JYP Jyväskylä

JYP is a professional ice hockey club based in Jyväskylä, Finland, competing in the top-tier Liiga. Their home games are played at LähiTapiola Areena. The team originated in 1923 as the ice hockey section of the multi-sport club Jyväskylän Palloilijat, which also fielded teams in football, pesäpallo, bandy, and basketball. Financial difficulties led to a split in 1977, with the ice hockey department becoming JyP HT, while the football side became JyP-77 (now JJK Jyväskylä).

JyP HT began in the second-tier I Division and earned promotion to the SM-liiga for the 1985–86 season. After a promising fifth-place finish in their debut season, they missed the playoffs the following year, and a slow start to the third season led to the dismissal of head coach Erkka Westerlund. The club, now officially registered as an osakeyhtiö since 1999, has won the Kanada-malja championship twice, in 2009 and 2012, and were runners-up in 1989 and 1992.

In 2010, JYP formed a partnership with the NHL’s Boston Bruins to facilitate player transfers and training. The team has also claimed the European Trophy in 2013 and the Champions Hockey League in 2018. Notable alumni include NHL players such as Olli Määttä and Sami Vatanen.