Tiia Reima
| Tiia Reima | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
1 February 1973 Tampere, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb; 9 st 0 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Ilves-Kiekko Ilves Tampere SC Lyss Damen IHK Helsinki Ladies Team Lugano Espoo Blues | ||
| National team |
 Finland | ||
| Playing career | 1985–2011 | ||
Tiia-Riitta Johanna Reima (born 1 February 1973) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player. A trailblazer of women's ice hockey in Finland, her career with the Finnish national ice hockey team began in the early days of women’s international ice hockey competition, the late 1980s, and spanned nearly two decades. During her tenure with the national team, she was one of Finland’s most productive and decorated forwards,[1] winning five IIHF World Women's Championship bronze medals, five IIHF European Women Championship medals (four gold and one bronze), and an Olympic bronze in 1998.[2][3]
Reima’s club career spanned 26 seasons and was played in Finland with Ilves-Kiekko, Ilves Tampere, IHK Helsinki, and the Espoo Blues of the Naisten SM-sarja, and in Switzerland with SC Lyss Damen and Ladies Team Lugano of the Leistungsklasse A (LKA; a.k.a. SWHL A).[4] She served as assistant coach to the Espoo Blues during the 2013–14 season, in which they won the Aurora Borealis Cup (Finnish Women’s Ice Hockey Championship), and to Espoo United during the 2016–17 season, in which they achieved silver in the Finnish Championship.[5]
Prior too the 2010–11 season, the Naisten SM-sarja renamed its annual award recognizing the top goal scorer in the regular season, dubbing it the Tiia Reima Award.[6] The rebranding of the league as Naisten Liiga, which occurred prior to the 2017–18 season, did not impact the trophy, which has been awarded in every season since its renaming.
References
- ^ "Legends of Hockey – Profiles of Notable Women in Hockey". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Finland Ice Hockey at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tiia Reima". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ "Player Profile: Tiia Reima". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Team Staff Profile: Tiia Reima". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Jääkiekkoliitto uudisti palkinnot: Pokaaleihin nimet Selänne, Koivu, Räty, Javanainen..." MTV Uutiset (in Finnish). 14 November 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
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External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
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- 1973 births
- Living people
- Finnish women's ice hockey forwards
- Ice hockey players from Tampere
- Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Finland
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Olympic ice hockey players of Finland
- Finnish ice hockey player stubs
- Finnish Winter Olympic medalist stubs