Petra Ojaranta

Petra Ojaranta (born March 17, 1976, Turku)[1] is a Finnish ringette player. She is one of Finland's most successful ringette players of all time and has been involved in winning six World Ringette Championships, including the 1998 EuroTour, playing for the Finland national ringette team.

Petra Ojaranta
Personal information
Nationality Finland
Born (1976-08-17) 17 August 1976
Turku (Finland)
Sport
Country
PositionForward
ShootsRight
Team
  • - Finland Team Finland Sr.
  • - Finland 1985–1994 Turun Ringette, SM Ringette
  • - 1994–1996 VG-62, SM Ringette
  • - 1996–1999 Turun Ringette, SM Ringette
  • - 1999–2000 Espoon Kiekkoseura EKS, SM Ringette
  • - Canada 2001–2002 Edmonton Ringette Club
  • - 2002–2005 Turun Ringette, SM Ringette
  • - 2005–2017 RNK Flyers, SM Ringette
  • - Canada 2017–2020 BC Thunder, NRL
  • - 2020 – RNK Flyers, SM Ringette
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
WRC 6 2 0
RWCC 0 1 0
CRC 0 1 0
SMRC (Nationals) 2  ?  ?
Total 8 4 0
Ringette
World Ringette Championships
Representing  Finland
Gold medal – first place1994 USA
Silver medal – second place1996 Sweden
Gold medal – first place1998 EuroTour
Gold medal – first place2000 Finland
Silver medal – second place2002 Canada
Gold medal – first place2004 Sweden
Gold medal – first place2007 Canada
Gold medal – first place2010 Finland
SM Ringette Championships (Nationals)
Gold medal – first place9
Updated on August 28, 2023.

Ojaranta also competed in two national ringette leagues, SM Ringette in Finland and the National Ringette League in Canada, as well as the Ringette World Club Championship and Canadian Ringette Championships.

Career

Petra Ojaranta developed a passion for ringette at the age of 9. She started playing for the Turku club and during her career represented the South West Finland region with various clubs including Turku, VG-62 and (EKS).

World Ringette Championships

Ojaranta competed in the World Ringette Championships eight times. She eventually became the oldest player of the Finland national team since she had been selected since 1994 and she had accumulated numerous international medals.

National

At the national level she reached 4 Finnish professional elite league championships, three silver medals, one bronze. She was selected on the All Stars team in 2000-2001 and 2002–2003.

SM Ringette

Ojaranta is sixth after the 2021–2022 season in the all-time point statistics of the SM Ringette league. She played 680 games and scored power points in them: 725 + 1103 = 1828.[2]

Since 2005, she has been playing for the RNK Flyers, where in addition she takes care of training the junior teams affiliated to the club. In 2010–11, she helped her team win the national SM Ringette championship.

Canadian Ringette Championships

Ojaranta also has experience in Canada, where she went to play in the 2001–02 season, in Edmonton. Her Alberta team placed second at the Canadian Ringette Championships. At that time, the Canadian championship was strictly amateur and the National Ringette League did not exist.

National Ringette League

In addition to Finland, Ojaranta has played in Canada's National Ringette League in the ranks of the Edmonton Ringette Club, and in the BC Thunder team in Vancouver.

Statistics

International
Statistics per competition
Year Event GP G A Pts +/- PIM Results
1994World Ringette ChampionshipsGold Gold
1996World Ringette Championships[3]68412--Silver Silver
1998World Ringette Championships (EuroTour)Gold Gold
2000World Ringette ChampionshipsGold Gold
2002World Ringette ChampionshipsSilver Silver
2004World Ringette ChampionshipsGold Gold
2007World Ringette Championships[4]441115-4Gold Gold
2010World Ringette Championships[5]5224-0Gold Gold

Awards

Individual honours
  • Voted to the elite Finnish semi-professional ringette league, SM Ringette, All-Star Team for the 2001–02 and 2002–03 seasons

Notes and references
  1. "Raision Nuorisokiekko" (in Finnish).
  2. "Kaikkien aikojen tilasto" (PDF). Suomen Ringetteliitto. 11 May 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  3. International Ringette Federation, http://www.ringette.cc/id115.htm Copie archivée at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-11-12)
  4. http://www.leaguestat.com/ringettecanada/worlds/fr/stats/statdisplay.php?type=top_scorers&subType=0&season_id=9&league_id=7&lastActive=&confId=0
  5. http://www.leaguestat.com/ringettecanada/worlds/fr/stats/player.php?id=768


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