Finnish ice hockey player and coach
Ice hockey player
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
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
Sources:[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
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