Saara Niemi
 Saara Niemi 
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| Date of birth | January 1, 1986 |
| place of birth | Ylöjärvi , Finland |
| size | 168 cm |
| Weight | 65 kg |
| position | striker |
| number | # 23 |
| Shot hand | Left |
| Career stations | |
| until 2006 | Ilves Tampere |
| 2006-2010 | University of Minnesota-Duluth |
| 2010-2011 | Ilves Tampere |
| since 2015 | Helsinki Red Wings |
Saara Niemi , b. Tuominen , (born January 1, 1986 in Ylöjärvi ) is a Finnish ice hockey player and coach who has been under contract with the Helsinki Red Wings in the Naisten Mestis , Finland's second highest women's ice hockey division, since 2015 .
Career
Saara Niemi played ice hockey for the Ikurin Vire club from the age of five .
In the Naisten SM-sarja she played from 2003 for Ilves Tampere . With this team she won the Finnish championship in 2006 , the runner-up in 2011 and the IIHF European Women Champions Cup in 2011. From 2006 she played in the United States for the University of Minnesota-Duluth and was team captain of the Bulldogs for three years . With the Bulldogs she won the championship of the WCHA and the NCAA in 2008 and 2010, respectively .
She ended her career in 2011 and became a junior coach for the southern region at the Finnish Ice Hockey Federation. She returned to the ice for Helsinki Red Wings in April 2015 when she played for the club's women's team in the third-rate Suomen-sarja. Since 2016 she has been playing with the Red Wings in the second-class Naisten Mestis . Since the beginning of the 2017/18 season , the Finn has been the assistant coach of the Kunlun Red Star from the Canadian Women's Hockey League .
International
Saara Niemi played for many years in the Finnish women's ice hockey team , with which she took part in the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics and the 2004 , 2005 , 2007 , 2008 and 2009 World Championships . At these tournaments she won a total of four bronze medals.
Today she lives in Helsinki and is a physical education teacher at the Kisakallio Sport Institute . She also looks after Finland's U18 national junior team as an assistant coach.
Achievements and Awards
- 2004 bronze medal at the world championship
- 2006 Finnish champion with Ilves Tampere
- 2008 WCHA and NCAA championship wins with the University of Minnesota-Duluth
- 2008 bronze medal at the world championship
- 2009 bronze medal at the world championship
- 2010 bronze medal at the Olympic Winter Games
- 2010 WCHA and NCAA championship wins with the University of Minnesota-Duluth
- 2011 IIHF European Women Champions Cup won with Ilves Tampere
Career statistics
Club and college ice hockey
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| season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
| 2002/03 | Ilves | SM-sarja | 22nd | 14th | 10 | 24 | 6th | 6th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2003/04 | Ilves | SM-sarja | 23 | 24 | 14th | 38 | 10 | 7th | 4th | 3 | 7th | 4th | ||
| 2004/05 | Ilves | SM-sarja | 19th | 14th | 23 | 37 | 22nd | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2005/06 | Ilves | SM-sarja | 21st | 21st | 17th | 38 | 8th | 6th | 4th | 3 | 7th | 2 | ||
| 2006/07 | Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth | NCAA | 39 | 12 | 28 | 40 | 12 | |||||||
| 2007/08 | Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth | NCAA | 28 | 13 | 30th | 43 | 18th | |||||||
| 2008/09 | Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth | NCAA | 39 | 12 | 20th | 32 | 18th | |||||||
| 2009/10 | Univ. of Minnesota-Duluth | NCAA | 31 | 9 | 14th | 23 | 12 | |||||||
| 2010/11 | Ilves | SM-sarja | 10 | 6th | 5 | 11 | 8th | 8th | 6th | 7th | 13 | 6th | ||
| 2010/11 | Ilves | EWCC | 3 | 2 | 4th | 6th | 0 | |||||||
| 2010/11 | Suomi NMJ | Jr. C SM-sarja | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4th | |||||||
| 2015/16 | Red wings | Suomi-sariah | 6th | 9 | 12 | 21st | 4th | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2016/17 | Red wings | Mestis Q | 5 | 7th | 8th | 15th | 0 | |||||||
| 2016/17 | Red wings | Mestis | 10 | 16 | 10 | 26th | 6th | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
International
| year | team | event | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | +/- | |
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| 2004 | Finland | WM | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4th | 0 | |
| 2005 | Finland | WM | 5 | 1 | 4th | 5 | 2 | −3 | |
| 2006 | Finland | Olympia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2007 | Finland | WM | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | |
| 2008 | Finland | WM | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2009 | Finland | WM | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4th | −4 | |
| 2010 | Finland | Olympia | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | −2 |
( 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
- Saara Niemi at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Saara Niemi at eurohockey.com
- Saara Niemi in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b BULLDOG SPOTLIGHT: SAARA TUOMINEN. In: umdbulldogs.com. August 1, 2024, accessed March 3, 2017 .
- ↑ Saara Tuominen naisten SM-sarjan joulukuun Kuukauden pelaaja - Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto. (No longer available online.) In: finhockey.fi. January 3, 2006, formerly in the original ; Retrieved March 3, 2017 (Finnish). ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Saara Tuominen - Athlete Ambassador at iihf.com
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Niemi, Saara |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tuominen, Saara |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish ice hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1986 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ylöjärvi , Finland |