Satu Kiipeli

Satu Kiipeli
Born	(1980-12-24) 24 December 1980 (age 44) Raahe, Finland
Height	174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Position	Defense
Shot	Left
Played for	Oulun Kärpät Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs Minnesota Whitecaps IHK Helsinki
Current NSML coach	Oulun Kärpät
Coached for	IHK Helsinki
National team	Finland
Playing career	1994–2015
Coaching career	2016–present

Satu Kiipeli (born 24 December 1980) is a Finnish retired ice hockey defenseman and assistant coach of Oulun Kärpät in the Naisten Liiga (NSML). During her career with the Finnish national team, she represented Finland in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and at the IIHF Women's World Championships in 2001 and 2005.[1][2]

Playing career

Kiipeli's senior career began in the 1994–95 season of the Naisten SM-sarja with Oulun Kärpät Naiset. She played six seasons in Finland with Kärpät before relocating to the United States in 2000 to play with the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey program in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) conference of the NCAA Division I.[3] With the Bulldogs, she won the NCAA Women's Ice Hockey Championship in 2001, 2002, and 2003.

Following graduation from the University of Minnesota Duluth in 2004, Kiipeli played the 2004–05 season with the Minnesota Whitecaps in the Western Women's Hockey League (WWHL).[4][5] In 2005, she moved back to Finland to begin her master's studies at the University of Jyväskylä and returned to playing in the Naisten SM-sarja, this time as captain of the women's team of Itä-Helsingin Kiekko (IHK).[6] During the 2006–07 season, she served as player-coach for IHK, capping the season with a Finnish Championship bronze medal win.[7]

In 2007, she left IHK to rejoin Oulun Kärpät and stayed with the team until her retirement from playing in 2015. With Kärpät she won the Aurora Borealis Cup in 2012 and a bronze medal in the 2013 IIHF European Women's Champions Cup.[8]

Personal life

As of 2021^[update], Kiipeli is a member of the board of the Naisjääkiekkoilijoiden Alumni ('Women's Ice Hockey Alumni [Association]'), a subsidiary of the Alumni Association of the Liiga (Liiga Alumni ry).[9]

See also

• List of Olympic women's ice hockey players for Finland
• List of Finnish women in North American collegiate ice hockey

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Satu Kiipeli Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
2. Murtovaara, Helge (13 February 2006). "Kiipeleillä katsotaan Sadun pelit". Kaleva (in Finnish). Retrieved 14 May 2022.
3. Kippola, Jouni (19 April 2005). "Historia - Raahelainen jääkiekko 1948-2005". Raahe-Kiekko (in Finnish). Retrieved 14 May 2022.
4. "Satu Kiipeli". Kaleva (in Finnish). 13 February 2006. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
5. "Suomen naisten MM-joukkue". Turun Sanomat (in Finnish). 29 March 2005. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
6. "URA:n opiskeluapuraha Jesse Louhelaiselle, Mira Nevansuulle ja Hanna Pitkäselle". Suomen Ampumaurheiluliitto (in Finnish). 16 December 2006. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
7. "Jääkiekon naisten SM-sarjassa mitalipelit käyntiin". Yle (in Finnish). 2 March 2007. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
8. "Kärppien naisten historia". Oulun Kärpät 46 (in Finnish). 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
9. "Naisjääkiekkoilijoiden Alumni". Liiga Alumni (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 1 March 2022. Retrieved 14 May 2022.

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
• Satu Kiipeli at Olympedia (archive)