Ilves Naiset

Tampereen Ilves Naiset (lit. 'Tampere Lynx Women') are an ice hockey team in the Naisten Liiga, the premier women's ice hockey league in Finland. They are the representative women's team of the multi-sport club Ilves, based in Tampere, Pirkanmaa, and their home arena is the Tesoman jäähalli in Tampere's Tesoma district. They are the only team to have iced a team every season since the establishment of the Naisten SM-sarja in 1982 (renamed Naisten Liiga in 2017). The team ranks second on the list of most Aurora Borealis Cup wins, with ten, and has claimed the most Finnish Championship medals in league history, with ten gold, twelve silver, and six bronze for 28 total medals.

Tampereen Ilves Naiset
2020–21 Naisten Liiga season
CityTampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
LeagueNaisten Liiga
Founded1982 (1982)
Home arenaTesoman jäähalli
ColoursGreen, yellow, black, white
       
General managerLasse Tuorila
Head coachLinda Leppänen
CaptainAnna Kilponen
Websiteilvesnaiset.com
Championships
Aurora Borealis Cup10 (1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2006, 2010)
EWCC1 (2011)
Active departments of
Ilves
Floorball Football
(Men's)
Football
(Women's)
Futsal
(Men's)
Futsal
(Women's)
Ice hockey
(Women's)
Ringette Ice hockey
(Men's)

Season-by-season results

This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by the Tampereen Ilves Naiset.
Note: Finish = Rank at end of regular season; GP = Games played, W = Wins (3 points), OTW = Overtime wins (2 points), OTL = Overtime losses (1 point), L = Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points, Top scorer: Points (Goals+Assists)

Season League Preliminaries and regular season Post season results
Finish GP W OTW OTL L GF GA Pts Top scorer
2015–16 Naisten SM-sarja 8 2802125311785 S. Parkusjärvi 10 (4+6) Saved in relegation
2016–17 Naisten SM-sarja 6 2893412627337 S. Kärnä 25 (13+12) Lost quarterfinal, 1–2 (KalPa)
2017–18 Naisten Liiga 1 30215221394175 L. Välimäki. 58 (30+28) Lost final, 1-3 (Kärpät)
2018–19 Naisten Liiga 2 30211171497066 L. Välimäki. 71 (36+35) Lost final, 3-0 (Blues)
2019–20 Naisten Liiga 6 3092514779536 J. Suokko 32 (13+19) Lost quarterfinal, 0–3 (KalPa)

Players and personnel

2020–21 roster

As of 7 December 2020[1][2][3]
# Nat Player Pos S/G Age Acquired Birthplace
26 Janette Jokikokko F L 23 2020 Oulu, North Ostrobothnia, Finland
19 Hilma Kauhanen F L 24 2012 Pirkkala, Pirkanmaa, Finland
36 Anni Keisala G L 23 2018 Lohja, Uusimaa, Finland
5 Anna Kilponen (C) D L 25 2020 Orivesi, Pirkanmaa, Finland
8 Josefina Koskinen D L 16 2020
14 Kreetta Kulhua (A) D R 25 2018 Kankaanpää, Satakunta, Finland
77 Hanna Laitila F L 25 2020 Ylöjärvi, Pirkanmaa, Finland
23 Sanna Lehikoinen D L 21 2020
4 Jenna Lehtiniemi (A) D L 22 2014 Ikaalinen, Pirkanmaa, Finland
98 Veera Lindroth F L 19 2020 Rauma, Satakunta, Finland
33 Ronja Mäkinen D L 16 2020 Vantaa, Uusimaa, Finland
22 Kiia Narinen F L 18 2020 Lappeenranta, South Karelia, Finland
29 Nadina Niciu (L) G L 22 2020 Târgu Mureș, Județul Mureș, Romania
30 Riikka Oinonen G L 23 2020 Vantaa, Uusimaa, Finland
18 Tuuli Ollikainen F L 19 2020
17 Veera Ollikainen F L 19 2020
20 Aino Palosaari F L 14 2020 Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
12 Pihla Parkkonen F L 19 2020 Mikkeli, South Savo, Finland
9 Helen Puputti (A) F L 24 2019 Hollola, Päijät-Häme, Finland
3 Venla Riipinen F L 21 2019 Mikkeli, South Savo, Finland
31 Oona Rouhiainen D L 19 2018 Jyväskylä, Central Finland, Finland
25 Johanna Siira D L 22 2017 Mäntsälä, Uusimaa, Finland
44 Jenna Suokko (A) F L 25 2017 Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
6 Pinja Tenhunen F L 19 2020 Jyväskylä, Central Finland, Finland
28 Mari Tervala F L 21 2017 Joensuu, North Karelia, Finland
55 Nanna-Katariina Timonen D L 14 2019
11 Emilia Varpula F L 21 2020 Kuortane, South Ostrobothnia, Finland
1 Viivi Vartia-Koivisto G L 28 2019 Huittinen, Satakunta, Finland

