Tiina Paananen

Tiina O. Paananen (born 5 July 1972) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player. She was a member of the Finnish women's national ice hockey teams that won bronze medals at the IIHF Women's World Championships in 1997 and 1999.[1]

Tiina Paananen
Born	(1972-07-05) 5 July 1972 Jyväskylä, Finland
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb; 11 st 11 lb)
Position	Centre
Shot	Right
Played for	Jyväskylän Hockey Cats JYP Jyväskylä KalPa Kuopio
National team	Finland
Playing career	1992–2002
Medal record Representing  Finland Women's ice hockey World Championship 1999 Finland 1997 Canada

Paananen played nine seasons in the Naisten SM-sarja with Kalevan Pallo Naiset (KalPa; 1993–1996), JyP HT Naiset and JYP Jyväskylä Naiset (1996–2000), and the Jyväskylän Hockey Cats (JyHC; 2000–2002). She won the Finnish Championship twice, first with JyP HT in 1997 and again in 1998, after the team had been renamed to JYP. Over the span of her SM-sarja career, Paananen tallied 130 goals and 237 points in 176 regular season games, averaging a blistering 1.35 points per game across nearly a decade of play.[2]