Minttu Tuominen

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Minttu Tuominen
Born (1990-06-26) 26 June 1990 (age 31)
Helsinki, Finland
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 71 kg (157 lb; 11 st 3 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Right
NSML team
Former teams		 Kiekko-Espoo
National team  Finland
Playing career 2006–present
Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing  Finland
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Pyeongchang Team
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Vancouver Team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Finland
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Switzerland
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Sweden
Bronze medal – third place 2017 United States
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Canada

Minnamari "Minttu" Tuominen (born 26 June 1990) is a Finnish ice hockey player and captain of Kiekko-Espoo in the Naisten Liiga (NSML). A member of the Finnish national ice hockey team since 2008, she has earned medals at two Winter Olympic Games and five IIHF World Women's Championships.[1][2][3]

Playing career[]

Finland[]

Tuominen played for the Espoo Blues and attended Makelanrinne Sports High School in Helsinki. As a member of the Espoo Blues, she won the Finnish Championship three times (2007, 2008, 2009). In addition, she played in the 2009 MLP Cup with the Finnish National Team. She was a member of the bronze medal-winning Finnish team at the 2009 Winter Universiade, in Harbin, China. She also helped Finland win the Euro Hockey Tour in December 2008. Other appearances for Team Finland include a number of events in 2008, including the Four Nations Cup in November and a series against Sweden in September. At Makelanrinne, captained the team after being named one of the school's top athletes of 2007 and 2008.[4] One of her teammates with the Espoo Blues was Emma Laaksonen.

Ohio State Buckeyes[]

Milestones at Ohio State include:

  • First goal: 3 October 2009, at Boston University
  • First assist: 2 October 2009, at Boston University

International[]

Tuominen won a bronze medal at the 2010 Four Nations Cup in St. John's, Newfoundland.

Career statistics[]

Ohio State[]

Note: GP= Games played; G= Goals; AST= Assists; PTS = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes

Season Games Goals Assists Points Points/game PIM GWG PPG SHG
2009–10 23 6 5 11 0.4783 8 1 2 0

[5]

Finland[]

Event Goals Assists Points Shots PIM +/-
2010 Winter Olympics 0 0 0 0 0 0
2011 IIHF World Championships 2 2 4 15 10 +2

[6][7][8][9][10][11]

References[]

  1. ^ "Две россиянки, трое призёров ЧМ-2021: «КРС Ванке Рэйз» обновили состав". Женская хоккейная лига (in Russian). 3 September 2021. Retrieved 4 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Minttu Tuominen "C" #15". Kiekko-Espoo Naiset (in Finnish). Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  3. ^ [1][dead link]
  4. ^ "15 Minttu Tuominen". Ohio State Buckeyes. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Ohio State Buckeyes Women's Hockey 2009–2010 Statistics: Overall". USCHO.com. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ^ [2][permanent dead link]

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