KalPa Naiset

Kalevan Pallo Naiset
Kalevan Pallo Naiset
	2020–21 Naisten Liiga season
City	Kuopio, North Savo, Finland
League	Naisten Liiga
Founded	1990
Home arena	Olvi Areena; Lippumäen jäähalli
Colours	Black, gold;
General manager	Johanna Koskinen; Jukka Koskinen
Head coach	Marjo Voutilainen
Captain	Emma Ritari
Affiliates	KalPa Akatemia
Website	juniorikalpa.fi

Kalevan Pallo (KalPa) Naiset is a Finnish women's ice hockey team based in Kuopio. They play in the Naisten Liiga, the premier women's hockey league in Finland, where the team has won three Finnish Championship bronze medals. In 2020, the team qualified for the Aurora Borealis Cup final and were set to face off against the reigning champions, Kiekko-Espoo, when the playoffs were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic before the first game of the finals. By making it to the playoff finals, KalPa was guaranteed at least a silver medal, which would have been the team’s highest finish ever, but with the cancellation of the season no Finnish Championship medals were awarded.[1]

Season-by-season results

This is a partial list of the last five seasons completed by KalPa Naiset.
Note: Finish = Rank at end of regular season; GP = Games played, W = Wins (3 points), OTW = Overtime wins (2 points), OTL = Overtime losses (1 point), L = Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against, Pts = Points, Top scorer: Points (Goals+Assists)

Season	League	Preliminaries and regular season										Post season results
Season	League	Finish	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	Pts	Top scorer	Post season results
2015–16	Naisten SM-sarja	6th	28	7	1	1	19	47	124	24	Jo. Juutilainen 32 (10+22)	Lost quarterfinal, 0–2 (HPK)
2016–17	Naisten SM-sarja	3rd	28	17	1	4	6	100	72	57	T. Niskanen 36 (15+21)	Won bronze medal, 1–0 (HPK)
2017–18	Naisten Liiga	6th	30	14	2	1	13	112	92	47	T. Niskanen 44 (20+24)	Lost quarterfinal, 1–3 (Blues)
2018–19	Naisten Liiga	4th	30	19	0	0	11	154	83	57	T. Niskanen 79 (31+48)	Lost bronze medal, 0–1 (Kärpät)
2019–20	Naisten Liiga	3rd	30	17	4	2	3	124	64	61	E. Holopainen 62 (37+25)	Won semifinal, 3–0 (Ilves) Finals cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

Players and personnel

2020–21 roster

As of 7 September 2020[2][3]

#	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace
31	Susanna Airaksinen	G	L	28	2020	Kuopio, North Savo, Finland
49	Selina Hakala	F	R	23	2017	Anjalankoski, Kymenlaakso, Finland
19	Vilma Hokkanen	D	L	19	2018	Jyväskylä, Central Finland, Finland
10	Elisa Holopainen	F	L	19	2016	Tuusniemi, North Savo, Finland
37	Jenna Juutilainen	G	L	30	2020	Varkaus, North Savo, Finland
17	Johanna Juutilainen (A)	F	L	30	2020	Varkaus, North Savo, Finland
15	Ronja Karhunen	F	L	21	2016	Kuopio, North Savo, Finland
12	Liisa Kastikainen	F	L	20	2016	Outokumpu, North Karelia, Finland
2	Inka Katajisto	F	L	20	2018	Pyhäselkä, North Karelia, Finland
8	Venla Kirjavainen	D	R	18	2017	Varkaus, North Savo, Finland
24	Mirka Kivi	D	L	18	2019	Valkeakoski, Pirkanmaa, Finland
16	Tanja Koljonen	D	L	25	2020	Mikkeli, South Savo, Finland
45	Vilma Lampinen	F	R	24	2017	Kuusankoski, Kymenlaakso, Finland
14	Ella-Maria Lappi	F	L	21	2014	Elimäki, Kymenlaakso, Finland
41	Julia Manninen	F	L	18	2019	Savonlinna, South Savo, Finland
5	Elli Mäkelä	D	L	20	2020	Kotka, Kymenlaakso, Finland
28	Matilda Nilsson	F	L	23	2014	Espoo, Uusimaa, Finland
61	Tanja Niskanen (A)	F	L	28	2016	Juankoski, North Savo, Finland
18	Eveliina Nurmi	D	L	23	2017	Alavus, South Ostrobothnia, Finland
46	Noora Oksanen	D	L	18	2019	Jyväskylä, Central Finland, Finland
11	Riikka Pelkonen	F	L	24	2012	Kuopio, North Savo, Finland
55	Tiina Ranne	G	L	26	2017	Harjavalta, Satakunta, Finland
22	Salla Rantanen	F	L	28	2012	Riihimäki, Kanta-Häme, Finland
7	Emma Ritari (C)	D	L	26	2017	Joensuu, North Karelia, Finland
27	Saila Saari	F	L	31	2020	Alavus, South Ostrobothnia, Finland
26	Jutta-Janita Suomalainen	F	R	28	2018
23	Emmi Tirkkonen	F	L	16	2020

