The following table lists all Finns who have played or are committed to play women's ice hockey at the NCAA Division I level in the United States, sorted by conference and team. Players who have represented more than one team are listed with each program and appear more than once. [1] [2] [3]
^ | Denotes player active in the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season |
* | Denotes player has committed to play in a future season |
The following table lists all Finns who have played or are committed to play NCAA Division III women's ice hockey in the United States, sorted by conference and team. [26] [27]
^ | Denotes player active in the 2023–24 NCAA Division III women's ice hockey season |
* | Denotes player has committed to play in a future season |
Player | Pos. | Program | Conference | Start year | End year |
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Peppi Kähkönen ^ | F | Hamline Pipers | MIAC | 2021 | 2024 |
Veera Salomaa | D | Finlandia Lions | NCHA | 2018 | 2019 |
Roosa Siikki | F | 2005 | 2006 | ||
Lotta Haarala | D | St. Norbert Green Knights | 2010 | 2012 | |
Viivi Vaattovaara | D | Buffalo State Bengals | NEWHL | 2014 | 2017 |
Sirena Alvarez | G | SUNY Canton Kangaroos | 2019 | 2023 | |
Iida Laitinen ^ | F | 2020 |
The following table lists all Finns who have played or are committed to play U Sports women's ice hockey in Canada, sorted by conference and team. [28]
^ | Denotes player active in the 2023–24 U Sports women's ice hockey season |
* | Denotes player has committed to play in a future season |
Player | Pos. | Program | Conference | Start year | End year |
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Sari Krooks | F | York Lions | OUA | 1996 | 1997 |
Venla Hovi née Heikkilä [10] [29] | F | Manitoba Bisons | Canada West | 2015 | 2018 |
Miressa Mäkelä | F | 2021 | 2022 |
The following table lists all Finns who have played or are committed to play women's ice hockey in the Alberta Colleges Athletics Conference (ACAC) or the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) in Canada. Both the ACAC and the RSEQ are member conferences of the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA), however, the CCAA does not sponsor national championships in women's ice hockey and the ACAC and RSEQ conference championships each represent the highest tier of achievement at the collegiate level in Canada. [30] [31] [32]
^ | Denotes player active in the 2023–24 ACAC or RSEQ women's ice hockey season |
* | Denotes player has committed to play in a future season |
Player | Pos. | Program | Conference | Start year | End year |
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Jenna Suokko | F | Olds College Broncos | ACAC | 2015 | 2016 |
The Finnish women's national under-18 ice hockey team is the national women's junior ice hockey team of Finland, which represents Finland at the International Ice Hockey Federation's Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship and other international U18 tournaments. The team is officially nicknamed the Tyttöleijonat and the nickname is regularly used in Finnish-language media.
Saija Katariina Tarkkinée Sirviö is a Finnish retired ice hockey player and the former general manager of Oulun Kärpät Naiset in the Naisten Liiga (NSML). The Oulun Kärpät director of youth ice hockey since 2022, she briefly served as interim head coach of Kärpät Naiset in October 2023.
Mira Jalosuo is a Finnish ice hockey player and coach, currently serving as an assistant coach to PWHL Minnesota of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). As a member of the Finnish national team, she won a bronze medal at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games and five bronze medals at the IIHF World Women's Championships.
Team Kuortane is an ice hockey team in the Naisten Liiga, the premier women's hockey league in Finland. They are based at the Kuortaneen urheilulukio in Kuortane, a small town in South Ostrobothnia, and play at the Kuortaneen jäähalli. The team was founded by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association in 2010 as part of its initiative to develop the ice hockey skills of young women in Finland. Since its creation, approximately half of all national under-18 team rosters have been filled by players from Team Kuortane. For sponsorship reasons, the team was called Team Oriflame Kuortane during 2010 to 2014.
