| Rovaniemen Kiekko Naiset | |
|---|---|
 | |
| City | Rovaniemi, Finland |
| League | Naisten Liiga |
| Founded | 2012 |
| Home arena | Lappi Areena |
| Colours | Blue, yellow, white |
| Owner(s) | Rovaniemen Kiekko ry |
| General manager | Juuso Toivola |
| Head coach | Teemu Koivula |
| Captain | Eveliina Ollila |
| Website | Official website |
 Current season | |
Rovaniemen Kiekko Naiset ('Rovaniemi's Puck Women'), abbreviated RoKi Naiset, are an ice hockey team in the Naisten Liiga. They play at Lappi Areena in Rovaniemi, the capital city of Finnish Lapland.
The team was founded as the women's representative team of the ice hockey club Rovaniemen Kiekko (RoKi) in 2012. RoKi Naiset quickly established themselves as perennially successful competitors in the Naisten Mestis, the second-tier women's ice hockey league in Finland. In December 2019, RoKi earned promotion to the Lower Division (Finnish : Alempi jatkosarja) of the Naisten Liiga, Finland's premier women's ice hockey league.
RoKi first played a full regular season in the Naisten Liiga during the 2020–21 season. [1] They successfully defended their place in the Naisten Liiga during the post-season qualification series in 2021, 2022, and 2023.
This is a partial list of seasons completed by RoKi Naiset.
Note: Finish = Rank at end of series; GP = Games played, W = Wins (3 points), OTW = Overtime wins (2 points), OTL = Overtime losses (1 point), L = Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points, Top scorer: Points (Goals+Assists)
| Season | League | Regular season | Post season results | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finish | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | Pts | Top scorer | |||
| 2018–19 | Naisten Mestis Q | 1st Lohko 2 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 123 | 25 | 42 |  S. Kontiosalo 47 (23+24) | |
| Naisten Mestis | 2nd | 10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 17 | 21 | I. Lukkarila 13 (5+8) | Did not earn promotion to Naisten Liiga | |
| 2019–20 | Naisten Mestis Q | 1st Lohko 3 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 28 | 34 | E. Jaako 61 (31+30) | |
| Naisten Mestis XQ | 2nd | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 6 | E. Pekkala 4 (4+0) | ||
| Naisten Liiga | 10th | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 36 | 13 | J. Pirttijärvi 16 (9+7) | Promotion/relegation series cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic | |
| 2020–21 | Naisten Liiga | 9th | 29 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 65 | 103 | 42 | J. Pirttijärvi 28 (14+14) | Saved in relegation |
| 2021–22 | Naisten Liiga | 9th | 30 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 89 | 124 | 51 | J. Hietala 41 (29+12) | Saved in relegation |
| 2022–23 | Naisten Liiga | 10th | 36 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 44 | 193 | 10 |  A. Kalová 18 (8+10) | Saved in relegation |
| 2023–24 | Naisten Liiga | 9th | 32 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 55 | 209 | 9 | A. Kalová 27 (15+12) | tbd |
Coaching staff and team personnel
Years active with RoKi listed alongside player name. [16]
Sini Karjalainen, 2013–2015 Aino Karppinen, 2013–2018 & 2020–2022 Ines Lukkarila, 2015–2019 Jenna Pirttijärvi, 2018–2021 Inna Sirviö, 2014–2019
Julia Zielińska, 2019–20
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