Elisa Holopainen

Elisa Holopainen (born 27 December 2001) is a Finnish ice hockey winger and member of the Finnish national team, currently playing in the Finnish Naisten Liiga (NSML) with Kiekko-Espoo. She is one of the most dominant players active in the Naisten Liiga and, before turning twenty, had already received the Naisten Liiga trophy for Player of the Year twice, Best Forward three times, and was a four-time All-Star.[1][2]

Elisa Holopainen
Born (2001-12-27) 27 December 2001
Tuusniemi, North Savo, Finland
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 55 kg (121 lb; 8 st 9 lb)
Position Wing
Shoots Left
NSML team
Former teams		 Kiekko-Espoo
KalPa Kuopio
National team  Finland
Playing career 2016–present
Medal record
Olympic Games
2022 BeijingIce hockey
World Championships
2019 Finland
2021 Canada

Holopainen represented Finland in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, where she won a bronze medal, and at the IIHF Women's World Championships in 2019 and 2021, winning silver and bronze medals respectively.

International play

With the senior national team, she won a silver medal at the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship.[3][4] Holopainen was officially named to the Finnish roster for the 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship days before the tournament was cancelled due to public health concerns related to COVID-19.[5][6]

She appeared with the Finnish under-18 national team at the IIHF Women's U18 World Championships in 2017, 2018, and 2019. Finland claimed the bronze medal at the 2019 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, due in no small part to Holopainen’s tournament leading 8 points from 5 goals and 3 assists in five games. She was named Best Forward by the tournament directorate and selected to the media All-Star team, in addition to being recognized as a top-3 player for Finland by the coaches.[7]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs
    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2014–15 KalPa U16 Tytöt U16 Aluesarja 16 13 8 21 0 – – – – –
2015–16 KalPa U16 Tytöt U16 Aluesarja 18 50 12 62 2 – – – – –
2016–17 KalPa Naisten SM-sarja 26 19 9 28 8 9 1 2 3 6
2017–18 KalPa Naisten Liiga 28 17 25 42 6 4 2 0 2 2
2018–19 KalPa Naisten Liiga 20 21 30 51 8 8 11 4 15 0
2019–20 KalPa Naisten Liiga 30 37 25 62 20 6 4 4 8 0
2020–21 KalPa Naisten Liiga 35 39 25 64 10 11 12 9 21 6
Naisten Liiga totals 139 133 114 247 52 38 30 19 49 14

International
Year Team Event Result   GP G A Pts PIM
2017 Finland U18 WW18 5th 5 0 1 1 4
2018 Finland U18 WW18 5th 5 1 6 7 0
2019 Finland U18 WW18 6 5 3 8 6
2019 Finland WW 7 2 1 3 0
2021 Finland WW 7 1 1 2 2
2022 Finland OG 7 1 3 4 4
Junior totals 16 6 10 16 10
Senior totals 21 4 5 9 6

Honors and achievements
Award Year
Naisten Liiga
All-Star Second Team 2018
Player of the Month January 2019
September 2020
November 2021[8]
All-Star First Team 2019, 2020, 2021
Riikka Nieminen Award (Player of the Year) 2019, 2021
Katja Riipi Award (Best forward) 2019, 2020, 2021
Marianne Ihalainen Award (Leading scorer) 2019
Tiia Reima Award (Top goal scorer) 2019, 2020
Aurora Borealis Cup Silver Medal 2021
International
WW18 Top-3 Player on Team 2018, 2019
WW18 All-Star Team 2019
WW18 Best Forward 2019
WW18 Bronze Medal 2019
WW18 Leading Scorer 2019
World Championship Silver Medal 2019
World Championship Bronze Medal 2021
Olympic Bronze Medal 2022

Sources: [9][10][11][12][13]

References
  1. Niemeläinen, Jonne (16 March 2021). "Huikeat tehot kerännyt 19-vuotias KalPa-hyökkääjä Elisa Holopainen palkittiin Naisten Liigan runkosarjan parhaana – huomenna edessä kauden tärkein peli". Yle (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 16 March 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  2. Vainio, Annina (24 March 2019). "Kun Elisa Holopainen, 17, sai kiekon leukaansa, verta alkoi vain valua: nyt leuassa on teräslevy, jonka tuntee ihon läpi". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  3. "Naisleijonien MM-joukkue yhtä vaille valmis – Kisojen alkuun kymmenen päivää". leijonat.fi. 25 March 2019.
  4. "IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Team Roster: FIN - Finland" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 5 April 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 April 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
  5. Malmberg, Henna (4 March 2020). "Naisleijonien MM-joukkue valittu – Sukupolven vaihdos tuo MM-joukkueeseen seitsemän ensikertalaista". leijonat.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  6. Steiss, Adam (7 March 2020). "Women's Worlds cancelled". IIHF. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  7. Teiskonlahti, Kirsi (13 January 2019). "Tyttö näki isoveljensä pelejä ja kampesi poikien kanssa kaukaloon jo neljävuotiaana – pihapeleistä kasvoi MM-kisojen tähti, jolle harvinainen mitali on vasta alkusoittoa Leijona-paidassa". Yle (in Finnish). Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  8. Mennander, Pasi (1 December 2021). "Kiekko-Espoon Elisa Holopainen Naisten Liigan marraskuun pelaaja". leijonat.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  9. Haavisto, Kari (10 October 2020). "Kaisla Kortelainen KalPan sankari kärkipelissä – Tanja Niskanen ja Elisa Holopainen palkittiin kotiyleisön edessä". Savon Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  10. Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto; Liiga. Aaltonen, Juha (ed.). Jääkiekkokirja 2019–2020 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Uusi Suomi/Kiekkolehti. p. 554. ISSN 0784-3321. OCLC 476321083. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  11. Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto; Jääkiekkon SM-liiga Oy (2020). Aaltonen, Juha (ed.). Jääkiekkokirja 2021: Suomen Jääkiekkoliiton ja Liiga Kausijulkaisu 2020–2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Uusi Suomi/Kiekkolehti. p. 528. ISSN 0784-3321. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  12. Vainio, Annina (24 March 2019). "Kun Elisa Holopainen, 17, sai kiekon leukaansa, verta alkoi vain valua: nyt leuassa on teräslevy, jonka tuntee ihon läpi". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  13. Mennander, Pasi (15 March 2021). "Naisten Liigan kauden 2020–21 palkitut pelaajat ja tähtikentät". leijonat.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Ice Hockey Association. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
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