Ilves Naiset

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Tampereen Ilves Naiset
2021–22 Naisten Liiga season
Ilves Logo.svg
CityTampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
LeagueNaisten Liiga
Founded1982 (1982)
Home arenaTesoman jäähalli
ColoursGreen, yellow, black, white
       
General managerLasse Tuorila
Head coachLinda Leppänen
CaptainAnna Kilponen
Websiteilvesnaiset.com
Championships
Aurora Borealis Cup10 (1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2006, 2010)
EWCC1 (2011)
Active departments of
Ilves
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Floorball Football
(Men's) 		Football
(Women's)
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Futsal
(Men's) 		Futsal
(Women's) 		Ice hockey
(Women's)
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Ringette Ice hockey
(Men's)

Tampereen Ilves Naiset (lit. 'Tampere Lynx Women') are an ice hockey team in the Naisten Liiga, the premier women's ice hockey league in Finland. They are the representative women's team of the multi-sport club , based in Tampere, Pirkanmaa, and their home arena is the Tesoman jäähalli in Tampere's Tesoma district. They are the only team to have iced a team every season since the establishment of the Naisten SM-sarja in 1982 (renamed Naisten Liiga in 2017). The team ranks second on the list of most Aurora Borealis Cup wins, with ten, and has claimed the most Finnish Championship medals in league history, with ten gold, twelve silver, and six bronze for 28 total medals.

Season-by-season results[]

This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Tampereen Ilves Naiset.
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)

Season League Preliminaries and regular season Post season results
Finish GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts Top scorer
2015–16 Naisten SM-sarja 8 28 0 2 1 25 31 178 5 Finland 10 (4+6) Saved in relegation
2016–17 Naisten SM-sarja 6 28 9 3 4 12 62 73 37 Finland S. Kärnä 25 (13+12) Lost quarterfinal, 1–2 (KalPa)
2017–18 Naisten Liiga 1 30 21 5 2 2 139 41 75 Finland L. Välimäki. 58 (30+28) Silver Lost final, 1-3 (Kärpät)
2018–19 Naisten Liiga 2 30 21 1 1 7 149 70 66 Finland L. Välimäki. 71 (36+35) Silver Lost final, 3-0 (Blues)
2019–20 Naisten Liiga 6 30 9 2 5 14 77 95 36 Finland J. Suokko 32 (13+19) Lost quarterfinal, 0–3 (KalPa)
2020–21 Naisten Liiga 4th 28 12 3 5 8 83 66 47 Finland J. Suokko 36 (22+14) Lost bronze medal, 1–2 (HIFK)

Players and personnel[]

2021–22 roster[]

As of 20 December 2021[1][2][3]
# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
26 Finland F L 24 2020 Oulu, North Ostrobothnia, Finland
14 Finland F L 24 2021 Hauho, Kanta-Häme, Finland
36 Finland Anni Keisala G L 24 2018 Lohja, Uusimaa, Finland
5 Finland Anna Kilponen (C) D L 26 2021 Orivesi, Pirkanmaa, Finland
8 Finland D L 17 2020
77 Finland F L 26 2020 Ylöjärvi, Pirkanmaa, Finland
23 Finland F L 22 2020
4 Finland  (A) D L 23 2014 Ikaalinen, Pirkanmaa, Finland
21 Finland F L 20 2020 Rauma, Satakunta, Finland
28 Norway F L 19 2021
22 Finland F L 19 2020 Lappeenranta, South Karelia, Finland
18 Finland F L 20 2020
17 Finland F L 20 2020
20 Finland F L 15 2020 Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
12 Finland F L 20 2020 Mikkeli, South Savo, Finland
1 Finland G L 20 2021 Ruokolahti, South Karelia, Finland
19 Finland D – 14 2020
9 Finland  (A) F L 25 2019 Hollola, Päijät-Häme, Finland
3 Finland F L 22 2019 Mikkeli, South Savo, Finland
31 Finland D L 20 2018 Jyväskylä, Central Finland, Finland
25 Finland  (A) D L 23 2017 Mäntsälä, Uusimaa, Finland
29 Finland G L 23 2021 Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
33 Finland D R 19 2021 Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
6 Finland F L 20 2020 Jyväskylä, Central Finland, Finland
55 Finland D L 15 2019
98 Finland Sanni Vanhanen (L) F L 16 2021 Nokia, Pirkanmaa, Finland
27 Finland F L 22 2020 Kuortane, South Ostrobothnia, Finland

