Emma Nuutinen

Nuutinen began her NCAA Division I career in 2016–17, playing her freshman season with the North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's ice hockey program of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) conference. Forced to transfer after the University of North Dakota (UND) abruptly ended its women's ice hockey program following the 2016–17 season, Nuutinen and teammates Vilma Tanskanen and Kennedy Blair joined the Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey program of the College Hockey America (CHA).^[2]

On 29 October 2020, the NHL shared a video across its social media platforms of Nuutinen performing a trick shot at the Käpylän urheilupuisto in Helsinki, which received a substantial and positive response.^[3][4] A day later, it was announced that Nuutinen had signed a contract with Kiekko-Espoo of the Naisten Liiga through the end of January 2021.^[5] She appeared in six games during the 2020–21 Naisten Liiga season, notching 7 goals and 5 assists (12).

In 2021, Nuutinen played football for the Fighting Knights of Lynn University, scoring two goals and recording one assist in seven appearances for the team.^[1]

Nuutinen made three appearances for the Finland women's national under-18 ice hockey team, at the IIHF World Women's U18 Championships, with the first in 2012.^[6][7][8] In 2013, she was named a Media All Star as one of the top forwards in the tournament.^[9]

Nuutinen was selected to the Finnish national team for the 2014 Winter Olympics. She was the youngest player on the team. She played in all six games of the women's ice hockey tournament, scoring one goal.^[10] In 2018, she also appeared in all six games notching one goal and one assist.

Between Olympic appearances, Nuutinen has represented Finland in IIHF competition as part of the national team, earning World Championship bronze medals in 2015 and 2017. In 2019, she was a member of the historic silver medal winning Finnish national team at the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship, the first team to break the Canada-United States lock on World Championship gold and silver.

On 2 January 2026, she was named to Finland's roster to compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics.^[11]

Nuutinen is one of five siblings.^[12] As of the 2024–25 season, her younger sister Sofia (born 2002) plays with the Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey program in the Atlantic Hockey America conference of the NCAA Division I. Her younger sister Ella (born 2000) played with the Espoo Blues and Espoo United of the Naisten SM-sarja before ending her hockey career after the 2016–17 season.

Regular season and playoffs

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				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2011–12	Kiekko-Vantaa U16	U16 I-div. Q		5	0	3	3	0		–	–	–	–	–
2011–12	Kiekko-Vantaa U16	U16 II-div.		8	1	3	4	0		–	–	–	–	–
2011–12	Espoo Blues	NSMs		9	3	4	7	2		9	9	2	11	8
2012–13	Espoo Blues	NSMs		20	14	11	25	6		9	4	7	11	6
2013–14	Espoo Blues	NSMs		25	24	30	54	8		8	4	3	7	4
2014–15	Espoo Blues	NSMs		12	9	16	25	8		6	5	4	9	0
2015–16	Espoo Blues	NSMs		20	28	26	54	18		6	2	6	8	2
2016–17	North Dakota Fighting Hawks	NCAA		34	10	9	19	4		–	–	–	–	–
2017–18	Mercyhurst Lakers	NCAA		23	8	5	13	14		–	–	–	–	–
2018–19	Mercyhurst Lakers	NCAA		30	16	12	28	34		–	–	–	–	–
2019–20	Mercyhurst Lakers	NCAA		34	21	19	40	12		–	–	–	–	–
2020–21	Kiekko-Espoo	NSML		6	7	5	12	4		–	–	–	–	—
2022–23	Buffalo Beauts	PHF		24	4	6	10	10		–	–	–	–	—
2023–24	Kiekko-Espoo	NSML		31	28	35	63	24		10	6	9	15	2
2024–25	Kiekko-Espoo	NSML		30	27	38	65	8		12	8	8	16	6
NSMs/NSML totals				153	140	165	305	78		60	38	39	77	28
NCAA totals				121	55	45	100	64		–	–	–	–	–

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Sources: Elite Prospects,^[13] Finnish Ice Hockey Association,^[14] USCHO^[15]

International

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Year	Team	Event	Result		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2012	Finland	WC18	5th		5	1	1	2	4
2013	Finland	WC18	5th		5	5	3	8	10
2014	Finland	WC18	5th		5	3	4	7	2
2014	Finland	OG	5th		6	1	0	1	4
2015	Finland	WC			6	0	1	1	4
2017	Finland	WC			6	0	0	0	0
2018	Finland	OG			6	1	1	2	0
2019	Finland	WC			6	0	0	0	0
Junior totals					15	9	8	17	16
Senior totals					30	2	2	4	10

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