Rovaniemen Kiekko Naiset ('Rovaniemi's Puck Women'), abbreviated RoKi Naiset, are an
ice hockey
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team in the
Naisten Liiga. They play at
Lappi Areena in
Rovaniemi
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, the capital city of
Finnish Lapland
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.
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
Naisten Mestis (; from ''Mestaruussarja'' meaning 'Championship series') is the second-highest women's ice hockey league in Finland. The league was founded as Naisten I-divisioona (Women's First Division) in 1985 by the Finnish Ice Hockey Associ ...
, 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
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,
2022
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, and
2023
Events
Predicted and scheduled events
* January 1
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** Croatia will adopt the eu ...
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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 (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
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Goal may also refer to:
Sport
* Goal (sports), a method of scoring in many sports, or the physical structure or area where scoring occurs
** Goals, the goal frame in ...
+ Assists)''
Players and personnel
2023–24 roster
Coaching staff and team personnel
* Head coach:
Teemu Koivula
* Assistant coach: Ville-Veikko Kykyri
* Assistant coach: Alexi Salonen
* Assistant coach: Kalle Tuovila
* Goaltending coach: Niko Mäki
* Equipment managers: Antti Karjalainen, Jasmin Karjalainen & Juha Haarakangas
Team captains
* Arja Oja, 2014–2016
* Janina Jatkola, 2016–2019
* Ella Lahtela, 2019–20
*
Jenna Pirttijärvi, 2020–21
* Emmi Mourujärvi, 2021–22
* Eveliina Ollila, 2022–
Head coaches
*
Sofia Pohjanen, 2016–2018
*
Tuomas Liitola, 2018–2023
* Teemu Koivula,
2023–
Notable alumni
Years active with RoKi listed alongside player name.
*
Sini Karjalainen, 2013–2015
*
Aino Karppinen, 2013–2018 & 2020–2022
*
Ines Lukkarila, 2015–2019
*
Jenna Pirttijärvi, 2018–2021
*
Inna Sirviö, 2014–2019
*
Julia Zielińska, 2019–20
References
External links
* Team information and statistics fro
EliteProspects.como
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(in French)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rovaniemen Kiekko Naiset
Naisten Liiga (ice hockey) teams
Sport in Rovaniemi
2012 establishments in Finland