Additional Information
Highlights
Rank | Event | Year | Location |
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Olympic Winter Games |
3 | Women | 2010 | Vancouver, BC, CAN |
World Championship |
3 | Women | 2011 | Switzerland |
3 | Women | 2009 | Finland |
4 | Women | 2013 | Canada |
4 | Women | 2012 | United States |
- Occupation: Athlete, Student
- Languages Spoken: English, Finnish
- Coach: Brian Idalski [club], USA; Mika Pieniniemi [national], FIN (thehockeywriters.com, 12 Aug 2013, leijonat.fi, 20 Aug 2013)
- Hand: Shoots left (leijonat.fi, 06 Apr 2013)
- Previous Olympics: Vancouver 2010
- Education: Graphic Design - University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA
- Club Name: University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, USA
- Position Style: Forward (thehockeywriters.com, 12 Aug 2013)
- Sporting Relatives: Her father Heikki played professional ice hockey in Sweden and Denmark. Her brother Jannik has played professionally in Denmark. (undsports.com, 08 Feb 2012)
Additional Information
National LeagueNational Collegiate Athletic Association [NCAA] (leijonat.fi, 20 Aug 2013)
AwardsShe was named the Best Forward and included in the All-Star Team at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi. (iihf.com, 20 Feb 2014)
She was named the 2012 Western Collegiate Hockey Association [WCHA] Rookie of the Year. (2013 IIHF World Championships Media Guide, 09 Apr 2013)
She was named in the 2011 media All-Star Team at the 2011 World Championships in Zurich, Switzerland. (iihf.com, 25 Apr 2011)
GeneralDUAL CITIZEN
She is a citizen of Denmark, where she was born, and Finland because her father Heikki is Finnish. (ONS, 06 Feb 2014; undsports.com, 08 Feb 2012)
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