2009–10 Finland women's ice hockey national team
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The 2009-10 Finland's Women's National Hockey team represented Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 at the 2010 Winter Olympics
2010 Winter Olympics
The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...

. Prior to the games, the National team participated in various tournaments during the 2009-10 season. The team won the Bronze Medal medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics. The head coach is Pekka Hämäläinen.

2009 Canada Cup

  • All games were held at General Motors Place
    General Motors Place
    Rogers Arena Rogers Arena Rogers Arena (nicknamed "The Phone Booth" and "The Cable Box" and also "The Garage" (when it was called GM Place) is an indoor sports arena located at 800 Griffiths Way in the downtown area of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada...

     in Vancouver, British Columbia.
    Date Opponent Time Score
    August 31, 2009 USA 15:00 PM Win, 3-2
    Sep 1, 2009 Canada
    2009–10 Hockey Canada national women's team
    The 2009–10 women's national hockey team will represent Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. Prior to the games, the national team will participate in various tournaments during the 2009–10 season. The team will attempt to win the gold medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics...

    19:30 PM Loss, 10-2
    Sep 3, 2009 Sweden 15:00 PM Loss, 3-1
    Sep 5, 2009 USA (Semi-Final) 15:00 PM Loss, 4-0
    Sep 6, 2009 Sweden (Bronze) 15:00 PM Win, 2-1

Four Nations Cup

  • All games were held in Finland.
    Date Opponent Location Time Score
    Nov 3, 2009 USA Mikkeli 18:30 PM Loss, 0-4
    Nov 4, 2009 Canada Kerava 18:30 PM Loss, 2-4
    Nov 5, 2009 Sweden Helsinki 18:30 PM Loss, 1-2 (OT)
    Nov 7, 2009 Sweden (Bronze Medal game) Tikkurila 12:00 PM Loss, 1-2 (SO)

USA Hockey Qwest Tour

Date Opponent Location Time Score
Feb. 4, 2010 USA
2009–10 USA Hockey national women's team
The 2009-10 Women’s National Hockey team will represent the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. The head coach is Mark Johnson from the University of Wisconsin. Assisting him are Dave Flint and Jodi McKenna.-News and notes:...

 
Colorado Springs, CO (World Arena) Loss, 1-5

Roster

Position Height Weight Birthdate Birthplace 2009–10 team
G 168 65 Kuopio
Kuopio
Kuopio is a city and a municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia, Finland. A population of makes it the ninth biggest city in the country. The city has a total area of , of which is water and half forest...

 
 
G align="left" | 164 68 Espoo
Espoo
Espoo is the second largest city and municipality in Finland. The population of the city of Espoo is . It is part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area along with the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, and Kauniainen. Espoo shares its eastern border with Helsinki and Vantaa, while enclosing Kauniainen....

 
  2009–10 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey team
2009–10 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey team
The 2009–10 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's hockey team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's hockey season. The Golden Gophers were coached by Brad Frost and played their home games at Ridder Arena...

G 178 65 Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

 
  Espoo Blues
Espoo Blues
The Blues are an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga. They play in Espoo, Finland at the Barona Areena.-Team history:The club was established in February 1984 as Kiekko-Espoo and played their first season in 1984-1985 in the Finnish Second Division...

D 161 60   Ilves Tampere
D 159 59 Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 
  Espoo Blues
Espoo Blues
The Blues are an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga. They play in Espoo, Finland at the Barona Areena.-Team history:The club was established in February 1984 as Kiekko-Espoo and played their first season in 1984-1985 in the Finnish Second Division...

D 186 78   Ilves Tampere
D 166 68 Joensuu
Joensuu
Joensuu is a city and municipality in North Karelia in eastern Finland. It is located in the province of Eastern Finland and is part of North Karelia region. It was founded in 1848...

 
  Espoo Blues
Espoo Blues
The Blues are an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga. They play in Espoo, Finland at the Barona Areena.-Team history:The club was established in February 1984 as Kiekko-Espoo and played their first season in 1984-1985 in the Finnish Second Division...

D 166 69 Tampere
Tampere
Tampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...

 
  Ilves Tampere
D 164 58   2009–10 Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey season
2009–10 Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey season
-Offseason:*May 21: The school has announced that eight players have signed national letters of intent to attend UMD in the fall of 2009. The signees include forward Jessica Wong, goaltender Jennifer Harss, forward Andrea Lanzl, defenseman Mariia Posa and forward and Duluth native Gina Dodge...

D align="left" | 172 62 Oulu
Oulu
Oulu is a city and municipality of inhabitants in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia, in Finland. It is the most populous city in Northern Finland and the sixth most populous city in the country. It is one of the northernmost larger cities in the world....

