Jokerit

Jokerit are an ice hockey team in the Finnish SM-liiga. They play in Helsinki, Finland at the Hartwall Areena.

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:Founded: 1967

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:Arena: Hartwall Areena (capacity 13,665)

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:Uniform colours: Dark blue, red, yellow

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:Logo design: Winking jester.

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:League championships won: 6 (1973, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2002)

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Early history

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Jokerit would not exist without the debts-incurred ice hockey branch of T??l?n Vesa amateur sports club, who were faced with having to discontinue their resource-demanding ice hockey activites in 1967. Master-builder Aimo M?kinen seized the opportunity to establish a semi-professional sports club of his own, and for the price of half of Vesa's ice hockey debts the new ice hockey club inherited everything, including junior players and the vacant position in second highest Finnish series, Suomen sarja.

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