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2022–23 Naisten Liiga Season
The 2022–23 Naisten Liiga season was the fortieth season of the , the premier level of women's ice hockey in Finland, since the league's establishment as the in 1982. The regular season began on 10 September 2022 and concluded on 19 February 2023. HIFK Naiset, HIFK Helsinki and KalPa Naiset, KalPa Kuopio both finished the regular season at the top of the league, tied with 93 points in 36 games. HIFK were granted the regular season championship title by virtue of a higher goal difference, marking the first regular season victory in team history. Kiekko-Espoo Naiset, Kiekko-Espoo, the reigning regular season champions from the previous four seasons (2018–19 to 2021–22 Naisten Liiga season, 2021–22), finished in third place. HIFK swept all three rounds of the 2023 Aurora Borealis Cup playoffs to win the Aurora Borealis Cup for the first time in team history. Kiekko-Espoo, the reigning Finnish Champions from the 2022 Aurora Borealis Cup playoffs, claimed the franchise's thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naisten Liiga (ice Hockey)
The is the national premier league for women's ice hockey in Finland. Founded by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association as the Naisten Suomen mestaruus, SM-sarja (NSMs; ) in 1982, it was known as the Naisten Liiga (NSML;) from 2017 until being rebranded as Auroraliiga in 2024. The league comprises approximately 225 players across nine teams. Kiekko-Espoo Naiset, Kiekko-Espoo has been the dominating force of the Auroraliiga in the 21st century, winning seventeen Finnish Championships from 1999 to 2025. Ilves Naiset, Tampereen Ilves is the second most successful club in the league's history, with ten championship titles. Ilves are the only organization to have iced a team in every season since the league's inception. A majority of teams in Auroraliiga share their names with men's professional teams in the Liiga or Mestis – HIFK (ice hockey), HIFK, HPK, Ilves, KalPa, Kiekko-Espoo, Oulun Kärpät, Kärpät, Lukko, RoKi, HC TPS, TPS – but the women's teams have historically received ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finnish Ice Hockey Association
The Finnish Ice Hockey Association (, ) is the sport governing body, governing body of ice hockey in Finland. Since the late 1980s, Finland has enjoyed a period of success on the international stage and, , the Finland men's national ice hockey team, men's national team is ranked first in the world and the Finland women's national ice hockey team, women's national team is ranked third in the world by the International Ice Hockey Federation, IIHF. The Finnish Ice Hockey Association has heavily invested in youth development to produce world class ice hockey players. History In 1927, the Finnish Skating Association introduced ice hockey as part of its program and, through that organization, Finland joined the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) in 1928. The Finnish Ice Hockey Association was formed on 20 January 1929 and featured seventeen clubs. National teams * Finland men's national ice hockey team * Finland men's national junior ice hockey team * Finland men's nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marjo Voutilainen
Marjo Hannele Voutilainen (born 22 March 1981) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player and current head coach of Ilves Naiset in the Naisten Liiga (NSML). During her playing career, she competed internationally with the Finnish national team, winning a bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and at the IIHF World Women's Championships in 2008 and 2009. Voutilainen previously served as head coach of KalPa Kuopio in the NSML during 2016 to 2022. She was named Naisten Liiga Coach of the Year Many sports leagues, sportswriting associations, and other organizations confer "Coach of the Year" awards. In some sports — including baseball and association football — the award is called the "Manager of the Year" award. Some of the ... for the 2019–20 season, after guiding KalPa to their best regular season finish ever, upon which they built the most successful playoff run in team history. In May 2022, it was announced that she had signed on as head coach wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linda Leppänen
Linda Leppänen née Välimäki (born 31 May 1990) is a Finnish retired ice hockey forward and coach. Representing , she won bronze medals at the Winter Olympic Games in 2010 and 2018 and at the IIHF Women's World Championships in 2015 and 2017, and a silver medal at the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship The 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship was an international Ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was contested in Espoo, Finland from 4 to 14 April 2019 at the Espoo Metro Areena. The United States won the .... In total, she played 167 matches with the Finnish national team. Leppänen announced her retirement from top athletic competition several months after achieving her career highlight world championship silver medal. Leppänen served as head coach of Ilves Tampere in the Naisten Liiga (NSML) during the 2020–21 and 2021–21 seasons. She resigned from the position in April 2022, motivated by a desire to spend more time wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ilves Naiset
Tampereen Ilves Naiset () are an ice hockey team in the Auroraliiga. They are the representative women's team of the multi-sport club Ilves ry, Ilves, based in Tampere, and their home arena is the in Tampere's Tesoma district. Ilves is the only team that has played in every season since the establishment of the Naisten SM-sarja in 1982 (called the Naisten Liiga in 2017–2024 and rebranded as Auroraliiga in 2024). The team ranks second on the list of most Aurora Borealis Cup wins, with ten, and has claimed the most Finnish Champion, Finnish Championship medals in league history, with ten gold, twelve silver, and six bronze for 28 total medals. Season-by-season results This is a partial list of the most recent seasons completed by Tampereen Ilves Naiset. Note: Finish = Rank at end of regular season; GP = Games played, W = Wins (3 points), OTW = Overtime wins (2 points), OTL = Overtime losses (1 point), L = Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Ice hockey statistics, Goals against, Pt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hämeen Sanomat
