Kiekko-Espoo
Kiekko-Espoo is a Finnish professional ice hockey club founded in 2018 as a continuation of the Kiekko-Espoo team originally founded in 1984. Kiekko-Espoo men's team plays in the Mestis, where they have won one championship (2022–23), and the women's team plays in the Naisten Liiga. Kiekko-Espoo's junior teams play at national league levels in U16, U18 and U20 juniors. The junior teams of Espoo Blues and Kiekko-Espoo played under Kiekko-Espoo Juniorit ry until 2014. Kiekko-Espoo will participate in the SM-liiga for the 2024–25 season.
| Kiekko-Espoo | |
|---|---|
| Nickname | Kivikova |
| City | Espoo, Finland |
| League | Mestis |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Home arena | Espoo Metro Areena (capacity: 6,982) |
| Colours | |
| Head coach | Tomas Westerlund |
| Affiliates | Hunters Jäähonka |
| Website | kiekko-espoo |
| Franchise history | |
| 1984–1998 | Kiekko-Espoo |
| 1998–2016 | Espoo Blues |
| 2018–present | Kiekko-Espoo |
| Championships | |
| Mestis | 1: 2022–23 |
In 2017, Espoon Kiekkoseura and Espoon Palloseura, which split from the Espoo Blues junior organization, launched their own junior representative team and founded Kiekko-Espoo ry. The team plays in U16, U18 and U20 junior leagues under the name Kiekko-Espoo. When Espoo United collapsed in the spring of 2018, the organization decided to also establish a representative team for adults in Kiekko-Espoo. It started playing in the 2018–2019 season in the Suomi-sarja. In the 2019–2020 season, the Blues women's representative team also moved to Kiekko-Espoo.