Emilia Vesa

Emilia Vesa (born 3 January 2001) is a Finnish ice hockey winger and member of the Finnish national ice hockey team, currently playing in the Naisten Liiga (NSML) with HIFK Naiset.

Emilia Vesa
Born (2001-01-03) 3 January 2001
Helsinki, Finland
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 66 kg (146 lb; 10 st 6 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shoots Right
NSML team
Former teams		 HIFK Helsinki
Kiekko-Espoo
Team Kuortane
National team  Finland
Playing career 2016–present
Medal record
Olympic Games
2022 BeijingIce hockey
World Championship
2021 Canada

Playing career

As a junior player with the Finnish national under-18 team, she participated in the IIHF Women's U18 World Championships in 2017, 2018, and 2019, winning a bronze medal at the 2019 tournament.[1]

Vesa made her senior national team debut at the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship in Calgary, where she won a bronze medal.[2] Several months later, she won an Olympic bronze medal in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.[3]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Note: The Naisten Liiga was called the Naisten SM-sarja (lit. 'Women's Finnish Championship series') until 2017.

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2016–17 Team Kuortane Naisten SM-sarja 28 6 11 17 4 2 1 0 1 0
2017–18 Team Kuortane Naisten Liiga 27 5 13 18 4 7 0 1 1 0
2018–19 Team Kuortane Naisten Liiga 28 6 15 21 4 4 1 0 1 2
2019–20 Team Kuortane Naisten Liiga 30 9 23 32 6 8 4 9 13 2
2020–21 Kiekko-Espoo Naisten Liiga 24 15 14 29 12 10 4 5 9 27
2021–22 Kiekko-Espoo Naisten Liiga 15 11 11 22 6 12 3 7 10 4
Naisten Liiga totals 152 52 87 139 36 43 13 22 35 35

International
Year Team Event Result   GP G A Pts PIM
2017 Finland U18 WW18 5th 5 0 3 3 2
2018 Finland U18 WW18 5th 5 0 0 0 0
2019 Finland U18 WW18 6 0 0 0 0
2021 Finland WW 6 0 0 0 0
2022 Finland OG 7 0 0 0 0
2022 Finland WW 6th 7 0 0 0 0
Junior totals 16 0 3 3 2
Senior totals 20 0 0 0 0

Awards and honors
Award Season(s)
International
World U18 Bronze Medal 2019
World Championship Bronze Medal 2021
Olympic Bronze Medal 2022
Naisten Liiga
Aurora Borealis Cup Bronze Medal 2017–18
Player of the Month December 2018
February 2021[4]
Fair-Play Player 2018–19
Best Plus/Minus 2020–21[5]
Aurora Borealis Cup Champion 2021,[6] 2022
All-Star Second Team 2020–21

References
  1. Teiskonlahti, Kirsi (13 January 2019). "MM-pronssimitalisteilla onnistui kaikki liki nappiin – menestyksen jatkumiseen kaivataan kuitenkin lisää harrastajia: "Huippuyksilöitä ei ihan joka kisoihin valitettavasti saada"". Yle Urheilu (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  2. "Kiekko-Espoosta MM-kisoihin Laitinen, Vesa ja Viitasuo – edessä vielä monta koronatestiä". Länsiväylä (in Finnish). 7 April 2021. Archived from the original on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  3. "Beijing 2022 – Athletes: Emilia VESA, Ice Hockey". Olympics.com. Archived from the original on 3 March 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  4. Mennander, Pasi (1 March 2021). "Kiekko-Espoon Emilia Vesa Naisten Liigan helmikuun pelaaja". Finnish Ice Hockey Association (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  5. Niemeläinen, Jonne (16 March 2021). "Huikeat tehot kerännyt 19-vuotias KalPa-hyökkääjä Elisa Holopainen palkittiin Naisten Liigan runkosarjan parhaana – huomenna edessä kauden tärkein peli". Yle Urheilu (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 16 March 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  6. Siren, Tomi (20 March 2021). "Kiekko-Espoo voitti naisten liigan ensimmäisen finaalin – suihkukomennukset puhuttivat: "Katsotaan, kenellä on huomenna pelikielto"". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 23 August 2021. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
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