Noora Räty

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Noora Räty
Date of birth May 29, 1989
place of birth Espoo , Finland
size 163 cm
Weight 56 kg
position goalkeeper
number # 41
Catch hand Left
Career stations
until 2005 Jäähonka Espoo
2004-2005 EPS Espoo
2005-2009 Espoo Blues
2009-2013 Minnesota Golden Gophers
2013-2014 Tampereen Ilves
SKIF Nizhny Novgorod
2014-2015 Kiekko-Vantaa (men)
Prove TuusKi (men)
2015-2016 KJT Hockey (men)
2016-2017 Nokian Pyry (men)
since 2017 Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays

Noora Helena Räty (born May 29, 1989 in Espoo ) is a Finnish ice hockey goalkeeper who has been playing for the Shenzhen KRS Vanke Rays in the Canadian Women's Hockey League since 2017 . At the age of 16, she was the youngest member of the Finnish team at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and has since won several medals with the national team. She is currently considered one of the best female goalkeepers in the world.

Career

Beginnings and successes in Finland

Noora Raty played despite her young age, early on in the Naisten SM-sarja , the highest female league Finland , and in 2004 was a participant in the IIHF Women's Hockey Development Camp 2004. The hockey games she learned at the club Jäähonka Espoo before over the male C- EPS Espoo junior team came to the Espoo Blues , where she played in the women's team and immediately became the first goalkeeper. With the Blues she won the Finnish championship in 2007, 2008 and 2009 . She also received numerous personal awards during this time.

College ice hockey in North America

From 2009 Räty studied sports science at the University of Minnesota and plays for the Golden Gophers , the university's ice hockey team, in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association . In her first year there, she was recognized by both the (regional) WCHA and the (national) NCAA . She was also one of the nominees for the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award . In 2012, she not only won the WCHA championship, but also the national college championship with the Golden Gophers. In her four years in college she set new records for catch rate (94.9%), games won (114) and wins per season (38). She also achieved 17 shutouts in a single season and 43 shutouts in total.

Excursion to men's ice hockey

In 2013 Noora Räty finished her studies and initially returned to Finland, where she played for Tampereen Ilves . In the course of the 2013/14 season she was then signed by the Russian top club SKIF Nizhny Novgorod . After the 2014 Winter Olympics, Räty published the idea of ​​ending her career due to the lack of challenge in the existing women's leagues and the lack of women's professional league. From 2014 Räty played whether the better conditions and the higher level of play in Finnish men's ice hockey: initially for Kiekko-Vantaa in the second-class Mestis and Bew TuusKi in the third division ( Suomi-sarja ). In both leagues she was the first Finnish player and the first ever goalkeeper.

From 2015 Noora Räty was also active in the third division for KJT Hockey before moving to Nokian Pyry in the course of the 2016/17 season. In the summer of 2017, she was hired by the newly formed Kunlun Red Star women's team , which has been participating in the Canadian Women's Hockey League since 2017 . She receives a salary as an ambassador for ice hockey , which for the first time in her career allows her to build up financial reserves.

International

Noora Räty initially ran for the Finnish U22 national team. From 2004 she was used for the first time in the Finnish women's national team and completed her first World Cup in 2005 as a backup goalkeeper for Anna-Kaisa Piiroinen . A year later, she also made it into the squad for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , where she was used in three games and ultimately took fourth place with the national team.

At the 2007 World Cup , Räty was named the best goalkeeper. A year later, at the world championships in 2008 , she not only won the bronze medal with the national team, but was also awarded the most valuable player (MVP) and best goalkeeper of the tournament and was appointed to the all-star team for the performances shown . Another year later, at the home world championship in Hämeenlinna , she won the bronze medal again.

In 2010 she took part in the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver and won her first Olympic medal (bronze). Further bronze medals at world championships followed in 2011 and 2017 , she was also named the best goalkeeper in 2011 and 2017 and was elected to the tournament's all-star team in 2013 and 2017.

