Koovee (ice hockey)

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Koovee

City	Tampere, Finland
League	Mestis
Founded	1929
Home arena	Hakametsä
Colours
Owner(s)	Koovee Jääkiekko ry
General manager	Vesa Leinonen
Head coach	Jyrki Rantala
Captain	Tero Kalela
Website	koovee.fi/jaakiekko/

Koovee ry, stylized as KOOVEE ry, is a Finnish professional ice hockey team based at Tampere. They play in the Mestis, the second-tier league of Finland.

Koovee played in the country's top-tier leagues, SM-sarja and SM-liiga in the 1950–51 season, then from 1953 to 1957 and again from 1958 until 1980.

The team were initially named Tampereen Kilpa-Veljet ry (TK-V) until 1967.

Koovee play in Tampere at the Hakametsä, which holds about 800 spectators.

See also[edit]

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 (2023–24)	HIFK HPK Ilves Mikkelin Jukurit JYP Jyväskylä KalPa KooKoo Oulun Kärpät Lukko Lahti Pelicans SaiPa Vaasan Sport Tappara HC TPS Porin Ässät
Former teams	Espoo Blues 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
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