Post-1980s IIHF World Championship stats sourced from: IIHF Official Website and the Official Guide & Record Books of the Finnish Ice Hockey Federation.Pre-1980s stats sourced primarily from the wonderful Russian Hockey site https://ice-hockey-stat.com/ and their beautifully documented international hockey history. Finland plays its first game in Beijing on Feb. 3 against the United States in the preliminary round. Her SDHL career totals thus far are 90 goals and 113 assists for 203 points in only 95 games. The question, then, will be in goal. She had a standout NCAA career at the University of North Dakota. One of Tuominens Blues teammates isElla Viitasuo. She is a big playmaker, coming off of a 6-assist World Championship last year. Jan 20, 2022. In 24 Liiga games, he has two goals and four assists, and has fallen down draft boards. The Finnish women's national ice hockey team represents Finland at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Women's World Championships, the Olympic Games, the Four Nations Cup, and other international-level women's ice hockey competitions. Finland, like Canada and the United States has three gold medals over the last nine years, and will expect to battle for the top spot once again. Marie-Philip Poulin: The captain of Canada's Olympic team, the Beauceville, Quebec native is competing in her fourth Olympics. 0:00 - Third period is under way. She has been Team Kuortanes leading scorer for three seasons in a row now. On Friday morning, the Finnish Olympic Committee . The consent submitted will only be used for data processing originating from this website. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. In eight games, he has a 4-1-1 record with a 0.73 goals against average and .964 save percentage with three shutouts. All rights reserved. You can also see the fullhockey streaming scheduleon NBCOlympics.com. The point of having the team compete against grown women in the Naisten Liiga, some of whom are twice the age of the Kuortane players, is to help them grow and better prepare them for international tournaments like the Olympics. Outside of Niemela, they lack star power but should have no issue dealing with even the most high-powered forward groups. [1] [2] The team consisted of 13 forwards (F), seven on defense (D) and three goaltenders (G). 2022 NBC Universal. 2023 Ohio State University. The M2 team has thirteen forwards and eight defensemen returning from last season as well as one goaltender. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. GOALIES; Name Pos Age Birthdate Birthplace HT WT SC; Harri Steri: G: 32: 1989-12-29: Toijala, Finland: 6'1" 196: L: Frans Tuohimaa: G: 30: 1991-08-19: Helsinki, Finland: The Finns have a ton of experience to draw from at both defence and up front. This is the case too for FinlandsMinnamari (Minttu) Tuominen. The 32-year-old has won seven gold medals at the IIHF World Women's Championships and the gold medal at the 2018 Winter Olympics. A big, skilled center, he will be the perfect complement for Hirvonen and Simontaival on the top line. The small country continues to churn out elite hockey talent, and this year is no exception with a roster that may be a perfect mix of tournament veterans and top 2022 Draft prospects. . USA 3-0. The 59 Los Angeles Kings third-round pick had seven points in last years tournament and has played 15 games in the Liiga this year. Within those matchups, Lindstedt has 81 goals and 160 assists for 241 points. Related: 2022 Guide To the World Junior Championship. The three players combined for 13 points in two games, albeit against less than elite competition. Medal games begin on Feb. 16 with the bronze medal game and the gold medal matchup following on Feb. 17. 15:20 - GOAL! The 5-foot-7, 140-pound forward plays in Naisten Liiga with Team Kuortane. He lacks consistency at times and can get beat through his body more frequently than youd like, but he also has a clutch factor to him. Canada's women's hockey team of 23 athletes was named on 11 January 2022. She will be a challenge to slow down offensively in Beijing. I think Holland did a pretty good job overall, he managed to . An example of data being processed may be a unique identifier stored in a cookie. Founded in 2010 by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association, Team Kuortane was generated as a means to develop the play of young female hockey players in the country. Odds & lines subject to change. But theres more here than meets the eye for the Nordic nation that sits third in the IIHF Womens World Ranking. AZ, CO, CT, IL, IN, IA, KS, LA, (select parishes), MD, MI, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, TN, VA, WV, WY, CA-ONT only.Eligibility restrictions apply. LEGEND. She also served as North Dakotas captain during her senior season. Early candidate for play of the game. Kelvin Kuo-USA TODAY Sports. The preliminary round will be played from Feb. 3- 8. