Kirsi Hänninen
Finnish ice hockey player
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Kirsi Maaria Hänninen (born 3 October 1976 in Joensuu, Finland) is a Finnish retired ice hockey defenceman and pesäpallo player. She played 116 games with the Finnish national ice hockey team and won a bronze medal with them in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 1998 Winter Olympics.[1]
| Kirsi Hänninen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
3 October 1976 | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb; 10 st 10 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
JoKP Joensuu Kiekko-Espoo JYP Jyväskylä KalPa Kuopio Oulun Kärpät | ||
| National team |
 Finland | ||
| Playing career | 1992–2002 | ||
Playing career
Over her ten-year ice hockey career, Hänninen played with five different teams in the Naisten SM-sarja, the highest level women's hockey league in Finland. She spent four seasons, from 1996 to 2000, with JYP Jyväskylä and won the SM-sarja Championship with them in 1996 and 1997. She also played with JoKP (1992–93), Kiekko-Espoo (1993–94), KalPa (1995–96), and Oulun Kärpät (2001-02).[2]
Hänninen is well known in Finland for her career in the Superpesis, Finland's top pesäpallo league, where she competed from 1993 to 2005 and was a five-time Finnish Champion.[3]
Personal life
Hänninen is a founding member of VRT Finland, an underwater structural inspection company operating in the Baltic Sea and Central Europe, and ias CEO of the company.[4]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1992-93 | JoKP | SM-sarja |
12 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1993-94 | Kiekko-Espoo | SM-sarja |
19 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 32 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1994-95 | JYP | I-divisioona |
8 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1995-96 | KalPa | SM-sarja |
23 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 66 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1996-97 | JyP HT | SM-sarja |
22 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | ||
| 1997-98 | JYP | SM-sarja |
14 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 1998-99 | JYP | SM-sarja |
19 | 13 | 12 | 25 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20 | ||
| 1999-00 | JYP | SM-sarja |
25 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 34 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2000-01 | Kärpät | SM-sarja |
9 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
International
Awards and honors
| Award | Year |
|---|---|
| Naisten SM-sarja Champion | 1997 (JyP HT)
1998 (JYP) |
| Most Points by a Defenceman | 1998 (7 points) tied with Thérèse Brisson |
| Best Defenceman | 1999 |
| IIHF World Women's Championships All-Star Team | 1999 |
| Suomen Jääkiekkoleijona Inducted to the Hockey Hall of Fame Finland |
2018 |
| Award | Year |
|---|---|
| Superpesis Best Runner
Most Runs in the Regular Season |
1995, 1996, 2000 |
| Superpesis Champion | 1996 (Jyväskylän Kiri)
1997 (Jyväskylän Kiri) 2000 (PattU) |
| Finnish Pesäpallo Association Player of the Year
Suomen Pesäpalloliitto Naispesäpalloilijaksi |
2000, 2004 |
| Superpesis Best Batter
Most Hits in the Regular Season |
2004 |
| Superpesis Golden Bat
Player-elected Best Offensive Player |
2004 |
