Sari Krooks

Sari Krooks
Date of birth	2nd February 1968
place of birth	Vaasa , Finland
Nickname	Sartsu
size	161 cm
Weight	53 kg
position	Right wing
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1983-1989	Vaasan Sport
1988-1992	North York Eros
1992-1994	Russel Invaders
1993-1994	Vaasan Sport
1995-2000	North York Eros
1996-1997	York University
1997-1998	Ilves Tampere
1998-2000	York University
2003-2005	DHC Lyss

Sari Kristiina Krooks (born February 2, 1968 in Vaasa ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player who won the bronze medal at the 1998 Winter Olympics with the Finnish national team .

Career

Sari Krooks began her career in 1983 at Vaasan Sport and with this team she reached third place in the Finnish championship in 1986, the Naisten SM-sarja . In the late 1980s she went to North America and subsequently played for the North York Eros and Russel Invaders. During the 1993/94 season, she went back to the ice for Vaasan Sport before breaking a leg in 1995 and thereby missing the 1996 European Championship. In 1996 she began studying at York University in Toronto and played for its ice hockey team in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA), a college league.

In 1997 she returned to Finland and worked for Ilves Tampere in SM-sarja, before she resumed her studies at York University in 1998. At the same time, she went on ice for the Beatrice Eros in the NWHL .

Between 2003 and 2005 Krooks was active for the DHC Lyss in performance class A before she ended her active career. In the Naisten SM-sarja she completed a total of 77 games, in which she scored 187 goals and prepared another 45.

International

Sari Krooks represented the Finnish national team at the 1998 Winter Olympics , five world championships and three European championships . In 1998 she won the Olympic silver medal and world championship bronze medals in 1990 , 1992 , 1994 , 1997 and 1999 . In addition, she reached three European championship titles - 1989, 1991 and 1995. In total, she completed 90 international matches, in which she collected 51 goals, 40 assists and a total of 91 points scorer - with 114 penalty minutes.

In 2009 she was honored for her services to Finnish women's ice hockey by being accepted into the Finnish Ice Hockey Hall of Fame .

Achievements and Awards

1989 gold medal at the European Championships 1989 Best striker and all-star team in the European Championship 1990 bronze medal at the world championship 1991 gold medal at the European Championship 1992 bronze medal at the world championship 1994 bronze medal at the world championship 1995 gold medal at the European Championship

1995 Best striker in the European Championship 1997 bronze medal at the world championship 1997 Ontario University Athletics All-Star Team 1998 bronze medal at the Olympic Winter Games 1999 bronze medal at the world championship 2000 Ontario University Athletics All-Star Team

Web links

• Sari Krooks in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Sari Krooks in the Finnish Ice Hockey Hall of Fame
• Elizabeth Etue and Megan K. Williams: On the Edge: Women Making Hockey History , p. 80, Second Story Press, Toronto, Ontario, 1996, ISBN 0-929005-79-1