Sanni Rantala | |||
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Born |
Riihimäki, Finland | 8 July 2002||
Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||
Weight | 63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb) | ||
Position | Defense | ||
Shoots | Right | ||
NSML team Former teams |
KalPa Kuopio Kiekko-Espoo Team Kuortane | ||
National team | Finland | ||
Playing career | 2017–present | ||
Medal record |
Sanni Rantala (born 8 July 2002) is a Finnish ice hockey player and member of the Finnish national ice hockey team, currently playing in the Naisten Liiga (NSML) with KalPa Naiset.[1]
Rantala won a bronze medal in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.[2]
Rantala was officially named to the Finnish roster for the 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship on 4 March 2020, before the tournament was cancelled on 7 March 2020 due to public health concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3][4] She appeared on the national team roster for all four of the tournaments of the 2019–20 Euro Hockey Tour.[5][6]
After a knee injury sustained in a preseason game kept her in rehabilitation and off the ice for the entire 2020–21 season,[7] the 2022 Winter Olympics served as Rantala's senior-level IIHF debut.[8][9] She played in all seven games and scored two points in the tournament, a goal and an assist, both tallied against the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) during the group stage.[10] With 8 penalty minutes, she was also the most penalized Finnish player.[11]
Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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2018 | Finland U18 | WW18 | 5th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2019 | Finland U18 | WW18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
2020 | Finland U18 | WW18 | 4th | 6 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | |
2022 | Finland | OG | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||
2022 | Finland | WW | 6th | 7 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
2023 | Finland | WW | 5th | 7 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | |
Junior totals | 17 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | ||||
Senior totals | 21 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 12 |