Coaching staff and team personnel

  • Head Coach: Linda Leppänen (née Välimäki)
  • Assistant coach: Harri Laurila
  • Goaltending Coach: Juha Nieminen
  • Conditioning Coach: Yin Tuorila
  • Team Manager: Tapio Kallonen
  • Equipment Managers: Kari Bronman & Kreetta Kulhua

Team captaincy history[]

Head coaches[]

  • , 1992–93
  • & , 1994–1996
  • & Markku Hannunkivi, 1996–97
  • & , 1997–1999
  • , 1999–2002
  • Marianne Ihalainen, 2002–2006
  • , 2009–13 January 2012
  • , 13 January 2012–March 2012
  • , August 2012–28 October 2012
  • , 28 October 2012–2013
  • , 2014–2016
  • Mari Saarinen, 2016–2018
  • , 2018–19
  • , 2019–20
  • Linda Leppänen, 2020–

Retired numbers[]

Honours and awards[]

Finnish Championship[]

  • Gold Aurora Borealis Cup (10): 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2006, 2010
  • Silver Runners-up (12): 1983, 1989, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2018, 2019
  • Bronze Third Place (6): 1984, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2015

IIHF European Women's Champions Cup[]

Sources: [5][6][7]

Player awards[]

Finnish Ice Hockey Association trophies recognizing individual players won by Ilves team members. Current head coach Linda Leppänen is the most prolific award winner in team history, winning both the highest number of trophies, with seven, and the broadest variety of trophies, having won five different awards.

Team records and leaders[]

Single-season records[]

Career records[]

  • Most career goals: Marianne Ihalainen, 320 goals (323 games; 1982–2001)
  • Most career assists: , 302 assists (495 games; 1997–2018)
  • Most career points: Marianne Ihalainen, 602 points (323 games; 1982–2001)
  • Most career points, defenceman: , 203 points (279 games; 1992–2006)
  • Best career points per game, over 30 games played: Linda Valimaki Leppänen, 2.108 P/G (157 games; 2005–2019)
  • Most career penalty minutes: , 323 PIM (495 games; 1997–2018)
  • Most games played, skater: Johanna Koivula, 495 games (1997–2018)
  • Most games played, goaltender: , 98 games (2008–2021)

All-time scoring leaders[]

The top-ten point-scorers in franchise history.

Note: Nat = Nationality; Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game;   = current Ilves player; Bold indicates franchise record

Points
Nat Player Pos GP G A Pts P/G
Finland Marianne Ihalainen F 323 320 282 602 1.864
Finland F 495 186 302 488 0.986
Finland Mari Saarinen F 315 158 180 338 1.073
Finland Linda Leppänen F 157 182 149 331 2.108
Finland Tiia Reima F 159 198 127 325 2.044
Finland Sari Fisk F 196 180 144 324 1.653
Finland Marika Lehtimäki F 166 113 124 237 1.428
Finland F 167 88 136 224 1.341
Finland F 124 116 98 214 1.726
Finland F 179 106 103 209 1.168

Source(s): [8]

Notable alumni[]

Years active with Ilves listed alongside player name.

International players[]

  • Germany Nina Linde, 2004–2006 & 2009–2010
  • United States (née Mattila)
  • Romania , 2020–21
  • Canada , 1996–1999

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Tampereen Ilves Naiset • Joukkue". ilvesnaiset.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Kokoonpano Ilves - Naisten Liiga, alkusarja". tilastopalvelu.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Ice Hockey Association. June 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Naisten Liiga (W) – Ilves, 2021-2022 Roster". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  4. ^ Foster, Meredith (3 October 2017). "Linda Välimäki hits 300-goal milestone in the Naisten Liiga". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  5. ^ Foster, Meredith (26 March 2018). "Kärpät, Ilves headed to Aurora Borealis Cup Final". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  6. ^ Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto; Liiga. Aaltonen, Juha (ed.). Jääkiekkokirja 2019–2020 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Uusi Suomi/Kiekkolehti. ISSN 0784-3321. OCLC 476321083.
  7. ^ Foster, Meredith (26 March 2019). "The Espoo Blues are the 2019 Aurora Borealis Cup Champions". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  8. ^ "All Time Regular Season Player Stats for Ilves - Liiga (W)". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 10 September 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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