#Ida Kuoppala

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Skellefteå AIK players warm up before their games

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Naisleijonat roster for the 2019 Five Nations Tournament

Goaltenders 30 Meeri Räisänen, AIK (SDHL) 31 Noora Räty, Kunlun Red Star (KhHL) Defencemen 2 Sanni Rantala, Team Kuortane (NSML) 4 Rosa Lindstedt, HV71 (SDHL) 5 Aino Karppinen, Kärpät Oulu (NSML) 6 Jenni Hiirikoski, Luleå HF (SDHL) 8 Ronja Savolainen, Luleå HF (SDHL) 9 Nelli Laitinen, Kiekko-Espoo (NSML) 15 Minnamari Tuominen, Kiekko-Espoo (NSML) Forwards 7 Susanna Tapani, TPS Akatemia Turku (Naisten Jr. B Mestis) 10 Elisa Holopainen, KalPa Kuopio (NSML) 11 Annina Rajahuhta, Kiekko-Espoo (NSML) 12 Ida Karjalainen, HPK Hämeenlinna (NSML) 16 Petra Nieminen, Luleå HF (NSML) 18 Julia Liikala, HPK Hämeenlinna (NSML) 19 Tanja Niskanen, KalPa Kuopio (NSML) 21 Michelle Karvinen, Luleå HF (SDHL) 23 Sanni Hakala, HV71 (SDHL) 24 Noora Tulus, Luleå HF (SDHL) 25 Viivi Vainikka, Team Kuortane (NSML) 26 Ida Kuoppala, University of Maine (NCAA) 27 Matilda Nilsson, KalPa Kuopio (NSML)

NSML : Naisten Liiga 🇫🇮 | SDHL : Svenska Damhockeyligan 🇸🇪 | KhHL : Women’s Hockey League 🇷🇺+🇨🇳 | NCAA : National Collegiate Athletic Association 🇺🇸

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Women’s hockey news 6/1-6/16

News from around the women’s hockey world, only confirmed news and not rumors. It’s hard to cover every signing and extension so I try to filter to just the most notable but may miss something, feel free to add!

This is a long one as a heads up

PWHL (America/canada)

PWHL completed their draft! Full results are here

Corinne Schroeder signed a 2 year extension with PWHL New York

Lina Ljungblom (who was drafted in 2023 and played in the SDHL last year, winning SDHL league mvp) signs a three year deal with PWHL Montreal

Zoe Boyd and Natalie Snodgrass a one year extension with PWHL Ottawa, Aneta Tejralová signs a two year extension

Former Colgate University women’s hockey coach Greg Fargo is hired to coach PWHL New York

Natalie Darwitz is forced out of PWHL Minnesota, who will begin their GM search

Mélodie Daoust, Brittyn Fleming announced their retirement

PWHL Boston expected to stay at Tsongas next season

SDHL (Sweden)

Next years schedule has been released, with the season starting in September

Swedish national team defender Jessica Adolfsson signs with HV71. She was with Linköping last season

Forward Lisa Johansson signs with SDE HF. She was with Luleå last year

Italian defender Nadia Mattivi signs with Luleå. She spent the last several season with Boston University, where she was also captain

Finnish forward Ida Kuoppala signs with Skellefteå AIK. She spent the past few season with UMaine and was one of their top scorers

University of Minnesota Duluth and Bemidji state forward Reece Hunt signs with Luleå

SWHL/Postfinance Women League (Switzerland)

HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls sign two big names from Naisten Liiga. The first is Michaela Pejzlová, a star from Czechia who led Naisten Liiga in points, was a first team all star, and won her second championship. HIFK teammate Julia Liikala is the other player from Naisten Liiga joining, she was a second team all star for the league and played on Finland’s national team that won a gold medal

HC Ambrì-Piotta Girls also gets three players who played in the SWHL last year: the first is young Swiss goaltender Sofia Bernardasci, who’s played solid backup minutes the past two years on other teams. 23 year old Italian center Greta Niccolai, who represents her national team and also captained ladies team Lugano last year, joins the team as well. Lastly, young defender Valérie Christmann joins from HC Davos Ladies

Naisten Liiga (Finland)

Naisten Liiga schedule announced and can be viewed here. The season will star in September with a mini showcase in Turku where all teams will play their first few games

Forward Pauliina Salonen returns to HIFK. The 20 year old was one of their top producers last season and spent some time on the national team during their five nationals tournament

Kiekko-Espoo extend Minttu Tuominen, Tiia Pajarinen, Aliisa Toivonen, Siru Lehtopelto, Tea Villilä, Nea Katajamäki, Lisette Täks, and Nea Koskipalo. Tuominen, a star defender who was drafted by the PWHL but ended up playing in China and then Finland instead last year. Also notable is Pajarinen had 16 solid starts for Kiekko-Espoo last year, and got some looks on the national team. Tea Villilä has also been a mainstay producer on Kiekko-Espoo for the past several years. Täks finished with the most goals in Naisten Liiga. All this to say, Kiekko-Espoo has brought back significant core pieces

HIFK brings back goaltender Miia Vainio, who had the most shutouts last season

Tilli Keränen, who captained Finlands U18 team in 2022-2023, will play one more year at KalPa before going to the NCAA in 2025-2926

KalPa also brings back Captain Johanna Juutilainen

One of Ilves top scorers, Noora Mylläri, will return this year

EWHL (Central/eastern Europe + other assorted counties)

EV Bozen Eagles announced the signings of Justine Reyes and Kristen Guerriero to play in the EWHL and Italian women’s domestic league. Reyes was one of the SDHL’s top scorers last season, and Guerriero had a productive season in the SWHL

Veteran defender Enikő Tóth returns to the EWHL after spending last year in the SDHL, signing with MAC Budapest

IIHF

We got our locations and most of our times for all of women’s senior worlds in 2025! They are as follows:

Top division; ceske budejovice, Czechia from April 9-20

Division IA: shenzhen, China, dates TBA

Division IB: dumfries, great British, dates TBA

Division IIA: bytom, Poland from April 7-13

Division IIB: Dunedin, New Zealand from April 14-30

Division 3A: belgrade, Serbia from March 2-8

Division 3B: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina from February 20-26

We also have the U18 tournament dates!

Top division; Vantaa, Finland from January 5-12

Division IA: TBA

division IB: Katowice, Poland January 7-13

Division IIA: Riga, Latvia from January 13-19

Division IIB: Istanbul, turkey from January 18-24

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Biggest names NOT drafted

Laura Kluge

Ida Kuoppala

Emma Bergesen

Alexie Guay

Sini Karjalainen

Rylind Mackinnon

Nadia Mattivi

Klára peslarová

These players may try for training camp invites to sign as free agents, or pursue international opportunities if they have not already