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Elisa Holopainen (born 27 December 2001) is a Finnish ice hockey winger and member of the Finnish national team, currently playing in the Finnish Naisten Liiga (NSML) with KalPa Kuopio. She is one of the most dominant players active in the Naisten Liiga and, before turning twenty, had already received the Naisten Liiga trophy for Player of the Year twice, Best Forward three times, and was a four-time All-Star.[1][2]
| Elisa Holopainen | |||||||||||||||||||
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 Holopainen with KalPa in October 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
27 December 2001 Tuusniemi, Finland | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb; 8 st 9 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shoots | Left | ||||||||||||||||||
| NSML team Former teams |
KalPa Kuopio Kiekko-Espoo | ||||||||||||||||||
| National team |
 Finland | ||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 2016–present | ||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Holopainen represented Finland in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, where she won a bronze medal, and at the IIHF Women's World Championships in 2019, 2021, and 2022.
International play
With the senior national team, she won a silver medal at the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship.[3][4] Holopainen was officially named to the Finnish roster for the 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship days before the tournament was cancelled due to public health concerns related to COVID-19.[5][6]
She appeared with the Finnish under-18 national team at the IIHF Women's U18 World Championships in 2017, 2018, and 2019. Finland claimed the bronze medal at the 2019 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, due in no small part to Holopainen’s tournament leading 8 points from 5 goals and 3 assists in five games. She was named Best Forward by the tournament directorate and selected to the media All-Star team, in addition to being recognized as a top-3 player for Finland by the coaches.[7]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2014–15 | KalPa U16 Tytöt | U16 Aluesarja | 16 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2015–16 | KalPa U16 Tytöt | U16 Aluesarja | 18 | 50 | 12 | 62 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2016–17 | KalPa | Naisten SM-sarja | 26 | 19 | 9 | 28 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 2017–18 | KalPa | Naisten Liiga | 28 | 17 | 25 | 42 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 2018–19 | KalPa | Naisten Liiga | 20 | 21 | 30 | 51 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | KalPa | Naisten Liiga | 30 | 37 | 25 | 62 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | KalPa | Naisten Liiga | 35 | 39 | 25 | 64 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 6 | ||
| 2021–22 | Kiekko-Espoo | Naisten Liiga | 27 | 29 | 27 | 56 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 29 | 14 | ||
| Naisten Liiga totals | 156 | 162 | 141 | 303 | 56 | 50 | 49 | 29 | 78 | 28 | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Finland U18 | WW18 | 5th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2018 | Finland U18 | WW18 | 5th | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2019 | Finland U18 | WW18 |  |
6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | |
| 2019 | Finland | WW |  |
7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2021 | Finland | WW | |
7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2022 | Finland | OG | |
7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
| 2022 | Finland | WW | 6th | 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 | |
| Junior totals | 16 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 10 | ||||
| Senior totals | 28 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 8 | ||||
Honors and achievements
| Award | Year |
|---|---|
| Naisten Liiga | |
| All-Star Second Team | 2018 |
| Player of the Month | January 2019 |
| September 2020 | |
| November 2021[8] | |
| All-Star First Team | 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Riikka Nieminen Award (Player of the Year) | 2019, 2021 |
| Katja Riipi Award (Best forward) | 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 |
| Marianne Ihalainen Award (Leading scorer) | 2019 |
| Tiia Reima Award (Top goal scorer) | 2019, 2020 |
| Aurora Borealis Cup Silver Medal | 2021 |
| Aurora Borealis Cup Champion | 2022 |
| International | |
| WW18 Top-3 Player on Team | 2018, 2019 |
| WW18 All-Star Team | 2019 |
| WW18 Best Forward | 2019 |
| WW18 Bronze Medal | 2019 |
| WW18 Leading Scorer | 2019 |
| World Championship Silver Medal | 2019 |
| World Championship Bronze Medal | 2021 |
| Olympic Bronze Medal | 2022 |
References
- Niemeläinen, Jonne (16 March 2021). "Huikeat tehot kerännyt 19-vuotias KalPa-hyökkääjä Elisa Holopainen palkittiin Naisten Liigan runkosarjan parhaana – huomenna edessä kauden tärkein peli". Yle (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 16 March 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- Vainio, Annina (24 March 2019). "Kun Elisa Holopainen, 17, sai kiekon leukaansa, verta alkoi vain valua: nyt leuassa on teräslevy, jonka tuntee ihon läpi". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- "Naisleijonien MM-joukkue yhtä vaille valmis – Kisojen alkuun kymmenen päivää". leijonat.fi. 25 March 2019.
- "IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Team Roster: FIN - Finland" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 5 April 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
- Malmberg, Henna (4 March 2020). "Naisleijonien MM-joukkue valittu – Sukupolven vaihdos tuo MM-joukkueeseen seitsemän ensikertalaista". leijonat.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- Steiss, Adam (7 March 2020). "Women's Worlds cancelled". IIHF. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
- Teiskonlahti, Kirsi (13 January 2019). "Tyttö näki isoveljensä pelejä ja kampesi poikien kanssa kaukaloon jo neljävuotiaana – pihapeleistä kasvoi MM-kisojen tähti, jolle harvinainen mitali on vasta alkusoittoa Leijona-paidassa". Yle (in Finnish). Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- Mennander, Pasi (1 December 2021). "Kiekko-Espoon Elisa Holopainen Naisten Liigan marraskuun pelaaja". leijonat.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- Haavisto, Kari (10 October 2020). "Kaisla Kortelainen KalPan sankari kärkipelissä – Tanja Niskanen ja Elisa Holopainen palkittiin kotiyleisön edessä". Savon Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto; Liiga. Aaltonen, Juha (ed.). "Jääkiekkokirja 2019–2020" (PDF). Jääkiekkokirja (in Finnish). Helsinki: Uusi Suomi/Kiekkolehti: 554. ISSN 0784-3321. OCLC 476321083. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto; Jääkiekkon SM-liiga Oy (2020). Aaltonen, Juha (ed.). "Jääkiekkokirja 2021: Suomen Jääkiekkoliiton ja Liiga Kausijulkaisu 2020–2021" (PDF). Jääkiekkokirja (in Finnish). Helsinki: Uusi Suomi/Kiekkolehti: 528. ISSN 0784-3321. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- Vainio, Annina (24 March 2019). "Kun Elisa Holopainen, 17, sai kiekon leukaansa, verta alkoi vain valua: nyt leuassa on teräslevy, jonka tuntee ihon läpi". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- Mennander, Pasi (15 March 2021). "Naisten Liigan kauden 2020–21 palkitut pelaajat ja tähtikentät". leijonat.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
- Elisa Holopainen at Olympedia
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