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) voted to include women's hockey as an Olympic event in July 1992.. Finland has won four Olympic bronze medals in women's hockey, including the first bronze medal in women's ice hockey at the Winter Olympic games. During the biggest moments of this Olympic competition, expect Poulin to shine. Leevi Merilainen, a third-round pick by the Ottawa Senators, will likely be Finlands starter, as he put together a solid rookie season in the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). Welcome to a new series for the rest of this season! His six goals and 18 assists in 31 Liiga games leads all defenders in the league and is 10th in overall league scoring. Players on Team Kuortane live and practice at Kuortane Sports Academy, where the majority of the players comprise Finlands U18 national team. Viro will be the more defensive player in this partnership, as hes a more physical defender than you would expect from someone of his size. Again. ET, Feb. 7: Canada vs. United States, 11:10 p.m. This website or its third party tools use cookies, which are necessary to its functioning and required to achieve the purposes illustrated in the cookie policy. This year is expected to follow suit. 0:10 - Reminder that the winner of this game will face Canada for gold Wednesday night at 11:05 p.m. Aatu Rty is not on the team, as he had to quarantine with his club team in Finland. 18:53 - GOAL! [4] Head coach: Pasi Mustonen ROC [ edit] Explorer 11, 10 or older browsers or systems. Playing this year for the CWHLs Kunlun Red Star,Rty has numbers of 1.62 GAA and .944 SV% in 15 games. Brad Lambert is likely more well known to casual tournament fans as he was on last years team. W. Track. If you want to know more or withdraw your consent to all or some of the cookies, please refer to the Cookie Policy . IOC 2022 Official Results powered by Atos. A women's ice hockey tournament has been played at every Winter Olympics since its introduction at the 1998 Nagano Olympics. Both teams feeling each other out in the early stage of the tilt. Try a week on us. When Finland has had any decent opportunities, Alex Cavallini has been their to deny any threat. Gambling problem? She is also the key to Finlands defense. Hell provide an offensive thrust from the back end and will likely be a point-per-game player again. Finland should comfortably finish second in group A, just behind Canada. Finland enters the 2022 Olympic womens hockey tournament as the defending bronze medalists from both the 2018 Winter Games in South Korea and the 2021 IIHF Ice Hockey Womens World Championship in Canada. The Americans take down the Finns and will head to the gold medal game against Canada. Odds & lines subject to change. Despite still being young, Nieminem is a huge presence on the ice and has already proved to be an integral part of Team Finland. [4], A 23-player roster was announced on 24 January 2022. Teams have done this for years. 2022 Men's Division 2 Roster Announced. With the opening ceremony just a few weeks away, Olympic rosters continue to roll in. Are they destined for bronze again, or can they crack the code to beating the North American teams? 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Fourteen players total on the 2018 squad have played in at least one prior Olympics. It is comforting though that both the secondary and tertiary netminders are more than capable, and are among the better backup goalies at the Games. A stellar performance might have a few teams kicking themselves for passing on him. Tourny stall mates,friends,and lots of interesting experiences together.Still going strong @Karvinen_33 #4nations #naisleijonat pic.twitter.com/VgkBrkOmsQ, Venla Hovi (@VenlaHovi) November 9, 2017. [15], The roster was announced on 19 January 2022. Team Finland roster at Olympics - Beijing 2022. GitHub export from English Wikipedia. Having turned 28 back in December, Risnen is just a handful of months younger thanRty. His scoring has just gotten better. Petra Nieminen: Hiirikoskis Lule HF teammate, Nieminen is on pace for her best professional season yet. The 2022 U.S. Women's Olympic hockey team has 13 players returning from the 2018 Olympic championship team including goalie Maddie Rooney (Duluth, Minnesota) who proved to be the U.S.'s backbone during the final shootout win over Canada in PyeongChang and Hilary Knight (Sun Valley, Idaho). Jane and Walt Dennis Golf Perfomance Center, Jennings Family Wrestling Practice Facility. At the 2021 Women's Worlds, Knight became the all-time goal-scoring leader, surpassing fellow American Cammi Granato. She was shockingly left off of the Olympic roster after reported conflict with Head Coach Pasi Mustonen. 