Mariia Posa
Appearance
Mariia Posa | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born |
Helsinki, Finland | 21 February 1988||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 127 lb (58 kg; 9 st 1 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Defence | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Shot | Left | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Played for |
Porvoo-Borgå Hunters IHK Helsinki Espoo Blues Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs | ||||||||||||||||||||||
National team |
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Playing career | 2002–2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mariia Posa (born 21 February 1988, in Helsinki) [1] is a Finnish retired ice hockey defenceman. She played for several years as a member of the Finnish national team and also played for the University of Minnesota Duluth.
Playing career
Minnesota Duluth
In her freshman year with the University of Minnesota-Duluth, Posa helped the Bulldogs qualify for the 2010 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament and win the NCAA championship.[2]
She was named to the 2010–11 All-WCHA Academic Team[3] and 2011–12 All-WCHA Academic Team.[4]
Professional
After graduating, Posa joined the Espoon Blues. She helped lead the Blues to the back-to-back Finnish Ice Hockey Championships in 2013[5] and 2014.[6]
Finland
- Posa appeared for Team Finland in the 2009 Four Nation's Cup and she won a bronze medal at the 2010 Four Nations Cup in St. John's, Newfoundland.[7]
Career statistics
Finland
Event | Games Played | Goals | Assists | Points | Shots | PIM | +/- |
2010 Winter Olympics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 |
Minnesota Duluth
Year | Games Played | Goals | Assists | Points | Penalty Minutes |
2009-10 | 24 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
Awards and honors
- WCHA Rookie of the Week (Week of November 18, 2009)[14]
References
- ^ [1] Archived February 19, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "UMD wins national championship in women's hockey". Duluth News-Tribune. 21 March 2010. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ^ Augustoviz, Roman (3 March 2011). "WCHA women's awards: Kessel top rookie, Schleper, Raty on first team". Star Tribune. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ^ "BEVY OF BULLDOGS LAND ON ALL-WCHA TEAMS". umdbulldogs.com. 1 March 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ^ "Blues palasi naisten mestariksi". /yle.fi. 21 March 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ^ Christoffer Herberts (13 April 2014). "Nytt guld för Blues". Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ^ Christa Lawler (27 February 2010). "Finnish Bulldogs come home bearing bronze". Duluth News Tribune. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ^ "vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics | Olympic Videos, Photos, News". Vancouver2010.com. Archived from the original on 2010-04-09. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
- ^ "vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics | Olympic Videos, Photos, News". Vancouver2010.com. Archived from the original on 2010-04-09. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
- ^ "vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics | Olympic Videos, Photos, News". Vancouver2010.com. Archived from the original on 2010-04-09. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
- ^ "vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics | Olympic Videos, Photos, News". Vancouver2010.com. Archived from the original on 2010-04-09. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
- ^ "vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics | Olympic Videos, Photos, News". Vancouver2010.com. Archived from the original on 2010-08-28. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
- ^ "Statistics :: USCHO.com :: U.S. College Hockey Online". USCHO.com. Retrieved 2012-08-23.
- ^ [2][dead link]
Categories:
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Finnish women's ice hockey defencemen
- Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics
- Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey players
- Olympic bronze medalists for Finland
- Olympic ice hockey players of Finland
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Sportspeople from Helsinki
- Finnish ice hockey player stubs
- Finnish Winter Olympic medalist stubs