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HIFK (Helsingfors IFK or Helsingin IFK, originally Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna i Helsingfors) is a sports association from Helsinki, Finland. HIFK has activities in many sports, including ice hockey, football, bandy, floorball, handball, athletics and bowling. It is the oldest IFK club in Finland, established in 1897.

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HIFK

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League SM-liiga
Founded 1897
History HIFK
1897 - present

Hockey Section from 1927 - present
Arena Helsingin jäähalli (capacity 8,200)
City Helsinki, Finland
Team Colors Red, white, blue
General Manager Pentti Matikainen
Head Coach Paul Baxter
Team Captain Rem Murray

The club undertook ice hockey activities after 1927. Ever since, HIFK has won the Finnish National Championship title six times (1969, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1983, 1998).

The team plays in Helsinki, Finland at the Helsingin jäähalli. The derbys against local rivals Helsingin Jokerit are often sold out and are one of the fiercest in Nordic hockey.

HIFK general manager is Pentti Matikainen, who coached Team Finland to its first hockey olympic medal (silver) in Calgary 1988.

The last Finnish championship title is from 1998, when the team was widely recognised as one of the best ever to have skated together in the top flight of Finnish ice hockey.

Players who featured 1998 championship team included a number of future (and former) NHL stars – including Tim Thomas (Boston), Jan Caloun (Columbus), Johan Davidsson (Anaheim), Miika Elomo (Washington), Bob Halkidis (Buffalo, Detroit), *Olli Jokinen (Florida), *Jere Karalahti (LA Kings), Jarno Kultanen (Boston), *Brian Rafalski (New Jersey), Christian Ruuttu (Buffalo, Chicago), *Jarkko Ruutu (Vancouver, Pittsburgh), Kimmo Timonen (Nashville) and Marko Tuomainen (LA Kings).

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 to the way hockey is played in Finland led to his posthumous induction to the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame in 2003.


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SM-liiga
Current
teams		 Ässät  · Blues  · HIFK  · HPK  · Ilves  · Jokerit  · JYP  · KalPa  · Kärpät  · Lukko  · Pelicans  · SaiPa  · Tappara  · TPS
Defunct
teams		 FPS  · Jokipojat  · KooKoo  · Koo-Vee  · Sport  · TuTo
Trophies
& Awards		 Kultainen kypärä  · Kalevi Numminen trophy  · Jarmo Wasama memorial trophy  · Matti Keinonen trophy  · Raimo Kilpiö trophy  · Urpo Ylönen trophy  · Pekka Rautakallio trophy  · Aarne Honkavaara trophy  · Veli-Pekka Ketola trophy  · Lasse Oksanen trophy  · Jari Kurri trophy
Finnish
ice hockey		 Mestis  · Suomi-sarja  · 2. Divisioona  · Finnish national men's ice hockey team  · Finnish national women's ice hockey team  · SM-sarja
Related articles: IIHF  · Continental Cup  · IIHF European Champions Cup (IIHF)
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