Sanni Hakala

Sanni Hakala (born 31 October 1997) is a Finnish ice hockey player and member of the Finnish national team, currently playing in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with HV71 Dam.^[1]

Sanni Hakala
Born	(1997-10-31) 31 October 1997 (age 25) Jyväskylä, Finland
Height	1.54 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb; 8 st 9 lb)
Position	Wing
Shoots	Left
SDHL team Former teams	HV71 JYP Jyväskylä Oulun Kärpät
National team	Finland
Playing career	2012–present
Medal record Olympic Games 2018 Pyeongchang Ice hockey 2022 Beijing Ice hockey World Championships 2019 Finland 2017 United States 2021 Canada

Playing career

As a youth player, Hakala played on boys' teams until she was 15, at which point she signed with JYP Jyväskylä in the Naisten SM-sarja, the top flight of Finnish women's hockey.^[2] She won the Emma Laaksonen Award for Fair Play in the 2015–16 season.

In November 2016, she left Finland to sign with HV71 in the SDHL.^[3] She was named HV71's fan player of the year for the 2019–20 season.^[4]

After missing the first third of the 2020–21 SDHL season, she scored a hat-trick in her first game back, a 6-1 victory over Brynäs IF in November 2020.^[5]

International play

She made her senior national team debut at the 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship.^[6] She has represented the Finnish national team at the World Championships every year since, including the team's first ever silver medal at the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship. She scored one goal in six games as Finland won bronze at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Career statistics

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2012-13	JYP	Naisten SM-sarja		12	7	2	9	2		8	0	0	0	6
2013-14	JYP	Naisten SM-sarja		25	11	13	24	22		8	6	3	9	6
2014-15	JYP	Naisten SM-sarja		25	20	21	41	24		3	0	0	0	0
2015-16	JYP	Naisten SM-sarja		23	17	19	36	4		6	0	1	1	2
2016-17	Kärpät	Naisten SM-sarja		13	7	2	9	10		–	–	–	–	–
2016-17	HV71	SDHL		18	4	3	7	0		6	1	1	2	4
2017-18	HV71	SDHL		35	15	21	36	12		2	0	2	2	0
2018-19	HV71	SDHL		35	22	20	42	10		7	2	1	3	6
2019-20	HV71	SDHL		34	20	18	38	6		6	6	6	12	2
2020-21	HV71	SDHL		23	8	10	18	2		5	1	1	2	0
Naisten SM-sarja totals				98	62	57	119	62		25	6	4	10	14
SDHL totals				122	61	62	123	28		21	9	10	19	12

International

Year	Team	Event	Result		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2013	Finland U18	WW18	5th		5	3	2	5	0
2014	Finland U18	WW18	5th		5	1	0	1	6
2015	Finland U18	WW18	5th		5	5	0	5	4
2016	Finland	WW	4th		4	0	0	0	4
2017	Finland	WW			6	1	0	1	6
2018	Finland	OG			6	1	0	1	0
2019	Finland	WW			4	1	2	3	0
2021	Finland	WW			7	0	0	0	0
2022	Finland	OG			7	1	0	1	4
Junior totals					15	9	2	11	10
Senior totals					34	4	2	6	14

See also

• List of Olympic women's ice hockey players for Finland

References

1. "IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Team Roster: FIN - Finland" (PDF). stats.iihf.com. IIHF. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
2. Rönnkvist, Ronnie (2 July 2018). "Finländske talangen hyllar SDHL – kritiserar landslaget: "Bra att byta coach"". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Retrieved 23 September 2020.
3. Ranta, Pekka (8 December 2016). "Uusi haaste toi Sanni Hakalan Ruotsin jääkiekon naisliiga SDHL:ään". Sveriges Radio (in Finnish). Retrieved 23 September 2020.
4. "Damhockey är under uppbyggnad". damhockey.se (in Swedish). 26 March 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2020.
5. "Hakala gjorde hattrick i comebacken – när HV71 vann". 14 November 2020.
6. 2016 World Championship roster 20 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com
• Sanni Hakala at Olympedia