#liiga alumni

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Women’s hockey roundup 5/19-6/1

Please note this is not intended to cover every single transaction or news story but tries to condense the most noteworthy. Some stuff does slip by me especially with language barrier, so feel free to add!

PWHL (America/Canada)

PWHL Minnesota are the first ever PWHL champions! Taylor Heise is your first ever PWHL MVP

List of eligible draft picks are announced. Tje list includes some players who do have contracts for overseas leagues next season, but whose contracts include an opt out clause if they make a PWHL team. The draft is June 10th

Teams can now negotiate with their pending free agents. Unrestricted free agency begins June 21st

Brittany Howard (Toronto) is retiring.

Matt Porter of the Boston Globe reports that Jess Healey (Boston) will also be retiring

Next season to start in November, and be 30 games long

SDHL (Sweden)

Rickard Hårdstam will serve as Djurgårdens general manager as well as coaxh

Norwegian national team goalie and NCAA star Ena Nystrøm signs with Brynäs. Her contract does include a PWHL opt out clause and she will enter the draft

Amanda Rampado, who posted a .930 save percentage with RPI in the ncaa last year, signs with Färjestad. Currently, Färjestad plays in Sweden’s second level league

Czech defender and veteran player Adéla Jůzková signs with Färjestad. She most recently played in Germany

Goaltender Camryn Drever, USports first team all star with university of Saskatchewan, signs with Skellefteå AIK. Her contract has a PWHL opt out clause

Clarkson University captain Brooke McQuigge signs with Modo Hockey. Her contract includes a PWHL opt out clause

Clarkson Defender Alexie Guay signs with Modo Hockey. Her contract includes a PWHL opt out clause

Veteran defender Lindsay Agnew signs with Linköping after spending last season with Frölunda

15 year old forward and U-18 danish national team player Nikita Bergmann signs with Skellefteå AIK

Finnish national team player Eve Savander signs with Linköping after playing with MoDo Hockey last year

18 year old Swedish defender Hilda Ljungberg joins Leksands. She most recently played with Brynäs and the u-18 Swedish national team

Stonehill college captain Grace Parker joins Färjestad, the second Stonehill alumni to go pro

SWHL/Postfinance Women League (Switzerland)

SC Bern Frauen announced a bunch of signings, most notably Lea MacLeod (most recently in Germany) and goaltender Nadia Häner (most recently with SC Langenthal Damen in the SWHL.) They also announced star defender Sarah Forster would not return to the team

Robert Morris/St Lawrence university forward Shailynn Snow joins HC Fribourg-Gottéron Ladies

Naisten Liiga (Finland)

16 year old center Vilma Nurmisto, who represented Finland on the U-18 team, returns to TPS

A few big re-signins for Roki: -17 year old Czech forward Magdaléna Felcmanová, who was on Czechia's U-18 team that won bronze will return. -Also returning is forward Moona Keskisarja who was second in scoring last season for RoKi. -Another young RoKi core player, 17 year old Slovakian defender Alexandra Mateičková, returns. She averaged 30 minutes a night last year of ice time. -RoKi's leading goal scorer, Czech forward Anna Kalová, returns

Goaltender Melisa Mörönen returns to Ilves after posting a .915 in 13 starts last year. They will also bring back assistant captain Helen Puputti, who was over a point per game last year. Their high scoring blue liner, Elli Suoranta, is also returning. .

Kiekko-Espoo core player Tinja Haukijärvi re-signs for another year. They also bring back captain Reetta Valkjärvi and Finnish national team defender Ada Eronen

HIFK are bringing back goaltender Minja Drufva and top center Johanna Kemppainen

Other News

University of Delaware, which will have it's first season in division 1 women's hockey in 2025-2026, has it's first two commits; American defender Bailey Gray and Canadian forward Francesca Barresi!

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LIIGA ALUMNI ALL STAR GAME Those lucky enough to attend the Liiga alumni All star game in Lahti tonight, please, feel free to provide your input on the game and the atmosphere. This year the game will be between Finnish Liiga alumni and Häme (area) alumni. They are obviously making the divisions along the lines of historical Häme province which is fine by me. I would much rather myself say that I am from Häme than Pirkanmaa. It is politics over history and tradition.

