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Team Kuortane

Team Kuortane

Naisten Liiga ice hockey team in Kuortane, Finland

Team Kuortane is an ice hockey team in the Naisten Liiga, the premier women's hockey league in Finland. They are based at the Kuortaneen urheilulukio in Kuortane, a small town in South Ostrobothnia, and play at the Kuortaneen jäähalli (lit. 'Kuortane Ice Hall'). The team was founded by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association in 2010 as part of its initiative to develop the ice hockey skills of young women in Finland.[1] Since its creation, approximately half of all national under-18 team rosters have been filled by players from Team Kuortane.[2][3][4] For sponsorship reasons, the team was called Team Oriflame Kuortane during 2010 to 2014.[5]

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Season-by-season results

List of all seasons completed by Team Kuortane.
Note: Finish = Rank at end of regular season; GP = Games played, W = Wins (3 points), OTW = Overtime wins (2 points), OTL = Overtime losses (1 point), L = Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points, Top scorer: Points (Goals+Assists)

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Players and personnel

2023–24 roster

As of 16 February 2024[6][7][8]
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Coaching staff and team personnel
  • Head coach: Juuso Nieminen
  • Assistant coach: Mari Saarinen
  • Goaltender coach: Aku Perälä
  • Equipment manager: Janne Hautamaa & Yu Ho

Team captains

Team Kuortane logo used during 2014 to 2023
  • Salla Tammisalo, 2010–11
  • Christa Alanko, 2011–12
  • Anna Kilponen, 2012–13
  • Sara Säkkinen, 2015–2017
  • Sini Karjalainen, 2017–18
  • Kiia Nousiainen, 2018–19
  • Emilia Vesa, 2019–20
  • Anna-Lotta Räsänen, 2020–21
  • Nea Tervonen, 2021–2023
  • Jenniina Kuoppala, 2023
  • Peppi Virtanen, 2024–

Head coaches

Team honours

Finnish Championship

U20 SM-turnaus

The under-20 (U20) Finnish Championship (SM) tournament is a competition for the top women's under-20 ice hockey teams from across Finland. Team Kuortane has medaled at all but one tournament since the team's founding in 2010. The championship was not held in 2020 or 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Gold Finnish Champions (6): 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
  • Silver Runner-up (1): 2012
  • Bronze Third Place (1): 2011

Notable alumnae

Years active with Team Kuortane listed with players' names.

References

  1. [1]
    "Sinille ja Saralle SM-kultaa – Team Kuortane voitti A-tyttöjen Suomen kiekkomestaruuden". Koillissanomat (in Finnish). 27 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  2. [2]
    Pakarinen, Risto (10 January 2023). "A view from the top". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  3. [3]
    Oliver, Nathaniel (18 January 2018). "Is Finland's Elli Mäkelä the Next Kimmo Timonen?". The Hockey Writers. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  4. [4]
    "Kuortaneen urheilulukio - Jääkiekko". kuortane.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  5. [5]
    "Team Oriflame Kuortane nuorella joukkueella SM-sarjaan". leijonat.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Ice Hockey Association. 10 September 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  6. [6]
    "2023-2024, Naisten Liiga – Kookoonpano Kuortane". Finnish Ice Hockey Association (in Finnish). Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  7. [7]
    "2023-2024 Naisten Liiga, harjoitusottelut – Kokoonpano Kuortane". Finnish Ice Hockey Association (in Finnish). Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  8. [8]
    "Liiga (W) - Team Kuortane, 2023-2024 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
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