Ilves Naiset

Tampereen Ilves Naiset
	Tampereen Ilves Naiset
City	Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
League	Naisten Liiga
Founded	1982
Home arena	Tesoman jäähalli
Colors	Green, yellow, black, white;
General manager	Lasse Tuorila
Head coach	Linda Leppänen
Captain	Anna Kilponen
Parent club(s)	Ilves ry
Championships	1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2006, 2010
	Website; team website

Tampereen Ilves Naiset is the representative women's ice hockey team of the Finnish sports club Ilves, based in Tampere. They play in the Naisten Liiga, the premier women's ice hockey league in Finland. Ilves is the only team in the Naisten Liiga to have iced a team every season since the establishment of the league in 1982. The team holds the second-most Finnish Championship titles in league history, with ten, and have won the most total Finnish Championship medals, with 28 (10 gold, 12 silver, 6 bronze).

Team honours[]

Finnish Championship[]

01 Gold Finnish Champions (10): 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 2006, 2010
02 Silver Runners-up (12): 1983, 1989, 1994, 1995, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2018,^[1] 2019^[2]
03 Bronze Third Place (6): 1984, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2015

IIHF European Women's Champions Cup[]

Gold (1): 2011

Source: ^[3]

Retired numbers[]

#10 Anne Haanpää
#16 Marianne Ihalainen

Players and personnel[]

2020–21 roster[]

Updated 31 August 2020^[4]^[5]^[6]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
36	FIN	Keisala, AnniAnni Keisala	1.0 G	L	27	2018	Lohja, Uusimaa, Finland
30	FIN	Oinonen, RiikkaRiikka Oinonen	1.0 G	L	27	2020	Vantaa, Uusimaa, Finland
1	FIN	Vartia-Koivisto, ViiviViivi Vartia-Koivisto	1.0 G	L	32	2019	Huittinen, Satakunta, Finland
5	FIN	Kilponen, AnnaAnna Kilponen (C)	2.0 D	L	29	2020	Orivesi, Pirkanmaa, Finland
8	FIN	Koskinen, JosefinaJosefina Koskinen	2.0 D	L	20	2020
14	FIN	Kulhua, KreettaKreetta Kulhua (A)	2.0 D	R	29	2018	Kankaanpää, Satakunta, Finland
23	FIN	Lehikoinen, SannaSanna Lehikoinen	2.0 D	L	25	2020
4	FIN	Lehtiniemi, JennaJenna Lehtiniemi (A)	2.0 D	L	26	2014	Ikaalinen, Pirkanmaa, Finland
33	FIN	Mäkinen, RonjaRonja Mäkinen	2.0 D	L	20	2020	Vantaa, Uusimaa, Finland
31	FIN	Rouhiainen, OonaOona Rouhiainen	2.0 D	L	24	2018	Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi, Finland
25	FIN	Siira, JohannaJohanna Siira	2.0 D	L	27	2017	Mäntsälä, Uusimaa, Finland
55	FIN	Timonen, Nanna-KatariinaNanna-Katariina Timonen	2.0 D	L	18	2019
26	FIN	Jokikokko, JanetteJanette Jokikokko	3.0 F	L	27	2020	Oulu, Pohjois-Pohjanmaa, Finland
19	FIN	Kauhanen, HilmaHilma Kauhanen	3.0 F	L	28	2012	Pirkkala, Pirkanmaa, Finland
77	FIN	Laitila, HannaHanna Laitila	3.0 F	L	30	2020	Ylöjärvi, Pirkanmaa, Finland
98	FIN	Lindroth, VeeraVeera Lindroth	3.0 F	L	23	2020	Rauma, Satakunta, Finland
22	FIN	Narinen, KiiaKiia Narinen	3.0 F	L	22	2020	Lappeenranta, Etelä-Karjala, Finland
18	FIN	Ollikainen, TuuliTuuli Ollikainen	3.0 F	L	23	2020
17	FIN	Ollikainen, VeeraVeera Ollikainen	3.0 F	L	23	2020
20	FIN	Palosaari, AinoAino Palosaari	3.0 F	L	19	2020	Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
12	FIN	Parkkonen, PihlaPihla Parkkonen	3.0 F	L	23	2020	Mikkeli, Etelä-Savo, Finland
9	FIN	Puputti, HelenHelen Puputti (A)	3.0 F	L	28	2019	Hollola, Päijät-Häme, Finland
3	FIN	Riipinen, VenlaVenla Riipinen	3.0 F	L	25	2019	Mikkeli, Etelä-Savo, Finland
44	FIN	Suokko, JennaJenna Suokko (A)	3.0 F	L	29	2017	Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
21	FIN	Teivaala, HelmiHelmi Teivaala	3.0 F	L	28	2018	Hyvinkää, Uusimaa, Finland
6	FIN	Tenhunen, PinjaPinja Tenhunen	3.0 F	L	23	2020	Jyväskylä, Keski-Suomi, Finland
28	FIN	Tervala, MariMari Tervala	3.0 F	L	25	2017	Joensuu, Pohjois-Karjala, Finland
11	FIN	Varpula, EmiliaEmilia Varpula	3.0 F	L	25	2020	Kuortane, Etelä-Pohjanmaa, Finland

