Saila Saari
| Saila Saari | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
1 November 1989 Alavus, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for | |||
| National team |
 Finland | ||
| Playing career | 2003–2021 | ||
Saila Saari (born 1 November 1989) is a Finnish retired ice hockey forward. She represented Finland in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2018 Winter Olympics, winning a bronze medal, and at the IIHF Women's World Championships in 2015 and 2016.[1]
Saari played the entirety of her club career in the Finnish Naisten Liiga. She is a three-time Aurora Borealis Cup champion, having won the Finnish Championship with JYP Jyväskylä Naiset in 2016 and with Oulun Kärpät Naiset in 2017 and 2018. She was named to the league's All-Star Team in 2014–15 and 2016–17, and was recognized with the Emma Laaksonen Award as the league's fair-play player in 2012–13 and 2017–18.
References
[edit]- ^ 2015 IIHF World Championship roster Archived 2018-02-13 at the Wayback Machine
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com
- Saila Saari at Olympedia
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- 1989 births
- Living people
- Finnish women's ice hockey forwards
- Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- JYP Jyväskylä Naiset players
- Jyväskylän Hockey Cats players
- KalPa Naiset players
- Medalists at the 2009 Winter Universiade
- Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
- Naisten Liiga All-Stars
- Olympic bronze medalists for Finland
- Olympic ice hockey players for Finland
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Oulun Kärpät Naiset players
- People from Alavus
- Sportspeople from South Ostrobothnia
- FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Finland
- Winter World University Games medalists in ice hockey
- Finnish ice hockey player stubs
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