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found this smiley Kevin in my All-Stars folder

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8-11-2017 Liiga vs Kärpät Alumni Game

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I swear to fucking god Teuvo almost bailed on me for this 😂 And sorry to the guys who wanted to ask about the lip reading videos, I had limited time

Teräväinen interview at the Liiga Alumni All Star Game

August 16th, 2019

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current dallas stars at the finnish liiga alumni game (08/16)

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Maailmanmestarit/Liiga Alumni

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INDEED I WAS

Kakko and Laine at the Liiga Alumni All Star game

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Klingberg to play in Finnish Liiga alumni All-Stars game

For us Finnish hockey fans this is pretty cool! In August we get to see John Klingberg play in Finland again. He played 20 Liiga games with Jokerit in 2011-12, and as an awesome gesture he will return to play in the Liiga Alumni game.The game will be played August 16th at Lahti ice rink, and profits go to the support of youth hockey. The teams will be Häme region against the rest of Finland. Häme (Tavastland in Swedish, Tavastia in Latin, dunno in English) is a region in Finland, and in 2019 HPK, a team from Häme won the Liiga championship bowl Kanada-malja.Source in Finnish: https://ift.tt/2LgOosp in addition to Klingberg the Dallas Stars seems to be pretty strongly presented at the Liiga Alumni game as 30% of active players and over 40% of retired players are or have played in the Stars.Active players in alphabetic order:Aleksander BarkovValtteri FilppulaMiro HeiskanenRoope HintzJulius HonkaHenri JokiharjuJussi JokinenKaapo KakkoOliwer KaskiJoel KivirantaJohn KlingbergLeo KomarovJesperi KotkaniemiPatrik LaineKevin LankinenEsa LindellMikko RantanenJuuse SarosTeuvo TeräväinenJoni TuulolaJuuso VälimäkiAnd retired players:Kari Eloranta, Niklas Hagman, Sami Helenius, Raimo Helminen, Marko Jantunen, Niko Kapanen, Veli-Pekka Ketola, Jari Kurri, Jere Lehtinen, Juha Lind, Jyrki Lumme, Toni Lydman, Antti Miettinen, Ville Nieminen, Janne Niinimaa, Petteri Nummelin, Teppo Numminen, Janne Ojanen, Lasse Oksanen, Marko Palo, Reijo Ruotsalainen, Esa Tikkanen, Marko Tuulola, Jarkko VarvioSo many interesting line combinations in there to choose from! Klingberg to play in Finnish Liiga alumni All-Stars game Source

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Teuvo Teräväinen interviewed at the Liiga alumni all star game in Lahti

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unseen content from my files pt. V

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Where They Are Now: 1995-96 Winnipeg Jets

GM John Paddock: Current Regina Pats head coach.

Head coach Terry Simpson: Retired after the 1995-96 season.

#29 Tim Cheveldae: Retired after 1997-98 IHL season. Current firefighter at CFAD Dundurn in Saskatchewan.

#31 Scott Langkow: Retired after 2010-11 DEL season.

#35 Nikolai Khabibulin: Last played in 2013. Retired in 2015 due to injury. Currently lives in Arizona.

#37 Dominic Roussel: Retired from playing after 2002-03 DEL season. Currently owns goalie training center in Quebec.

#2 Neil Wilkinson: Temporarily retired after 1998-99 NHL season. Made short comeback in CHL and USHL from 2003-2005 before permanently retiring.

#3 Brent Thompson: Retired after 2004-05 AHL season. Was head coach of the Bridgeport Sound Tigers as of 2014.

#4 Dave Manson: Retired after 2001-02 NHL season. Coached the Prince Albert Raiders from 2002-2006 and the Prince Albert Mintos from 2008-09. Currently lives in Saskatchewan.

#5 Deron Quint: Current Eishockeyclub Red Bull Munchen defenseman.

#6 Dallas Eakins: Retired after 2003-04 AHL season. Current San Diego Gulls head coach.

