HELSINKI, Apr 14 The company that owns the Helsinki Jokerit, its general manager Jari Kurri, is reported on the website of the hockey club. Earlier, on April 5, Jokerit announced its withdrawal from the Continental Hockey League (KHL), and Kurri left his post on the board of directors of the KHL. «The chairman of the board of directors of Jokerit, Jari Kurri, bought a 40% stake in the club from Norilsk Nickel Harjavalta Oy and thus became the 100% owner of the Jokerit hockey club,» the club said in a statement. Cooperation between Jokerit and Norilsk Nickel Harjavalta Oy began in 2017. In June 2019, the Finnish division of Norilsk Nickel acquired a 40% stake in the club. «I want to thank NN Harjavalta for cooperation over the past years. We have a lot of work to do to reorganize the club's ownership base and get funding for our activities. To our delight, we noted that Finnish companies and individuals are ready to take part in writing a new chapter in the history of Jokerit, Kurri said.
