Save Pond Hockey
| Founded | 2014 |
|---|---|
| Type | Non-governmental organization, non-profit organization |
| Purpose | Environmentalism, Climate change |
| Headquarters | Helsinki, Finland |
Region served | Worldwide |
President | Svante Suominen |
Volunteers | 9 |
| Website | Save Pond Hockey |
Save Pond Hockey (SPH) is a non-profit environmental organization that raises awareness about the issues of climate change through ice hockey. It was founded in 2015, the organization is based out of Helsinki in Finland.
Operations[edit]
SPH organize outdoor hockey tournaments to raise awareness and funds to fight climate change. Via its SPHx tournaments the charity has raised over 20,000€ for different climate change groups as of 11th October 2018.:[1]
SPHx Tournaments[edit]
Since 2015, over six tournaments have been organised in Finland[2]
2015[edit]
- Date: 8th February 2015
- Venue: Kallio outdoor ice rink, Helsinki, Finland.
- Teams: 16
- Players: 130.
- Donations to: Myrskyvaroitus.
2016[edit]
- Date: 6th February 2016
- Venue: Kallio outdoor ice rink, Helsinki, Finland.
- Teams: 24
- Players: 200.
- Donations to: Hiilivapaa Suomi.
- Notes: Special participatation in the tournament by Finnish actor and musician Reino Nordin.
2017[edit]
Mikkeli(co-organised with Mikkelin Jukurit[3]):
- Date: 21st January 2017
- Venue: Kenkävero, Mikkeli, Finland.
- Teams: 12
- Players: 100.
- Donations to: Suomen Luonnonsuojeluliitto
- Notes: Special participatation in the tournament by former NHL player Ville Nieminen.
Helsinki:
- Date: 11th February 2017
- Venue: Kallio outdoor ice rink, Helsinki, Finland.
- Teams: 24
- Players: 200.
- Donations to: Hiilivapaa Suomi.
- Notes: Special participatation in the tournament by the President of Finland Sauli Niinistö.[4][5].
- Date: 11th March 2017
- Venue: Koulunkadun Kenttä, Tampere, Finland.
- Teams: 9
- Players: 70.
- Donations to: Hiilivapaa Suomi.
- Notes: Special participatation in the tournament by former NHL player and all-time leading scorer in Finland's SM-liiga Janne Ojanen.
2018[edit]
- Date: 3rd February 2018
- Venue: Kallio outdoor ice rink, Helsinki, Finland.
- Teams: 28
- Players: 230.
- Donations to: Hiilivapaa Suomi.
- Date: 9th February 2018
- Venue: Kenkävero, Mikkeli, Finland.
- Teams: TBC.
- Players: TBC.
- Donations to: TBC.
Awards[edit]
Save Pond Hockey were announced as a finalist in the Maapalloliiga (Earth League) competition organised by the Finnish Innovation Fund, Sitra.[9]. The Maapalloliiga competition's objective is to find solutions that inspire and activate people to live more environmentally friendly.[10]
Media[edit]
Save Pond Hockey has been featured in a news article in Helsingin Sanomat and a news program on MTV3 news in Finland following the participation of the President of Finland Sauli Niinistö in the 2017 Helsinki SPHx tournamenent.[11][12]. Save Pond Hockey have also been the feature of articles in Süddeutsche Zeitung and Tages-Anzeiger.[13][14]. In 2018, collaborating with artist Janne Käpylehto, Save Pond Hockey hosted the world's first rotating ice hockey game. This was achieved by having a free floating ice rink cut into frozen ice of Töölönlahti Bay (in Töölö and rotating during play.[15][16][17]
External links[edit]
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- Official Site
- Save Pond Hockey on Facebook
- Save Pond Hockey on Twitter
- Save Pond Hockey on Instagram
References[edit]
- ↑ "Save Pond Hockey - Team".
- ↑ "Save Pond Hockey - Tournaments".
- ↑ "Pelastetaan Pipolätkä -Pipolätkäturnaus ilmastonmuutosta vastaan!". 2017-02-11.
- ↑ "Presidentti Niinistö maalasi pipolätkäturnauksessa". 2017-02-11.
- ↑ "HSTV: 2017 Save Pond Hockey". 2017-02-18.
- ↑ "Kuka on Savon pipolätkäkingi?". 2018-02-10.
- ↑ "Mikkelissä pelataan pipolätkää ilmastonmuutosta vastaan". 2018-02-09.
- ↑ "Miehet pelasivat pipolätkää Kenkäverossa ilmastonmuutoksen torjumiseksi". 2018-02-09.
- ↑ "Save Pond Hockey ry is one of the Maapalloliiga finalists". 2018-09-30.
- ↑ "Sitra Maapalloliiga". 2018-10-11.
- ↑ "Presidentti Niinistö esitteli lätkätaitojaan Brahenkentällä Kalliossa - "Pelatessa unohtaa kaiken eikä näe tai kuule mitään muuta"". 2017-02-11. soft hyphen character in
|title=at position 36 (help) - ↑ "Kevennykset - Vuodet 2015-2018 - Ilmastonmuutosta vastustettiin pipolätkäturnauksen parissa".
- ↑ "Wenn eine Sportart schmilzt".
- ↑ "Wenn eine Sportart schmilzt".
- ↑ "Maailman ehkä ensimmäisessä pyörivässä lätkäturnauksessa".
- ↑ "Töölönlahdella pelattiin presidentillistä pipolätkää pyörivän jääkarusellin päällä".
- ↑ "The world's first "rotating" ice hockey game".
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