Terhi Mertanen

Terhi Mertanen
Born	(1981-04-04) 4 April 1981 (age 44) Joensuu, Finland
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	76 kg (168 lb; 12 st 0 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Left
Played for	KalPa Kuopio Kärpät Oulu ZSC Lions Espoo Blues RoKi Rovaniemi
National team	Finland
Playing career	1999–2019
Medal record Olympic Games 2010 Vancouver Team World Championship 2011 Switzerland 2004 Canada

Terhi Eveliina Mertanen (born 4 April 1981) is a Finnish retired ice hockey defenceman and current head coach of TPS Naiset in the Naisten Liiga. ^[1] She was a member of the Finnish national ice hockey team for thirteen seasons and won bronze medals in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2010 Winter Olympics and at the IIHF Women's World Championships in 2004 and 2011.

Playing career

Mertanen developed in the youth system of Jokipojat in her hometown of Joensuu, North Karelia, in western Finland. She played fourteen seasons in the Naisten SM-sarja (renamed Naisten Liiga in 2017) with KalPa Kuopio, Kärpät Oulu, and the Espoo Blues. With the Blues, she was a four-time Finnish Champion (2002, 2009, 2013, and 2015) and medaled at three IIHF European Women's Champions Cups, winning bronze in 2009 and 2015 and silver in 2010.

Outside of Finland, Mertanen played in the Leistungsklasse A (LKA/LNA) with the ZSC Lions Frauen, the women's team of the ZSC Lions, during the 2011 playoffs and for the entirety of the 2011–12 season. With ZSC she won a silver medal at the 2012 IIHF European Women's Champions Cup.

Career statistics

International

Year	Team	Event	Result		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2001	Finland	WW	4th		5	0	2	2	6
2002	Finland	OG	4th		5	0	1	1	2
2004	Finland	WW			5	2	1	3	2
2005	Finland	WW	4th		5	1	1	2	2
2006	Finland	OG	4th		5	0	0	0	6
2010	Finland	OG			5	0	0	0	6
2011	Finland	WW			6	0	0	0	4
2012	Finland	WW	4th		6	0	3	3	0
Totals					42	3	8	11	28

Sources: ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]}

See also

• List of Olympic women's ice hockey players for Finland

References

1. "Kokenut olympiakävijä Terhi Mertanen luotsaa TPS:n kiekkonaisia seuraavat kaksi vuotta". Turun Sanomat (in Finnish). 19 March 2021. Archived from the original on 19 March 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
2. "Women's Preliminary Round - Group B : Schedule and Results : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics". Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
3. "Women's Preliminary Round - Group B : Schedule and Results : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics". Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
4. "Women's Preliminary Round - Group B : Schedule and Results : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics". Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
5. "Women's Play-offs Semifinals : Schedule and Results : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics". Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
6. "Women's Bronze Medal Game : Schedule and Results : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics". Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
7. Podnieks, Andrew; Nordmark, Birger, eds. (2019). IIHF Guide & Record Book 2020. Toronto: Moydart. p. 676. ISBN   9780986796470.
8. "Terhi Mertanen – Player Statistics OG (W) and WC (W)". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 8 July 2021.

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com , or  Eurohockey.com
• Terhi Mertanen at Olympedia
• Terhi Mertanen at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)