HPK salaries 2026-27
Liiga · Hämeenlinna · 31 players · 11 imports
Filed data. This club's total payroll is a published figure from Liiga's own published player budgets for 2026-27, released 24 August 2026 and reported by Yle. Clubs file the figure with the league and the league quality-checks it. Gross player wages including benefits in kind; employer side costs excluded.. How it splits across the roster is EuroCap's estimate.
Payroll (as negotiated)
€1.61M
€1,612,500
Gross cost to club
€2.20M
€2,200,500
Average
€52k
Median
€46k
Highest paid
€120k
Imports
11
of 31 players
Roster and salaries
Imports agree a net wage and the club pays the tax on top — shown here with the gross cost in brackets. Domestic players agree a gross wage and pay their own tax, so that is the figure shown.
Forwards (18)
| Player | Pos | Age | Nat | Salary | Basis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sami Päivärinta | C | 23 | FIN | €149,500 | Medium |
| 2 | Connor MacEachern | C | 27 | CAN | €119,500 (€141,500) | Medium |
| 3 | Anrei Hakulinen | RW | 36 | FIN | €141,000 | Medium |
| 4 | Brendan Ranford | C | 34 | CAN | €110,000 (€129,000) | Medium |
| 5 | Joonas Oden | C | 26 | FIN | €116,000 | Low |
| 6 | Ethan De Jong | RW | 27 | CAN | €82,000 (€97,000) | Medium |
| 7 | Harri Kainulainen | C | 30 | FIN | €80,500 | Low |
| 8 | Olli Korhonen | C | 28 | FIN | €78,500 | Low |
| 9 | Heikki Huttunen | C | 27 | FIN | €69,500 | Medium |
| 10 | Ilari Mäkinen | RW | 17 | FIN | €55,500 | Low |
| 11 | Rasmus Tallqvist | RW | 22 | FIN | €52,500 | Low |
| 12 | Andrej Kukuca | RW | 26 | SVK | €39,000 (€46,000) | Low |
| 13 | Nico Niemelä | C | 18 | FIN | €44,000 | Low |
| 14 | Paavo Laine | C | 17 | FIN | €44,000 | Low |
| 15 | Raffael Nitz | RW | 19 | ITA | €35,500 (€42,000) | Low |
| 16 | Oliver Kopiloff | C | 20 | FIN | €28,500 | Low |
| 17 | Vili Alitalo | C | 23 | FIN | €28,000 | Low |
| 18 | Roope Vesterinen | LW | 20 | FIN | €20,500 | Low |
Defence (11)
| Player | Pos | Age | Nat | Salary | Basis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hugo Gabrielson | D | 23 | SWE | €100,000 (€117,000) | Medium |
| 2 | Miska Kukkonen | D | 26 | FIN | €107,000 | High |
| 3 | Viljami Jokirinne | D | 22 | FIN | €78,500 | Low |
| 4 | Chad Nychuk | D | 25 | CAN | €65,000 (€76,500) | Medium |
| 5 | Garrett Pyke | D | 27 | CAN | €52,500 (€62,000) | Medium |
| 6 | Arturs Andzans | D | 25 | LAT | €51,500 (€60,500) | Medium |
| 7 | Valtteri Piironen | D | 25 | FIN | €58,000 | Low |
| 8 | Akseli Ketonen | D | 21 | FIN | €52,500 | Low |
| 9 | Eerik Wallenius | D | 20 | FIN | €40,000 | Low |
| 10 | Eetu Salmivuori | D | 17 | FIN | €40,000 | Low |
| 11 | Gabriel Nitz | D | 19 | ITA | €30,000 (€35,500) | Low |
Goaltending (2)
| Player | Pos | Age | Nat | Salary | Basis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob Crespin | G | 27 | SWE | €51,500 (€61,000) | Medium |
| 2 | Kim Saarinen | G | 20 | FIN | €48,500 | Low |
