Noora Tulus

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Noora Tulus
Born (1995-08-15) 15 August 1995 (age 28)
Vantaa, Finland
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 64 kg (141 lb; 10 st 1 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Right
SDHL team
Former teams
Luleå HF/MSSK
KJT
Espoo Blues
National team  Finland
Playing career 2012–present
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Pyeongchang Ice hockey
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Beijing Ice hockey
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Finland
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Sweden
Bronze medal – third place 2017 United States
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Canada

Noora Tulus (born 15 August 1995) is a Finnish ice hockey player and member of the Finnish national team, currently playing in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with Luleå HF/MSSK.[1]

Playing career[edit]

She left Finland to join Luleå HF/MSSK just before their playoff run in the 2015-16 Riksserien season. After scoring eight points in the five remaining regular season games, she added another six points in seven playoff games as Luleå won their first Riksserien championship.[2] After the end of the season, she decided to stay in Luleå and signed an extension with the club.[3]

She scored the game-winning goal in the 2018 Champions Cup, held between Luleå and the NWHL's Isobel Cup champions, the Metropolitan Riveters.[4]

She scored 24 points in 22 games in the 2019-20 season, missing several weeks due to a foot injury, as Luleå returned to the championship finals for the third year in a row before the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden.[5][6]

In November 2020, Tulus, with four other Finnish national teams and Luleå teammates, were forced to miss several SDHL games while being quarantined under Finnish law after a national team camp where a player tested positive for COVID-19.[7]

International career[edit]

She made her IIHF World Championship debut at the 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship, not picking up any points in five games.[8] She represented Finland at the 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship and 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship. She scored six points in seven games at the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship, including two assists at the Miracle in Espoo, as Finland won their first-ever silver medal.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2019 IIHF Women's World Championship roster" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
  2. ^ Fundaro, Gabriella; Foster, Meredith; Strollo, Leighann (8 August 2019). "2019 Women's Hockey Top 25 Under 25 | No. 21-24: Sophie Shirley; Denisa Křížová; Kelly Pannek; Noora Tulus and Kassidy Sauvé (tie)". The Ice Garden. Archived from the original on 20 October 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  3. ^ Boman, Hannah (13 May 2016). "Luleås drömbesked: Noora Tulus stannar" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  4. ^ Bodin, Uffe (29 September 2018). "Mästare – Luleå tog hem Champions Cup - Hockeysverige – Mer av sporten du älskar". Hockey Sverige (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 22 May 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  5. ^ Vikström, Kent (17 January 2020). "Luleåstjärnan skadad – tvingas till lång vila – NSD". Archived from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  6. ^ Teiskonlahti, Kirsi (24 January 2020). "Naisleijonien kärkihyökkääjä törmäsi rajusti päin laitaa ennen joulua – vamma pysyi mysteerinä kolme viikkoa: "Henkisesti se ei ollut helpointa aikaa"". Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  7. ^ Kågström, Rasmus (9 November 2020). "Luleåstjärnorna fast i Finland – satta i karantän - Hockeysverige – Mer av sporten du älskar". Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  8. ^ "2015 IIHF World Championship roster" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.

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