JYP Naiset
JYP Naiset or JYP Jyväskylä Naiset is a Finnish ice hockey team in the Naisten Mestis. Their home is the Jyväskylän harjoitusjäähalli ('Jyväskylä training ice hall') in Jyväskylä, Central Finland. JYP Naiset have won the Aurora Borealis Cup three times, in 1997, 1998, and 2016.
| JYP Naiset | |
|---|---|
| City | Jyväskylä, Central Finland, Finland |
| League | Naisten Mestis |
| Founded | 1989 as JyP HT 1996 as JyHC |
| Home arena | Jyväskylän harjoitusjäähalli |
| Colours | Red, black, white |
| Owner(s) | JYP Juniorit ry |
| Head coach | Sheila Gagnon |
| Website | Official website |
| Franchise history | |
| First | |
| 1989–1997 | JyP HC Naiset |
| 1997–2000 | JYP Naiset |
| Second | |
| 1996–2004 | Jyväskylän Hockey Cats |
| 2004–2009 | Cats Jyväskylä |
| 2009–2016 | JYP Naiset |
| Current | |
| 2016– | JYP Naiset |
| Championships | |
| Finnish Championship | 3 (1996–97, 1997–98, 2015–16) |
| Current uniform | |
The team is the successor of two teams: JyP Hockey Team (HT) Naiset, which existed from 1989 to 2000 and used the name JYP Naiset during the period 1997 to 2000, and Jyväskylän Hockey Cats (JyHC), which was founded in 1996 and was known as the Cats Jyväskylä during 2004 to 2009 and JYP Naiset from 2009 to present. They are the women's representative team of the ice hockey club JYP Juniorit ry and are loosely affiliated with JYP Jyväskylä of the Liiga.
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