Susanna Tapani
Susanna Tapani | |||
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Born |
Laitila, Southwest Finland, Finland | 2 March 1993||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb) | ||
Position | Forward | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
Played for | |||
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Playing career | 2011–present | ||
Susanna Tapani (born 2 March 1993) is a Finnish ice hockey and ringette player, member of the Finnish national ice hockey team, and captain of the Finnish national ringette team. She currently plays with Raision Nuorisokiekko (RNK Raisio) of the Finnish Championship Ringette Series (Finnish: Ringeten SM-sarja). Tapani has played ice hockey in the Naisten Liiga with TPS Naiset, Lukko Naiset, Espoo Blues Naiset, and HPK Kiekkonaiset; in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with Linköping HC Dam; and with the North Dakota Fighting Hawks during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.[1] Most recently, she played with the TPS Juniorijääkiekko men's under-18 team (TPS U18 Akatemia) of the U18 Mestis/U18 Suomi-sarja during the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons, until scheduling conflicts forced her to leave the team in November 2020.[2]
She participated at the 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship.[3]
International career
Tapani was selected for the Finland women's national ice hockey team in the 2014 Winter Olympics. She played in all six games, scoring one goal and adding four assists.[4]
As of 2014, Tapani has also appeared for Finland at three IIHF Women's World Championships. Her first appearance came in 2011, where she won a bronze medal.[5][6][7][8]
Tapani made three appearances for the Finland women's national under-18 ice hockey team, at the IIHF World Women's U18 Championships, with the first in 2009. She won a bronze medal as part of the team in 2011.[9][10][11]
Career statistics
Through 2013–14 season
Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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2009 | Finland U18 | U18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
2010 | Finland U18 | U18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
2011 | Finland U18 | U18 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 33 |
2011 | Finland | WW | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
2012 | Finland | WW | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
2013 | Finland | WW | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2014 | Finland | Oly | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
References
- ^ Dodds, David L. (January 2014). "UND's 'dynamo dozen' headed to the Olympic Games". UND Today. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Karttunen, Anu (2 November 2020). "Naisleijonien huipputykki Susanna Tapani joutui tylyyn tilanteeseen: joutuu etsimään itselleen uuden joukkueen". Yle (in Finnish). Retrieved 7 December 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ 2015 IIHF World Championship roster Archived 13 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ IIHF – Team Finland Stats – 2014 Olympics
- ^ IIHF (2011). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2012. Fenn/M&S. p. 557. ISBN 978-0-7710-9598-6.
- ^ https://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/252/IHW2520FIN_83_6_0.pdf[permanent dead link] IIHF - Team Finland Stats - 2011 World Championship]]
- ^ IIHF - Team Finland Stats - 2012 World Championship[permanent dead link]
- ^ IIHF – Team Finland Stats – 2013 World Championship Archived 31 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ IIHF – Team Finland Stats – 2009 U-18 World Championship[permanent dead link]
- ^ IIHF – Team Finland Stats – 2010 U-18 World Championship[permanent dead link]
- ^ IIHF – Team Finland Stats – 2011 U-18 World Championship[permanent dead link]
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Susanna Tapani at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 1993 births
- Living people
- People from Laitila
- Finnish women's ice hockey forwards
- Ringette players
- North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's ice hockey players
- Ice hockey players at the 2014 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Finland
- Olympic ice hockey players of Finland
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Finnish expatriate ice hockey people
- Finnish expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Finnish ice hockey player stubs