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Revision as of 01:02, 12 October 2019
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| Born |
December 2, 1989 Tampere, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 141 lb (64 kg; 10 st 1 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goaltender | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catches | Left | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| SDHL team Former teams |
AIK Hockey Cats Jyväskylä Tampereen Ilves Espoo Blues Robert Morris Colonials SKIF Nizhny Novgorod JYP Jyväskylä D-Kiekko Jyväskylä Kiekkokopla Joensuu HPK Hämeenlinna Connecticut Whale | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |
 Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2006–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Meeri Räisänen (born 2 December 1989 in Tampere) is a Finnish ice hockey goaltender who plays with the Finnish national team and AIK of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL).[1]
Playing career
International
Räisänen was selected for the Finland women's national ice hockey team in the 2014 Winter Olympics. She dressed in all six games, but did not play.[2]
As of 2014, Räisänen has also appeared for Finland at two IIHF Women's World Championships. Her first appearance came in 2012.[3][4][5]
Professional
Räisänen began playing organized hockey with the youth teams of the Tappara Sports Club in her home town of Tampere, Finland.
She was selected by the Markham Thunder in the 2018 CWHL Draft,[6] but instead signed with the Connecticut Whale of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) as a free agent.[7] In her debut for the Whale, she played across from US Olympian Nicole Hensley of the Buffalo Beauts, losing 4–0 on October 7, 2018.[8]
Career statistics
Through 2013–14 season
| Year | Team | Event | GP | W | L | MIN | GA | SO | GAA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Finland | WW | 3 | 1 | 0 | 98 | 9 | 0 | 5.47 | .800 |
| 2013 | Finland | WW | 2 | 1 | 0 | 75 | 2 | 1 | 1.59 | .895 |
References
- ^ Karttunen, Anu (2019-07-26). "Meeri Räisänen vaihtaa Connecticutin Tukholmaan" [Meeri Räisänen relocates from Connecticut to Stockholm] (in Finnish). yle. Retrieved 2019-08-08.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - ^ IIHF - Team Finland Stats - 2014 Olympics
- ^ IIHF - Team Finland Stats - 2011 World Championship
- ^ IIHF - Team Finland Stats - 2012 World Championship
- ^ IIHF - Team Finland Stats - 2013 World Championship
- ^ Earl Zukerman (27 August 2018). "McGill's Atkinson selected in CWHL Draft by Les Canadiennes". McGill Athletics. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ "Finnish Olympic Team Goaltender Meeri Räisänen Signs with the Whale". NWHL.zone. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
- ^ Dan Rice (7 October 2018). "Olympians Hensley and Räisänen Battle as Beauts Defeat Whale, 4-0". NWHL.zone. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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- 1989 births
- Sportspeople from Tampere
- Finnish expatriate ice hockey people
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in Russia
- Finnish women's ice hockey goaltenders
- Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Living people
- Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Olympic ice hockey players of Finland
- Olympic bronze medalists for Finland
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Expatriate ice hockey players in Russia
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Finnish ice hockey goaltender stubs