Petra Vaarakallio

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FinlandFinland  Petra Vaarakallio Ice hockey player
Date of birth 17th June 1975
place of birth Helsinki , Finland
size 173 cm
Weight 73 kg
position striker
Shot hand Left
Career stations
until 1994 Kiekko-Espoo
1994-1995 EHC St. Gallen
1995-2006 Kiekko-Espoo / Espoo Blues
2006-2007 DSC Oberthurgau

Petra Maria Pauliina Vaarakallio (born June 17, 1975 in Helsinki ) is a former Finnish ice hockey player , who was active for Kiekko-Espoo and Espoo Blues in Naisten SM-sarja for many years and won the Finnish championship seven times in a row with the Blues won.

Career

At the beginning of her career Petra Vaarakallio played parallel to Hockey and Ringette and in 1992 she won the bronze medal at the Ringette Championship.

From 1992 she played in Espoo ice hockey for Kiekko-Espoo , which was renamed Espoo Blues in 1998 . In the 1994/95 season she ran in the Swiss championship for the EHC St. Gallen and took second place with this.

Between 1999 and 2005 she won the Finnish championship seven times in a row with the Blues .

In November 2005 Petra Vaarakallio sat at the top of the SM Sarja record lists in two categories: In 272 games she scored 270 goals and 334 assists, a total of 604 points scorer. So she outstripped Marianne Ihalainen in the categories of assists and total points. By the end of her career, she increased her points to 280 goals, 351 assists and 631 points scorer in the regular season as well as 33 goals, 53 assists and 86 points in the play-offs.

During the 2006/07 season she returned once more to the Swiss championship at the club, which has now been renamed DSC Oberthurgau . There she was hired to represent Maritta Becker who was unable to attend . With the DSCO, she was eliminated in the play-off semifinals against EV Zug .

After retiring, she played floorball for the Esport Oilers from Espoo in the 2008/09 season .

International

Petra Vaarakallio was one of the first generation of Finnish national players and represented her home country in a large number of international competitions. She won four bronze medals at world championships (1994, 1997, 1999 and 2000) as well as two gold medals (1993, 1995) and one bronze medal (1996) at European championships .

At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano , she won the bronze medal in the Olympic ice hockey tournament with the Finnish national team . Vaarakallio scored in Nagano on February 8, 1998 the first goal in the history of women's ice hockey at the Olympics. She defeated the Swedish goalkeeper Annica Åhlén after playing 8:35 minutes to the intermittent 1-0 lead. Four years later, at the Olympic Games in Salt Lake City , she finished fourth with the lionesses .

In total, Vaarakallio made 126 appearances for Finland, scoring 51 goals and 67 assists.

Achievements and Awards

Naisten SM-sarja

  • 1996 top scorer (Marianne-Ihalainen-Preis) of the SM-sarja
  • 1996 Best goalscorer (Tiia-Reima-Preis) of SM-sarja
  • 1997 Top scorer of SM-Sarja
  • 1999 Finnish champion with the Espoo Blues
  • 2000 Finnish champion with the Espoo Blues
  • 2000 top scorer of SM-sarja
  • 2001 Finnish champion with the Espoo Blues
  • 2002 Finnish champion with the Espoo Blues
  • 2003 Finnish champion with the Espoo Blues
  • 2003 top scorer of SM-Sarja
  • 2004 Finnish champion with the Espoo Blues
  • 2005 Finnish champion with the Espoo Blues

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1992/93 Kiekko-Espoo SM-sarja 13 13 14th 27 4th 3 2 0 2 0
 1993/94 Kiekko-Espoo SM-sarja 22nd 13 22nd 35 14th 3 0 0 0 25th
1994/95 EHC St. Gallen LKA
 1995/96 Kiekko-Espoo SM-sarja 23 24 24 48 14th 3 0 1 1 4th
 1996/97 Kiekko-Espoo SM-sarja 24 30th 19th 49 18th 4th 3 3 6th 0
1997/98 Kiekko-Espoo SM-sarja 24 29 31 60 12 4th 0 3 3 2
 1998/99 blues SM-sarja 24 22nd 20th 42 8th 6th 3 2 5 0
 1999/00 blues SM-sarja 26th 25th 35 60 18th 6th 6th 9 15th 0
 2000/01 blues SM-sarja 26th 25th 30th 55 24 8th 4th 4th 8th 2
 2001/02 blues SM-sarja 24 25th 30th 55 18th 7th 3 8th 11 4th
 2002/03 blues SM-sarja 23 28 45 73 2 7th 3 6th 9 0
 2003/04 blues SM-sarja 24 26th 45 71 4th 7th 3 10 13 4th
 2004/05 blues SM-sarja 11 7th 10 17th 0 5 6th 2 8th 0
 2005/06 blues SM-sarja 22nd 13 26th 39 6th 6th 0 5 5 10
2006/07 DSC Oberthurgau LKA

International

year team event Sp T V Pt SM +/-
1993 Finland EM 3 0 1 1 0
1994 Finland WM 5 3 4th 7th 2 +10
1995 Finland EM 5 6th 3 9 0
 1996 Finland EM 5 3 4th 7th 25th
1997 Finland WM 5 0 3 3 0
 1998 Finland Olympia 6th 2 2 4th 2 +6
1999 Finland WM 5 3 7th 10 4th +3
2000 Finland WM 5 3 3 6th 0 +1
 2002 Finland Olympia 5 0 0 0 16 −2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c Petra Vaarakallio kaikkien aikojen pistepörssin kärkeen. In: kaleva.fi. November 1, 2005, accessed January 30, 2018 (Finnish).
  2. Petra Vaarakallio back at DSC Oberthurgau Women! November 16, 2006, archived from the original on May 18, 2008 ; accessed on January 30, 2018 .