Katja Lavonius

Katja Lavonius
Katja Lavonius
Born	6 April 1965 (age 59); Helsinki, Finland
Height	171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	69 kg (152 lb; 10 st 12 lb)
Position	Forward
Shot	Left
Played for	HJK Helsinki; EVU Vantaa; Shakers Kerava; Kiekko-Espoo; Espoo Blues
National team	Finland
Playing career	c. 1982–2002
World Championship
European Championship

Katja Lavonius (born 6 April 1965) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player and former general manager of the Espoo Blues Naiset. As a member of the Finnish national ice hockey team, she won bronze medals at the IIHF Women's World Championships in 1990 and 1994, and gold medals at the IIHF European Women Championships in 1991 and 1993.

Playing career

One of the pioneers of women's ice hockey in Finland, Lavonius won the inaugural Naisten SM-sarja championship with Helsingin Jääkiekkoklubi (HJK) in 1983. After sitting out the 1983–84 season, she played with HJK through the 1985–86 season and then spent two seasons with Etelä-Vantaan Urheilijat (EVU).

In 1988, she joined the Keravan Shakers, with whom she remained for nine seasons and won the Finnish Championship in 1994, 1995, and 1996.

Lavonius moved to Kiekko-Espoo Naiset for the 1997–98 season and continued with the team while it was renamed as the Espoo Blues Naiset in 1998. With the Espoo Blues, she won three more Finnish Championship titles, in 1999, 2001, and 2002.^[1]

Career statistics

International

Year	Team	Event	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1990	Finland	WW	5	1	0	1	2
1991	Finland	EC	5	4	1	5	0
1993	Finland	EC	3	0	2	2	0
1994	Finland	WW	5	4	0	4	0
Totals			18	9	3	12	2

Sources: ^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b 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. pp. 240, 241, 310, 312, 516. ISSN 0784-3321. OCLC 476321083. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
^ Podnieks, Andrew; Nordmark, Birger, eds. (2019). "Retired Skaters, Women". IIHF Guide & Record Book 2020. Toronto: Moydart. p. 675. ISBN 9780986796470.

External links

Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com

[Jääkiekkokirja_2021-1] 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. pp. 240, 241, 310, 312, 516. ISSN 0784-3321. OCLC 476321083. Retrieved 13 November 2020.

[2] Podnieks, Andrew; Nordmark, Birger, eds. (2019). "Retired Skaters, Women". IIHF Guide & Record Book 2020. Toronto: Moydart. p. 675. ISBN 9780986796470.

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