Päivi Virta

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FinlandFinland  Päivi Virta Ice hockey player
Date of birth 3rd August 1964
place of birth Tampere , Finland
size 158 cm
Weight 60 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
until 1990 Ilves Tampere
1990-1997 Keravan Shakers
1997-2006 Kiekko-Espoo / Espoo Blues

Päivi Virta , b. Halonen , (born August 3, 1964 in Tampere ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player who was active for many years with the Espoo Blues , the Keravan Shakers and Ilves Tampere in the Naisten SM-sarja . With the Finnish national team , she won several gold medals at European ice hockey championships and five bronze medals at world ice hockey championships .

Career

Päivi Virta (nee Halonen) was born in Tampere . Finland's first women's ice hockey team was formed in Tampere in 1971 and Halonen later joined them. In 1982 the Naisten SM-sarja was founded as the top division and Virta played in this for Ilves Tampere until 1990 . She won the Finnish championship three times in a row between 1985 and 1988, before moving to the Keravan Shakers in 1990 - after another championship title with Ilves . Virta won three more championship titles with the Shakers between 1994 and 1996.

From 1997 she played in Espoo ice hockey for Kiekko-Espoo , which renamed itself in 1998 Espoo Blues . Between 1999 and 2005 she won the Finnish championship seven times in a row with the Blues. In 2004 she was the first woman to be awarded the President's Trophy from the President of the Finnish Ice Hockey Federation .

During the 2005/06 season, she became the first Finnish woman to reach 400 major round games. In 2006 Virta ended her career after more than 24 years in the top division. During her long career she reached the record number of 408 main round games in the SM-sarja, in which she scored 117 goals and contributed 378 assists (495 points scorer). In another 107 playoff games, she came up with another 82 points scorer, in total she won 15 Finnish championship titles.

In 2008, their number # 33 was banned by the Espoo Blues.

In 2016 she was inducted into the Finnish Ice Hockey Hall of Fame as the 235th person overall in the Player category .

International

In 1987 the Finnish women's national team was founded, to which Haanpää belonged from the beginning and with which they won the first IIHF European Women's Championship in 1989 . At the first World Cup participation of the Finnish lionesses in Ottawa in 1990 , they defeated Sweden 6: 3 in the game for third place and thus won the bronze medal.

At world championships she completed a total of 24 games for Finland between 1990 and 2000, in which Virta collected 15 points scorer. In 1990, 1992, 1994, 1999 and 2000 she won the bronze medal with Finland. There are also four gold medals and one bronze medal at European championships.

Virta made a total of 97 international matches for Finland.

Achievements and Awards

Naisten SM-sarja

  • 1985 Finnish champion with Ilves Tampere
  • 1986 Finnish champion with Ilves Tampere
  • 1987 Finnish champion with Ilves Tampere
  • 1988 Finnish champion with Ilves Tampere
  • 1990 Finnish champion with Ilves Tampere
  • 1994 Finnish champion with the Keravan Shakers
  • 1995 Finnish champion with the Keravan Shakers
  • 1996 Finnish champion with the Keravan Shakers
  • 1999 Finnish champion with the Espoo Blues
  • 2000 Finnish champion with the Espoo Blues
  • 2001 Finnish champion with the Espoo Blues
  • 2002 Finnish champion with the Espoo Blues
  • 2003 Finnish champion with the Espoo Blues
  • 2004 Finnish champion with the Espoo Blues
  • 2005 Finnish champion with the Espoo Blues

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 )

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1982/83 Ilves SM-sarja 8th 5 11 16 6th 3 1 1 2 0
1983/84 Ilves SM-sarja 5 3 2 5 8th
 1984/85 Ilves SM-sarja 8th 16 19th 35 2 6th 7th 4th 11 2
 1985/86 Ilves SM-sarja 14th 10 14th 24 22nd
 1986/87 Ilves SM-sarja 13 12 13 25th 30th
 1987/88 Ilves SM-sarja 14th 2 12 14th 4th
 1988/89 Ilves SM-sarja 14th 5 11 16 6th
 1989/90 Ilves SM-sarja 12 3 11 14th 0 4th 1 4th 5 0
 1990/91 Shakers SM-sarja 11 7th 15th 22nd 10 4th 0 4th 4th 0
 1991/92 Shakers SM-sarja 12 7th 14th 21st 0 5 1 2 3 4th
 1992/93 Shakers SM-sarja 14th 3 23 26th 0 5 2 1 3 4th
1993/94 Shakers SM-sarja 23 7th 44 51 8th 5 2 8th 10 4th
 1994/95 Shakers SM-sarja 24 11 21st 32 12 6th 1 3 4th 6th
 1995/96 Shakers SM-sarja 24 3 24 27 16 7th 3 1 4th 2
 1996/97 Shakers SM-sarja 24 7th 16 23 4th 6th 0 2 2 10
 1997/98 Kiekko-Espoo SM-sarja 24 5 8th 13 10 4th 1 1 2 4th
 1998/99 blues SM-sarja 21st 3 14th 17th 16 6th 0 3 3 12
 1999/00 blues SM-sarja 22nd 1 10 11 18th 6th 0 5 5 2
 2000/01 blues SM-sarja 26th 2 19th 21st 10 8th 0 5 5 0
 2001/02 blues SM-sarja 24 3 20th 23 32 7th 1 6th 7th 2
 2002/03 blues SM-sarja 19th 0 14th 14th 6th 7th 1 1 2 4th
 2003/04 blues SM-sarja 23 2 30th 32 16 7th 0 4th 4th 6th
 2004/05 blues SM-sarja 19th 0 6th 6th 10 5 0 6th 6th 2
2005/06 blues SM-sarja 10 0 7th 7th 6th 6th 0 0 0 4th
SM-Sarja overall 408 117 378 495 252 107 21st 61 82 68

International

year team event Sp T V Pt SM +/-
1989 Finland EM 5 2 4th 6th 2
1990 Finland WM 5 0 3 3 2
1991 Finland EM 5 3 5 8th 2
1992 Finland WM 5 0 3 3 6th
1993 Finland EM 3 1 2 3 0
1994 Finland WM 5 1 5 6th 2 +13
1995 Finland EM 5 1 1 2 2
1996 Finland EM 5 0 1 1 2
1999 Finland WM 4th 0 1 1 0 +2
2000 Finland WM 5 0 2 2 4th +6
Total international matches 97 12 35 47 38

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Toimitus: - Jääkiekkoleijona numero 235: Päivi Virta (Halons). In: leijonat.fi. December 15, 2016, accessed September 19, 2017 (Finnish).
  2. ↑ Kuusi uutta Jääkiekkoleijonaa - Harkimo pääsi kovaan porukkaan. In: yle.fi. December 18, 2016, accessed September 19, 2017 (Finnish).
  3. ^ Andrew Podnieks: FIN 1990: Anne Haanpaa - Trailblazing captain later refereed WW. In: iihf.com. April 6, 2013, accessed March 29, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Virta, Päivi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Halons, Päivi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Finnish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd August 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Tampere , Finland