Tappara’s sports manager is changing.
There are changes in Tappara. Illustration. Pasi Liesimaa
SM league team in Tappara is the door.
The club’s sports manager will change after the current season. For three years in the job Antti Tuomenosan The fixed -term contract expires after the current period.
The boots of the oxen in 1 May enters Janne Lahtiwho is now working as Tappara’s team leader. Lahti has also worked for the player agent.
As a sports manager, Lahti focuses on recruitment and observation of players, and the daily sports leadership of the SM League team.
In the season 2025-2026, player recruitment is coordinated by the Sports Development Director Kimmo Vähä-Ruokolawhich Lahti supports.
– head coach Rikard Grönborg Also gives his views. Player recruitment in Tappara is always teamwork, CEO Mika Aro Comment in the club’s bulletin.
Vähä-Ruokola has worked in Tappara for 13 years in both sports leadership and coaching. According to him, the body of the next season’s league team is largely together.
-Tappara strives to be as domestic and quality as possible at the time of the season, Vähä-Ruohola said.
Tappara is ranked eight in the SM League. In 2025, the team won only two of its eleven matches.
During the Tuomenoski Pest, Tappara has celebrated the CHL Championships and two Finnish championships.