2022 Olympic Games Gold Medal Team. Women's Track. At the 2018 games in PyeongChang, she scored one goal and added two assists to tie for fourth among defensemen in scoring. The last thing this team needs is to risk their future for games that dont matter. She had 10 total points in the tournament! At the World Championships in Finland in 2019, the team came the closest to a gold medal as they ever had, and arguably more than anyone could without actually winning it. The Finnish women have won bronze medals in 1998 in Nagano and then again in 2010 for the Vancouver Games. IIHF is committed to protecting everyone involved within ice hockey. Nieminen has certainly measured up to the challenge. She has the Hockey IQ as they say, of someone well beyond her years. Users can also authenticate via TV Everywhere to stream events in the NBC Sports app or on NBCOlympics.com. The third option for Finlands goal crease is Eveliina Suonp. 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The defense and the forwards for Finland will then need to step up. This Finland team is so good, he probably wont have to steal games, but if he can make the saves he needs to, watch out. She has 314 Finnish womens games to her name. This team should easily walk through the group stage of this competition and will face tough opposition in the quarterfinals, having to likely play one of Russia, Sweden, or the USA. The Finns came close to opening the scoring but Alex Cavallini said no. They are ranked behind Canada (#2) and the United States (#1). He played in one game last December, a 7-1 thrashing of Austria, making eight saves on just nine shots against. Besides being an amazing scorer, Karvinen is interchangeable and can play either the port or starboard side on a forward line. Savannah Harmon also had a good opportunity but her attempt went wide of the Finnish net. Follow The Athletic's live Olympic coverage here. USA 1-0. 5:39 - Power play coming up for Finland. While the net will definitely belong to her first and foremost, injuries and catastrophe have been known to happen. Playing for FinlandsLukko Rauma this season and last, Suonp has had decent save percentages of .920 in 2016-17 and .901 in 2017-18 respectively. Terms at draftkings.com/sportsbook. The U.S. and Canada will face each other in the final game of pool play. Obviously, experience is an intangible that the Finns will have on their side.if(typeof ez_ad_units!='undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[320,100],'thehockeywriters_com-medrectangle-3','ezslot_2',823,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-thehockeywriters_com-medrectangle-3-0'); The trouble is that besides the two usual favoritesCanada and the USAthere are at least three other teams other than Finland that have a good, honest shot at coming home with a medal. His experience playing against men in the Liiga over the last three seasons should help him physically impose himself this year. [10], The roster was announced on 28 January 2022. USA 4-1. During that time Hovi scored five goals and nine assists in 16 games for the Purple Eagles. While at Princeton, she earned Ivy League Rookie and Player of the Year honors, recording 22 goals and 35 assists. Maybe you've heard -- the 2010 Winter Games are five months away. . The team with the most titles in the Finland Liiga are the Tappara (Tamhockey Oy) with 14. Susanna Tapani gets her fifth of the tournament for Finland. Merilainen is a big, athletic goalie with impressive lateral movement. Lambert, in particular, will be interesting to watch. Due to positive COVID-19 test results, previously named goaltender Diana Farkhutdinova, defencemen Angelina Goncharenko and Yekaterina Nikolayeva, and forwards Liudmila Belyakova and captain Olga Sosina were removed and reserve forward Polina Luchnikova was added to the roster. WCHA Names Sophie Jaques Player of the Year, Nadine Muzerall Voted WCHA Co-Coach of the Year, Gardiner, Jaques Voted Top-10 Finalists For Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award, Ohio State, Minnesota Duluth Set For Final Faceoff Semifinals. With that said, I think this Finland team has the tools to go deep in this tournament. After some good puck movement, the U.S. gets the puck down low to Hilary Knight who then feeds Barnes