Achievements and Awards

  • 2008 Finnish champion with the Espoo Blues
  • 2008 Most valuable player in the Naisten-SM-sarja-Playoffs
  • 2009 Finnish champion with the Espoo Blues
  • 2009 Most valuable player in the Naisten-SM-sarja playoffs

college

  • 2010 All-WCHA First Team
  • 2010 WCHA All-Rookie Team
  • 2010 NCAA Division I All-America Team
  • 2010 Nominated for the Patty Kazmaier Award
  • 2011 All-WCHA First Team
  • 2012 Master of the WCHA and NCAA
  • 2013 Master of the WCHA and NCAA

International

Career statistics

season team league Sp GT Min GTS SaT Sv% SO result
2004/05 EPS Espoo C-juniori
2005/06 Espoo Blues EWCC 3 5 179 1.67 72 93.06 1 place 2
2006/07 Espoo Blues SM-sarja 19th 23 1141 1.21 481 95.44 5 1st place
2006/07 Espoo Blues SM-sarja play-offs 7th 9 440 1.23 207 95.83 3 Finnish champion
2007/08 Espoo Blues SM-sarja 11 1.74 94.6
2007/08 Espoo Blues SM-sarja play-offs 9 0.97 97.0 Finnish champion
2008/09 Espoo Blues SM-sarja play-offs 8th 0.83 96.9 Finnish champion
2009/10 Golden Gophers WCHA 21st 21st 1257 1.00 522 96.0 7th
2010/11 Golden Gophers WCHA 35 60 2037 1.77 957 94.1 3
2011/12 Golden Gophers WCHA 40 53 2361 1.35 854 94.2 10 NCAA championship
2012/13 Golden Gophers WCHA 37 33 2180 0.91 755 95.8 17th NCAA championship
2013/14 Ilves Tampere SM Zarya 2 94.00
2013/14 SKIF Nizhny Novgorod Russia 5 8th 300
2014/15 Prove TuusKi Suomi-sariah 6th 91.6
2014/15 Kiekko-Vantaa Mestis 8th 3.73 89.3
2015/16 KJT hockey Suomi-sariah 17th 3.59 89.89
2015/16 KJT hockey S.-sarja play-offs 3 4.51 89.42
2016/17 KJT hockey Suomi-sariah 7th 4.41 87.8
2016/17 Nokian Pyry Suomi-sariah 4th 2.97 89.81

International

year team event Sp GT Min GTS SaT Sv% SO result
2005 Finland WM 1 4th 29 8.15 21st 80.95 0 4th place
2006 Finland Olympia 3 6th 105 3.44 45 86.67 0 4th place
2007 Finland IIHF U18 tournament 1 0 60 0.00 6th 100.00 1 1st place
2007 Finland WM 5 10 302 1.99 146 93.15 2 4th place
2008 Finland WM 4th 6th 244 1.48 81 92.59 1 Bronze medal
2009 Finland WM 3 10 171 3.51 88 88.64 0 Bronze medal
2010 Finland Olympia 5 15th 303 2.97 129 88.37 0 Bronze medal
2011 Finland WM 5 10 304 1.97 233 95.71 0 Bronze medal
2012 Finland WM 4th 15th 235 3.83 155 90.32 0 4th place
2013 Finland WM 5 14th 283 2.97 154 90.91 0 4th place
2014 Finland Olympia 6th 13 359 2.17 183 92.90 1 5th place
2017 Finland WM 6th 12 355 2.03 157 92.36 2 Bronze medal
2018 Finland Olympia 6th 16 355 2.70 179 91.06 0 Bronze medal

( Legend for the goalkeeper statistics: GP or Sp = total games; W or S = wins; L or N = defeats; T or U or OT = draws or overtime or shootout defeats; min. = Minutes; SOG or SaT = shots on goal; GA or GT = goals conceded; SO = shutouts ; GAA or GTS = goals conceded ; Sv% or SVS% = catch quota ; EN = empty net goal ; 1  play-downs / relegation ; italics : statistics not complete)

Web links

Commons : Noora Räty  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b No. 2: Noora Räty, Greatest European Goalie in Women's Hockey. In: creasegiants.wixsite.com. January 2, 2015, accessed January 23, 2018 .
  2. ↑ a b Kristina Rutherford: The Interview: Noora Raty on the CWHL's Chinese expansion. In: sportsnet.ca. June 14, 2017, accessed January 23, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b c Jared Clinton: Female goaltender Noora Raty makes hockey history - The Hockey News. In: thehockeynews.com. October 23, 2014, accessed January 23, 2018 .
  4. ^ The 25 Greatest Goalies of Women's Hockey History. In: creasegiants.wixsite.com. January 2, 2015, accessed January 24, 2018 .
  5. ↑ wcha.com, Ten WCHA Players Among 2010 Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award Nominees (PDF; 98 kB)
  6. ↑ Collins according to Hockey Facts and Stats 2009-10, p. 546, Andrew Podnieks, Harper Collins Publishers Ltd, Toronto, Canada, ISBN 978-1-55468-621-6 .
personal data
SURNAME Räty, Noora
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Räty, Noora Helena (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH May 29, 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Espoo , Finland