Current team staff[]

Updated 2 September 2020^[7]

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

Team captaincy history[]

Marianne Ihalainen, 1990–1998
Mari Östring, 1999–2000
Marianne Ihalainen, 2000–01
Evelina Similä, 2001–02
Mari Saarinen, 2007–2011
Johanna Koivula, 2011–2014
Anna Kilponen, 2014–15
Satu-Annika Parkusjärvi, 2015–16
Anne Tuomanen, 2016–17
Linda Välimäki Leppänen, 2017–18^[8]
Anne Tuomanen, 2018–19
Johanna Juutilainen, 2019–20
Anna Kilponen, 2020–present

Head coaches[]

Markku Hannunkivi, 1992–93
Petteri Linna & Jarmo Nurmi, 1994–1996
Janne Hakala & Markku Hannunkivi, 1996–97
Antti Kallioinen & Ville Tolvanen, 1997–1999
Tapio Koho, 1999–2002
Marianne Ihalainen, 2002–2006
Samuli Marjeta, 2009–13 January 2012
Severi Lehtonen, 13 January 2012–2012
Timo Lindqvist, 2012–28 October 2012
Jouko Urvikko, 28 October 2012–2013
Osmo Lindström, 2014–2016
Mari Saarinen, 2016–2018
Jarmo Jamalainen, 2018–19
Ville Tolvanen, 2019–20
Linda Välimäki Leppänen, 2020–present

Franchise records[]

Note: Nat = Nationality; Pos = Position; GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; P/G = Points per game

Single-season records[]

Most goals in a season: Tiia Reima, 56 goals (24 games; 1993–94)
Most assists in a season: Jenni Hiirikoski, 39 assists (19 games; 2009–10)
Most points in a season: Tiia Reima, 85 points (24 games; 1993–94)
Most points in a season, defenceman: Kirsi Hirvonen, 56 points (23 games; 1993–94)
Most points per game (P/G) in a season, over ten games played: Linda Valimaki Leppänen, 4.05 P/G (19 games; 2009–10)
Most penalty minutes (PIM) in a season: Rosa Lindstedt, 84 PIM (24 games; 2010–11)
Best save percentage in a season, over ten games played: Vilma Vaattovaara, .951 SV% (16 games; 2011–12)
Best goals against average (GAA) in a season, over ten games played: Vilma Vaattovaara, 1.09 GAA (16 games; 2011–12)

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
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	P/G
Ihalainen, MarianneMarianne Ihalainen	F	323	320	282	602	1.864
Koivula, JohannaJohanna Koivula	F	495	186	302	488	0.986
Saarinen, MariMari Saarinen	F	315	158	180	338	1.073
Leppänen, LindaLinda Leppänen	F	157	182	149	331	2.108
Reima, TiiaTiia Reima	F	159	198	127	325	2.044
Fisk, SariSari Fisk	F	196	180	144	324	1.653
Lehtimäki, MarikaMarika Lehtimäki	F	166	113	124	237	1.428
Pihala, TiinaTiina Pihala	F	167	88	136	224	1.341
Nurmi, AnneAnne Nurmi	F	124	116	98	214	1.726
Peltonen, JaanaJaana Peltonen	F	179	106	103	209	1.168

Source(s): ^[9]

Notable alumni[]

