Lukko Naiset or Rauman Lukko Naiset ('Rauma's Lock Women') are an

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team in the

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(NSML). They are based in Rauma, a port city in

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on the southwestern coast of Finland, and play at the Eurajoen jäähalli in

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. Founded in 2011, the team gained

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to the Naisten Liiga for the 2016–17 season and remained in the Liiga until being relegated at the conclusion of the 2020–21 season. They achieved promotion in the 2021–22 NSML qualification series and returned to the league after one season in the

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History

Lukko Naiset are the representative women's ice hockey team of the ice hockey and

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club Rauman Lukko ry, which also operates a number of junior and recreational teams. They have limited affiliation with Rauman Lukko Oy, which operates the men's

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team

Lukko Rauman Lukko (Finnish for "lock") is a Finnish sports club based in Rauma, Finland, best known for its men’s professional ice hockey team. The club was founded as Rauma Woodin Lukko in 1936. The representative team currently plays in the Fin ...

. The team faced relegation four times in their first five seasons in the Naisten Liiga but were able to save themselves in the qualification series each time, until finally being relegated in the 2020–21 season. As of the 2020–21 season, Lukko has never appeared in the Naisten Liiga playoffs. After starting the 2021–22 season in the

, Lukko earned placement in the ('Lower division') of the

2021–22 Naisten Liiga season The 2021–22 Naisten Liiga season is the thirty-ninth season of the Naisten Liiga, the premier level of women's ice hockey in Finland, since the league's establishment as the Naisten SM-sarja in 1982. The season began on 11 September 2021. L ...

Players and personnel

2022–23 roster

Coaching staff and team personnel * Head coach:

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* Assistant coach: Teemu Ekman * Assistant coach: Niclas Kiviö * Assistant coach: Hanna Teerialho * Team manager: Jouni Laaksonen * Equipment managers: Sami Koskinen

Team captaincy history

* Annika Järvinen, 2014–2016 * Tiia Koskinen, 2016–2018 * Elviira Ylitalo, 2018–19 * Maija Koski, 2019–

Head coaches

* Toni Tunturivuori, 2014–15 * Hannu Roos, 2016–2018 * Marko Toivonen, 2018–24 November 2020 * Sami Piilikangas, 24 November 2020–

Notable alumni

Years active with Lukko listed alongside player names. *

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, 2013–2018 *

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, 2013–2018 *

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, 2011–2014 * Eveliina Suonpää, 2016–2018 *

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, 2016–2018

International players

* Andrea Bevan, 2012–13 * Cheyann Newman, 2013–14 * Shelley Payne, 2019–20 * Lyubov Tokar, 2020–21 * Gudrun Vidarsdóttir, 2012–13

References

External links

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