Tiina O. Paananen (born 5 July 1972) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player. She was a member of the Finnish women's national ice hockey teams that won bronze medals at the IIHF Women's World Championships in 1997 and 1999.[1]
| Tiina Paananen | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born |
5 July 1972 Jyväskylä, Finland | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb; 11 st 11 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Centre | |||||||||||||||||||
| Shot | Right | |||||||||||||||||||
| Played for |
Jyväskylän Hockey Cats JYP Jyväskylä KalPa Kuopio | |||||||||||||||||||
| National team |
 Finland | |||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1992–2002 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Paananen played nine seasons in the Naisten SM-sarja with Kalevan Pallo Naiset (KalPa; 1993–1996), JyP HT Naiset and JYP Jyväskylä Naiset (1996–2000), and the Jyväskylän Hockey Cats (JyHC; 2000–2002). She won the Finnish Championship twice, first with JyP HT in 1997 and again in 1998, after the team was renamed JYP. Throughout her SM-sarja career, Paananen tallied 130 goals and 237 points in 176 regular season games, averaging a blistering 1.35 points per game across nearly a decade of play.[2]
Career statistics edit
International edit
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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| 1997 | Finland | WW | 
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5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1999 | Finland | WW |
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5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Totals | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||||
References edit
- ^ Podnieks, Andrew; Nordmark, Birger, eds. (2019). "Retired Skaters, Women". IIHF Guide & Record Book 2020. Toronto: Moydart. p. 677. ISBN 9780986796470.
- ^ Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto; Jääkiekkon SM-liiga Oy (2020). Aaltonen, Juha (ed.). Jääkiekkokirja 2021: Suomen Jääkiekkoliiton ja Liiga Kausijulkaisu 2020–2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Uusi Suomi/Kiekkolehti. pp. 238, 308, 517. ISSN 0784-3321. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
External links edit
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
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