Sanni Hakala

Sanni Hakala
Born (1997-10-31) 31 October 1997 (age 27)
Jyväskylä, Finland
Height 1.54 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight 55 kg (121 lb; 8 st 9 lb)
Position Winger
Shot Left
Played for JYP Jyväskylä
Oulun Kärpät
HV71
National team  Finland
Playing career 2012–2023
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Pyeongchang Ice hockey
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Beijing Ice hockey
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Finland
Bronze medal – third place 2017 United States
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Canada

Sanni Hakala (born 31 October 1997) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player and former member of the Finnish national team.

She played more than seven seasons with HV71 in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) after beginning her career in the Finnish Naisten SM-sarja (renamed Naisten Liiga in 2017) with JYP Jyväskylä and Oulun Kärpät.[1]

In 2023, Hakala suffered a serious injury during a SDHL match that left her paralyzed from the chest down, ending her career at the age of 26.[2]

  1. ^ "IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Team Roster: FIN - Finland" (PDF). IIHF. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
  2. ^ Niemistö, Juho (30 November 2023). "Sanni Hakala kertoo halvaantuneensa". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 30 November 2023.