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Emilia Kyrkkö
Emilia Kyrkkö (born 24 February 2004) is a Finnish ice hockey goaltender and member of the Finland women's national ice hockey team, Finnish national team. She has played college ice hockey with the St. Cloud State Huskies women's ice hockey program since 2024. Playing career Kyrkkö began playing ringette as a child in Nokia, Finland, Nokia. At age nine or ten, she joined the youth department of , the ringette side of the multi-sport club Nokian Urheilijat (NoU). In the 2015–16 season with NoU under-16 (U16), she played as a skater and was the youngest player on the team but she had fully switched to goaltending by the following season, which she played with NoU U14. She continued playing ringette as a net minder with various youth teams of NoU and BLD Ringette, ultimately playing seven seasons of the sport. Youth Around age eleven, Sanni Vanhanen invited her to practice with the boys' ice hockey team Vanhanen played on in the youth department of and Kyrkkö decided to j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nokia, Finland
Nokia () is a town in the Pirkanmaa region of Finland. It lies on the banks of the Nokianvirta, a river of the Kokemäki River watershed, and is situated in the Tampere metropolitan area, about west of Tampere proper. The population of Nokia is approximately , while the Tampere metropolitan area has a population of approximately . It is the most populous Municipalities of Finland, municipality in Finland, and the second largest in the Pirkanmaa region after Tampere. Nokia's neighbouring municipalities are Hämeenkyrö, Pirkkala, Sastamala, Tampere, Vesilahti and Ylöjärvi. The distance to Tampere Airport from Nokia is by road around Pyhäjärvi (Tampere region), Lake Pyhäjärvi. Etymology and heraldry The origin of the name ''Nokia'' is obscure. In modern Finnish, means soot, and is an Finnish grammar#Inflected plural, inflected plural, although this form of the word is rarely, if ever, used. The most common theory claims the name actually originates from the archaic Finni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freshman
A freshman, fresher, first year, or colloquially frosh, is a person in the first year at an educational institution, usually a secondary school or at the college and university level, but also in other forms of post-secondary educational institutions. Albania In Albania the freshman/woman is called "fruth", which literally means "measles". The etymology of it is "a person that has not yet passed the social measles", social measles referring to the transformation of social skills that usually takes place in the first year of university. Freshmen/women are regarded as socially inept. Arab world In much of the Arab world, a first-year is called a (; plural , ), which is Arabic for "beginner". Brazil In Brazil, students that pass the vestibulares and begin studying in a college or university are called "calouros" or more informally "bixos" ("bixetes" for girls), an alternate spelling of "bicho", which means "animal" (although commonly used to refer to bugs). Calouros are of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sanni Ahola
Sanni Ahola (born 3 June 2000) is a Finnish ice hockey goaltender and member of the Finnish national team, currently playing in the NCAA Division I with the St. Cloud State Huskies women's ice hockey program. She was drafted by the Ottawa Charge in the 5th round (37th overall) of the 2025 PWHL Draft. Playing career Ahola developed on the minor ice hockey teams of , a youth ice hockey club in the Malmi neighborhood of Helsinki. She played as a defenseman and in goal throughout her childhood but committed to the pursuit of goaltending by age thirteen. During her early teens, she served as goaltender with several boys' teams of (IHK) and was the starting net minder for the IHK boys' under-16 (U16) team during the 2014–15 season. In the following season, she split starts for IHK U17 in the U17 Mestis. In addition to backstopping IHK teams, she continued to play as both a skater and goaltender with Red Wing girls' teams. When Saara Niemi established the new HIFK Naiset team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anni Keisala
Anni Keisala (born 5 April 1997) is a Finnish ice hockey goaltender and member of the Finnish national team. She is playing the 2024–25 season in the Auroraliiga with HPK Hämeenlinna. Playing career Keisala made her senior club debut at age 13 as the third goaltender and an occasional forward on the women's representative team of Lohjan Kisa-Veikot (LoKV) in the 2010–11 season of the Naisten SM-sarja (NSMs; renamed Naisten Liiga (NSML) in 2017). In the following season, the role of starting netminder fell on fourteen-year-old Keisala after the starter and backup goalies from the previous season left LoKV for other NSMs teams. The teen struggled in net behind the worst team in the league, as LoKV lost all 16 games in the preliminaries – managing to record just seven goals in the series – and were relegated to the Naisten I-divisioona after finishing the 15-game promotion/relegation series in last place. LoKV's fortunes did not improve in the 2012–13 Naisten I-divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 IIHF Women's World Championship
The 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship was the 22nd edition of the IIHF World Women's Championship, an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), contested in Brampton, Canada from 5 to 16 April 2023 at the CAA Centre. The United States won their tenth title after defeating Canada 6–3 in the final, while Czechia captured bronze over Switzerland. Format The top five teams from the previous tournament were placed in Group A and the teams that finished sixth through ninth in the 2022 tournament, plus France, which was promoted after the 2022 tournament, were placed in Group B. All of the teams in Group A and the top three teams from Group B continued to the knockout phase, while the bottom two teams from Group B were relegated. During the knockout stage, there was a re-seeding after the quarterfinals. Venue Participating teams ;Group A * * * * * ;Group B * * * * * – ''Promoted from Division I Group A in 2022'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship
The 2022 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship was the 14th IIHF U18 Women's World Championship in ice hockey. On December 24, 2021, the tournament was cancelled for the second year in a row by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, on March 21, 2022, the IIHF announced it had reconsidered and rescheduled the Top Division tournament for June 6–13, 2022 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. The venues which hosted the event in Dane County, Wisconsin were LaBahn Arena, located on the campus of the University of Wisconsin in Madison and Bob Suter's Capitol Ice Arena in Middleton, Wisconsin, Middleton, home of the United States Hockey League, USHL's Madison Capitols. Top Division Preliminary round ''All times are local (Central Time Zone#Central Daylight Time, UTC−5).'' Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Relegation round The third and fourth placed team from Group B played a Playoff format#Best-of-three playoff, b ... [...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] |
Junior Ice Hockey
Junior ice hockey is amateur-level ice hockey for 16 to 20 year-old players. National Junior teams compete annually for the IIHF World Junior Championship. The United States men's national junior ice hockey team are the defending champions from the 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships. Hockey Canada There are four levels of Junior hockey in the Canadian Club System: 1. Major Junior, 2. Junior A, 3. Junior B, and 4. Junior C. Not all teams playing in Canadian Junior leagues are based in Canada. , there were approximately twelve US-based teams playing in various Major Junior and Junior A leagues in Canada. In 2023, BC Hockey announced plans to restructure its Junior framework following the departure of its only Junior A league. Its three Junior B leagues ( PJHL, KIJHL and VIJHL) were re-styled as "Junior A Tier 2", with plans to promote some to "Junior A Tier 1" following an independent evaluation. It was expected that those teams promoted to "Junior A Tier 1" would ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lausanne 2020
The 2020 Winter Youth Olympic Games (; ; ; ), officially known as the III Winter Youth Olympic Games and commonly known as Lausanne 2020 (Italian and Romansh: ''Losanna 2020''), were the third edition of the Winter Youth Olympics; a major international multi-sport event and cultural festival for teenagers that was held in Lausanne, Switzerland, the home of the International Olympic Committee, between 9 and 22 January 2020. Bidding process The bidding calendar was announced by the IOC on 6 June 2013, with the application deadline set for 28 November 2013.IOC opens bids for 2022 Olympic Winter Games, YOG 2020 International Olympic Committee - 06/06/2013 |
National Olympic Committee
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Olympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Olympic Committee, NOCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Olympic Games. They may nominate cities within their respective areas as candidates for future Olympic Games. NOCs also promote the development of athletes and the training of coaches and officials at a national level within their geographies. National Olympic Committees As of 2023, there are 206 National Olympic Committees. These include each of the 193 member states of the United Nations, one United Nations General Assembly observers#Non-member observers, UN observer state (Palestine Olympic Committee, Palestine), two list of states with limited recognition, states without UN recognition (Olympic Committee of Kosovo, Kosovo and Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee, Taiwan) and one associated state of New Zealand (the Cook Islands Sports and National O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ice Hockey At The 2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Girls' 3x3 Mixed Tournament
The girls' 3x3 mixed ice hockey tournament at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics was an under-16 ice hockey competition held from 10 to 15 January 2020 at the Vaudoise Aréna in Lausanne, Switzerland. It was the first girls' 3x3 mixed ice hockey tournament to be included in a Youth Olympic Games (YOG) program. The event format was developed by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) to maximize the number of participating countries and to give players from developing ice hockey nations the opportunity to compete for a medal. Players qualified the tournament via the National Skills Challenge, which was used to determine Global Skills Challenge rankings. Operated by the National Olympic Committee (NOC) and national ice hockey governing body of each participating country, the National Skills Challenge was a standardized test created by the IIHF in which players competed against time. The best player of each NOC’s National Skills Challenge automatically qualified to compete an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Ice Hockey Federation
The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF; ; ) is a worldwide governing body for ice hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 84 member countries. The IIHF maintains the IIHF World Ranking based on international ice hockey tournaments. Rules of play for IIHF events differ from hockey in North America and the rules of the National Hockey League (NHL). Decisions of the IIHF can be appealed through the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland. The IIHF maintains its own hall of fame for international ice hockey. The IIHF Hall of Fame was founded in 1997, and has been located within the Hockey Hall of Fame since 1998. Previously, the IIHF also managed the development of inline hockey; however, in June 2019, the IIHF announced that they would no longer govern inline hockey or organize the Inline Hockey World Championships. Functions The main functions of the IIHF are to govern, develop and organize hockey throughout the world. Another duty is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