in front for the first goal. Hilary Knight: At 32 years old, Hilary Knight remains a force on Team USA. . So we are being clear: no one is going to have an easy time scoring on Finland. These will be her fourth Winter Games, and when you look atRtys career as a whole it is really difficult to say that she is not the best goaltender in the world. Formerly known as the Air Canada Cup, the MLP Nations Cup and the Meco Cup. 16:23 - Finland gets a good chance fromNoora Tulus but again, Alex Cavallini is strong in net. 20:00 - FINAL! On top of thatViitasuo also possesses physicality and has put up penalty minutes from time to time. 3:39 - GOAL! Before venturing to Manitoba, she spent time withIlves Tampere,HPK Hameenlinna, and KalPa. Syracuse vs. NC State 2023 Ally ACC Women's . Off the ice, she is a four-time OSU Scholar-Athlete, three-time WCHA All-Academic Team honoree and two-time WCHA Scholar-Athlete. Fillier won the gold medal at the 2021 Women's World Championship, and scored 12 goals during the six-month centralization process leading up to the Olympics, second to Poulin. In 2018, Finland landed where the typically do, right behind USA and Canada, on the podium but on the lowest tier. 19:25 - Alex Cavallini with back-to-back miraculous pad saves. ET, Feb. 5: United States vs. ROC, 8:10 a.m. USA 4-1. Suomen MM-joukkue 9.8. They took home a bronze medal after beating the Olympic Athletes of Russia in PyeongChang. I have no doubt that she will come up big in these Olympic games no matter where Finland ends up. Sign upto stream every event at the 2022 Winter OlympicsLIVEonPeacock. Call 1-800-GAMBLER. #TeamUSA with another. Dangerous every time she touches the puck. His consistency will play a big role in Finlands success, as hes a goalie who has very high highs but somewhat concerning lows. Internet Stream the rest of the women's hockey games on Peacock or here on NBCOlympics.com. Tuominen heads to China with two Olympic medals in her collection, earning bronze in 2010 and 2018. In the past nine years at the World Junior Championships (WJC), Finland, Canada, and the United States have won three . Minttus selection to her fourth Olympic team shows just how hard she works, Ohio State head coach Nadine Muzerall said. This is an extremely similar roster to the one from last December, with just a few changes, most notably in net. In Karvinens 87 NCAA games, she managed to score 56 goals and 75 assists for 131 points. Goaltender Valeria Merkusheva and defenceman Maria Batalova were expected join the team in Beijing on 3 February. Jenni Hiirikoski (Lulea HF), Mira Jalosuo (Karpat Oulu), Rosa Lindstedt (HV71 Jonkoping),Isa Rahunen (Karpat Oulu), Ronja Savolainen (Lulea HF), Minnamari Tuominen (Espoo Blues), Ella Viitasuo (Espoo Blues). With the 2020 championship cancelled, the team had another year to wait on redemption for that loss, but ultimately took home bronze again in 2021 after beating Switzerland in their first appearance in a medal game since 2012. something tells me Michelle Karvinen will see this miss in her nightmares pic.twitter.com/D9iDkkVvF2, Forwards: Elisa Holopainen, Sanni Vanhanen, Petra Nieminen, Sanni Hakala, Viivi Vainikka, Julia Liikala, Jenniina Nylund, Emilia Vesa, Michelle Karvinen, Sofianna Sundelin, Noora Tulus, Tanja Niskanen, Susanna TapaniDefenders: Sini Karjalainen, Jenni Hiirikoski, Sanni Rantala, Ella Viitasuo, Nelli Laitinen, Minnamari Tuominen, Ronja SavolainenGoaltenders: Eveliina Mkinen, Meeri Risnen, Anni Keisala. [6] On 3 February, defenceman Yulia Smirnova and forward Landysh Falyakhova were registered and, on 5 February, Maria Batalova was registered and both Angelina Goncharenko and Olga Sosina returned to the official roster. Player birthdate, birthplace, height and weight information for Team Finland Olympics. Canada's women's hockey team of 23 athletes was named on 11 January 2022. Sign up for our regular 'Prospects Newsletter' for all the latest. 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games (Women's Hockey) 2022 Olympic Winter Games (Women) Group A. . 