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Terhi Mertanen

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Terhi Mertanen
Born (1981-04-04) 4 April 1981 (age 43)
Joensuu, Finland
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 76 kg (168 lb; 12 st 0 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for KalPa Kuopio
Kärpät Oulu
ZSC Lions
Espoo Blues
RoKi Rovaniemi
National team  Finland
Playing career 1999–2019
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Vancouver Team
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Switzerland
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Canada

Terhi Eveliina Mertanen (born 4 April 1981) is a Finnish retired ice hockey defenceman and current head coach of TPS Naiset in the Naisten Liiga.[1] She was a member of the Finnish national ice hockey team for thirteen seasons and won bronze medals in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2010 Winter Olympics and at the IIHF Women's World Championships in 2004 and 2011.

Playing career

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Mertanen developed in the youth system of Jokipojat in her hometown of Joensuu, North Karelia, in western Finland. She played fourteen seasons in the Naisten SM-sarja (renamed Naisten Liiga in 2017) with KalPa Kuopio, Kärpät Oulu, and the Espoo Blues. With the Blues, she was a four-time Finnish Champion (2002, 2009, 2013, and 2015) and medaled at three IIHF European Women's Champions Cups, winning bronze in 2009 and 2015 and silver in 2010.

Outside of Finland, Mertanen played in the Leistungsklasse A (LKA/LNA) with the ZSC Lions Frauen, the women's team of the ZSC Lions, during the 2011 playoffs and for the entirety of the 2011–12 season. With ZSC she won a silver medal at the 2012 IIHF European Women's Champions Cup.

Career statistics

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International

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Year Team Event Result   GP G A Pts PIM
2001 Finland WW 4th 5 0 2 2 6
2002 Finland OG 4th 5 0 1 1 2
2004 Finland WW 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 2 1 3 2
2005 Finland WW 4th 5 1 1 2 2
2006 Finland OG 4th 5 0 0 0 6
2010 Finland OG 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 0 0 0 6
2011 Finland WW 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 6 0 0 0 4
2012 Finland WW 4th 6 0 3 3 0
Totals 42 3 8 11 28

Sources:[2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Kokenut olympiakävijä Terhi Mertanen luotsaa TPS:n kiekkonaisia seuraavat kaksi vuotta". Turun Sanomat (in Finnish). 19 March 2021. Archived from the original on 19 March 2021. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Women's Preliminary Round - Group B : Schedule and Results : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics". Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  5. ^ "Women's Play-offs Semifinals : Schedule and Results : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics". Archived from the original on 9 April 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  6. ^ "Women's Bronze Medal Game : Schedule and Results : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics". Archived from the original on 28 August 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2010.
  7. ^ Podnieks, Andrew; Nordmark, Birger, eds. (2019). IIHF Guide & Record Book 2020. Toronto: Moydart. p. 676. ISBN 9780986796470.
  8. ^ "Terhi Mertanen – Player Statistics OG (W) and WC (W)". Elite Prospects. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
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