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Maija Hassinen-Sullanmaa
Born (1984-01-02) 2 January 1984 (age 40)
Hämeenlinna, Finland
Height 161 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight 56 kg (123 lb; 8 st 11 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for HPK Hämeenlinna
Tampereen Ilves
Current coach HPK Hämeenlinna
National team  Finland
Playing career 2003–2015
Coaching career 2015–present
Medal record
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Switzerland
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Finland
Bronze medal – third place 2008 China

Maija Johanna Hassinen-Sullanmaa née Hassinen (born 2 January 1984) is a Finnish retired ice hockey goaltender and the current goaltending coach and team manager of HPK Kiekkonaiset in the Naisten Liiga. As a member of the Finnish national team, she participated in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and in the IIHF Women's World Championships in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2011, winning bronze medals at the tournaments in 2008, 2009, and 2011.[1]

Her fourteen-season senior club career was played in the Naisten SM-sarja (renamed Naisten Liiga in 2017) with HPK Hämeenlinna and the Tampereen Ilves. She won the Finnish Championship once with each team, in 2005–06 with Ilves and in 2010–11 with HPK. Hassinen-Sullanmaa is one of the most highly decorated goaltenders in Naisten Liiga history: she was awarded the Tuula Puputti Award as Goaltender of the Year in 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, and 2010–11, the all-time most wins of the trophy; was selected to the All-Star Team in 2007–08, 2009–10, and 2010–11; and received the Karoliina Rantamäki Award as MVP of the Playoffs in 2005–06.

Career statistics

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International

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Year Team Event Result GP W L OT MIN SA GA SO GAA SV%
2006 Finland OG 4th 4 1 2 0 195:17 88 11 0 3.38 .875
2007 Finland WW 4th 0 – – – – – – – –
2008 Finland WW 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1 1 0 0 63:00 12 2 0 .833 1.90
2009 Finland WW 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3 1 1 0 129:12 46 9 0 .804 4.18
2011 Finland WW 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1 1 0 0 60:00 15 3 0 .800 3.00
Senior totals 9 4 3 0 447:29 161 25 0 .845 3.34

Sources: [2][3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Maija Hassinen Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 13 December 2012. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  2. ^ Podnieks, Andrew; Nordmark, Birger, eds. (2019). "Retired Goalies, Women". IIHF Guide & Record Book 2020. Toronto: Moydart. p. 681. ISBN 9780986796470.
  3. ^ "2009 IIHF World Women Championship – Goalkeepers" (PDF). IIHF. 12 April 2009. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
  4. ^ "2011 IIHF World Womens Championship – Goalkeepers" (PDF). IIHF. 25 April 2011. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
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