Team Kuortane

Team Kuortane
CityKuortane, Finland
LeagueAuroraliiga
Founded2010 (2010)
Home arenaKuortaneen jäähalli
ColoursWhite, blue
   
Owner(s)Finnish Ice Hockey Association
Head coachJuuso Nieminen
CaptainKerttu Lehmus
Franchise history
2010–2014Team Oriflame Kuortane
2014–presentTeam Kuortane
Championships
U20 Finnish Championship6 (2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
Current season

Team Kuortane is an ice hockey team in the Auroraliiga, the premier women's hockey league in Finland. They are based at the Kuortaneen urheilulukio in Kuortane, a small town in South Ostrobothnia, and play at the Kuortaneen jäähalli (lit.'Kuortane Ice Hall'). The team was founded by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association in 2010 as part of its initiative to develop the ice hockey skills of young women in Finland.[1] Since its creation, approximately half of all national under-18 team rosters have been filled by players from Team Kuortane.[2][3][4] For sponsorship reasons, the team was called Team Oriflame Kuortane during 2010 to 2014.[5]

  1. ^ "Sinille ja Saralle SM-kultaa – Team Kuortane voitti A-tyttöjen Suomen kiekkomestaruuden". Koillissanomat (in Finnish). 27 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  2. ^ Pakarinen, Risto (10 January 2023). "A view from the top". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  3. ^ Oliver, Nathaniel (18 January 2018). "Is Finland's Elli Mäkelä the Next Kimmo Timonen?". The Hockey Writers. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Kuortaneen urheilulukio - Jääkiekko". kuortane.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Team Oriflame Kuortane nuorella joukkueella SM-sarjaan". leijonat.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Ice Hockey Association. 10 September 2010. Retrieved 16 July 2019.