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2021 Aurora Borealis Cup Playoffs
The 2021 Aurora Borealis Cup playoffs or the 2021 Naisten Liiga playoffs () was the playoff tournament of the 2020–21 Naisten Liiga season. The Naisten Liiga playoffs began on 3 March and the Aurora Borealis Cup was awarded to Kiekko-Espoo, the 38th Finnish Champion in women's ice hockey, on 25 March. Playoff bracket International travel restrictions and quarantine protocols due to the COVID-19 pandemic necessitated extended travel schedules for national teams competing in the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship, originally scheduled to begin on 4 April 2021, and the Naisten Liiga playoff structure was modified to conclude a week earlier than expected to accommodate a training camp within the quarantine period for the Finnish national team. On 27 February, it was announced that, in order to name the Finnish Champion by 27 March at the latest, the quarterfinal series were to be reduced from the standard best-of-five system to best-of-three. The best-of-five semifinals and fina ...
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Playoff Format
There are a number of formats used in various levels of competition in sports and games to determine an overall champion. Some of the most common are the ''single elimination'', the ''best-of-'' series, the ''total points series'' more commonly known as ''on aggregate'', and the ''round-robin tournament''. Single elimination A single-elimination ("knockout") playoff pits the participants in one-game matches, with the loser being dropped from the competition. Single-elimination tournaments are often used in individual sports like tennis. In most tennis tournaments, the players are seeded against each other, and the winner of each match continues to the next round, all the way to the final. When a playoff of this type involves the top four teams, it is sometimes known as the Shaughnessy playoff system, after Frank Shaughnessy, who first developed it for the International League of minor league baseball. Variations of the Shaughnessy system also exist, such as in the promotion pl ...
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Finnish Ice Hockey Association
The Finnish Ice Hockey Association ( fi, Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto, sv, Finlands Ishockeyförbund) is the governing body of ice hockey in Finland. In 1927, the Finnish Skating Association introduced ice hockey as part of its program and, through that organization, Finland joined the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) in 1928. The Finnish Ice Hockey Association was formed on 20 January 1929 and featured seventeen clubs. Since the late 1980s, Finland has enjoyed a period of success on the international stage and, , the men's national team is ranked first in the world and the women's national team is ranked third in the world by the IIHF. The Finnish Ice Hockey Association has heavily invested in youth development to produce world class ice hockey players. National teams * Finland men's national ice hockey team * Finland men's national junior ice hockey team * Finland men's national under-18 ice hockey team * Finland women's national ice hockey team * Finland women's ...
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Emilia Vesa
Emilia Vesa (born 3 January 2001) is a Finnish ice hockey winger and member of the Finnish national ice hockey team, currently playing in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with Frölunda HC. International play As a junior player with the Finnish national under-18 team, she participated in the IIHF U18 Women's World Championships in 2017, 2018, and 2019, winning a bronze medal at the 2019 tournament. Vesa made her senior national team debut at the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship in Calgary, where she won a bronze medal. Several months later, she won an Olympic bronze medal in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. At the 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship The 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship will be an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) which will be contested in Brampton, Canada from 5 to 16 April 2023, at the CAA Centre. Particip ..., she scored the sec ...
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Emilia Kyrkkö
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Tiia Parjarinen
Tiia is an Estonian and Finnish feminine given name. As of 1 January 2021, 2,201 women in Estonia have the first name Tiia, making it the 72nd most popular female name in the country. The name is most commonly found in Põlva County. Individuals bearing the name Tiia include: * Tiia Eeskivi (born 1969), Estonian hurdler * Tiia Hautala (born 1972), Finnish heptathlete * Tiia Kõnnussaar (born 1965), Estonian writer, editor and journalist * Tiia-Ester Loitme (born 1933), Estonian conductor * Tiia Peltonen (born 1995), Finnish footballer *Tiia Piili (born 1979), Finnish gymnast *Tiia Reima Tiia-Riitta Johanna Reima (born 1 February 1973) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player and coach. Playing career A trailblazer of women's ice hockey in Finland, her career with the Finnish national ice hockey team began in the mid-1980s, th ... (born 1973), Finnish ice hockey player * Tiia-Maria Talvitie (born 1994), Finnish biathlete * Tiia Teder (born 1959), Estonian musicologist, mu ...
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Eastern European Time
Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+02:00 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. The zone uses daylight saving time, so that it uses UTC+03:00 during the summer. A number of African countries use UTC+02:00 all year long, where it is called Central Africa Time (CAT), although Egypt and Libya also use the term ''Eastern European Time''. The most populous city in the Eastern European Time zone is Cairo, with the most populous EET city in Europe being Athens. Usage The following countries, parts of countries, and territories use Eastern European Time all year round: * Egypt, since 21 April 2015; used EEST ( UTC+02:00; UTC+03:00 with daylight saving time) from 1988–2010 and 16 May–26 September 2014. See also Egypt Standard Time. * Kaliningrad Oblast (Russia), since 26 October 2014; also used EET in years 1945 and 1991–2011. See also Kaliningrad Time. * Libya, since 27 October 2013; switched from Central European Time, which was u ...