#7 Keith Tkachuk: Retired after 2009-10 NHL season. Current assistant coach of the St. Louis AAA Blues.

#8 Teemu Selanne: Retired after 2013-14 NHL season. Current co-owner of a restaurant.

#10 Alex Zhamnov: Retired after 2005-06 NHL season. Current H.C. Spartak Moscow GM.

#11 Dallas Drake: Retired after 2007-08 NHL season. Currently lives in Michigan.

#12 Rob Murray: Retired from playing after the 2002-03 AHL season. Jersey number was retired by the Springfield Falcons. Current Tulsa Oilers head coach.

#14 Mike Stapleton: Retired after 2003-04 SM-Liiga season.

#15 Randy Gilhen: Retired after 1997-98 IHL season.

#16 Eddie Olczyk: Retired from playing after 1999-2000 NHL season. Current NHL On NBC Sports and Chicago Blackhawks color commentator and Kentucky Derby guest commentator.

Captain #17 Kris King: Retired from playing after 2000-01 NHL season. Current NHL senior vice president of hockey operations. Runs hockey summer camps in Ontario.

#18 Chad Kilger: Retired before 2008-09 NHL season after being traded to panthers by maple leafs. Currently lives in Ontario. Current firefighter for Cornwall, Ontario Fire Department.

#19 Shane Doan: Retired after 2016-17 NHL season.

#20 Oleg Tverdovsky: Retired after 2012-13 KHL season and moved back to the U.S.

#21 Denis Chasse: Retired after 2000-01 BISL season.

#22 Craig Mills: Retired from hockey after 2000-01 NHL season. Currently works as an institutional equity salesman.

#23 Igor Korolev: Retired from playing after 2009-10 KHL season. Became an assistant coach of H.C. Lokomotiv in 2010. Died in the 2011 H.C. Lokomotiv plane crash.

#24 Darryl Shannon: Retired after 2003-04 DEL season and joined Buffalo Sabres Alumni Association. Currently lives in New York.

#26 Jeff Finley: Retired after 2003-04 NHL season.

#27 Teppo Numminen: Retired after 2008-09 NHL season. Jersey number was retired by Phoenix Coyotes in 2010.

#28 Craig Muni: Retired from playing after 1997-98 NHL season. Current co-head coach of Buffalo Beauts.

#29 Craig Janney: Retired from playing due to injury in 1998. Current Hockey East commentator on NESN. Currently lives in Arizona.

#30 Ed Ronan: Retired after 1997-98 AHL season.

#32 Mike Eastwood: Retired from playing after 2003-04 NHL season. Current Ottawa 67's head coach.

#33 Jim McKenzie: Retired from playing after 2003-04 NHL season. Current Muskegon Lumberjacks head coach.

#34 Darrin Shannon: Retired from hockey after 1999-2000 IHL season. Currently works as investment manager. Currently lives in Ontario.

#36 Stewart Malgunas: Retired after 2002-03 AHL season.

#39 Iain Fraser: Retired during 2006-07 EIHL season.

#43 Ravil Gusmanov: Retired after 2009-10 KHL season.

#44 Norm Maciver: Retired from playing after 1998-99 IHL season. Current Montreal Canadiens assistant GM.

#55 Jason Doig: Retired from hockey after 2007-08 Serie A season. Currently works as regional sales coordinator for Aflac.

#75 Michal Grosek: Retired from playing after 2007-08 HockeyAllsveskan season. Current C.P. Meyrin head coach.

#89 Darren Turcotte: Retired from playing after 1999-2000 NHL season. Founded the Southern AAA Ice Lightning in Tennessee. Moved back to Ontario to coach the Abitibi Eskimos and Nipissing University Lakers. Started hockey camps after coaching the North Bay AAA IceBoltz and U.S. national inline hockey team in 2006.

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Kakko and Laine at the Liiga Alumni All Star game

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Did you see the news about the Finnish Liiga Alumni game? It's like 30% Stars players and Klinger is the only non-Finn playing..

i had not heard about it but i just took a look at the lineup on reddit and

you bet your ASS i will be watching it. what an incredible group of players! and the fact that klinger is the only non finn is very on brand

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