 
 
F 170 68 Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

 
 
F 169 62 Tampere
Tampere
Tampere is a city in southern Finland. It is the most populous inland city in any of the Nordic countries. The city has a population of , growing to approximately 300,000 people in the conurbation and over 340,000 in the metropolitan area. Tampere is the third most-populous municipality in...

 
  Ilves Tampere
F 166 70 , Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 
 
F 164 62 Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

 
  Ilves Tampere
F align="left" | 163 65 Espoo
Espoo
Espoo is the second largest city and municipality in Finland. The population of the city of Espoo is . It is part of the Helsinki Metropolitan Area along with the cities of Helsinki, Vantaa, and Kauniainen. Espoo shares its eastern border with Helsinki and Vantaa, while enclosing Kauniainen....

 
  SKIF
F 172 67 Kangasala
Kangasala
Kangasala is a municipality in Finland, next to Tampere. It was founded in 1865. The municipality has a population of and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is ....

 
  Ilves Tampere
F 170 67 Salo
Salo
Salo may refer to:*Salo, Finland, a town in Western Finland*Salò, a town in Lombardy, Italy**Salò Republic or Italian Social Republic, a puppet state of Nazi Germany*Salo Township, Aitkin County, Minnesota, a township in Minnesota, U.S....

 
  Minnesota State University, Mankato
Minnesota State University, Mankato
Minnesota State University, Mankato is a public four-year university located in Mankato, Minnesota, a community of 53,000 located southwest of Minneapolis-St. Paul. As of Fall 2011, the student body is the third-largest in the state of Minnesota with over 15,000 students...

F 165 67 Helsinki
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

 
  2009–10 Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey season
2009–10 Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey season
-Offseason:* July 16: Lisa Chesson, a former defenseman for Ohio State, has been invited to the 2009 USA Hockey Women’s National Festival, Aug. 18-24 in Blaine, Minn. The National Team will compete in the Qwest Tour, a 10-game domestic tour that begins Sept...

F 169 65   2009–10 Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey season
2009–10 Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey season
-Offseason:*May 21: The school has announced that eight players have signed national letters of intent to attend UMD in the fall of 2009. The signees include forward Jessica Wong, goaltender Jennifer Harss, forward Andrea Lanzl, defenseman Mariia Posa and forward and Duluth native Gina Dodge...

F 168 70 Kuopio
Kuopio
Kuopio is a city and a municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia, Finland. A population of makes it the ninth biggest city in the country. The city has a total area of , of which is water and half forest...

 
  Espoo Blues
Espoo Blues
The Blues are an ice hockey team in the SM-liiga. They play in Espoo, Finland at the Barona Areena.-Team history:The club was established in February 1984 as Kiekko-Espoo and played their first season in 1984-1985 in the Finnish Second Division...

F align="left" | 165 62   Ilves Tampere

2010 Olympics

Date Opponent Location Time Score
Feb. 14 Russia UBC Thunderbird Arena 16:30 PM Win, 5-1
Feb. 16 China UBC Thunderbird Arena 19:00 PM Win, 2-1
Feb. 18 USA UBC Thunderbird Arena 14:30 PM Loss, 0-6
Feb. 22 Canada UBC Thunderbird Arena 17:00 PM Loss, 0-5
Feb. 25 Sweden Canada Hockey Place 17:00 PM Win, 3-2 (OT)


In the Bronze Medal game, Karoliina Rantamäki
Karoliina Rantamäki
Karoliina Rantamäki is a Finnish female ice hockey player. She played on the Finland women's national ice hockey team for the 1998 Winter Olympics, and won a bronze medal.-Playing career:...

 scored in overtime as Finland beat Sweden 3-2. Heidi Pelttari
Heidi Pelttari
Heidi Pelttari is a Finnish hockey player who plays for Ilves and the Finnish national team on Winter Olympics 2006. She is also played for team Finland in the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada...

 and Michelle Karvinen
Michelle Karvinen
Michelle Karvinen is a Danish-Finnish ice hockey player. She is a member of the Finland women's national ice hockey team.-Playing career:She play for Rodovre SIK in the Denmark national Women's league...

 also scored for Finland. Noora Räty
Noora Räty
Noora Räty is a member of the Finland women's national ice hockey team and also plays for the Minnesota Golden Gophers .-Playing career:...

ä made 16 saves for Finland who led 2-1 after the second period. Rantamäki scored the winner just 2:33 into the overtime.

Skaters

Player Goals Assists Points Shots PIM +/-
Anne Helin
Anne Helin
Anne Helin is a hockey player who competes for Finland women's national ice hockey team. She won a bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver....