Current team staff

As of 29 August 2020[4]

Head Coach: Marjo Voutilainen
Assistant Coach: Lauri Saari
Conditioning Coach: Jaakko Uhlbäck
Team Managers: Taina Lappi & Sofia Lipponen
Equipment Managers: Lasse Herranen, Jari Hämäläinen & Jani Kirstinä
Treasurer: Teija Savolainen-Lipponen

Team captains

Johanna Juutilainen, 2010–11
Isa Rahunen, 2011–12
Marjo Voutilainen, 2012–13
Venla Hovi & Anni Kettunen, 2013–14
Johanna Juutilainen, 2015–2018
Tanja Niskanen, 2018–19[5]
Tiina Ranne & Emma Ritari, 2019–20[6]
Emma Ritari, 2020–present

Head coaches

Marjo Voutilainen , 2016–present

Team honours

Finnish Championship

Third Place (3) : 1995, 1996, 2017

Source: [7]

Team records

Single-season records

Most goals in a season: Matilda Nilsson, 39 goals (30 games; 2018–19)
Most assists in a season: Tanja Niskanen, 48 assists (29 games; 2018–19)
Most points in a season: Tanja Niskanen, 79 points (29 games; 2018–19)
Most points in a season, defenceman: Kirsi Hänninen, 30 points (23 games; 1995–96)
Most penalty minutes in a season: Kirsi Hänninen, 66 PIM (23 games; 1995–96)
Best save percentage in a season, over ten games played: Tiina Ranne, .942 SVS% (18 games; 2019–20)
Best goals against average in a season, over ten games played: Tiina Ranne, 1.91 GAA (18 games; 2019–20)

Career records

Most career goals: Tanja Niskanen, 238 goals (278 games; 2006–2020)
Most career assists: Tanja Niskanen, 215 assists (278 games; 2006–2020)
Most career points: Tanja Niskanen, 453 points (278 games; 2006–2020)
Best career points per game, over 30 games played: Elisa Holopainen, 1.76 points per game (104 games; 2016–2020)
Most career points, defenceman: Emma Ritari, 92 points (226 games; 2009–2020)
Most career penalty minutes: Salla Rantanen, 268 PIM (193 games; 2012–2020)
Most games played, skater: Tanja Niskanen, 495 games (2006–2020)
Most games played, goaltender: Jenna Juutilainen, 113 games (2009–2017)

All-time scoring leaders

The top point-scorers in KalPa Naiset history.

