Tiia Reima Explained

Birth Date:1973 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Tampere, Finland
Height M:1.59
Weight Kg:57
Position:Forward
Shoots:Left
Played For:Ilves-Kiekko
Ilves Tampere
SC Lyss
IHK Helsinki
Ladies Team Lugano
Espoo Blues
Coached For:Espoo Blues
Espoo United
Sex:f
Ntl Team:FIN
Career End:2011
Career Start Coach:2011
Career End Coach:2017

Tiia-Riitta Johanna Reima (born 1 February 1973) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player and coach.

Playing career

A trailblazer of women's ice hockey in Finland, her career with the Finnish national ice hockey team began in the mid-1980s, the early days of women's international ice hockey competition, and spanned nearly two decades. During her tenure with the national team, she was one of Finland's most productive and decorated forwards,[1] winning five IIHF World Women's Championship bronze medals, five IIHF European Women Championship medals (four gold and one bronze), and an Olympic bronze in 1998.[2] [3]

Reima's club career spanned 26 seasons and was played in Finland with Ilves-Kiekko, Ilves Tampere, IHK Helsinki, and the Espoo Blues of the Naisten SM-sarja, and in Switzerland with SC Lyss Damen and the Ladies Team Lugano of the Leistungsklasse A (LKA; renamed SWHL A in 2014).[4]

Coaching career

She served as coach to the Espoo Blues during 2011 to 2013 and as assistant coach during the 2013–14 season, winning the Aurora Borealis Cup in 2013 and 2014.[5] She was assistant coach to Espoo United Naiset during the 2016–17 season, in which they achieved silver in the Finnish Championship.[6]

Honours and achievements

Prior to the 2010–11 season, the Naisten SM-sarja renamed its annual award recognizing the top goal scorer in the regular season, dubbing it the Tiia Reima Award.[7] The rebranding of the league as Naisten Liiga for the 2017–18 season, did not impact the trophy, which has been awarded in every season since the renaming.

Reima was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame Finland in 2015 as ('Finnish Ice Hockey Lion') number 230.[8]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Legends of Hockey – Profiles of Notable Women in Hockey. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210506124942/https://www.hhof.com/htmlTimeCapsule/wmspla04.shtml. 6 May 2021. 2020-07-13. Hockey Hall of Fame.
  2. Finland Ice Hockey at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417053926/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/FIN/winter/1998/ICH/ . dead . 2020-04-17 .
  3. Tiia Reima. 20 May 2020. 17 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417180946/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/re/tiia-reima-1.html. live.
  4. Web site: Player Profile: Tiia Reima. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200702025826/https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/377458/tiia-reima. 2 July 2020. 2020-07-13. eliteprospects.com. en.
  5. Web site: Jääkiekkoleijonat: Reima Tiia (Aatelointinumero 230 - Aatelointivuosi 2015 - Hyökkääjä - s.1.2.1973 Tampere) . live . 2022-03-05 . . fi . 7 July 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180707102721/http://www.jaakiekkomuseo.fi/jaakiekkoleijonat/#1507548731434-c628c1b8-ae90 .
  6. Web site: Team Staff Profile: Tiia Reima. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200714020107/https://www.eliteprospects.com/staff/28144/tiia-reima. 14 July 2020. 2020-07-13. eliteprospects.com.
  7. Web site: 2010-11-14. Jääkiekkoliitto uudisti palkinnot: Pokaaleihin nimet Selänne, Koivu, Räty, Javanainen.... live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200615144846/https://www.mtvuutiset.fi/artikkeli/jaakiekkoliitto-uudisti-palkinnot-pokaaleihin-nimet-selanne-koivu-raty-javanainen/3762434. 15 June 2020. 2020-06-15. MTV Uutiset. fi.
  8. Web site: Pellinen . Leeni . 2015-12-30 . Tiia Reima Jääkiekkoleijona #230 . 2022-03-05 . . fi-fi . 5 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220305184146/https://www.leijonat.fi/index.php/maajoukkueet/aateloidut-leijonat/2015-16/item/15465-tiia-reima-jaakiekkoleijona-230 . live .