Linda Välimäki

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FinlandFinland  Linda Välimäki Ice hockey player
Date of birth May 31, 1990
place of birth Ylöjärvi , Finland
size 165 cm
Weight 69 kg
position center
number # 13
Shot hand Left
Career stations
until 2004 Ilves Ylöjärvi
2005-2010 Ilves Tampere
2010-2016 Espoo Blues
2016-2017 Espoo United
since 2017 Ilves Tampere

Linda Välimäki (born May 31, 1990 in Ylöjärvi ) is a Finnish ice hockey player who has been under contract with Ilves Tampere in the Naisten Liiga since 2017 . Välimäki has been a member of the Finnish national team since around 2009 and has won medals at the Olympic Winter Games and ice hockey world championships with it several times .

Career

Linda Välimäki comes from Ilves Ylöjärvi's junior division . In 2002 she made her debut for her home club in the highest women's ice hockey division in Finland, the Naisten SM-sarja . Between 2005 and 2010 she played for Ilves Tampere in SM-sarja and in 2006 she won her first Finnish championship with Ilves . In the 2009/10 season 42 goals, 35 assists and 77 scorer points were both top scorer and top scorer in the top division. At the end of the season, Ilves won the Finnish championship and Välimäki contributed 6 goals and 13 assists in 11 games in the playoffs.

From 2010 to 2016 Välimäki was active for the Espoo Blues . During the 2011/12 season she gave birth to their daughter Ada and missed most of the playing time. At the end of the 2012/13 season, she scored the championship-winning goal for her first championship title with the Blues in the last game of the final series. In the following two playing years she won two more Finnish championships with the Blues and received numerous personal awards, including the honor of play-off MVP, best striker and multiple choice for the All-Star team. In addition, she won the Tiia Reima trophy for the most successful goalscorer in the main round five times .

For the 2017/18 season she returned to Ilves Tampere and reached two runner-up championships with Ilves. In October 2017 she scored her 300th goal in the Finnish top division.

Välimäki has completed a total of 335 main round games in the SM-sarja and Liiga, in which she scored 360 goals and prepared 342 more. In the play-offs, she scored 57 goals and 72 assists in 93 games (as of April 2019). She holds several records of Naisten SM-sarja (Liiga).

International

Linda Välimäki completed her first internationals for the U18 junior national team. At the U18 World Cup in 2008 she was the best Finnish player with seven points and finished sixth with the female U18 selection team. Then she was also used in the women's national team and came to 35 international matches by 2010, in which she collected 16 points scorer. She received the nomination for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver - without having played a major international tournament beforehand - and won the bronze medal there with the Finnish women.

At the 2013 World Cup , Välimäki finished fourth with the Finnish national team. In 2014 she was nominated again for the Winter Olympics, played all six games and finished fifth with the national team. At the 2015 and 2017 World Championships , she won her first World Championship medals, with third place each being achieved. In 2018 she was nominated again for the Olympic Winter Games in South Korea and won the bronze medal as in 2010. In the decisive game for the bronze medal, Välimäki scored the 3-2 winner against Russia.

At the World Cup in Finland in 2019 , Välimäki achieved the first silver medal in Finnish World Cup history with the Finnish national team. By April 2019, Välimäki had completed 167 international matches, in which she scored 39 goals and 49 assists.

Achievements and Awards

Club competitions

  • 2006 Finnish champion with Ilves Tampere
  • 2008 Finnish runner-up with Ilves Tampere
  • 2009 All-Star Team of SM-Sarja
  • 2010 Finnish champion with Ilves Tampere
  • 2010 All-Star Team, best striker and playoff MVP of SM-sarja
  • 2010 top scorer and top scorer of SM-sarja
  • 2013 Finnish champion with the Espoo Blues
  • 2013 All-Star Team of SM-sarja
  • 2014 Finnish champion with the Espoo Blues
  • 2014 All-Star Team, Best Striker and Playoff MVP of SM-sarja
  • 2014 top scorer and top scorer of SM-sarja
  • 2015 Finnish champion with the Espoo Blues
  • 2015 All-Star Team, best striker, top scorer and best goalscorer of SM-sarja
  • 2016 best goalscorer of SM-Sarja
  • 2017 best striker, all-star team, top scorer and best goalscorer of SM-sarja
  • 2018 Finnish runner-up with Ilves Tampere
  • 2018 All-Star Team, top scorer and top scorer in the Liiga
  • 2019 Finnish runner-up with Ilves Tampere
  • 2019 Second All-Star Team of the Liiga

