Sanni Vanhanen

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Sanni Vanhanen
Born (2005-07-01) 1 July 2005 (age 18)
Nokia, Finland
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
NSML team
Former teams		 HIFK Helsinki
Tappara Tampere U16
Ilves Tampere
National teamFlag of Finland.svg  Finland
Playing career 2019–present
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2022 Beijing Ice hockey
World Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Canada
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2024 United States

Sanni Vanhanen (born 1 July 2005) is a Finnish ice hockey player and member of the Finnish national ice hockey team, currently playing in the Naisten Liiga (NSML) with HIFK Naiset. [1] She was the youngest player to represent Finland in the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship and was the youngest player to compete in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics. [2] [3]

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Playing career

Vanhanen began playing ice hockey with the youth department of HC Nokia in her hometown of Nokia, in the Pirkanmaa region of southwestern Finland. As HC Nokia did not have a girls' ice hockey section, she played with HC Nokia's top boys' teams for her age. In the 2017–18 season, her last with HC Nokia, she played with the club's boys' teams in the under-12 (U12; E1) AAA league and the U13 (D2) AA and U13 (D2) AAA leagues (see minor ice hockey). [4]

Vanhanen joined the youth department of Tappara hockey club in Tampere, a neighboring municipality some 15 km (9.3 mi) east of Nokia, ahead of the 2018–19 season. [5] Like HC Nokia, Tappara did not have a girls' ice hockey section, and in her first season with the club, she played in the boys' D1 (U14) AAA with Tappara Musta ('Tappara Black') and also appeared in a few matches as a substitute with Tappara's other D1 AAA team, Tappara Sininen ('Tappara Blue'). In the D1 AAA preliminary series (alkusarja), she ranked sixth of all Tappara Musta players for scoring, with 10 points in 16 games, and tied for third in team assists, with 7. Facing new and more challenging opponents in the regular season (jatkosarja), her scoring was limited to 2 goals and four assists for 6 points in 15 games.

During the 2021–22 season, she played in the U16 SM-sarja with the men's under-16 team of Tappara and on loan in the Naisten Liiga with the Tampereen Ilves Naiset.

International play

Vanhanen participated in the 2019 Women's U16 European Cup, winning silver with the Finnish team. [6] She joined the Finnish national under-18 team in the 2019–20 season, playing in nineteen international matches in addition to competing at the 2020 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, where Finland finished fourth. [7]

Vanhanen's first invitation to a senior national team training camp was the roster selection camp for the World Championship in March 2021. National team head coach Pasi Mustonen described her as a player with "absolutely tremendous potential" and identified her adaptability as a key attribute that led to her selection. [8]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

   Regular season   Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2017–18HC Nokia MustatD2 AA6712190–––––
2017–18HC Nokia OranssitD2 AAA251114254–––––
2018–19Tappara MustaD1 AAA31511164–––––
2018–19Tappara SininenD1 AAA40000–––––
2019–20Tappara MustaD1 AAA2284122–––––
2019–20Tappara SininenD1 AAA11120–––––
2020–21Tappara MustaU15 AAA153690–––––
2020–21Tappara SininenU15 AAA10110–––––
2020–21 Ilves (L) NSML 2224071120
2021–22Tappara U15 BlackU15 AAA20000–––––
2021–22Tappara U16U16 SM-sarja285492–––––
2021–22 Ilves (L)NSML42130–––––
2022–23 HIFK NSML2218224049128200
Naisten Liiga totals28222547416139220

Sources: [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]

International

YearTeamEventResult GPGAPtsPIM
2020 Finland U18 4th60000
2021 Finland WC Bronze medal icon.svg40110
2022 Finland OG Bronze medal icon.svg70110
2022 FinlandU18Bronze medal icon.svg53362
2022 FinlandWC6th70116
2023 FinlandU184th63252
2023 FinlandWC5th70660
Junior totals1765114
Senior totals250996

Sources: [22] [23]

Awards and honors

AwardYear
Naisten Liiga
Aurora Borealis Cup Champion 2023
Playoff MVP 2023 [24]
Noora Räty Award 2023 [25]
International
World Championship Bronze Medal 2021
Olympic Bronze Medal 2022
EYOF Bronze Medal 2022
World U18 All-Star Team 2022 [26]
World U18 Bronze Medal 2022 [27]
World U18 Top-3 Player on Team 2022 [28]
2023 [29]

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