Years active with Ilves listed with players' names

Anna Aaltomaa, 1992–2006
Kati Ahonen, 1982–1989
Sari Fisk Marjamäki, 1993–2002
Anne Haanpää, 1983–1986, 1987–1991 & 1997–1998
Päivi Halonen Virta, 1982–1990
Maija Hassinen-Sullanmaa, 2003–2008
Jenni Hiirikoski, 2001–2005, 2007–2008, & 2009–2010
Kirsi Hirvonen, 1989–1994
Marianne Ihalainen, 1982–2001
Johanna Koivula, 1997–2018
Marika Lehtimäki, 1989–1998
Miia Lehtimäki, 1989–1995
Nina Linde, 2004–2006 & 2009–2010
Leena Majaranta, 1982–1990
Satu Niinimäki, 2007–2013 & 2016–2018
Heidi Pelttari, 2002–2006 & 2010–2015
Jaana Peltonen, 1982–1996
Tiia Reima, 1988–1994 & 1996–2000
Mari Saarinen, 1998–2012 & 2014–2015
Liisa-Maria Sneck, 1989–1994
Linda Välimäki Leppänen, 2005–2010 & 2017–2019
Patricia Zum Hingst, 1996–1999

References[]

↑ Foster, Meredith (2018-03-26). Kärpät, Ilves headed to Aurora Borealis Cup Final.
↑ Foster, Meredith (2019-03-26). The Espoo Blues are the 2019 Aurora Borealis Cup Champions.
↑ Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto. Jääkiekkokirja 2019–2020 (in fi). Uusi Suomi/Kiekkolehti. OCLC 476321083.
↑ Tampereen Ilves Naiset • Joukkue (fi).
↑ Kokoonpano Ilves - Naisten Liiga, alkusarja (fi). Finnish Ice Hockey Association (June 2020).
↑ Liiga (W) – Ilves, 2020-2021 Roster (en).
↑ Yhteystiedot • Tampereen Ilves Naiset (fi).
↑ Foster, Meredith (2017-10-03). Linda Välimäki hits 300-goal milestone in the Naisten Liiga.
↑ All Time Regular Season Player Stats for Ilves - Liiga (W).

External links[]

Team information and statistics from Eliteprospects.com and Eurohockey.com and Hockeyarchives.info (in French)
Official website (in Finnish)
Ilves Naiset on Facebook
Ilves Naiset on Twitter

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[1] Foster, Meredith (2018-03-26). Kärpät, Ilves headed to Aurora Borealis Cup Final.

[2] Foster, Meredith (2019-03-26). The Espoo Blues are the 2019 Aurora Borealis Cup Champions.

[3] Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto. Jääkiekkokirja 2019–2020 (in fi). Uusi Suomi/Kiekkolehti. OCLC 476321083.

[4] Tampereen Ilves Naiset • Joukkue (fi).

[5] Kokoonpano Ilves - Naisten Liiga, alkusarja (fi). Finnish Ice Hockey Association (June 2020).

[6] Liiga (W) – Ilves, 2020-2021 Roster (en).

[7] Yhteystiedot • Tampereen Ilves Naiset (fi).

[8] Foster, Meredith (2017-10-03). Linda Välimäki hits 300-goal milestone in the Naisten Liiga.

[9] All Time Regular Season Player Stats for Ilves - Liiga (W).

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Naisten Liiga
Seasons	1982–83 - 1983–84 - 1984–85 - 1985–86 - 1986–87 - 1987–88 - 1988–89 - 1989–90 - 1990–91 - 1991–92 - 1992–93 - 1993–94 - 1994–95 - 1995–96 - 1996–97 - 1997–98 - 1998–99 - 1999–2000 - 2000–01 - 2001–02 - 2002–03 - 2003–04 - 2004–05 - 2005–06 - 2006–07 - 2007–08 - 2008–09 - 2009–10 - 2010–11 - 2011–12 - 2012–13 - 2013–14 - 2014–15 - 2015–16 - 2016–17 - 2017–18 - 2018–19 - 2019–20 - 2020–21 - 2021–22 - 2022–23
Current teams (2023–24)	HIFK - HPK - Ilves - KalPa - Kiekko-Espoo - Kärpät - RoKi - Team Kuortane - TPS
Former teams	APV - Ässät - EVU - HJK - IHK - JYP - Ketterä - KJT Haukat - KS Noux - LoKV - Lukko - Salo HT - Shakers - Sport - Team China - Y-Ilves
Trophies and awards	Aurora Borealis Cup - Riikka Nieminen Award - Katja Riipi Award - Päivi Halonen Award - Tuula Puputti Award - Marianne Ihalainen Award - Tiia Reima Award - Karoliina Rantamäki Award - Emma Laaksonen Award - Noora Räty Award - Hannu Saintula Award - All-Stars
Other	Naisten Mestis - Finland women's national ice hockey team - Finland women's national under-18 ice hockey team Liiga - Mestis - Finland men's national ice hockey team
Finnish Ice Hockey Association • IIHF European Women's Champions Cup