Current team staff

Updated 2 September 2020[4]

  • Head Coach: Linda Välimäki Leppänen
  • Goaltending Coach: Juha Nieminen
  • Conditioning Coach: Yin Tuorila
  • Team Manager: Tapio Kallonen
  • Equipment Managers: Kari Bronman & Merja Halmetoja

Retired numbers

Honours and awards

Finnish Championship

  • Aurora Borealis Cup (10): 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2006, 2010
  • Runners-up (12): 1983, 1989, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2018, 2019
  • Third Place (6): 1984, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2015

IIHF European Women's Champions Cup

Sources: [6][7][8]

Player awards

Finnish Ice Hockey Association trophies recognizing individual players won by Ilves team members. Current head coach Linda Leppänen is the most prolific award winner in team history, winning both the highest number of trophies, with seven, and the broadest variety of trophies, having won five different awards.

Team records and leaders

Single-season records

Career records

  • Most career goals: Marianne Ihalainen, 320 goals (323 games; 1982–2001)
  • Most career assists: Johanna Koivula, 302 assists (495 games; 1997–2018)
  • Most career points: Marianne Ihalainen, 602 points (323 games; 1982–2001)
  • Most career points, defenceman: Anna Aaltomaa, 203 points (279 games; 1992–2006)
  • Best career points per game, over 30 games played: Linda Valimaki Leppänen, 2.108 P/G (157 games; 2005–2019)
  • Most career penalty minutes: Johanna Koivula, 323 PIM (495 games; 1997–2018)
  • Most games played, skater: Johanna Koivula, 495 games (1997–2018)
  • Most games played, goaltender: Viivi Vartia-Koivisto, 95 games (2008–2020)

All-time scoring leaders

The top-ten point-scorers in franchise history.

Note: Nat = Nationality; Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game;   = current Ilves player; Bold indicates franchise record

Points
Nat PlayerPosGPGAPtsP/G
Marianne IhalainenF 323 320 282 602 1.864
Johanna KoivulaF495186 302 488 0.986
Mari SaarinenF315158 180 338 1.073
Linda LeppänenF157 182 149 331 2.108
Tiia ReimaF159198 127 325 2.044
Sari FiskF196180 144 324 1.653
Marika LehtimäkiF166113 124 237 1.428
Tiina PihalaF167 88 136 224 1.341
Anne NurmiF124 116 98 214 1.726
Jaana PeltonenF179106 103 209 1.168

Source(s): [9]

Notable alumni

Years active with Ilves listed alongside player name.

See also

References

  1. "Tampereen Ilves Naiset • Joukkue". ilvesnaiset.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  2. "Kokoonpano Ilves - Naisten Liiga, alkusarja". tilastopalvelu.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Ice Hockey Association. June 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  3. "Liiga (W) – Ilves, 2020-2021 Roster". EliteProspects.com. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
  4. "Yhteystiedot • Tampereen Ilves Naiset". ilvesnaiset.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  5. Foster, Meredith (3 October 2017). "Linda Välimäki hits 300-goal milestone in the Naisten Liiga". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  6. Foster, Meredith (26 March 2018). "Kärpät, Ilves headed to Aurora Borealis Cup Final". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  7. Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto; Liiga. Aaltonen, Juha (ed.). Jääkiekkokirja 2019–2020 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Uusi Suomi/Kiekkolehti. ISSN 0784-3321. OCLC 476321083.
  8. Foster, Meredith (26 March 2019). "The Espoo Blues are the 2019 Aurora Borealis Cup Champions". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
  9. "All Time Regular Season Player Stats for Ilves - Liiga (W)". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
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