Nina Tikkinen is a member of the 2009–10 Finland women's ice hockey national team

2009–10 Finland women's ice hockey national team

The 2009-10 Finland's Women's National Hockey team represented Finland at the 2010 Winter Olympics. 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...

 and also plays for the Minnesota State University, Mankato.

Finland

She spent three years competing with the Finnish national team and selected Rookie of the Year in 2003-04. She participated in the 2007 World Championships and the 2006 Four Nations Tournament as a member of Finland's National Team. In 2006-07, she tallied three goals and four assists for seven points for her club team, Karpat Oulu. Tikkinen will join three fellow Western Collegiate Hockey Association players: two from Minnesota Duluth and one from Minnesota on the 2010 Olympic team roster. There is also one from Ohio State of the CCHA.

Minnesota Mankato

In 2008-09, Tikkinen played in 28 games for the Mavericks. Her rookie season was 2007-08, and she finished the season as the top freshman scorer with 5 goals, 6 assists and 11 points. Her first multi-point game was on Feb. 9, 2008 (two assists) was the first of her collegiate career. The first goal of her NCAA career was scored on October 13, 2007 at Connecticut. On November 5 and 6, 2010, Tikkinen accumulated five points as the Mavericks won back-to-back conference games against St. Cloud State. Tikkinen had three points on November 5. The three points were all assists on Minnesota State’s first three scores, including teammate Kathleen Rogan’s game-winning goal in the first period. The following day, Tikkinen gave the Mavericks a 2-0 lead midway through the second period. The two victories gave MSU their first home ice series sweep since Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 2008 when they beat Bemidji State.

On November 12 and 13, Nina Tikkinen produced a four-goal, five-point series as the Mavericks won twice on the road against league rival Ohio State. For her efforts, she was named WCHA Player of the Week for the second straight time.Tikkinen had two goals and one assist for three points as MSU won by a 5-3 tally on November 12. Both of her goals tied the game (2-2 in the second period, 3-3 in the third). On November 13, she broke a 3-3 tie with a game-winning goal with only 3:45 left. Tikkinen now has a four-game winning streak. It also marked her second straight five-point weekend.

Finland

Event	Goals	Assists	Points	Shots	PIM	+/-
2010 Winter Olympics	2	0	2	2	11

Minnesota Mankato

Season	Games Played	Goals	Assists	Points	Power Play Goals
2007-08	28	5	6	11	3
2008-09	28	9	9	18	4
2009-10	15	1	6	7

Awards and honors

• WCHA Scholar-Athlete, 2009
• All-WCHA Academic Team, 2009
• WCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Week of November 10, 2010)
• WCHA Offensive Player of the Week, (Week of November 17, 2010)