Team information
- Abbr
- ILV
- Sport
- Hockey
- League
- Finnish Liiga
- Founded
- 1931
- Home market
- Tampere, FI
Ilves (pronounced ; Finnish for "Lynx") is a Finnish professional ice hockey team based in Tampere. They play in the Liiga at the Tampere Deck Arena. The match between Ilves (yellow and green) and Tappara (blue and orange) on December 3, 2021 at Nokia Arena in Tampere, Finland The colors of Ilves, green, yellow, and black, were taken from what was then the coat of arms of the city of Tampere. With sixteen championships, Ilves is the second most successful hockey team in the Finnish champi