Jari Kurri acquires full ownership of the hockey club Jokerit.
14.4. 14:14 • Updated 14.4. 16:12
The hockey club Jokerit will move completely Jari Kurrin ownership. The club said in a press release that Kurri will buy a 40 percent stake in the club from Nornickel Harjavalta. The parties will not open the details of the transaction.
The cooperation between the jokers and the metal industry company Nornickel began in 2017. In June 2019, the company acquired a 40 percent stake in Jokerit Hockey Club Oy.
Norilsk Nickel Harjavalta is part of the Russian mining giant Norilsk Nickel, whose main owner is the Russian oligarch Vladimir Potanin.
– We have a lot of work to do in reorganizing the club’s ownership base and obtaining funding for its operations. However, we are delighted to have noticed that Finnish companies and individuals have the will to be with the Jokers, Kurri says. in the bulletin. (switch to another service)
The Jokers will be informed of their future plans as soon as possible. The Jokers have already confirmed that they will leave the KHL. The people of Helsinki withdrew from the KHL in the middle of the season when Russia invaded Ukraine.
The Jokers played in the Finnish Championship for the last time in the 2013–2014 season. League chairman Heikki Hiltunen has told Sport that he has had informal discussions with Jari Kurri.