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

Points
Player	Pos	GP	G	A	Pts	P/G
Tanja Niskanen	C	265	238	215	453	1.709
Matilda Nilsson	W	167	145	116	261	1.563
Johanna Juutilainen	C	227	110	147	257	1.132
Marjo Voutilainen	F	177	86	101	187	1.056
Elisa Holopainen	LW	104	94	89	183	1.760
Salla Rantanen	F	193	71	74	145	0.751
Kati Kovalainen	F	70	72	35	107	1.529
Emma Ritari	D	226	33	59	92	0.407
Eija Rahunen	F	80	28	54	82	1.025
Tiina Paananen	F	58	46	35	82	1.397
Isa Rahunen	D	135	34	47	81	0.600

Source(s): Elite Prospects[8]

Notable alumni

Years active with KalPa listed alongside players' names.[9]

Venla Hovi, 2012–2014
Kirsi Hänninen, 1995–96
Nozomi Kiribuchi, 2015–16
Kati Kovalainen, 1993–1996
Rose Matilainen, 1993–1996
Terhi Mertanen, 1999–2001
Oona Parviainen, 1993–1999
Tuula Puputti, 1992–1995
Isa Rahunen, 2006–2013
Riikka Sallinen, 1995–96
Eve Savander, 2013–14
Marjo Voutilainen, 1995–2001 & 2010–2014

References

Pulkkinen, Aki-Petteri (27 May 2020). "Näkemys: Naiskiekolle ei jäänyt kaudesta mitään käteen − Korona ryösti vuoden työn". Jatkoaika.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 30 August 2020.
"Liiga (W) - KalPa". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
"Kokoonpano KalPa - Naisten Liiga, alkusarja". tilastopalvelu.com (in Finnish). Finnish Ice Hockey Association. June 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
"KalPa Naisten joukkue kaudella 2020-2021". juniorikalpa.fi (in Finnish). 23 July 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
Foster, Meredith (30 November 2018). "Q&A with Tanja Niskanen". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
"Naisten Liigan avausturnaus Kuopiossa - esittelyssä kauden 2019-2020 joukkue". juniorikalpa.fi (in Finnish). 4 September 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto; Liiga. Aaltonen, Juha (ed.). Jääkiekkokirja 2019–2020 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Uusi Suomi/Kiekkolehti. ISSN 0784-3321. OCLC 476321083.
"Naisten Liiga (W) – All Time Regular Season Player Stats for KalPa". EliteProspects.com. Retrieved 7 December 2020.
"All Time Overall Totals Player Stats for KalPa - Liiga (W)". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 30 August 2020.

External links

Team information and statistics from Eliteprospects.com and Eurohockey.com and Hockeyarchives.info (in French)
KalPa Naiset on Facebook
KalPa Naiset on Instagram

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[1] Pulkkinen, Aki-Petteri (27 May 2020). "Näkemys: Naiskiekolle ei jäänyt kaudesta mitään käteen − Korona ryösti vuoden työn". Jatkoaika.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 30 August 2020.

[2] "Liiga (W) - KalPa". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 30 August 2020.

[3] "Kokoonpano KalPa - Naisten Liiga, alkusarja". tilastopalvelu.com (in Finnish). Finnish Ice Hockey Association. June 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2020.

[4] "KalPa Naisten joukkue kaudella 2020-2021". juniorikalpa.fi (in Finnish). 23 July 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2020.

[5] Foster, Meredith (30 November 2018). "Q&A with Tanja Niskanen". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 22 July 2019.

[6] "Naisten Liigan avausturnaus Kuopiossa - esittelyssä kauden 2019-2020 joukkue". juniorikalpa.fi (in Finnish). 4 September 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2019.

[7] Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto; Liiga. Aaltonen, Juha (ed.). Jääkiekkokirja 2019–2020 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Uusi Suomi/Kiekkolehti. ISSN 0784-3321. OCLC 476321083.

[8] "Naisten Liiga (W) – All Time Regular Season Player Stats for KalPa". EliteProspects.com. Retrieved 7 December 2020.

[9] "All Time Overall Totals Player Stats for KalPa - Liiga (W)". eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 30 August 2020.

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