Mari Pehkonen

Mari Pehkonen
Date of birth	February 6, 1985
place of birth	Tampere , Finland
size	170 cm
Weight	66 kg
position	striker
number	# 25
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
until 2004	Tappara
2004-2005	Ilves
2005-2006	Minnesota Bulldogs
2006-2009	Providence Friars

Mari Heini Emilia Pehkonen (born February 6, 1985 in Tampere ) is a former Finnish national ice hockey player . Most recently she played on the Providence College ice hockey team , the Friars .

Career

Mari Pehkonen started her career at Tappara in her hometown Tampere and made her debut in 1998 at the age of 13 in the Naisten SM-sarja , the highest Finnish ice hockey league . In the 2003/04 season she was the team's best scorer. In 2005 she won the Finnish Junior Championship with Ilves Tampere's U20 team , where she was the top scorer of the final tournament.

In 2001 she was also a member of the Finnish U17 national football team. Between 2002 and 2005 she played for the Finnish U22 national ice hockey team.

For Finland she took part in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and reached fourth place with her team. At the women's ice hockey world championship in 2008 , she won the bronze medal with the national team.

Career statistics

National competitions

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
2002/03	Tappara	SM-sarja		24	14th	16	30th	30th		2	2	0	2	0
2003/04	Tappara	SM-sarja		24	10	21st	31	20th		3	2	2	4th	6th
2003/04	Tappara	SM-sarja								2 1	2	1	3	2
2004/05	Ilves	SM-sarja		10	19th	14th	33	8th		5	1	0	1	8th
2005/06	Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs	WCHA		27	8th	6th	14th	16
2006/07	Providence Friars	Hockey East		34	18th	11	29	28
2007/08	Providence Friars	Hockey East		31	9	11	20th	26th
2008/09	Providence Friars	Hockey East		30th	11	6th	17th	32

International

year	team	event		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM	+/-
2006	Finland	Olympia		5	3	0	3	2	+3
2007	Finland	WM		5	1	1	2	10	-3
2008	Finland	WM		5	3	3	6th	4th	+4
2009	Finland	WM		5	3	2	5	4th	-3

( 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

• Providence College player card
• Mari Pehkonen in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )