Viivi Vainikka
| Viivi Vainikka | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
23 December 2001 Espoo, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb; 11 st 7 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| SDHL team Former teams |
Luleå Hockey Team Kuortane | ||
| National team |
 Finland | ||
| Playing career | 2016–present | ||
|
Medal record | |||
Viivi Vainikka (born 23 December 2001) is a Finnish ice hockey player for Luleå Hockey of the SDHL and the Finnish national team.
Vainikka won silver with the Finnish national team at the 2019 Women's World Championship.[1][2] She was officially named to the Finnish roster for the 2020 Women's World Championship on 4 March 2020, prior to the cancellation of the tournament International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) on 7 March 2020 due to public health concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.[3][4]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2016–17 | Team Kuortane | SM-sarja | 28 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | Team Kuortane | Liiga | 24 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Team Kuortane | Liiga | 30 | 26 | 15 | 41 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | Team Kuortane | Liiga | 30 | 28 | 24 | 52 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 8 | ||
| 2020–21 | Luleå | SDHL | ||||||||||||
| Liiga totals | 84 | 63 | 54 | 117 | 14 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 33 | 8 | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Finland | WJC | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018 | Finland | WJC | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2019 | Finland | WJC | 
|
6 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | |
| 2019 | Finland | WC | 
|
7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | |
| Junior totals | 14 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | ||||
| Senior totals | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||||
Awards and honors
| Award | Year |
|---|---|
| Naisten Liiga | |
| Naisten Liiga Bronze Medal | 2018 |
| Emma Laaksonen Award | 2020 |
| All-Star – Second Team | 2020 |
| Player of the Month | January 2020 |
| International | |
| Women's World Championship Silver Medal | 2019 |
| International junior | |
| World U18 Championships Bronze Medal | 2019 |
References
- ^ "Naisleijonien MM-joukkue yhtä vaille valmis – Kisojen alkuun kymmenen päivää". leijonat.fi. 25 March 2019.
- ^ 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship roster
- ^ Malmberg, Henna (2020-03-04). "Naisleijonien MM-joukkue valittu – Sukupolven vaihdos tuo MM-joukkueeseen seitsemän ensikertalaista". leijonat.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Steiss, Adam (2020-03-07). "Women's Worlds cancelled". IIHF. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
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