Jenni Hiirikoski

Jenni Hiirikoski
Hiirikoski (center) representing Finland at the 2011 IIHF World Championship
Born (1987-03-30) 30 March 1987 (age 37)
Lempäälä, Finland
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 62 kg (137 lb; 9 st 11 lb)
Position Defense
Shoots Left
SDHL team
Former teams		 Luleå HF/MSSK
National team  Finland
Playing career 2001–present
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Vancouver Ice hockey
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Pyeongchang Ice hockey
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Beijing Ice hockey
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2019 Finland
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Canada
Bronze medal – third place 2008 China
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Finland
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Switzerland
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Sweden
Bronze medal – third place 2017 United States
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Canada
Bronze medal – third place 2024 United States

Jenni Hiirikoski (born 30 March 1987) is a Finnish ice hockey player and captain of the Finnish national team and Luleå HF/MSSK in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL).[1]

She is widely considered one of the best active ice hockey defensemen in the world, having won the IIHF Directorate Best Defenceman award seven times during the 2010s.[2][3][4] She is currently the second all-time leading scorer among SDHL defenders and the third all-time leading scorer for Luleå, winning three SDHL championships with the club, has been named SDHL Defender of the Year twice, and is one of only two players to have been named top Olympic defender twice.[5]

  1. ^ "Athlete Profile: Jenni Hiirikoski, Ice Hockey". Vancouver2010.com. The Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. 2010. Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  2. ^ Murphy, Mike; Foster, Meredith (14 October 2018). "Jenni Hiirikoski is the Best Defender in the World". The Ice Garden. Archived from the original on 9 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  3. ^ Oliver, Nathaniel (5 September 2018). "Jenni Hiirikoski Goes One-On-One & Shares Some Fun Facts". The Hockey Writers. Archived from the original on 9 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  4. ^ Podnieks, Andrew (1 January 2020). "Top women's hockey moments of the 2010s". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
  5. ^ ""När jag var ung ville jag också komma till NHL"". HockeySverige (in Swedish). 11 September 2019. Archived from the original on 24 August 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2020.