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Date of birth	January 9, 1969
place of birth	Eno , North Karelia , Finland
Nickname	Yossu
size	165 cm
Weight	63 kg
position	defender
Career stations
1988-1990s	Kiekko-Pojat Joensuu
1994-1996	Keravan Shakers
1990s	HIFK Helsinki
1990s	IHK Helsinki
1998	Kiekko-Espoo

Johanna Annikki Ikonen (born January 9, 1969 in Eno , North Karelia ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player who has been working as a coach since the end of her career and was most recently employed by OSC Berlin until December 2014 .

Career

Johanna Ikonen began her career at Kiekko-Pojat Joensuu and also played for HIFK Helsinki , Keravan Shakers , Kiekko-Espoo and IHK Helsinki in the course of her career, which lasted from 1988 to 1989 . With the Keravan Shakers she won the Finnish championship in 1994, 1995 and 1996.

International

At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , she won the bronze medal in the Olympic ice hockey tournament with the Finnish national team . She was on the ice in six games, with the Finn scoring four goals and one assist. In addition, Ikonen spent six minutes in the penalty box. At world championships she made a total of 20 games for Finland between 1990 and 1997, in which Ikonen recorded nine goals and seven assists. There are also ten penalty minutes on her personal balance sheet. In 1990, 1992, 1994 and 1997 she won the bronze medal with Finland.

As a trainer

In 1994 she began working as a trainer parallel to active ice hockey. At first she looked after the juniors from Kiekko-Pojat Joensuu and the U16 team of the Helsinki Chamber of Commerce . After the end of her career, she was the head coach of the women's teams at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Espoo Blues , winning two Finnish championships and one runner-up. Between 2001 and 2002 she was also the coach of the Finnish U20 junior team.

In the 2009/10 season she was the head coach of the Enon Jets , a men's amateur team from the 3rd division, which is based in her hometown.

Before the 2011/12 season she was hired by the OSC Berlin as René Bielke's assistant trainer . Since he retired in November 2011 for personal reasons, Ikonen took over the post of head coach of the women's ice hockey Bundesliga team of the OSC Berlin. In December 2014 she left the OSC Berlin.

Ikonen has been the head coach of the DEC Salzburg Eagles since 2017 .

Achievements and Awards

1989 gold medal at the European Championships 1990 bronze medal at the world championship 1991 gold medal at the European Championship 1992 bronze medal at the world championship 1993 gold medal at the European Championship 1994 Finnish champion with the Keravan Shakers

1994 bronze medal at the world championship 1995 Finnish champion with the Keravan Shakers 1996 Finnish champion with the Keravan Shakers 1996 bronze medal at the European Championships 1997 bronze medal at the world championship 1998 bronze medal at the Olympic Winter Games

Web links

• Johanna Ikonen in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ eisladies.de, trainer and supervisor ( Memento from October 10, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Andrew Podnieks: IIHF Guide & Record Book 2012 2011, p. 572
3. ↑ eisbaeren-juniors.de, New trainers for the young generation  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , August 31, 2011  
4. ↑ osc-berlin.de, The End of an Era in OSC Berlin, November 2011 issue, pp. 10 and 11
5. ↑ Johannes Brunner: DEC Salzburg Eagles relies on Finnish head coach. In: salzburg-eagles.at. October 18, 2017, accessed February 2, 2018 .