Eveliina Suonpää

Eveliina Suonpää
Born (1995-04-12) April 12, 1995
Kiukainen, Finland
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 146 lb (66 kg; 10 st 6 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
SM team
Former teams		 Lukko
Team Kuortane
Ilves
Minnesota–Duluth
National team  Finland
Playing career 2011–present
Medal record
Olympic Games
2018 PyeongchangTeam
World Championships
2015 Sweden
2017 United States

Eveliina Suonpää (born April 12, 1995) is a Finnish female ice hockey goaltender playing for her country's women's national ice hockey team.

Biography

Suonpää was born in Kiukainen.[1][2] She has played ice hockey since the age of four. She started playing with her brother, and learned the game in an ice hockey rink in her home municipality. She played on hockey teams with men for two seasons during her junior years before eventually joining all-women teams.[3] She currently plays for Lukko in Jääkiekon naisten SM-sarja, the Finnish national women's ice hockey league,[4] where she finished the 2012–13 season with a 3.02 goals against average and a .917 save percentage.[4]

Suonpää played in her country's women's national under-18 team during the 2013 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, finishing a 2.77 goals against average and .905 save percentage.[4][4] She made her debut on Finland women's national ice hockey team in August 2013 with a 4–1 victory over Japan. She split goaltending for that game with Tiina Ranne, who was also making her debut with the team.[5] Suonpää was chosen to play in the 2014 Winter Olympics as the third goaltender, a selection that she said took her by surprise.[3]

She currently lives in Kuortane, where she is a student at the Kuortaneen urheilulukio sports academy. She has aspirations for playing ice hockey in the United States.[3]

As of the 2014-15 school year Suonpää attends the University of Minnesota Duluth and plays for their women's hockey team, which is a NCAA Division 1 program.

References

  1. ↑ "Eveliina Suonpää". 2014 Winter Olympics. February 2014. Archived from the original on February 7, 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Tällä joukkueella Naisleijonat hakee mitalia Sotshista". Yle Urheilu. December 18, 2013. Archived from the original on February 7, 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 Hanhikoski, Herkko (January 21, 2014). "Opiskelijana olympialaisiin: Eveliina Suonpää". Jatkoaika.com. Archived from the original on February 7, 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Eveliina Suonpää". Eurohockey.com. February 2014. Archived from the original on February 7, 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Naisleijonat kaatoi Japanin – Susanna Tapani hurjassa iskussa, maalivahtidebytantit onnistuivat". Leijonat.fi. March 8, 2013. Archived from the original on February 7, 2014. Retrieved February 7, 2014.


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