Editing HC TPS (section)

==Team history==
[[File:Porin Kärpät - HC TPS.jpg|thumb|HC TPS (white jerseys) playing against Porin Kärpät sometime in the 1950s or 1960s|left]]
TPS was established in 1922 as [[Turun Palloseura]], from which the acronym derives. The club began ice hockey activities after 1929. Today, the full name of the company that owns the ice hockey team is ''HC TPS Turku Oy''.

TPS has won the Finnish Championship in ice hockey 11 times: 1956, 1976, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2010. Only Tampere teams [[Ilves]] and [[Tappara]] have won more titles when SM-sarja also counts. Coach [[Hannu Jortikka]] led the club to a total of six championships in 1989–91 and 1999–2001. TPS have also won two Finnish Cups, a European Cup in [[1993–94 IIHF European Cup|1994]], the European Hockey League in [[1996–97 European Hockey League|1997]], and a [[IIHF Super Cup|Super Cup]] in 1997.

[[Vladimir Yurzinov]] used to be the coach of TPS in 1992–98. The team is currently coached by [[Tommi Miettinen]].

[[NHL]] players from TPS include [[Saku Koivu]], [[Mikko Koivu]], [[Miikka Kiprusoff]], [[Sami Salo]], [[Petteri Nummelin]], [[Niko Kapanen]], [[Jere Lehtinen]], [[Rasmus Ristolainen]], [[Antero Niittymäki]], [[Lauri Korpikoski]], [[Mikko Rantanen]], [[Artturi Lehkonen]], [[Matias Maccelli]], [[Juraj Slafkovský]], [[Kaapo Kakko]], [[Juuso Pärssinen]] and others.