Meeri Räisänen

Meeri Räisänen (born 2 December 1989 in Tampere) is a Finnish ice hockey goaltender who plays with the Finnish national team and AIK of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL).[1]

Meeri Räisänen
Born (1989-12-02) December 2, 1989
Tampere, Finland
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 141 lb (64 kg; 10 st 1 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
SDHL team
Former teams		 AIK Hockey
Cats Jyväskylä
Tampereen Ilves
Espoo Blues
Robert Morris Colonials
SKIF Nizhny Novgorod
JYP Jyväskylä
D-Kiekko Jyväskylä
Kiekkokopla Joensuu
HPK Hämeenlinna
Connecticut Whale
National team  Finland
Playing career 2006–present
Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing  Finland
Olympic Games
2018 PyeongchangTeam
World Championships
2015 Sweden

Playing career

International

Räisänen was selected for the Finland women's national ice hockey team in the 2014 Winter Olympics. She dressed in all six games, but did not play.[2]

As of 2014, Räisänen has also appeared for Finland at two IIHF Women's World Championships. Her first appearance came in 2012.[3][4][5]

Professional

Räisänen began playing organized hockey with the youth teams of the Tappara Sports Club in her home town of Tampere, Finland.

She was selected by the Markham Thunder in the 2018 CWHL Draft,[6] but instead signed with the Connecticut Whale of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL) as a free agent.[7] In her debut for the Whale, she played across from US Olympian Nicole Hensley of the Buffalo Beauts, losing 4–0 on October 7, 2018.[8]

Career statistics

Through 2013–14 season

Year Team Event GP W L MIN GA SO GAA SV%
2012 Finland WW 3 1 0 98 9 0 5.47 .800
2013 Finland WW 2 1 0 75 2 1 1.59 .895

References
  1. Karttunen, Anu (2019-07-26). "Meeri Räisänen vaihtaa Connecticutin Tukholmaan" [Meeri Räisänen relocates from Connecticut to Stockholm] (in Finnish). yle. Retrieved 2019-08-08.
  2. IIHF - Team Finland Stats - 2014 Olympics
  3. IIHF - Team Finland Stats - 2011 World Championship
  4. IIHF - Team Finland Stats - 2012 World Championship
  5. "IIHF - Team Finland Stats - 2013 World Championship" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-31. Retrieved 2017-12-30.
  6. Earl Zukerman (27 August 2018). "McGill's Atkinson selected in CWHL Draft by Les Canadiennes". McGill Athletics. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  7. "Finnish Olympic Team Goaltender Meeri Räisänen Signs with the Whale". NWHL.zone. 1 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  8. Dan Rice (7 October 2018). "Olympians Hensley and Räisänen Battle as Beauts Defeat Whale, 4-0". NWHL.zone. Retrieved 10 October 2018.


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