HIFK Naiset, also known as Stadin Gimmat, is an ice hockey team in the Finnish Naisten Liiga (NSML). They play in the Pirkkola district of Helsinki at the Pirkkolan jäähalli. The team is the representative women's ice hockey team of the multisport club Idrottsföreningen Kamraterna, Helsingfors and is operated by Oy HIFK-Hockey Ab, the same organization that owns the HIFK men's ice hockey team of the Liiga – HIFK Naiset are one of only two Naisten Liiga teams owned directly by a Liiga team.
HPK Kiekkonaiset or HPK Naiset are an ice hockey team in the Naisten Liiga (NSML), the premier women's ice hockey league in Finland. They play in Hämeenlinna, a city in the Finnish south-central province of Kanta-Häme, at the Hämeenlinnan harjoitushalli, a secondary ice rink at Ritari-areena. HPK were the first team to be awarded the Aurora Borealis Cup as the winners of the Finnish Championship in 2011 and also won bronze in the 2011–12 IIHF European Women's Champions Cup.
Turun Palloseura Naiset, abbreviated TPS Naiset, are an ice hockey team in the Finnish Naisten Liiga (NSML). They play in Turku, Southwest Finland at the Kupittaan jäähalli and Impivaaran jäähalli. The team has played in the Naisten Liiga, the Finnish Championship league for women's ice hockey, since gaining promotion in the 2018–19 season.
Oulun Kärpät Naiset are an ice hockey team in the Naisten Liiga (NSML). They play in Oulu, a city on the northeastern coast of the Bothnian Bay in the Finnish north-central region of North Ostrobothnia, at the Raksilan harjoitusjäähalli, also called Raksila 2, of the Oulun Energia Areena. Ilves have won the Aurora Borealis Cup three times, in 2012, 2017, and 2018.
Lukko/PaRa, also known as Rauman Lukko Naiset, are an ice hockey team in the Naisten Mestis. They are based in Rauma, a port city in Satakunta on the southwestern coast of Finland, and play at the Eurajoen jäähalli in Eurajoki.
Naisten Mestis is the second-highest women's ice hockey league in Finland. The league was founded as Naisten I-divisioona in 1985 by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association, when the number of teams playing in the Naisten SM-sarja was limited. It was renamed Naisten Mestis prior to the 2012–13 season.
Kiira Yrjänen is a Finnish ice hockey player and member of the Finnish national team, currently playing in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with HV71. She was officially named to the Finnish roster for the 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship on 4 March 2020, before the tournament was cancelled on 7 March 2020 due to public health concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sini Karjalainen is a Finnish ice hockey player and member of the Finnish national ice hockey team. She plays in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with Skellefteå AIK. Her college ice hockey career was played with the Vermont Catamounts of Hockey East in the NCAA Division I.
The Karoliina Rantamäki Award is an ice hockey trophy awarded by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association to the playoff MVP of the Naisten Liiga, called the Naisten SM-sarja during 1982 to 2017. The Naisten SM-sarja Playoff MVP trophy was first awarded in the 1999–2000 season and the first recipient was forward Kati Kovalainen of Espoo Blues Naiset.
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The 2022–23 Naisten Liiga season was the fortieth season of the Naisten Liiga, the premier level of women's ice hockey in Finland, since the league's establishment as the Naisten SM-sarja in 1982. The regular season began on 10 September 2022 and concluded on 19 February 2023.
Krista Parkkonen is a Finnish ice hockey player and member of the Finnish national team, currently playing with the Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey program in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) conference of the NCAA Division I.
The 2023 Aurora Borealis Cup playoffs or the 2023 Naisten Liiga playoffs is the postseason tournament of the 2022–23 season of the Naisten Liiga. The tournament began on 25 February and HIFK Helsinki were awarded the Aurora Borealis Cup on 21 March 2023.
Sanni Ahola is a Finnish ice hockey goaltender and member of the Finnish national team, currently playing in the NCAA Division I with the St. Cloud State Huskies women's ice hockey program.
Tiia Pajarinen is a Finnish ice hockey goaltender and member of the Finnish national team, currently playing in the Naisten Liiga (NSML) with Kiekko-Espoo.
The 2024–25 Naisten Liiga season will be the 42nd ice hockey season of the Naisten Liiga (NSML).