19:34 - GOAL! COLUMBUS, Ohio Former Ohio State womens hockey forward Minttu Tuominen has been named to the Finnish Womens National Team for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, Team Finland announced Thursday. Kent Hughes helped facilitate a trade between San Jose and Pittsburgh. Blomqvist is likely the goalie they will ride. Jenni Hiirikoski: This will come as a shock to no one, but the first person to note is the oldest member of the team, most seasoned veteran Jenni Hiirikoski. Risnen has a very solid .936 SV% forHPK Hameenlinna in this current 2017-18 season for the Naisten Liiga, which is the top league for womens hockey in Finland. The Finns also pull their goaltender to give themselves a 6-on-4 advantage for two minutes. Steven Ellis/Euro Hockey. The Finnish Women's National Team will be without its original head coach for the remainder of the Olympics. In seven games, he had a goal and three assists as a 16-year-old. Team Finland Players to Watch at 2022 WJC. ET, Feb. 4: Canada vs. Finland, 11:10 p.m. 2:12 - Sustained pressure by the U.S. in the Finnish zone ends up with the Americans taking the first five shots of the period and drawing a power play early in this second period. Since the Winter Olympics added womens hockey in 1998, two countries have dominated the competition: Canada and the United States. Unfortunately, this is likely a few players final shot at gold in the Olympics and I just dont think its in the cards for them. Actually no, she is the best of the best. Offensively, there's no question the top forward line of Petra Nieminen, Susanna Tapani, and Michelle Karvinen will lead the way. Russia, Sweden, Switzerland, and even USA and Canada, guess what? Levels of respect and personal concern for one another are achieved, and that translates into wins. Stream the rest of the women's hockeygames on Peacock or here on NBCOlympics.com. Viitasuo is also just 21 years of age and will be making her Olympic debut. Finnish captain Jenni Hiirikoski (right) presents her teammate Ronja Savolainen (left) with her bronze medal following a 3-1 win over Switzerland at the 2021 IIHF Ice Hockey Womens World Championship. If you would like to change your settings or withdraw consent at any time, the link to do so is in our privacy policy accessible from our home page.. Niemela should be a premier player in this tournament after impressing last year with eight points in seven games. Resulting in a shootout, USA ultimately took home gold leaving Finland hungrier than theyve ever been. WJC Gold Medal Game recap: McTavish saves the game, Johnson wins it, Anthony Richard plays hero for Laval in overtime, [Highlight] Jonathan Drouin scores a goal. 30 in the draft, that chip has only grown. These are the team rosters of the nations participating in the women's ice hockey tournament of the 2022 Winter Olympics. This is the case too for Finland's Minnamari (Minttu) Tuominen. Canada Soccer and its women's national team players have reached an interim funding agreement for 2022 . Updated hourly, with analysis, commentary and features from hundreds writers worldwide, our articles are read over 5 million times every month. 9:00 - Amanda Kessel gets the first quality scoring chance of the game with a breakaway, but she's denied by Finnish goaltenderAnni Keisala. StFX Athletics & Recreation PO Box 5000, 1140 Convocation Blvd., Antigonish, NS, B2G 2W5 Recreation/Welcome Desk: 902-867-2181 Email: goxgo@stfx.ca Box Office: 902-867-3304 Varsity Athletics: 902-867-2152 BEIJING . canada-finland-advance-to-world-hockey . Weve gotten this far without even mentioning the two draft eligible players on this years roster. Blomqvist has always been seen as a top goalie prospect, but has struggled at the U18 and U20 levels internationally. It is always a rarity in hockey when you find aplayer who is capable of playing both forward and defense. However, Finland lost the semi-final game against Canada in the same tournament, proceeding to win the bronze medal game. The Vermont roster is comprised of student-athletes from nine different countries. ET, Feb. 3: United States vs. Finland, 8:10 a.m. . To make things even more dangerous, Finland also has the returning player with the second most points in Kasper Simontaival. She had a brief single season at Robert Morris University during the 2010-11 season as well. Collins gem Hockey Facts and Stats 200910, p.542, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, List of Finland women's national ice hockey team rosters, 200910 Finland women's national ice hockey team, Finland women's national under-18 ice hockey team, "IIHF Member National Association: Finland", "Naisten MM-joukkue Tanskan MM-kisoihin valittu Mukana iso kasa viime kauden arvokisamitalisteja", "2022 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Team Roster: Finland", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Finland_women%27s_national_ice_hockey_team&oldid=1135599162, 1995 Finished in 4th place (4 Nations Cup), 2004 Finished in 4th place (4 Nations Cup), This page was last edited on 25 January 2023, at 17:55. Another Maple Leafs prospect, Roni Hirvonen had six points in last years tournament, and, yes, thats tied for third among returning players.