Heidi Marianne Pelttari (born 2 August 1985) is a Finnish retired

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

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and member of the Finnish national ice hockey team. She represented Finland in the women's ice hockey tournament at both the

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and

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. Pelttari was a stand out defensemen for the

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program and played her club career with the

Tampereen Ilves Ilves (; Finnish for " Lynx") is a Finnish professional ice hockey team based in Tampere. They play in the Liiga at the Tampere Deck Arena. The colors of Ilves, green, yellow, and black, were taken from what was then the coat of arms of the cit ...

of the Naisten SM-sarja.

Career stats

Minnesota Duluth

*''Note: GP= Games played; G= Gaols; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PPG = Power Play Goals; SHG = Short handed Goals''

Finland

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* * * 1985 births Living people Ice hockey people from Tampere Finnish women's ice hockey defencemen Ilves Naiset players Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey players Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic ice hockey players for Finland Olympic medalists in ice hockey {{Finland-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub