Sanni Hakala

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Sanni Hakala
Born (1997-10-31) 31 October 1997 (age 24)
Jyväskylä, Finland
Height 1.54 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight 55 kg (121 lb; 8 st 9 lb)
Position Wing
Shoots Left
SDHL team
Former teams		 HV71
JYP Jyväskylä
Oulun Kärpät
National team  Finland
Playing career 2012–present
Medal record
Women's ice hockey
Representing  Finland
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Pyeongchang Team
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Finland
Bronze medal – third place 2017 United States
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Canada

Sanni Hakala (born 31 October 1997) is a Finnish ice hockey player and member of the Finnish national team, currently playing with HV71 Dam of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL).[1]

Playing career[]

As a youth player, Hakala played on boys' teams until she was 15, at which point she signed with JYP Jyväskylä in the Naisten SM-sarja, the top flight of Finnish women's hockey.[2] She won the Emma Laaksonen Award for Fair Play in the 2015–16 season.

In November 2016, she left Finland to sign with HV71 in the SDHL.[3] She was named HV71's fan player of the year for the 2019–20 season.[4]

After missing the first third of the 2020-21 SDHL season, she scored a hat-trick in her first game back, a 6-1 victory over Brynäs IF in November 2020.[5]

International play[]

She made her senior national team debut at the 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship.[6] She has represented the Finnish national team at the World Championships every year since, including the team's first ever silver medal at the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship. She scored one goal in six games as Finland won bronze at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Career statistics[]

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2016-17 HV71 SDHL 18 4 3 7 0 6 1 1 2 4
2017-18 HV71 SDHL 35 15 21 36 12 2 0 2 2 0
2018-19 HV71 SDHL 35 22 20 42 10 7 2 1 3 6
2019-20 HV71 SDHL 34 20 18 38 6 6 6 6 12 2
SDHL totals 122 61 62 123 28 21 9 10 19 12

References[]

  1. ^ "IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Team Roster: FIN - Finland" (PDF). stats.iihf.com. IIHF. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  2. ^ Rönnkvist, Ronnie (2 July 2018). "Finländske talangen hyllar SDHL – kritiserar landslaget: "Bra att byta coach"". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  3. ^ Ranta, Pekka (8 December 2016). "Uusi haaste toi Sanni Hakalan Ruotsin jääkiekon naisliiga SDHL:ään". Sveriges Radio (in Finnish). Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Damhockey är under uppbyggnad". damhockey.se (in Swedish). 26 March 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Hakala gjorde hattrick i comebacken – när HV71 vann". 14 November 2020.
  6. ^ 2016 World Championship roster Archived 20 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine

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