History
Vaasan Sport was founded in 1939. The team was involved in the founding of SM-liiga in 1975, but was relegated in the 1975-1976 season (roster for their first and only SM-Liiga season).
After the relegation Sport played in the Finnish 1st Division (since then renamed as Mestis), until they were relegated in 1991-1992 to the Finnish Second Division. Climbing back up to the 1st division proved to be a tough task and wasn't accomplished until spring 1997, with the game-winning goal of the deciding game against Kiekko-67 being scored by Kari Teräväinen in overtime.
Season 2008-09 was a success, as Sport won the championship. However the team lost in the last game (best of 7 games are played) to Ässät in the league qualification series and remained in Mestis. The overall qualification series were close, as Sport was 1 goal from being promoted to SM-Liiga, but was unable to score.
Sport has since year 2000, been struggling with bad economy. Which has almost led the club to bankruptcy. But the club board has made improvements to secure a future for the club, cutting down on the budget for the whole new season. And also installed new Head coach and former world ice hockey champion Antti Törmänen, who started to build a new young team from scratch.
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