Jenni Hiirikoski

Jenni Hiirikoski (born 30 March 1987 in Lempäälä) is a Finnish ice hockey player who serves as captain of Luleå HF in the Swedish Women’s Hockey League (SDHL) and of the Finnish national team.[1] She is widely considered one of the best ice hockey defencemen in the world.[2][3]

Jenni Hiirikoski
Born (1987-03-30) 30 March 1987
Lempäälä, Finland
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 62 kg (137 lb; 9 st 11 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Left
SDHL team
Former teams		 Luleå HF
Tampereen Ilves
Espoo Blues
SKIF Nizhny Novgorod
JYP Jyväskylä
National team  Finland
Playing career 2001–present
Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing  Finland
Olympic Games
2018 PyeongchangTeam
2010 VancouverTeam
World Championships
2019 Finland
2017 United States
2015 Sweden
2011 Switzerland
2009 Finland
2008 China
2004 Canada
Four Nations Cup
2018 Canada
2010 Canada

Representing Finland she has won two Olympic bronze medals, one at the 2010 Winter Olympics and one at the 2018 Winter Olympics; she also competed with the Finnish national team in the tournament at the 2014 Winter Olympics where Finland placed fifth. Hiirikoski has competed in eleven IIHF World Women's Championships and she won a silver medal at the 2018 Championship and bronze medals at the tournaments in 2004, 2008, 2009, 2015, and 2017.[4]

Playing career

Hiirikoski’s grew up in Lempäälä, Finland, and played youth ice hockey with the local club Lempäälän Kisa (LeKi).

She began her premiere league career in 2001 (age 14) with the Tampereen Ilves of the Naisten SM-sarja (renamed Naisten Liiga in 2017). With Ilves she won the Finnish Championship in 2006 and Finnish Championship silver (runner-up) medals in 2004 and 2005.

After achieving Finnish Championship gold with Ilves, Hiirikoski joined the 2006-07 Espoo Blues which had a roster overflowing with talent; in addition to Hiirikoski the team included Karoliina Rantamäki, Noora Räty, Emma Terho, Marjo Voutilainen and other all-stars of the Finnish national team. With so much accumulated skill, it is no surprise that the Espoo Blues were the Finnish Champions in 2007.

Hiirikoski returned to Ilves for the 2007–08 season and won her third Finnish Championship silver medal with them in 2008.

For the 2008–09 season Hiirikoski joined her first club outside of Finland, signing with SKIF Nizhny Novgorod in the Russian Women's Hockey League (ЖХЛ). The roster included two other Finns, her teammates from the Espoo Blues Karoliina Rantamäki and Marjo Voutilainen. The team was dominant and won both the Russian Championship[5] and the 2009 IIHF European Women’s Champions Cup.

Olympics statistics
EventGoalsAssistsPointsShotsPIM+/-
2010 Winter Olympics01195−3

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Awards and honors
IIHF World Women's Championships 2017
  • Best defender
IIHF World Women's Championships 2016
  • Best defender
IIHF World Women's Championships 2015
  • Best defender
IIHF World Women's Championships 2013
  • Best defender
IIHF World Women's Championships 2012
  • Best defender
IIHF World Women's Championships 2009
  • Best defender
IIHF European Women's Champions Cup 2008–09
  • Best defender
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References
  1. "Athlete Profile: Jenni Hiirikoski, Ice Hockey". 2010 Winter Olympics. 2010. Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  2. Murphy, Mike; Foster, Meredith (14 October 2018). "Jenni Hiirikoski is the Best Defender in the World". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  3. Oliver, Nathaniel (5 September 2018). "Jenni Hiirikoski Goes One-On-One & Shares Some Fun Facts". The Hockey Writers. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  4. "Player Profile: Jenni Hiirikoski". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  5. "Championnat de Russie de hockey sur glace féminin 2009/10". hockeyarchives.info (in French). Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  10. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)


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