Tiina Paananen

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
Born (1972-07-05) 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 19922002
Medal record
Representing  Finland
Women's ice hockey
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place1999 Finland
Bronze medal – third place1997 Canada

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

International

Year Team Event Result   GP G A Pts PIM
1997 Finland WW Bronze 5 2 0 2 0
1999 Finland WW Bronze 5 0 1 1 0
Totals 10 2 1 3 0

References

  1. Podnieks, Andrew; Nordmark, Birger, eds. (2019). "Retired Skaters, Women". IIHF Guide & Record Book 2020. Toronto: Moydart. p. 677. ISBN 9780986796470.
  2. 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.
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