Annina Rajahuhta | |||
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Born | Helsinki, Finland | 8 March 1989||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb; 11 st 5 lb) | ||
Position | Forward | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for | |||
National team | Finland | ||
Playing career | 2005–2021 | ||
Annina Rajahuhta (born 8 March 1989) is a Finnish retired ice hockey forward, currently serving as co-head coach of the Kiekko-Espoo girl's under-16 and under-18 teams. She played ten seasons with the Finnish national team, winning bronze medals at the 2010 and 2018 Winter Olympics prior to retiring from international competition in 2020. [1]
In Finland, she played for HPK Kiekkonaiset in the Naisten SM-sarja (Finnish national women's league, renamed Naisten Liiga in 2017). For the 2011–12 CWHL season, Rajahuhta joined the Burlington Barracudas. In the bronze medal game at the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship, Annina Rajahuhta scored a goal [2] as Finland lost to Switzerland beat by a 6–2 tally. [3]
On 18 November 2011, Rajahuhta was one of several Burlington Barracudas players that competed in the first ever Hockey Helps the Homeless Women's Tournament. Said tournament was held at the Magna Centre in Newmarket, Ontario. [4]
Rajahuhta scored the only goal for Team World in a 3–1 loss at the 2019 Aurora Games. [5]
Event | Goals | Assists | Points | Shots | PIM | +/- |
2010 Winter Olympics | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 |
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