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{{Short description|Elite Finnish ringette and ice hockey club}}
{{Pro hockey team
|name = Lapinlahden Luistin -89
|nickname       = LL-89
|previous names =
|text_color     = white
|bg_color       = black; border-top: grey 5px solid; border-bottom: grey 5px solid;
|logo       =
|logosize   = 200px
|secondary logo =
|founded    = [[1989]]
|arena      = [[Lapinlahden jäähalli]]
|city       = {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Lapinlahti]]
|league =
{{Plainlist|
*{{interlanguage link|Jääkiekon II-divisioona|fi}} (gentlemen)
*[[SM Ringette]] (ladies)
*Women's mestizo qualifier
}}
| current     = 2023–24 season
| website     =Ringette - {{URL|https://lapinlahdenluistin.fi/ringette/|LL-89.fi}}
}}
'''Lapinlahden Luistin -89''' (abbr. LL-89) in [[Lapinlahti|Lapinlahden]], from the municipality [[Pohjois-Savo]]sta, is a home club specializing in ice sports, whose sports include [[ice hockey]], [[rinkball]] and [[ringette]]. The club's home arena is the Lapinlahti Ice Hall (Lapinlahden jäähalli). The club also has several junior teams in ice hockey and ringette.
==Ringette==
[[SM Ringette]]'s LL-89 has won the Finnish ringette championship nine times, in 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018 and 2021. LL-89 has also won the [[Ringette World Club Championship]] in the six-team tournament played in Turku in [[Ringette World Club Championship#2011 Ringette World Club Championship|2011]].
In the years 2014–2016, the ringette team played two seasons in the women's ice hockey Mestis, from which they made a return to the ringette.<ref>{{cite web|date=3 May 2016|publisher=Yle|title=Kaikkien aikojen ringetteseura tekee paluun: Lapinlahden Luistin aikoo nousta takaisin lajin huipulle|url=http://yle.fi/urheilu/3-8856456}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> In the 2016–2017 season, the team played in the Ringette First Division and at the end of the season moved up to the SM division.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2 April 2018|date=28 September 2016|publisher=SKRL Ry -Suomen Kaukalopallo- ja Ringetteliitto Ry/smringette.fi|title=Ringeten SM-sarja käyntiin viikonloppuna|url=http://www.smringette.fi/fi/nw/12242/ringeten+sm-sarja+k%C3%A4yntiin+viikonloppuna.html}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=2 April 2018|date=25 March 2017|publisher=SKRL Ry -Suomen Kaukalopallo- ja Ringetteliitto Ry/smringette.fi|title=Lapinlahden Luistin 89 pelasi täydellisen kauden päättäen sen nousujuhliin|url=http://www.smringette.fi/fi/nw/12805/lapinlahden+luistin+89+pelasi+t%C3%A4ydellisen+kauden+p%C3%A4%C3%A4tt%C3%A4en+sen+nousujuhliin.html}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> The club announced in the middle of the 2021 championship celebration that it would give up its place in the ringette SM division because many more experienced players had ended their careers. The club started to build a new rise with a young team from a lower league level.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-04-06|date=2021-04-05|language=fi|title=SM-kultaa voittaneelta seuralta yllättävä ilmoitus kesken mestaruusjuhlien – aikoo luopua sarjapaikasta|url=https://www.is.fi/urheilu/art-2000007901818.html|work=Ilta-Sanomat}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
Coach [[Juha Pohjola]], the father of LL-89 ringette player [[Anne Pohjola]], died of cancer in the fall of 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://yle.fi/a/3-10127623|title=Suru isän kuolemasta oli SM-finaalien ratkaisupelaajalle voimavara, mestaruusjuhlissa tuli liikutuksen vuoro: "Yritin pitää tunteet kurissa" {{!}} Lapinlahden LL-89 voitti ensimmäisen Suomen mestaruutensa ilman valmentajalegenda Juha "Junnu" Pohjolaa |trans-title=The sadness of her father's death was a source of strength for the player who decided the WC finals, at the championship party it was her turn to be moved: "I tried to keep my emotions in check" {{!}} Lapinlahti LL-89 won its first Finnish championship without coach legend Juha "Junnu" Pohjola|date=22 March 2018 |author=Joska Saarinen|website=yle.fi|language=fi}}</ref> He had served as the team's coach during the club's first seven Finnish championships and the [[Ringette World Club Championship]].<ref>{{cite web|access-date=13 October 2022|author=Partanen, Joonas|date=6 October 2015|title=Valmentajalegenda nukkui pois – Juha Pohjola on kuollut|url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/talviurheilu/a/2015100620477382|work=Iltalehti}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref><ref>{{cite web|access-date=13 October 2022|author=Saarinen, Joska|date=22 March 2018|publisher=Yle|title=Suru isän kuolemasta oli SM-finaalien ratkaisupelaajalle voimavara, mestaruusjuhlissa tuli liikutuksen vuoro: "Yritin pitää tunteet kurissa"|url=https://yle.fi/urheilu/3-10127623}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>
In the 2020–2021 season, the men's ice hockey team played in the North Savo hobby series. The women's ice hockey team, Red Lights, played the women's Mestis qualifier in the 2020–2021 season.
==See also==
*[[Ringette]]
*[[SM Ringette]]
*[[RNK Flyers]]
*[[Anne Pohjola]]
*[[Marjukka Virta]]
== Sources ==
*[https://lapinlahdenluistin.fi/ Seuran kotisivut]
*[http://www.ringette.fi/fi/Kilpailutoiminta/Naisten+SM-sarja.html Ringeten SM-sarja] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907042623/http://www.ringette.fi/fi/Kilpailutoiminta/Naisten+SM-sarja.html}}
== References ==
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[[Category:Ringette teams]]
[[Category:Ice hockey teams]]
[[Category:Lapinlahti]]
[[Category:Sports clubs and teams in Finland]]
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