After the
Winter War and the
Continuation War during
World War II, the city of Viipuri was ceded to
Soviet Union and Reipas was forced to move within Finnish borders. In 1945, Reipas relocated to
Lahti where it continued, in the new home town of the evacuees, under its original name until renamed to
Lahden Reipas. In 1975,
Kiekkoreipas was formed to take over hockey operations. == References ==