Jenni Hiirikoski

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FinlandFinland  Jenni Hiirikoski Ice hockey player
Date of birth March 30, 1987
place of birth Lempäälä , Finland
size 160 cm
Weight 63 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
until 2006 Ilves Tampere
2006-2007 Espoo Blues
2007-2008 Ilves Tampere
2009-2010 Ilves Tampere
2010-2016 JYP Naiset
since 2016 Luleå HF

Jenni Hiirikoski (born March 30, 1987 in Lempäälä ) is a Finnish ice hockey player who has been playing for Luleå HF in Svenska damhockeyligan (SDHL) since 2016 .

Career

Noora Räty (left) and Jenni Hiirikoski (center) in the fight for the puck against Elin Holmlöv (right), World Championship 2011

Jenni Hiirikoski started ice hockey in her hometown at Lempäälän Kisa (LeKi).

In 2006 she won her first Finnish championship with Ilves Tampere . She then moved to the Espoo Blues for one season , with whom she again achieved the championship title in 2007. At the end of the 2007/08 season , Hiirikoski was named the best defender of the SM sarja. She also won the runner-up with Ilves. After this success, she left her home country when she was signed by the reigning Russian champions SKIF Nizhny Novgorod in the summer of 2008 . With SKIF she won the European Women Champions Cup in 2009 and reached the Russian runner-up. She then returned to Ilves Tampere again and won another championship title with the club in 2010 . She was also named player of the year.

Hiirikoski left Tampere in the summer of 2010 and moved to Jyväskylä , where she started a painting and decorating company. In addition, she received a contract with the women's team of JYP , for which she played until 2016 with the exception of an interruption in the 2011/12 season - when she was again active for SKIF Nizhny Novgorod. In 2016 she won another Finnish championship title with JYP, but JYP's first team was subsequently disbanded. Hiirikoski moved to Sweden to Luleå HF in Svenska damhockeyligan .

Achievements and Awards

Club competitions

  • 2006 Finnish champion with Ilves Tampere
  • 2007 Finnish champion with Espoo Blues
  • 2008 Finnish runner-up with Ilves Tampere
  • 2008 All-Star Team and Best Defender of the SM-Sarja
  • 2009 Winner of the EWCC with SKIF Nizhny Novgorod
  • 2009 Best Defender of EWCC
  • 2009 Russian runner-up with SKIF Nizhny Novgorod
  • 2010 Finnish champion with Ilves Tampere
  • 2010 All-Star Team and Player of the Year for SM-Sarja
  • 2012 Russian runner-up with SKIF Nizhny Novgorod
  • 2013 Finnish runner-up with the JYP Naiset
  • 2013 All-Star Team, Player of the Year and Best Defender of SM-Sarja
  • 2014 All-Star Team, Player of the Year and Best Defender of SM-Sarja
  • 2015 All-Star Team, Player of the Year and Best Defender of SM-Sarja
  • 2016 Finnish champion with the JYP Naiset
  • 2016 All-Star Team, Player of the Year, Best Defender and Top Scorer of SM-Sarja
  • 2017 SDHL All-Star Team

International

  • 2015 World Cup best defender
  • 2015 World Championship All-Star Team
  • 2016 Best Defender in the World Cup
  • 2016 World Championship All-Star Team
  • 2017 bronze medal at the world championship
  • 2017 Best Defender of the World Cup
  • 2017 World Championship All-Star Team
  • 2018 bronze medal at the Olympic Winter Games
  • 2018 Best Defender of the Winter Olympics
  • 2018 Winter Olympics All-Star Team

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2001/02 Ilves Tampere SM-sarja 8th 2 2 4th 2 8th 0 2 2 14th
 2002/03 Ilves Tampere SM-sarja 23 6th 3 9 6th 6th 3 0 3 2
 2003/04 Ilves Tampere SM-sarja 24 6th 11 17th 14th 7th 1 3 4th 2
 2004/05 Ilves Tampere SM-sarja 20th 3 17th 20th 10 5 2 0 2 0
2005/06 Ilves Tampere SM-sarja 15th 0 7th 7th 18th 7th 2 0 2 14th
2006/07 Espoo Blues SM-sarja 22nd 8th 16 24 20th 7th 1 3 4th 2
2007/08 Ilves Tampere SM-sarja 19th 8th 21st 29 12 8th 2 6th 8th 6th
2008/09 SKIF Nizhny Novgorod RUS
2009/10 Ilves Tampere SM-sarja 19th 4th 39 43 6th 11 4th 7th 11 4th
2009/10 Suomi NMJ  Jr. C SM-sarja 12 0 3 3 12
2010/11 JYP SM-sarja 18th 4th 12 16 6th 3 0 0 0 0
2010/11 Suomi NMJ  Jr. C SM-sarja 5 0 1 1 4th
2011/12 SKIF Nizhny Novgorod RUS
2011/12 JYP SM-sarja 8th 3 12 15th 4th
2012/13 JYP SM-sarja 28 19th 18th 37 12 8th 2 6th 8th 10
 2013/14 JYP   SM-sarja 25th 20th 26th 46 12 8th 3 8th 11 4th
2014/15 JYP   SM-sarja 28 18th 43 61 10 7th 1 7th 8th 4th
 2015/16 JYP   SM-sarja 28 17th 62 79 8th 6th 3 9 12 2
 2016/17 Luleå HF   SDHL 36 12 33 45 28 4th 2 2 4th 4th
 2017/18 Luleå HF   SDHL

International

year team event Sp T V Pt SM +/-
2004 Finland WM 5 0 0 0 0 +1
2005 Finland WM 5 1 0 1 4th −3
2007 Finland WM 5 0 1 1 8th −2
2008 Finland WM 5 1 2 3 4th 0
2009 Finland WM 5 1 2 3 2 +3
2010 Finland Olympia 5 0 2 2 4th −1
2011 Finland WM 6th 0 2 2 2 +2
2012 Finland WM 6th 0 5 5 2 −5
2013 Finland WM 6th 0 1 1 2 −4
2014 Finland Olympia 6th 3 2 5 2 +3
2015 Finland WM 6th 2 2 4th 4th 0
2016 Finland WM 6th 1 3 4th 2 −3
2017 Finland WM 6th 3 2 5 2 −3
2018 Finland Olympia 6th 0 2 2 2 +2

( 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 )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f iihf.com, Jenni Hiirikoski - Athlete Ambassador - China
  2. ↑ Världens bästa back klar för Luleå. In: Aftonbladet . June 28, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2017 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e hockeycats.fi, Jenni Hiirikoski ( Memento from August 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ KRÖNIKA: SDHL: s All-Star Team säsongen 2016/17 - Hockeysverige. In: hockeysverige.se. March 17, 2017. Retrieved September 22, 2017 (Swedish).
personal data
SURNAME Hiirikoski, Jenni
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 30, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH Lempäälä , Finland