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
2002/03 Y-Ilves SM-sarja 14th 4th 4th 8th 2 11 1 10 5 15th 4th
2003/04 Y-Ilves SM-sarja 13 0 3 3 8th
2003/04 Y-Ilves I-divisioona 14th 11 17th 28 4th
2005/06 Ilves SM-sarja 22nd 5 6th 11 4th 7th 2 2 4th 4th
2006/07 Ilves SM-sarja 21st 13 7th 20th 10 6th 1 2 3 2
2007/08 Ilves SM-sarja 18th 27 20th 47 8th 8th 3 3 6th 2
2008/09 Ilves SM-sarja 24 29 18th 47 14th 7th 3 4th 7th 6th
2009/10 Ilves SM-sarja 19th 42 35 77 20th 11 6th 13 19th 6th
2009/10 Suomi NMJ Jr. C SM-sarja 11 3 3 6th 16
2010/11 blues SM-sarja 11 19th 9 28 8th
2010/11 Suomi NMJ Jr. C SM-sarja 5 0 1 1 4th
2011/12 blues SM-sarja 1 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
2012/13 blues SM-sarja 27 35 30th 65 16 9 6th 4th 10 14th
2013/14 blues SM-sarja 28 32 39 71 8th 8th 8th 10 18th 4th
2014/15 blues SM-sarja 28 28 37 65 20th 6th 6th 6th 12 4th
2015/16 blues SM-sarja 28 31 39 70 16 6th 5 5 10 0
2016/17 Espoo United SM-sarja 28 29 31 60 16 10 9 8th 17th 4th
2017/18 Ilves Liiga 25th 30th 28 58 8th 8th 5 8th 13 8th
2018/19 Ilves Liiga 28 36 35 71 18th 7th 3 7th 10 2
SM-sarja / Liiga overall 335 360 342 702 176 93 67 77 144 60

International

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM +/-
2008 Finland U18 World Cup Rank 6 5 5 2 7th 8th +3
2010 Finland Olympia 3rd place, bronze Bronze medal 5 0 2 2 4th -1
2013 Finland WM 4th place 6th 0 2 2 4th -4
2014 Finland Olympia 5th place 6th 1 2 3 0 0
2015 Finland WM 3rd place, bronze Bronze medal 4th 2 0 2 0 -1
2017 Finland WM 3rd place, bronze Bronze medal 6th 1 2 3 4th +4
2018 Finland Olympia 3rd place, bronze Bronze medal 6th 1 2 3 4th +2
2019 Finland WM 2nd place, silver Silver medal 7th 1 0 1 0 +2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eriikka Hienola, Stt: Mestaruus karkasi JYPin naisilta - Bluesista mestari. In: ksml.fi. March 21, 2013, accessed May 9, 2019 (Finnish).
  2. ↑ Linda Välimäki hits 300-goal milestone in the Naisten Liiga. Retrieved May 9, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Linda Välimäki - Vancouver 2010 ( memento from January 2, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) at noc.fi
  4. ↑ Naisleijonat taisteli pronssia! Rädyn päälle ajettiin, Hiirikoski sai mailasta päähän. In: yle.fi. February 21, 2018, accessed May 9, 2019 (Finnish).
  5. ^ Nuutinen, Team Finland Earn First Ever Silver Medal at IIHF Women's World Championships. In: hurstathletics.com. April 14, 2019, accessed May 9, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Välimäki, Linda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH May 31, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Ylöjärvi , Finland