Terhi Mertanen Explained
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
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
International
Year | Team | Event | Result | | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
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2001 | Finland | WW | 4th | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
2002 | Finland | OG | 4th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2004 | Finland | WW | | 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 | | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
2011 | Finland | WW | | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
2012 | Finland | WW | 4th | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Totals | 42 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 28 | |
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Notes and References
- Web site: 2021-03-19. Kokenut olympiakävijä Terhi Mertanen luotsaa TPS:n kiekkonaisia seuraavat kaksi vuotta. 2021-07-08. Turun Sanomat. fi. 19 March 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210319172436/https://www.ts.fi/urheilu/jaakiekko/5259515/Kokenut+olympiakavija+Terhi+Mertanen+luotsaa+TPSn+kiekkonaisia+seuraavat+kaksi+vuotta. live.
- Web site: Archived copy . 9 August 2010 . 9 April 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100409120538/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-hockey/schedule-and-results/womens-preliminary-round---group-b-game-4_ihw400b02nFIN-vgame_stats-cr.html . dead .
- Web site: Archived copy . 9 August 2010 . 9 April 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100409043514/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-hockey/schedule-and-results/womens-preliminary-round---group-b-game-8_ihw400b04nFIN-vgame_stats-eZ.html . dead .
- Web site: Women's Preliminary Round - Group B : Schedule and Results : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics . 9 August 2010 . 9 April 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100409003838/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-hockey/schedule-and-results/womens-preliminary-round---group-b-game-11_ihw400b05nFIN-vgame_stats-lY.html . dead .
- Web site: Women's Play-offs Semifinals : Schedule and Results : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics . 9 August 2010 . 9 April 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100409120330/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-hockey/schedule-and-results/womens-play-offs-semifinals---game-17_ihw400202nFIN-vgame_stats-by.html . dead .
- Web site: Women's Bronze Medal Game : Schedule and Results : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics . 9 August 2010 . 28 August 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100828180938/http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-hockey/schedule-and-results/womens-bronze-medal-game---game-19_ihw400102nFIN-vgame_stats-fR.html . dead .
- Book: IIHF Guide & Record Book 2020. Moydart. 2019. 9780986796470. Podnieks. Andrew. Toronto. 676. Nordmark. Birger.
- Web site: Terhi Mertanen – Player Statistics OG (W) and WC (W). 2021-07-08. Elite Prospects. en.