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Kiekko-Vantaa is an ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

team from Vantaa

Vantaa

Vantaa is a city and municipality in Finland. Helsinki, Vantaa, Espoo and Kauniainen make up the Helsinki Metropolitan Area.Vantaa, with its population of , is the fourth most populated city of Finland. The biggest airport in Finland, the Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, is located there...

, Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

, playing in the Mestis

Mestis

Mestis, , is the second-highest ice hockey league in Finland.The league was established in 2000 to replace the first division. Since 2000, Mestis has been the highest hockey league in Finland that can be reached with playing merits only; the SM-liiga was closed in 2000...

league. It plays its home games in Valtti-areena.

Notable players

Ilari Filppula

Ilari Filppula is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward currently playing for the SM-liiga team Jokerit. He is the older brother of Valtteri Filppula of the Detroit Red Wings.-Playing career:...

Valtteri Filppula

Valtteri Filppula is a Finnish professional ice hockey forward, currently playing for the Detroit Red Wings of the NHL...

Carlo Grünn

Carlo Grünn is a Finnish ice hockey player who currently plays professionally in Finland for SaiPa of the SM-liiga.-External links:...

Juha Kaunismäki

Juha Kaunismäki is a Finnish-born Norwegian professional ice hockey defenceman, who currently plays with Stavanger Oilers of the Norway's elite GET-ligaen.-Career:...

Antti Niemi

Antti Niemi (ice hockey)

Antti Niemi is a Finnish professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently playing with the San Jose Sharks of the National Hockey League. During the 2009–10 NHL season as a member of the Chicago Blackhawks, he became the first Finnish goaltender to win the Stanley Cup.-Playing career:Niemi...

Erkki Rajamäki

Erkki Rajamäki is a Finnish ice hockey left winger currently playing for HIFK Helsinki of the SM-liiga.- Career stats :- External links :...

Joonas Vihko

Joonas Vihko is an Finnish professional ice hockey winger who currently plays for Luleå HF of the Elitserien.-References:...

Hannu Väisänen Joonas Rönnberg Juha Koivisto Sami Heinonen

External links

http://www.kiekko-vantaa.fi/k-vantaa/www/fi/index.php

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