Tapio Koskinen 1953 – 2026

Biography

Tapio Kalervo Koskinen was a Finnish ice hockey player who spent his entire career with one club, Porin Assat, and became one of the town’s great sporting figures. Born in Pori on January 22, 1953, he joined Assat’s senior team at fifteen and played 475 games for the club between 1968 and 1983, scoring 358 points. He won Finnish championships with Assat in 1971 and 1978 and collected five Finnish championship medals in all. He represented Finland at four major tournaments, including the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck and the first Canada Cup the same year, and was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame as Jääkiekkoleijona number 110 in 1998. Assat announced his death on November 10, 2026. He was 73.