Noora Tulus (born 15 August 1995) is a Finnish

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player and member of the Finnish national team, currently playing in the

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(SDHL) with

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Playing career

She left Finland to join

just before their playoff run in the 2015-16 Riksserien season. After scoring eight points in the five remaining regular season games, she added another six points in seven playoff games as Luleå won their first Riksserien championship. After the end of the season, she decided to stay in Luleå and signed an extension with the club. She scored the game-winning goal in the 2018 Champions Cup, held between Luleå and the NWHL's

Isobel Cup The Lady Isobel Gathorne-Hardy Cup, often shortened to Isobel Cup, is the championship trophy awarded annually to the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) playoff winner. It is named after Lady Isobel Gathorne-Hardy, one of the first known women to p ...

champions, the

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. She scored 24 points in 22 games in the 2019-20 season, missing several weeks due to a foot injury, as Luleå returned to the championship finals for the third year in a row before the season was cancelled due to the

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. In November 2020, Tulus, with four other Finnish national teams and Luleå teammates, were forced to miss several SDHL games while being quarantined under Finnish law after a national team camp where a player tested positive for

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International career

She made her IIHF World Championship debut at the

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, not picking up any points in five games. She represented Finland at the

2016 IIHF Women's World Championship The 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship was the 17th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested in Kamloops, Canada from 28 March to 4 April 2016. Venues included the Sandman Centre, and the McArthur Island S ...

and

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. She scored six points in seven games at the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship, including two assists at the

Miracle in Espoo The Miracle in Espoo, known in Finnish as Ihme Espoossa, was the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship semifinal game played on 13 April 2019, at Espoo Metro Areena in Espoo, Finland, between Canada (10-time world champion) and hosts Finland (12- ...

, as Finland won their first-ever silver medal.

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* * * 1995 births Living people Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden Finnish women's ice hockey forwards Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic ice hockey players of Finland Olympic medalists in ice hockey Sportspeople from Vantaa Luleå HF/MSSK players {{Finland-Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub