Minttu Tuominen

Minnamari "Minttu" Tuominen (born 26 June 1990) is a Finnish ice hockey player, currently signed with the Metropolitan Riveters of the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) for the 2022–23 season. A member of the Finnish national ice hockey team since 2008, she has earned medals at three Winter Olympic Games and five IIHF World Women's Championships.[1][2][3]

Minttu Tuominen
Tuominen with the Metropolitan Riveters in 2022
Born (1990-06-26) 26 June 1990
Helsinki, Finland
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 71 kg (157 lb; 11 st 3 lb)
Position Defense
Shoots Right
PHF team
Former teams		 Metropolitan Riveters
National team  Finland
Playing career 2006–present
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2010 VancouverIce hockey
Bronze medal – third place2018 PyeongchangIce hockey
Bronze medal – third place2022 BeijingIce hockey
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2019 Finland
Bronze medal – third place2011 Switzerland
Bronze medal – third place2015 Sweden
Bronze medal – third place2017 United States
Bronze medal – third place2021 Canada

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 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

Regular season and playoffs
    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2003–04 KS Noux Naisten Suomi-sarja 5 1 0 1 2 – – – – –
2004–05 KS Noux Naisten I-div. 8 3 1 4 2 – – – – –
2005–06 KS Noux Naisten I-div. 11 4 6 10 6 – – – – –
2006–07 Espoo Blues Naisten SM-sarja 17 5 2 7 0 7 0 1 1 4
2007–08 Espoo Blues Naisten SM-sarja 11 4 3 7 0 9 0 4 4 0
2008–09 Espoo Blues Naisten SM-sarja 22 14 21 35 6 6 2 3 5 4
2009–10 Ohio State Buckeyes NCAA D1 23 6 5 11 8 – – – – –
2010–11 Ohio State Buckeyes NCAA D1 32 2 8 10 10 – – – – –
2011–12 Ohio State Buckeyes NCAA D1 32 2 7 9 22 – – – – –
2012–13 Ohio State Buckeyes NCAA D1 37 6 13 19 22 – – – – –
2013–14 Espoo Blues Naisten SM-sarja 24 11 20 31 24 8 5 9 14 6
2014–15 Espoo Blues Naisten SM-sarja 26 17 32 49 40 3 2 4 6 4
2015–16 Espoo Blues Naisten SM-sarja 28 13 45 58 16 6 4 3 7 8
2016–17 Linköping HC SDHL 32 17 9 26 20 5 1 0 1 4
2017–18 Espoo Blues Naisten Liiga 20 12 11 23 10 10 2 5 7 12
2018–19 Espoo Blues Naisten Liiga 30 13 50 63 18 6 3 4 7 6
2019–20 Kiekko-Espoo Naisten Liiga 30 19 21 40 14 6 3 13 16 4
2020–21 KRS Vanke Rays ZhHL 24 5 13 18 14 5 0 0 0 4
2021–22 Kiekko-Espoo Naisten Liiga 15 3 13 16 2 – – – – –
2021–22 KRS Vanke Rays ZhHL 12 2 4 6 10 8 0 6 6 12
NCAA totals 124 16 33 49 62 – – – – –
Naisten Liiga totals 223 111 218 329 130 61 21 46 67 48
ZhHL totals 36 7 17 24 24 13 0 6 6 16

Sources: [5]

Finland
EventGoalsAssistsPointsShotsPIM+/-
2010 Winter Olympics000000
2011 IIHF World Championships2241510+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). 20 November 2019. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). reports.iihf.hockey. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (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. "Women's Preliminary Round - Group B : Schedule and Results : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics". Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  7. "Women's Preliminary Round - Group B : Schedule and Results : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics". Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  8. "Women's Preliminary Round - Group B : Schedule and Results : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics". Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  9. "Women's Play-offs Semifinals : Schedule and Results : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics". Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  10. "Women's Bronze Medal Game : Schedule and Results : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics". Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  11. "Archived copy" (PDF). reports.iihf.hockey. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2022. Retrieved 22 May 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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