Finland Jenni Hiirikoski
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
↑ a b c d e f iihf.com, Jenni Hiirikoski - Athlete Ambassador - China
↑ Världens bästa back klar för Luleå. In: Aftonbladet . June 28, 2016. Retrieved September 22, 2017 .
↑ a b c d e hockeycats.fi, Jenni Hiirikoski ( Memento from August 10, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
↑ KRÖNIKA: SDHL: s All-Star Team säsongen 2016/17 - Hockeysverige. In: hockeysverige.se. March 17, 2017. Retrieved September 22, 2017 (Swedish).
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