| Kiekko-Espoo | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Nickname | Kivikova (Finnish) |
| City | Espoo, Finland |
| League | Liiga |
| Founded | 1984 |
| Home arena | Espoo Metro Areena (capacity: 6,982) |
| Colours | |
| General manager | Kim Hirschovits (2024–25) |
| Head coach | Jyrki Aho (2024–25) |
| Affiliates | Porvoo Hunters Jäähonka |
| Website | kiekko-espoo |
| Franchise history | |
| 1984–1998 | Kiekko-Espoo |
| 1998–2016 | Espoo Blues |
| 2018–present | Kiekko-Espoo |
| Championships | |
| Mestis championship | 1 (2022–23) |
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 Liiga, where they were promoted for the 2024–25 season,[1] and the women's team plays in the Auroraliiga, where they hold the most championships of any club.
Kiekko-Espoo's junior teams play at national league levels in U16, U18 and U20 juniors.[2] The junior teams of Espoo Blues and Kiekko-Espoo played under Kiekko-Espoo Juniorit ry until 2014.[3]
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.[4] 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.[5]
- ^ "SM-liigalta isoja uutisia: Kiekko-Espoo mukaan, TuTolle pettymys". mtvuutiset.fi (in Finnish). 20 December 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ "Kiekko-Espoo seuran esittely".
- ^ "YTJ - Yritys- ja yhteisötietojärjestelmä - Yrityshaku". tietopalvelu.ytj.fi. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
- ^ "Kiekko-Espoo tekee paluun kaukaloon EKS:n ja EPS:n junnujen edariseurana". Länsiväylä (in Finnish). 21 November 2017. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
- ^ "Naiskiekon menestynein seura Blues historiaa – Kiekko-Espoo palaa Naisten liigaan". Yle Urheilu (in Finnish). 25 April 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2022.