Katariina "Kati" Ahonen (born 7 November 1966) is a Finnish retired ice hockey goaltender. A ten-season member of the Finnish national ice hockey team, she won bronze medals at the IIHF Women's World Championships in 1992 and 1994, and participated in five IIHF European Women Championships, winning gold at the tournaments in 1989, 1991, 1993, and 1995, and bronze at the 1996 tournament.[1][2]
| Kati Ahonen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
7 November 1966 Helsinki, Finland | ||
| Height | 174 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb; 10 st 10 lb) | ||
| Position | Goaltender | ||
| Caught | Left | ||
| Played for |
Itä-Helsingin Kiekko Kiekko-Espoo Keravan Shakers Tampereen Ilves | ||
| National team |
 Finland | ||
| Playing career | 1982–2001 | ||
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Medal record | |||
At age 15, Ahonen debuted with the Tampereen Ilves Naiset in the inaugural season (1982–83) of the Naisten SM-sarja, the first national women’s ice hockey league in Finland.[3] She went on to play a nineteen-season career in the league with the Tampereen Ilves Naiset, the Keravan Shakers, the Kiekko-Espoo Naiset (also under the name Espoo Blues Naiset), and the Itä-Helsingin Kiekko Naiset (IHK).[4] During her playing career, Ahonen won the Finnish Championship eight times: four times with the Tampereen Ilves, in 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988; three times with the Keravan Shakers, in 1994, 1995, and 1996; and with the Espoo Blues in 1999.[2]
References
edit- ^ Podnieks, Andrew; Nordmark, Birger, eds. (2019). "Retired Goalies, Women". IIHF Guide & Record Book 2020. Toronto: Moydart. p. 681. ISBN 9780986796470.
- ^ 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. 238, 308, 310. ISSN 0784-3321. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
- ^ "Ilves 90 – Women's Hockey since the 1970s". Hockey Hall of Fame Finland. 2021. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
- ^ "Mestareita ja historian havinaa". Kiekko-Espoo Naiset (in Finnish). 19 January 2019. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
External links
edit- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com