Ilves
Sign in to saveAlso known as Ilves-Hockey Oy, Ilves Hockey, Ilves (ice hockey), Tampereen Ilves (ice hockey)
Tampereen Ilves, commonly known as Ilves, (; Finnish for "Lynx") is a Finnish professional ice hockey team based in Tampere. They play in the Liiga at the Nokia Arena. thumb|The match between Ilves (yellow and green) and Tappara (blue and orange) on December 3, 2021 at Nokia Arena in [[Tampere, Finland]] The colors of Ilves, green, yellow, and black, were taken from what was then the coat of arms of the city of Tampere.
Key facts
- Ice hockey team.team
- Tampereen Ilves
- Ice hockey team.bg_colour
- background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#006934 5px solid; border-bottom:#FFCB05 5px solid;
- Ice hockey team.text_colour
- 000000
- Ice hockey team.logo
- Ilves logo.svg
- Ice hockey team.logo_size
- 210px
- Ice hockey team.city
- Tampere
- Ice hockey team.league
- Liiga
- Ice hockey team.arena
- Nokia Arena
- Ice hockey team.capacity
- 13,455
- Ice hockey team.colours
- Green, yellow, black
- Ice hockey team.owner
- Ilves-Hockey Oy
- Ice hockey team.gm
- Risto Jalo
- Ice hockey team.coach
- Tommi Niemelä
- Ice hockey team.captain
- Eemeli Suomi
- Ice hockey team.affiliates
- KOOVEEIlves Naiset
- Ice hockey team.farmclub
- Koovee
- Ice hockey team.championships
- 1936, 1937, 1938, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1966, 1972, 1985
- Ice hockey team.uniform
- 220px
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Official website
- www.ilves.com
- Image
- Ilves banners.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- Commons category
- Ilves (ice hockey)
- inception
- 1931-00-00
- social media followers
- 11100
Sources (1)
via Wikidata · CC0
~9 min read
Article
14 sectionsContents
- History
- Honors
- SM-sarja
- SM-liiga
- Players
- Current roster
- Honored members
- Coaches
- Current staff
- All-time head coaches
- Other sports
- See also
- References
- External links
Tampereen Ilves, commonly known as Ilves, (; Finnish for "Lynx") is a Finnish professional ice hockey team based in Tampere. They play in the Liiga at the Nokia Arena. thumb|The match between Ilves (yellow and green) and Tappara (blue and orange) on December 3, 2021 at Nokia Arena in [[Tampere, Finland]] The colors of Ilves, green, yellow, and black, were taken from what was then the coat of arms of the city of Tampere.
==History== With sixteen championships, Ilves is the second most successful hockey team in the Finnish championship league, the Liiga, after their local rival Tappara. The club was founded in the spring of 1931, and it played its first game against Tampereen Palloilijat the next winter. In the late 1930s, Ilves won three Finnish championship titles as the first Tampere-based hockey team.