Kokkolan Hermes | |
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City | Kokkola, Finland |
League | Mestis |
Founded | 1953 |
Home arena | Kokkolan jäähalli |
Colours | |
Owner(s) | Edustus Hermes ry |
General manager | Hannu Myllymäki |
Head coach | Antti Karhula |
Captain | Jussi Nättinen |
Affiliates | Sport (Liiga) JHT (Suomi-sarja) |
Website | www |
Kokkolan Hermes is a Finnish semi-professional ice hockey club based in Kokkola that plays in the Mestis, the second-tier men's league in Finland after Liiga. The club was founded in 1953 and plays their home games at the Kokkolan jäähalli, which has a capacity of 4,200 spectators.[1]
The club also supports an active minor ice hockey department, which hosts junior teams in the men's U16 Mestis, U17 Mestis, U18 Mestis, U18 Aluesarja, and U20 Mestis. Hermes previously included women's teams in the U16 Naisten Aluesarja and, until 2019, the U20 Finnish Championship tournament (Finnish: U20 SM-turnaus).