Birth Date: | 1981 2, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Kerava, Finland |
Height M: | 1.63 |
Weight Kg: | 65 |
Position: | Forward |
Shoots: | Right |
Played For: | Keravan Shakers IHK Helsinki Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs SKIF Nizhny Novgorod HPK Hämeenlinna |
Sex: | f |
Ntl Team: | FIN |
Career Start: | 1996 |
Career End: | 2011 |
Nora Tallus, previously Liikanen, (born 9 February 1981) is a Finnish retired ice hockey forward, currently serving as assistant coach to KJT Haukat of the Naisten Mestis.[1] She represented in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2006 Winter Olympics[2] [3] and in four IIHF World Women's Championships, with bronze medals won in the 2004 and 2008 tournaments.[4]
Tallus attended University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) from 2001 to 2005 where she played with the Bulldogs ice hockey team. With the Bulldogs, she was an NCAA Division I National Champion in 2002 and 2003. In the 2003 tournament, Tallus scored the championship winning goal 4:16 into second overtime against Harvard.[5]