen, Sanni Rantala
  • 2022–23: Elisa Holopainen, Sanni Rantala
  • 2020–21: Elisa Holopainen, Matilda Nilsson
  • 2019–20: Elisa Holopainen, Matilda Nilsson, Tanja Niskanen
  • 2018–19: Elisa Holopainen, Tanja Niskanen
  • 2014–15: Matilda Nilsson
;Second Team
  • 2022–23: Jenna Kaila, Adalmiina Makkonen, Tiina Ranne
  • 2020–21: Tiina Ranne
  • 2019–20: Tiina Ranne
  • 2018–19: Matilda Nilsson
  • 2017–18: Elisa Holopainen, Matilda Nilsson

Team records

Various individual KalPa Naiset player records achieved through the end of the 2022–23 season.

Regular season

Single-season records
Career records
  • Most points: Tanja Niskanen, 488 points
  • Most points, defenseman: Tanja Koljonen, 103 points
  • Most goals: Tanja Niskanen, 257 goals
  • Most assists: Johanna Juutilainen, 260 assists
  • Best points per game, over 30 games played: Elisa Holopainen, 2.15 points per game
  • Most penalty minutes: Salla Rantanen, 322 PIM
  • Most games played, skater: Johanna Juutilainen, 348 games
  • Most games played, goaltender: Tiina Ranne, 130 games
  • Best save percentage, over twenty games played: Tiina Ranne,.921 Sv%
  • Best career goals against average, over twenty games played: Tiina Ranne, 2.41 GAA
  • Most shutouts: Tiina Ranne, 17 shutouts

All-time scoring leaders

The top regular season point scorers in KalPa Naiset history, as of 2024.
Note: Nat = Nationality; Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game; = 2024–25 KalPa player
NatPlayerPosGPGAPtsP/G
sortname|Tanja|Niskanen

Notable alumni

International player(s)

  • Emma Hall, 2024–25
  • Nozomi Kiribuchi, 2015–16
  • Sarah Knee, 2022–23
  • Kokoro Ota, 2024–25