Maria Saarni
| Maria Saarni | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
8 September 1977 | ||
| Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb; 8 st 3 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Kiekko-Espoo Espoo Blues JyHC Jyväskylä LoKV Lohja | ||
| National team |
 Finland | ||
| Playing career | 1994–2017 | ||
Maria Helena Saarni née Selin (born 8 September 1977) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player.[1] She was a member of the Finnish women's national ice hockey team throughout the 1990s and won a bronze medal at the inaugural Olympic women's ice hockey tournament at the 1998 Winter Olympics.[2] With the national team, she also won bronze at the IIHF Women's World Championship tournaments in 1999 and 2000, and at the 1996 IIHF European Women Championship.
Career statistics
[edit]Regular season and postseason
[edit]| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1994-95 | Kiekko-Espoo | SM-sarja |
20 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995-96 | Kiekko-Espoo | SM-sarja |
24 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1996-97 | Kiekko-Espoo | SM-sarja |
24 | 13 | 7 | 20 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1997-98 | Kiekko-Espoo | SM-sarja |
23 | 16 | 11 | 27 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1998-99 | Espoo Blues | SM-sarja |
23 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 40 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 12 | ||
| 1999-00 | Espoo Blues | SM-sarja |
26 | 21 | 11 | 32 | 26 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | ||
| 2000-01 | JyHC | SM-sarja |
9 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 14 | ||
| 2009-10 | LoKV | SM-sarja |
28 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2010-11 | LoKV | SM-sarja |
9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 23 | 10 | ||
| 2016-17 | HAKI | Mestis Q |
12 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
International
[edit]| Regular season | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
| 1996 | Finland | EC |  |
5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1998 | Finland | OG | |
5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1999 | Finland | WC | |
5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2000 | Finland | WC | |
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Maria Selin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Finland Ice Hockey at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com
- Maria Saarni at Olympics.com
- Maria Saarni at Olympedia
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- 1977 births
- Living people
- Ice hockey people from Helsinki
- Finnish women's ice hockey forwards
- Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Finland
- Olympic ice hockey players for Finland
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Kiekko-Espoo Naiset players
- Espoo Blues Naiset players
- Jyväskylän Hockey Cats players
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