Elisa Holopainen
Holopainen with KalPa in October 2022
Born (2001-12-27) 27 December 2001 (age 22)
Tuusniemi, Finland
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 55 kg (121 lb; 8 st 9 lb)
Position Left wing
Shoots Left
NSML team
Former teams		 KalPa Kuopio
Kiekko-Espoo
National team  Finland
Playing career 2016–present
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Beijing Ice hockey
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2019 Finland
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Canada

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 KalPa Kuopio. One of the most dominant players active in the Naisten Liiga, she has been named the Naisten Liiga Player of the Year three times, Best Forward five times, and is a five-time All-Star team selection.[1][2]

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, 2021, and 2022.

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 three 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 NSMs 26 19 9 28 8 9 1 2 3 6
2017–18 KalPa NSML 28 17 25 42 6 4 2 0 2 2
2018–19 KalPa NSML 20 21 30 51 8 8 11 4 15 0
2019–20 KalPa NSML 30 37 25 62 20 6 4 4 8 0
2020–21 KalPa NSML 35 39 25 64 10 11 12 9 21 6
2021–22 Kiekko-Espoo NSML 27 29 27 56 4 12 19 10 29 14
2022–23 KalPa NSML 28 41 34 75 4 0 0 0 0 0
Naisten Liiga totals 184 203 175 378 60 50 49 29 78 28

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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 5 3 8 6
2019 Finland WW 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 2 1 3 0
2021 Finland WW 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 1 1 2 2
2022 Finland OG 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 1 3 4 4
2022 Finland WW 6th 7 3 1 4 2
Junior totals 16 6 10 16 10
Senior totals 28 7 6 13 8

Honors and achievements

Award Year
Naisten Liiga
All-Star Second Team 2018
Player of the Month January 2019
September 2020
November 2021[8]
November 2022[9]
November 2023[10]
All-Star First Team 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022[11]
Riikka Nieminen Award (Player of the Year) 2019, 2021, 2023
Katja Riipi Award (Best forward) 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022,[11] 2023
Marianne Ihalainen Award (Leading scorer) 2019
Tiia Reima Award (Top goal scorer) 2019, 2020, 2023[12]
Finnish Championship Silver Medal 2021
Aurora Borealis Cup Champion 2022
Finnish Championship Bronze Medal 2023
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: [13][14][15][16][17][18]

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). Archived from the original on 24 March 2019. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Naisleijonien MM-joukkue yhtä vaille valmis – Kisojen alkuun kymmenen päivää". leijonat.fi. 25 March 2019. Archived from the original on 18 May 2019. Retrieved 6 May 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. Archived from the original on 12 December 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  6. ^ Steiss, Adam (7 March 2020). "Women's Worlds cancelled". IIHF. Archived from the original on 7 March 2020. 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). Archived from the original on 15 July 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
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  10. ^ Mennander, Pasi (1 December 2023). "KalPan Elisa Holopainen Naisten Liigan marraskuun pelaaja". Finnish Ice Hockey Association (in Finnish). Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  11. ^ a b Mennander, Pasi (13 June 2022). "Naisten Liigan kauden 2021–22 palkitut pelaajat ja tähtikentät". Finnish Ice Hockey Association (in Finnish). Retrieved 20 June 2022.
  12. ^ Mennander, Pasi (24 February 2023). "Naisten Liigan kauden 2022–23 ensimmäisten pelaajapalkintojen voittajat ovat tässä: Pejzlova, Holopainen, Lehmus!". Finnish Ice Hockey Association (in Finnish). Retrieved 27 February 2023.
  13. ^ Haavisto, Kari (10 October 2020). "Kaisla Kortelainen KalPan sankari kärkipelissä – Tanja Niskanen ja Elisa Holopainen palkittiin kotiyleisön edessä". Savon Sanomat (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 13 October 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  14. ^ Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto; Liiga. Aaltonen, Juha (ed.). "Jääkiekkokirja 2019–2020" (PDF). Jääkiekkokirja (in Finnish). Helsinki: Uusi Suomi/Kiekkolehti: 554. ISSN 0784-3321. OCLC 476321083. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 June 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  15. ^ Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto; Jääkiekkon SM-liiga Oy (2020). Aaltonen, Juha (ed.). "Jääkiekkokirja 2021: Suomen Jääkiekkoliiton ja Liiga Kausijulkaisu 2020–2021" (PDF). Jääkiekkokirja (in Finnish). Helsinki: Uusi Suomi/Kiekkolehti: 528. ISSN 0784-3321. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 December 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
  16. ^ 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). Archived from the original on 24 March 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  17. ^ Mennander, Pasi (15 March 2021). "Naisten Liigan kauden 2020–21 palkitut pelaajat ja tähtikentät". leijonat.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Ice Hockey Association. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2021.
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