''Hämeen Sanomat'' is a morning broadsheet newspaper published in Hämeenlinna, Finland. History and profile ''Hämeen Sanomat'' was established in 1879. The headquarters of the paper is in Hämeenlinna. The owner of the paper which is published in broadsheet format seven days per week is Hämeen Sanomat Oy. Its publisher is Hämeen Lehtipaino Oy. In 2002 ''Hämeen Sanomat'' had a circulation of 30,076 copies. It was over 27,000 copies in 2011. The circulation of the paper was 26,131 copies in 2013. References External linksOfficial site See also * Berliner (format) Berliner is a newspaper format with pages normally measuring about . The Berliner format, or "midi", is slightly taller and marginally wider than the Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid/Compact (newspaper), compact format, and is both narrower ... 1879 establishments in Finland Finnish-language newspapers Daily newspapers published in Finland Newspapers established in 1879 {{Finland-newspaper-s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland Women's National Under-18 Ice Hockey Team
The Finnish women's national under-18 ice hockey team () is the national women's junior ice hockey team of Finland, which represents Finland at the International Ice Hockey Federation's Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship and other international U18 tournaments. The team is officially nicknamed the () and the nickname is regularly used in Finnish-language media. U18 Women's World Championship record Team Current roster Roster for the 2025 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship. Head coach: Mira KuismaAssistant coaches: Heikki Kemppainen, Juho Lehto, Aku Perala (goaltender) Team biometrics * Average age: 16 * Average height: * Average weight: World Championship player awards Best Defenseman ''Selected by the tournament directorate'' * 2020: Nelli Laitinen Best Forward ''Selected by the tournament directorate'' * 2019: Elisa Holopainen Best Goaltender ''Selected by the tournament directorate'' * 2011: Isabella Portnoj * 2022: Emilia Kyrkkö All-Star Team ''S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Women's Hockey League
The European Women's Hockey League, abbreviated EWHL, is an international ice hockey league. Created as the Elite Women's Hockey League in 2004 by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), the EWHL comprises clubs from several countries in Central Europe and one team from Kazakhstan, and is played in parallel to national championships. History The EWHL was created in 2004 on the same principle as the men's ice hockey Interliga. For its first season, the EWHL featured teams from Austria, Hungary, Italy and Slovenia. Teams from additional countries joined the league during the following seasons, including HC Slovan Bratislava from Slovakia in 2005, KHL Grič Zagreb from Croatia in 2006, and HC Slavia Praha from the Czech Republic in 2007. In the 2008–09 season, the Italian and Hungarian teams gave way to two clubs from Germany, OSC Berlin and ESC Planegg. During the 2010–11 and 2011–12 seasons, the Netherlands national team participated in the EWHL. Before th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
KMH Budapest (women)
Kanadai Magyar Hokiklub SE is a men's ice hockey team playing in the Slovak 2. Liga, and formed in 2006. They play in the city of Budapest, Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ... at Tüske Hall Budapest. References External linksOfficial web site(Hungarian) * Sport in Budapest Ice hockey teams in Hungary 2006 establishments in Hungary {{hungary-sport-team-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I
The 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I consisted of two international ice hockey tournaments of the 2022 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Division I A and Division I B represent the second and third tier of the IIHF World Women's Championship. All divisions stayed put after all events last year were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. France won Group A and were promoted to the Top Division, while China got promoted after winning the Group B tournament. Due to Russia's exclusion, no team was relegated this season. Group A tournament The Division I Group A tournament was played in Angers, France, from 24 to 30 April 2022. Participating teams Match officials Six referees and six linesmen are selected for the tournament. Final standings Match results ''All times are local (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2)'' ---- ---- ---- ---- Statistics Scoring leaders List shows the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austria Women's National Ice Hockey Team
The Austrian national women's ice hockey team () represents Austria at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Women's World Championship and other international tournaments. The team is controlled by the . Austria had 644 female players in 2011 and 624 female players in 2025. Tournament record Olympic Games The women's team of Austria has never qualified for an Olympic tournament. World Championship The Austrian team participated in the World championship for the first time in 2004 (in Division III). That same year, Austria was promoted to Division II. They remained there until their promotion to Division I further to the world championship 2008. Their best performance was 10th place at the World championship of 2015 Team Current roster Roster for the Group A tournament of the 2025 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I. Head coach: Alexander BrömsAssistant coaches: Mario Bellina, Sarah Hodges, Jochen Vollmer (goaltender) Awards and honors * Charlotte Witti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jari Risku
Jari Risku (born 11 February 1966) is a Finnish ice hockey coach, currently serving as head coach of HPK Kiekkonaiset in the Naisten Liiga. He had a brief career as a professional ice hockey defenceman with Jokerit during 1984 to 1987, appearing in a total of 41 SM-liiga games across three seasons. Coaching career Risku most recently served as head coach of the Austrian national team for the 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I Group A and was previously head coach of KMH Budapest in the European Women's Hockey League (EWHL) during the 2018–19 season. He was the first head coach of Team Kuortane from the team's creation in 2010 until 2018 – winning the Hannu Saintula Award in the 2017–18 season – and coached the Finnish national under-18 team during 2014 to 2018. An Olympic medalist as assistant coach of the Finnish national team that played in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2010 Winter Olympics, he also led the Finnish team to a silver medal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
