Kirsi Hänninen
Kirsi Maaria Hänninen (born 3 October 1976 in Joensuu, Finland) is a retired Finnish ice hockey defenceman and pesäpallo player. She played 116 games with the Finnish national ice hockey team and won a bronze medal with them at the 1998 Winter Olympics.[1]
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| Born |
3 October 1976 Joensuu, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb; 10 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shot | Left | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Played for |
JoKP Karhut Kiekko-Espoo JYP Jyväskylä KalPa Kuopio Oulun Kärpät | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |
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| Playing career | 1992–2002 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Over her ten-year hockey career, Hänninen played with five different teams in the Naisten SM-sarja, the highest level women's hockey league in Finland. She spent four seasons, from 1996 to 2000, with JYP Jyväskylä and won the SM-sarja Championship with them in 1996 and 1997. She also played with JoKP (1992–93), Kiekko-Espoo (1993–94), KalPa (1995–96), and Oulun Kärpät (2001-02).[2]
Hänninen is equally known in Finland for her career in the Superpesis, Finland's top pesäpallo league, where she competed from 1993 to 2005.
Personal life
Hänninen is a founding member of VRT Finland, an underwater structural inspection company operating in the Baltic Sea and Central Europe, and currently serves as CEO of the company.[3]
Awards and honors
| Award | Year |
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| Naisten SM-sarja Champion | 1997 (JyP HT)
1998 (JYP) |
| Most Points by a Defenceman | 1998 (7 points) tied with Thérèse Brisson |
| Best Defenceman
in the IIHF World Women's Championships |
1999 |
| IIHF World Women's Championships All-Star Team | 1999 |
| Suomen Jääkiekkoleijona Inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame Finland |
2018 |
| Award | Year |
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| Superpesis Best Runner
Most Runs in the Regular Season |
1995, 1996, 2000 |
| Superpesis Champion | 1996 (Jyväskylän Kiri)
1997 (Jyväskylän Kiri) 2000 (PattU) |
| Finnish Pesäpallo Association Player of the Year
Suomen Pesäpalloliitto Naispesäpalloilijaksi |
2000, 2004 |
| Superpesis Best Batter
Most Hits in the Regular Season |
2004 |
| Superpesis Golden Bat
Player-elected Best Offensive Player |
2004 |
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen. Mallon, Bill (ed.). "Kirsi Hänninen Bio, Stats, and Results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
- "Player Profile: Kirsi Hänninen". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
- "Kirsi Hänninen aateloidaan Jääkiekkoleijonaksi" [Kirsi Hänninen honored as a Jääkiekkoleijona]. Pesäpalloliitto (in Finnish). 2018-10-24. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
- "Pattijoelle naisten Suomen mestaruus pesäpallossa" [Pattijoki are the Finnish Women's Pesäpallo Champions] (in Finnish). MTV3 Uutiset. 2000-09-16. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
- "Hänninen ylitti 500 tuotua, Vehniäinen 400 lyötyä" [Hänninen exceeded 500 runs, Vehniäinen beat 400] (in Finnish). MTV3 Uutiset. 2005-07-11. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Sports-reference.com.