Emilia Vesa
Finnish ice hockey player (born 2001)
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Emilia Vesa (born 3 January 2001) is a Finnish ice hockey winger for Frölunda HC of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) and member of the Finnish national ice hockey team.
| Emilia Vesa | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
3 January 2001 Helsinki, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb; 10 st 6 lb) | ||
| Position | Right wing | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| SDHL team Former teams |
Frölunda HC | ||
| National team |
 Finland | ||
| Playing career | 2016–present | ||
International play
As a junior player with the Finnish national under-18 team, she participated in the IIHF U18 Women's World Championships in 2017, 2018, and 2019, winning a bronze medal at the 2019 tournament.[1]
Vesa made her senior national team debut at the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship in Calgary, where she won a bronze medal.[2] Several months later, she won an Olympic bronze medal in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.[3]
At the 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship, she scored the second-most goals for Finland in a three-way tie with Jenniina Nylund and Viivi Vainikka and tallied just one goal less than Finnish scoring leader Petra Nieminen. Vesa recorded her five goals while playing an average of two fewer minutes per game than Nylund, four fewer than Vainikka, and five fewer than Nieminen.[4]
On 2 January 2026, she was named to Finland's roster to compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics.[5]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Note: The Naisten Liiga (NSML) was called the Naisten SM-sarja (NSMs, lit. 'Women's Finnish Championship series') until 2017.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2016–17 | Team Kuortane | NSMs | 28 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | Team Kuortane | NSML | 27 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19 | Team Kuortane | NSML | 28 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2019–20 | Team Kuortane | NSML | 30 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 2 | ||
| 2020–21 | Kiekko-Espoo | NSML | 24 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 27 | ||
| 2021–22 | Kiekko-Espoo | NSML | 15 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | ||
| 2022–23 | HIFK | NSML | 28 | 22 | 31 | 53 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | Frölunda HC | SDHL | 32 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2024–25 | Frölunda HC | SDHL | 28 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 29 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Naisten Liiga totals | 180 | 74 | 118 | 192 | 54 | 52 | 20 | 34 | 54 | 35 | ||||
| SDHL totals | 60 | 10 | 31 | 41 | 37 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Finland | U18 | 5th | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2018 | Finland | U18 | 5th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 | Finland | U18 |  |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | Finland | WC | |
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2022 | Finland | OG | |
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2022 | Finland | WC | 6th | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2023 | Finland | WC | 5th | 7 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2024 | Finland | WC | |
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2025 | Finland | WC | |
7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2026 | Finland | OG | 6th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Junior totals | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Senior totals | 34 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | ||||
Awards and honors
| Award | Season(s) |
|---|---|
| International | |
| World U18 Bronze Medal | 2019 |
| World Championship Bronze Medal | 2021, 2025 |
| Olympic Bronze Medal | 2022 |
| Naisten Liiga | |
| Aurora Borealis Cup Bronze Medal | 2018 |
| Player of the Month | December 2018 |
| February 2021[8] | |
| January 2023[9] | |
| Fair-Play Player | 2018–19 |
| Best Plus/Minus | 2020–21[10] |
| Aurora Borealis Cup Champion | 2021,[11] 2022, 2023 |
| All-Star Second Team | 2020–21 |
