Elisa Holopainen (born 27 December 2001) is a Finnish ice hockey winger and member of the Finnish national team, currently playing in the Finnish

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(NSML) with KalPa Kuopio. She is one of the most dominant players active in the Naisten Liiga and, before turning twenty, had already received the Naisten Liiga trophy for Player of the Year twice, Best Forward three times, and was a four-time All-Star. Holopainen represented Finland in the women's ice hockey tournament at the

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in Beijing, where she won a bronze medal and at the

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, and

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International play

With the senior national team, she won a silver medal at the

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. Holopainen was officially named to the Finnish roster for the 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship days before the tournament was cancelled due to public health concerns related to COVID-19. She appeared with the Finnish under-18 national team at the

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in 2017, 2018, and 2019. Finland claimed the bronze medal at the

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, due in no small part to Holopainen’s tournament leading 8 points from 5 goals and three assists in five games. She was named Best Forward by the tournament directorate and selected to the media All-Star team, in addition to being recognized as a top-3 player for Finland by the coaches.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Honors and achievements

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* * 2001 births Living people Finnish ice hockey left wingers Finnish women's ice hockey forwards Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics Kiekko-Espoo Naiset players KalPa Naiset players Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players of Finland Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic medalists in ice hockey People from Tuusniemi Sportspeople from North Savo {{Finland-icehockey-winger-stub