Kati Kovalainen

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FinlandFinland  Kati Kovalainen Ice hockey player
Date of birth January 24, 1975
place of birth Leppävirta , Finland
size 165 cm
Weight 63 kg
position striker
number # 24
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1991-1993 Imatran Ketterä
1993-1996 Kalevan Pallo
1996-1998 Keravan Shakers
1998-2000 Espoo Blues
2000-2007 IHK Helsinki
2007-2009 SKIF Nizhny Novgorod
2009-2010 Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho

Katariina "Kati" Johanna Kovalainen (born January 24, 1975 in Leppävirta ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player who was active for Kalevan Pallo , Espoo Blues and Itä-Helsingin Kiekko (IHK) in the Naisten SM-sarja for many years . With the Finnish women's national team , she took part in the 2006 Winter Olympics as well as in nine world and two European championships . She won a total of eight medals.

Career

Kati Kovalainen began her career in the youth sector at Valtit Varkaus and Kiekkoseura Warkaus . From 1991 she played for Imatran Ketterä in the Naisten SM-sarja , the highest women's ice hockey league in Finland. Between 1993 and 1996 she worked for Kalevan Pallo in Kuopio before moving to the Keravan Shakers . With the Shakers she was Finnish runner-up in 1997.

From 1998 she played in Espoo for the women's team of Espoo Blues and won the Finnish championship twice in a row in 1998 and 1999 . At the same time as the game in SM-sarja, Kovalainen learned the profession of nurse and practiced it beyond her ice hockey career. After two championship titles with the Blues , Kovalainen moved to Itä-Helsingin Kiekko (IHK Helsinki). In 2002 she reached the runner-up again with IHK. During her time at the Chamber of Industry and Commerce, she was twice elected to the All-Star- Team of the SM-sarja and once (2005) was honored as best defender .

During the 2007/08 and 2008/09 seasons she played with other Finnish players (such as Emma Laaksonen and Karoliina Rantamäki ) for SKIF Nizhny Novgorod in the Russian Women's League and won the Russian Championship with SKIF in 2008 and the IIHF European Women Champions in 2009 Cup . After this success she returned to Finland and completed a final season for Hämeenlinnan Pallokerho (HPK) in the SM-sarja, where she was once again elected to the league's all-star team. In addition, as part of the preparation for the Olympics with the national team, she took part in the games of the Junior-C-SM-sarja at times, but ultimately did not get a place in the Olympic squad and ended her career.

International

Kati Kovalainen was part of the Finnish national team between 1995 and 2009 . In 1995 she was nominated for the European Championship and won the gold medal with the national team. A year later, at the European Championships in 1996 , she won the bronze medal. In 1997 she played for the first time at a world championship and won the bronze medal with the Finnish women's selection. In the world championships in 1999, 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2009 , further bronze medals followed. In 2006, at the Olympic Winter Games in Turin , the Finnish national team took fourth place.

In total, she completed at least 182 international matches for Finland by 2008, in which she scored 35 goals and prepared 37 more.

Achievements and Awards

Club competitions

International

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 Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1991/92 Ketterä SM-sarja 12 6th 5 11 4th
1992/93 Ketterä SM-sarja 14th 10 5 15th 8th
1993/94 KalPa SM-sarja 23 27 10 37 4th 3 2 0 2 0
1994/95 KalPa SM-sarja 23 28 13 41 10 3 2 0 2 0
1995/96 KalPa SM-sarja 24 17th 12 29 6th 3 1 5 6th 2
1996/97 Shakers SM-sarja 24 20th 12 32 12 6th 3 1 4th 4th
1997/98 Shakers SM-sarja 24 14th 11 25th 25th - - - - -
1998/99 blues SM-sarja 24 8th 15th 23 30th 6th 4th 3 7th 4th
1999/00 blues SM-sarja 26th 10 18th 28 33 6th 4th 10 14th 2
2000/01 IHK SM-sarja 26th 25th 24 49 32 4th 2 1 3 0
2001/02 IHK SM-sarja 22nd 15th 18th 33 28 9 3 5 8th 6th
2002/03 IHK SM-sarja 21st 9 20th 29 16 3 1 1 2 0
2003/04 IHK SM-sarja 19th 4th 9 13 12 8th 1 1 2 6th
2004/05 IHK SM-sarja 17th 2 9 11 4th 6th 2 7th 9 25th
2005/06 IHK SM-sarja 22nd 12 10 22nd 6th 7th 1 5 6th 6th
2006/07 IHK SM-sarja 19th 12 20th 32 16 5 1 4th 5 6th
2007/08 SKIF Nizhny Novgorod Russia
2008/09 SKIF Nizhny Novgorod Russia 5 2 2 4th 2
2009/10 HPK SM-sarja 25th 18th 28 46 8th 8th 5 9 14th 6th
2009/10 Suomi NMJ Jr. C SM-sarja 5 0 1 1 2
SM-Sarja overall 365 237 239 476 254 77 32 52 84 67

International

year team event Sp T V Pt SM +/-
1995 Finland EM 5 3 4th 7th 2
1996 Finland EM 5 1 0 1 0
1997 Finland WM 5 0 0 0 0
1999 Finland WM 5 2 2 4th 2
2000 Finland WM 5 0 2 2 0 +5
2001 Finland WM 5 1 0 1 6th 0
2004 Finland WM 5 0 1 1 2 +3
2005 Finland WM 5 3 0 3 0 -3
2006 Finland Olympia 5 1 0 1 6th -1
2007 Finland WM 4th 1 0 1 0 +2
2008 Finland WM 5 1 1 2 0 +6
2009 Finland WM 5 0 0 0 2 -4

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d junnut.com, media guide for the 2008 World Cup (PDF file)
  2. ↑ Andrew Podnieks: Gone but not forgotten. In: iihf.com. April 23, 2011, accessed January 18, 2018 .
  3. ^ Cassie Campbell : Calgary Herald: 2007-10-14 - Program to aid Chinese players. In: Calgary Herald . October 14, 2007, accessed January 18, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Kovalainen, Kati
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kovalainen, Katariina Johanna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH January 24, 1975
PLACE OF BIRTH Leppävirta , Finland