Annina Rajahuhta

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Annina Rajahuhta
Date of birth March 8, 1989
place of birth Helsinki , Finland
size 165 cm
Weight 72 kg
position Right wing
number # 11
Shot hand Left
Career stations
2005-2007 IHK Helsinki
2007-2008 Salo HT
2008-2009 Espoo Blues
2009-2010 Ilves Tampere
2010-2011 HPK Hämeenlinna
2011 Burlington Barracudas
2011–2012 HPK Hämeenlinna
2012-2017 Espoo Blues
2017-2018 Kunlun Red Star
since 2018 Espoo Blues

Annina Rajahuhta (born March 8, 1989 in Helsinki ) is a Finnish ice hockey player who has been under contract with the Espoo Blues in Naisten SM-sarja again since 2018 .

Career

Annina Rajahuhta played at Roiha HT in her childhood and youth . From 2005 she played for IHK Helsinki in the highest Finnish women's ice hockey league, the Naisten SM-sarja. In the 2007/08 season she was active for Salo HT in the second-class I-divisionna. In 2009 she won her first Finnish championship with the Espoo Blues. In the following two years she changed clubs twice, with which she also became Finnish champions: 2010 with Ilves Tampere and 2011 Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho (HPK). In 2011 she was named Most Valuable Player SM-Sarja-Playoffs. After this success she moved to the Canadian Women's Hockey League for the Burlington Barracudas . In the further course of the season, however, she returned to Finland to the HPK.

Between 2012 and 2017, Rajahuhta played again for the Espoo Blues and won three more Finnish championship titles with the Blues: 2013, 2014 and 2015. She was also selected several times into the All-Star Team of SM-sarja. In October 2017 she was looking for a new challenge with the Kunlun Red Star , the Chinese CWHL participant.

She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in January 2018 .

In the summer of 2018 she returned to the Espoo Blues.

International

Annina Rajahuhta completed her first international matches in the 2006/07 season for the U18 junior national team. From 2008 she was also used in the women’s national team , and by 2010 she made 20 international matches. She received the nomination for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver - without having played a major international tournament beforehand - and won the bronze medal there with the Finnish women.

At the 2011 World Cup in Switzerland, she won her first World Cup medal (also the bronze medal) and contributed to this success with two goals and one assist. At the World Championships in 2012 and 2013, Rajahuhta finished fourth with the Finnish national selection.

In 2014 she was nominated again for the Winter Olympics, played all six games and finished fifth with the national team. In the following three years, Rajahuhta was only used in friendly matches and preparatory tournaments before she was called up again for the Olympic Winter Games in South Korea in 2018 . There she won the bronze medal as in 2010.

By 2018, Rajahuhta had completed more than 135 international matches, in which she scored 18 goals and 19 assists.

Inline hockey

Annina Rajahuhta also represents Finland at World and European Championships in inline hockey . She took part in the 2009 World Cup, 2015 World Cup and 2017 European Championship. In the latter, she won the gold medal.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Club competitions

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2005/06 IHK SM-sarja 21st 7th 8th 15th 8th 4th 3 1 4th 2
2006/07 IHK SM-sarja 20th 4th 6th 10 10 4th 2 1 3 0
2007/08 Salo HT I-divisioona 20th 22nd 19th 41 8th 10 9 13 22nd 14th
2008/09 Espoo Blues SM-sarja 23 16 23 39 10 6th 3 2 5 8th
2009/10 Ilves Tampere SM-sarja 18th 15th 20th 35 18th 7th 1 3 4th 6th
2009/10 Suomi NMJ Jr. C SM-sarja 12 2 2 4th 8th - - - - -
2010/11 HPK Hämeenlinna SM-sarja 23 17th 20th 37 12 6th 8th 2 10 4th
2010/11 Suomi NMJ Jr. C SM-sarja 5 1 0 1 4th - - - - -
2011/12 Burlington Barracudas CWHL 8th 3 1 4th 2 - - - - -
2011/12 HPK Hämeenlinna SM-sarja 11 4th 10 14th 4th 8th 4th 2 6th 6th
2012/13 Espoo Blues SM-sarja 28 25th 29 54 18th 9 2 3 5 14th
2013/14 Espoo Blues SM-sarja 25th 23 43 66 20th 8th 5 6th 11 14th
2014/15 Espoo Blues SM-sarja 15th 9 14th 23 26th 6th 5 8th 13 2
2015/16 Espoo Blues SM-sarja 22nd 23 28 51 14th 6th 5 5 10 8th
2016/17 Espoo United SM-sarja 27 18th 26th 44 38 10 7th 6th 13 6th
2017/18 Espoo Blues SM-sarja 8th 8th 4th 12 10 - - - - -
2017/18 Kunlun Red Star CWHL 10 3 6th 9 10 - - - - -

International

year team event Sp T V Pt SM +/- result
2010 Finland Olympia 5 0 0 0 0 -2 Bronze Medal.svg Bronze medal
2011 Finland WM 6th 2 1 3 2 +2 Bronze Medal.svg Bronze medal
2012 Finland WM 6th 1 0 1 2 -4 4th place
2013 Finland WM 6th 1 0 1 6th -4 4th place
2014 Finland Olympia 6th 0 0 0 4th 0 5th place
2018 Finland Olympia 5 0 1 1 0 0 Bronze Medal.svg Bronze medal

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Annina Rajahuhta Brings Fond Memories of Canada to IIHF Women's Worlds. April 2, 2013. Retrieved October 29, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Finnish Olympian Annina Rajahuhta signs with Kunlun Red Star. October 19, 2017. Retrieved October 29, 2018 .
  3. ↑ Annina Vainio: Annina Rajahuhta sai aivotärähdyksen mutta vakavampaakin oli tulossa: hän kuuli sairastavansa ms-tautia - nyt hän pelaa ammatikseen Ki. In: hs.fi. January 5, 2018, accessed October 29, 2018 (Finnish).
  4. ↑ Annina RAJAHUHTA - Ice Hockey - Finland - Sochi 2014 Olympics. In: sochi2014.arch.articul.ru. Accessed October 30, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Finland wins bronze at Inline Hockey European Championships. Retrieved October 30, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Rajahuhta, Annina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 8, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Helsinki , Finland