0 0 0 2 4
Jenni Hiirikoski
Jenni Hiirikoski
Jenni Hiirikoski is a hockey player who competes for Finland women's national ice hockey team....

0 1 1 9 5
Venla Hovi
Venla Hovi
Venla Hovi is a hockey player who competes for Finland women's national ice hockey team. She won a bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver....

2 0 2 2 6 1
Michelle Karvinen
Michelle Karvinen
Michelle Karvinen is a Danish-Finnish ice hockey player. She is a member of the Finland women's national ice hockey team.-Playing career:She play for Rodovre SIK in the Denmark national Women's league...

1 0 1 6 6
Emma Laaksonen
Emma Laaksonen
Emma Laaksonen is a Finnish female ice hockey defenseman. She played on the women's ice hockey team for Finland at the 1998 Winter Olympics, winning a bronze medal. She was the youngest woman on the team . Laaksonen played for the Ohio State women's ice hockey team from the 2000-01 to 2003-04...

 
0 0 0 5 4
Rosa Lindstedt
Rosa Lindstedt
Rosa Lindstedt is a hockey player who competes for Finland women's national ice hockey team. She won a bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and a bronze medal at the 2010 Four Nations Cup in St...

0 1 1 0 5
Terhi Mertanen
Terhi Mertanen
Terhi Mertanen is a hockey player who competes for Finland women's national ice hockey team. She won a bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver....

0 0 0 3 1 0
Heidi Pelttari
Heidi Pelttari
Heidi Pelttari is a Finnish hockey player who plays for Ilves and the Finnish national team on Winter Olympics 2006. She is also played for team Finland in the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada...

1 2 3 2 13
Mariia Posa
Mariia Posa
Mariia Posa is a member of the Finland women's ice hockey national team. She plays also for the University of Minnesota-Duluth.-Minnesota Duluth:...

0 0 0 0 3
Annina Rajahuhta
Annina Rajahuhta
Annina Rajahuhta is a hockey player who competes for Finland women's national ice hockey team. She won a bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.-Playing career:...

0 0 0 0 0 -2
Karolina Rantamaki
Karoliina Rantamäki
Karoliina Rantamäki is a Finnish female ice hockey player. She played on the Finland women's national ice hockey team for the 1998 Winter Olympics, and won a bronze medal.-Playing career:...

 
2 0 2 6 3
Mari Saarinen
Mari Saarinen
Mari Saarinen is a Finnish ice hockey forward She plays for IlvesTampere and appeared in the 2006 Winter Olympics. She is set to play on the Finnish team of Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's team rosters...

0 0 0 2 6 2
Saija Sirviö
Saija Sirviö
Saija Sirviö is a hockey player who competes for Finland. She won a bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.-Career stats:-External links:* , from http://www.vancouver2010.com; retrieved 2010-02-25....

 
1 0 1 2 7 2
Nina Tikkinen
Nina Tikkinen
Nina Tikkinen is a member of the 2009–10 Finland women's ice hockey national team and also plays for the Minnesota State University, Mankato.-Finland:...

2 0 2 2 11
Minnamari Tuominen  0 0 0 0 0 0
Saara Tuominen
Saara Tuominen
Saara Elisa Tuominen has competed for Finland in ice hockey. At the 2006 Torino Olympics, Tuominen scored one goal and four assists...

 
0 1 1 1 12 -3
Linda Välimäki
Linda Välimäki
Linda Välimäki is a hockey player who competes for Finland. She won a bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.-Career stats:-External links:*...

 
0 1 1 9 12 -2
Marjo Voutilainen
Marjo Voutilainen
Marjo Voutilainen is a hockey player who competes for Finland. She won a bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.-Career stats:-External links:* , from http://www.vancouver2010.com; retrieved 2010-02-25....

1 0 1 0 10

Goaltenders

Player Games Played Minutes Goals Against Wins Losses Shutouts Save % Goals Against Average
Mira Kuisma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Noora Räty 5 302:33 15 3 2 0 88.5 3.00
Anna Vanhatalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

See also

  • Finland women's national ice hockey team
  • Women's Ice Hockey in Finland
    Women's ice hockey in Finland
    Women's Ice Hockey in Finland has 2 593 players in 2005 and 4 694 in 2011 .The Jääkiekon naisten SM-sarja is the league elite of Women's ice Hockey. This league is organized by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association....

  • Finland women's national U-18 ice hockey team
    Finland women's national U-18 ice hockey team
    The Finnish women's national under 18 ice hockey team is the national under-18 ice hockey team in Finland. The team represents Finland at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's U18 Championships.-World Women's U18 Championship record:...

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