Kiira Yrjänen Explained

Birth Date:	2 January 2002
Birth Place:	Riihimäki, Finland
Height Cm:	161
Weight Kg:	58
Position:	Forward
Shoots:	Left
League:	SDHL
Team:	Leksands IF
Sex:	f
Ntl Team:	FIN
Career Start:	2016

Kiira Yrjänen (born 2 January 2002) is a Finnish ice hockey player and member of the Finnish national team. She is signed with Leksands IF in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) through the 2025–26 season.^{[1] [2]}

International play

As a junior player with the national under-18 team, Yrjänen represented Finland the IIHF U18 Women's World Championship in 2017, 2018, and 2020, and with the bronze medal team in 2019.^{[3] [4]}

Yrjänen's first goal with the senior national team was scored on 6 February 2020 in a match against the Swiss national team at the Finals Tournament of the 2019–20 Women's Euro Hockey Tour.^[5]

Yrjänen was officially named to the Finnish roster for the 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship on 4 March 2020, before the tournament was cancelled on 7 March 2020 due to public health concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic.^{[6] [7]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Seppä . Lassi . Naisten Liigan mestaruutta juhlinut Kiira Yrjänen suuntaa Ruotsiin . Jatkoaika . 2022-05-23 . fi . 2022-05-04.
2. News: Jansson . Martin . Kiira Yrjänen lämnar HV71 – för spel i Leksand . 11 July 2024 . HockeySverige . 10 July 2024 . sv.
3. Book: IIHF Guide & Record Book 2020 . Moydart . 2019 . 9780986796470 . Podnieks . Andrew . Toronto . 666 . en . Active Skaters, Women . Nordmark . Birger.
4. Book: Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto . Jääkiekkokirja 2021: Suomen Jääkiekkoliiton ja Liiga Kausijulkaisu 2020–2021 . Jääkiekkon SM-liiga Oy . Uusi Suomi/Kiekkolehti . 2020 . Aaltonen . Juha . Helsinki . 40, 290, 524 . fi . 0784-3321 . Finnish Ice Hockey Association . Liiga . 2022-05-22.
5. Web site: Naisleijonat Euro Hockey Tourin finaaliturnaukseen tällä joukkueella. Mennander. Pasi. 2020-01-27. Finnish Ice Hockey Association. fi-fi. 2020-03-05.
6. Web site: Naisleijonien MM-joukkue valittu – Sukupolven vaihdos tuo MM-joukkueeseen seitsemän ensikertalaista. Malmberg. Henna. 2020-03-04. Finnish Ice Hockey Association. fi-fi. 2020-03-05.
7. Web site: Women's Worlds cancelled. Steiss. Adam. 2020-03-07. IIHF. en. 2020-03-10.