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Aamuposti
''Aamuposti'' is a Finnish language morning daily newspaper published in Finland. History and profile ''Aamuposti'' was established in 2003. The paper is published by the Suomen Lehtiyhtymä. It is distributed in Hyvinkää, Riihimäki, Loppi, Nurmijärvi and Hausjärvi. Laura Liski is the editor of the daily. In February 2015 Aamuposti switched from broadsheet format to tabloid format A tabloid is a newspaper with a compact page size smaller than broadsheet. There is no standard size for this newspaper format. Etymology The word ''tabloid'' comes from the name given by the London-based pharmaceutical company Burroughs We .... ''Aamuposti'' had a circulation of 22,164 copies in 2008. Its circulation was 22,000 copies in 2010 and 21,502 copies in 2011. The circulation of the paper was 18,791 copies in 2013. References External links * {{Official website 2003 establishments in Finland Finnish-language newspapers Daily newspapers published in Finland Newspapers ...
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RoKi Naiset
Rovaniemen Kiekko Naiset ('Rovaniemi's Puck Women'), abbreviated RoKi Naiset, are an ice hockey team in the Naisten Liiga. They play at Lappi Areena in Rovaniemi, the capital city of Finnish Lapland. History The team was founded as the women's representative team of the ice hockey club Rovaniemen Kiekko (RoKi) in 2012. RoKi Naiset quickly established themselves as perennially successful competitors in the Naisten Mestis, the second-tier women's ice hockey league in Finland. In December 2019, RoKi earned promotion to the Lower Division () of the Naisten Liiga, Finland's premier women's ice hockey league. RoKi first played a full regular season in the Naisten Liiga during the 2020–21 season. They successfully defended their place in the Naisten Liiga during the post-season qualification series in 2021, 2022, and 2023. Season-by-season results ''This is a partial list of seasons completed by RoKi Naiset.Note: Finish = Rank at end of series; GP = Games played, W = Wins ...
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TPS Naiset
Turun Palloseura Naiset or TPS Naiset are an ice hockey team in the Finnish Naisten Liiga (ice hockey), Naisten Liiga. They are the representative women's ice hockey team of Turun Palloseura (TPS), a multi-sport club based in Turku, Southwest Finland and they play at the Kupittaan jäähalli and the Impivaara Ice Rink ( fi, Impivaaran jäähalli). The team has played in the Naisten Liiga, Finland’s premier women's ice hockey league, since gaining promotion in the 2018–19 season. TPS Akatemia, the team’s junior affiliate, is active in the Finnish lower level leagues, the Naisten Mestis and Naisten Suomi-sarja. Season-by-season results This is a partial list of the most recent seasons completed by TPS Naiset. Note: Finish = Rank at end of regular season; GP = Games played, W = Wins (3 points), OTW = Overtime wins (2 points), OTL = Overtime losses (1 point), L = Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Ice hockey statistics, Goals against, Pts = Point (ice hockey), Points, Top scorer: ...
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HIFK Naiset
HIFK Naiset, also known by the nickname Stadin Gimmat ('Girls of ,' a nickname for Helsinki), are an ice hockey team in the Naisten Liiga. They play in the Pirkkola district of Helsinki, at the Pirkkola Ice Hall (). As the representative women's ice hockey team of the Helsinki-based multi-sport club HIFK, the team is closely affiliated with the HIFK men's ice hockey team of the Liiga. One of the ten founding teams from the inaugural 1982–83 Naisten SM-sarja season, the original HIFK Naiset was financially relegated in 1989 and the club chose not to pursue women’s ice hockey for the following several decades. The current team was established in 2018 and gained promotion to the Naisten Liiga from the second-tier Naisten Mestis at the end of their debut season in 2018–19. History Original team, 1982–1989 HIFK Naiset was one of the original ten teams to play in the inaugural season, 1982–83, of the (renamed Naisten Liiga in 2017). The team struggled early on, fo ...
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Kärpät Naiset
Oulun Kärpät Naiset ('Oulu's Ermine Women') are an ice hockey team in the Naisten Liiga. They play in Oulu, a city on the northeastern coast of the Bothnian Bay in the Finnish north-central region of North Ostrobothnia, at the  ('Raksila training ice rink'), also called Raksila 2, of the Oulun Energia Areena. Ilves have won the Aurora Borealis Cup three times, in 2012, 2017, and 2018. The team’s parent club, Oulun Kärpät 46 ry, is the junior affiliate of the Liiga team Oulun Kärpät and, through that association, the teams are loosely affiliated. Season-by-season results This is a partial list of the most recent seasons completed by Oulun Kärpät Naiset. Note: Finish = Rank at end of regular season; GP = Games played, W = Wins (3 points), OTW = Overtime wins (2 points), OTL = Overtime losses (1 point), L = Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points, Top scorer: Points (Goals+ Assists) Players and personnel 2022–23 roster ...
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HPK Kiekkonaiset
HPK Kiekkonaiset are an ice hockey team in the Naisten Liiga (NSML), the premier women's ice hockey league in Finland. They are the representative women’s team of Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho (HPK), a multi-sport club in Hämeenlinna, Kanta-Häme, Finland. HPK were the first team to be awarded the Aurora Borealis Cup as the winners of the Finnish Championship in 2011. History A women's hockey team has competed under the parent club HPK since at least 1999. From 1999 to 2008, HPK Kiekkonaiset competed in the Naisten I-divisioona (called Naisten Mestis after 2013). The team qualified for the Naisten SM-sarja ( promotion/relegation series) in the 2000–01 season but lost 11 of 14 qualification games and remained in the I-divisoona. The opportunity for promotion through the returned in the 2007–08 season and this time, with a roster that included Meeri Räisänen, Essi Salminen, Hanne Sikiö, and Eveliina Similä, HPK achieved promotion to the Naisten SM-saija. HPK debuted in ...
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