Jenni Hiirikoski

Jenni Hiirikoski ( born March 30, 1987 in Lempäälä ) is a Finnish ice hockey player who plays for the Jyväskylä Hockey Cats in the Naisten SM- sarja since 2012.

Career

Jenni Hiirikoski started with the sport of ice hockey in their hometown at Lempäälän Kisa ( LeKi ).

In 2006 she won her first Finnish championship with Ilves Tampere. She then moved for a season to the Espoo Blues, with which they again reached the championship title in 2007. At the end of the 2007/ 08 Hiirikoski was awarded as the best defender of the SM- sarja. In addition, she won the vice-championship with Ilves. After this success, she left her home country when she was hired by the Russian champions SKIF Nizhny Novgorod in the summer of 2008. With SKIF she won the 2009 European Women Champions Cup and reached the Russian vice-championship. Then they returned again to Ilves Tampere in 2010 and won another league title with the club. She was also honored as player of the year.

In summer 2010 Hiirikoski Tampere left and moved to Jyväskylä, where she founded a painting and wallpapering company. In addition, she was awarded a contract with the Jyväskylä Hockey Cats for which it has since, with the exception of an interruption in the season 2011 /12 - when she was active for SKIF Nizhny Novgorod again - plays.

Awards and achievements

  • 2004 bronze medal at the World Championships
  • 2006 Finnish Champion with Ilves Tampere
  • 2007 Finnish Champion with Espoo Blues
  • 2008 Finnish runner with Ilves Tampere
  • 2008 Best Defender of the SM- sarja
  • 2008 bronze medal at the World Championships
  • 2009 profit of EWCC with SKIF Nizhny Novgorod
  • 2009 Best defender of EWCC
  • 2009 Russian runner with SKIF Nizhny Novgorod
  • 2009 bronze medal at the World Championships
  • 2009 Best Defender of the World Cup
  • 2010 bronze medal at the Winter Olympics
  • 2010 Finnish Champion with Ilves Tampere
  • 2010 Player of the Year of the SM - sarja
  • 2011 bronze medal at the World Championships
  • 2012 Russian runner with SKIF Nizhny Novgorod
  • 2012 Best Defender of the World Cup
  • 2013 Best Defender of the World Cup
  • 2013 Finnish runner with the Jyväskylä Hockey Cats

Career Stats

Internationally

( Key to Career statistics: Sp or GP = Games Played, T or G = goals scored, V or A = achieved assists; Pts or Pts = scored points scorer, SM or PIM = received penalty minutes, / - = Plus / Minus balance sheet; PP = scored majority gates; SH = scored shorthanded goals, GW = achieved victory gates; Play-downs/Relegation 1 )

Women's ice hockey in Finland 2008–09 IIHF European Women's Champions Cup 2004 IIHF Women's World Championship 2009 IIHF Women's World Championship Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship 2013 IIHF Women's World Championship 2005 IIHF Women's World Championship Point (ice hockey) Plus/Minus
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