Anne Pohjola

Anne Pohjola
Personal information
Nationality Finland
Born (1985-04-18) 18 April 1985 (age 39)
Lapinlahti (Finland)
Height5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Weight150 lb (68 kg; 10 st 10 lb)
Sport
Country
PositionForward
ShootsLeft
Team
Medal record
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
WRC 7 0 0
RWCC 1 0 0
SMRC (Nationals) 11 ? ?
Total 19 0 0
Ringette
World Ringette Championships
Representing  Finland
Gold medal – first place 2007 Canada
Gold medal – first place 2010 Finland
Gold medal – first place 2013 Canada
Gold medal – first place 2016 Finland
Gold medal – first place 2019 Canada
Gold medal – first place 2022 Finland
SM Ringette Championships (Nationals)
Gold medal – first place 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021
Updated on August 27, 2023

Anne Pohjola (born April 18, 1985, in Kuopio, Lapinlahti),[1] is an elite Finnish ringette player who plays forward and is a prolific scorer. She has been a member of the Finland national ringette team several times and currently plays in Finland's semi-professional ringette league, SM Ringette (formerly Ringeten SM-sarja [fi]). The league is known as the Finnish national ringette league to English speakers.

In SM Ringette, she has played for various clubs, mainly Lapinlahden Luistin -89 [fi],[2][3] and has served as captain of that club.

Ringette career

World Ringette Championships

Pohjola has won seven World Ringette Championships championships with the Finland national ringette team.[4][5]

At the 2007 World Ringette Championships, she helped Team Finland (Senior) win by scoring the game winning overtime goal.[6][7][8] In the final game against Canada, she scored two goals. With a final score of (5-4) Pojhola helped her country win the world title.[9]

At the 2017 World Ringette Championships, she scored one goal against Team Canada in the first final game where Finland won 7–4, and five of Finland's 11 goals in the second final game.[10]

At the 2019 World Ringette Championships, she scored four of Team Finland Senior's 11 goals in the first final and three of Finland's five goals in the second final.[11]

Ringette World Club Championship

At the Ringette World Club Championship in 2011, she won gold with Lapinlahden Luistin -89 [fi] and was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament.[12]

SM Ringette

In the Finnish national ringette league, SM Ringette (formerly Ringeten SM-sarja [fi]), Pohjola played for Lapinlahden Luistin -89 [fi] until the 2013–2014 season, then for a while with Nokian Urheilijat [fi] until returning to Lapinlahti. More recently she has played for the Raision Nuorisokiekko [fi] (RNK Flyers).[when?]

Pohjola has won the Finnish national championship 11 times (in 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, and 2021[13]). The 2015 and 2016 championships victories occurred when she played with Nokian Urheilijat [fi].

After the 2021–22 season, Pohjola is in the top spot in the all-time points leaderboard of the SM Ringette league. She has played 599 matches in the SM division and scored a total of 3,406 points (1,661 goals and 1,745 assists).[14]

Statistics

Club

International

Statistics per competition
Year Event GP G A Pts +/- PIM Results
2007 World Ringette Championships[15] 4 17 11 28 - 6 Gold Gold
2010 World Ringette Championships[16] 5 5 14 19 - 6 Gold Gold

Women's ice hockey

Pohjola also played women's ice hockey for a time in Naisten Mestis starting in the 2014–15 season when Lapinlahden Luistin -89 [fi] switched from ringette to ice hockey but has since retired.[1][17]

Awards

Individual honours

Personal life

Anne Pohjola's sister Mari Pohjola is also a ringette player. Their father, Juha Pohjola, who died of cancer in the fall of 2015, won several Finnish ringette championships (SM Ringette) as the coach of Lapinlahden Luistin -89 [fi].[22]

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See also

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b von Hertzen, Anna (3 January 2016). "Anne Pohjola lähtee ringeten kultajahtiin ilman paineita". HS.fi. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Luistin-89" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 2017-05-09. Retrieved 2023-08-26.
  3. ^ "Etusivu Suomen Ringetteliitto Ry" (in Finnish).
  4. ^ "Ringeten maailmanmestarit Suomeen itsenäisyyspäivän aattona" (in Finnish). Suomen Ringetteliitto. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  5. ^ Tikander, Vesa (2020). Urheilun vuosikirja 41 (in Finnish). Urheilumuseo. p. 281. ISBN 978-952-6644-16-5.
  6. ^ "Historia – Suomen Ringetteliitto Ry" (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 10 January 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2016.
  7. ^ "Ringuette: les Canadiennes vice-championnes du monde" (in French). Archived from the original on 2007-11-07. Retrieved 2023-08-26.
  8. ^ "Suomi juhlii ringeten MM-kultaa" (in French). Archived from the original on 2012-01-14. Retrieved 2023-08-26.
  9. ^ "International Ringette Federation". Archived from the original on 2011-11-12. Retrieved 2023-08-26.
  10. ^ Tikander, Vesa (2018). Urheilun vuosikirja 39. Urheilumuseo. ISBN 978-952-6644-12-7.
  11. ^ Tikander, Vesa (2020). Urheilun vuosikirja 41. Urheilumuseo. pp. 176–177. ISBN 978-952-6644-16-5.
  12. ^ "LL-89 defeat the defending champion Cambridge Turbos to move on to an all Finnish final against RNK". Archived from the original on 2016-03-13. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
  13. ^ Tikander, Vesa (2022). Urheilun vuosikirja 43. Urheilumuseo. p. 292. ISBN 978-952-6644-19-6.
  14. ^ "Kaikkien aikojen tilasto" (PDF). Suomen Ringetteliitto. 11 May 2022. Archived from the original (pdf) on 12 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
  15. ^ http://www.leaguestat.com/ringettecanada/worlds/fr/stats/statdisplay.php?type=top_scorers&subType=0&season_id=9&league_id=7&lastActive=&confId=0
  16. ^ http://www.leaguestat.com/ringettecanada/worlds/fr/stats/player.php?id=770
  17. ^ "Anne Pohjola". Elite Prospects.com. 2023. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  18. ^ "2007". ringette.cc via Wikiwix. Archived from the original on 9 August 2011. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  19. ^ (fi) http://www.iisalmensanomat.fi/uutiset/urheilu/maailman-paras-tehoketju/391390 Archived 2009-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
  20. ^ (fi) http://www.lapinlahdenluistin.net/joukkueet.php?page=saycheese[permanent dead link‍]
  21. ^ (en) http://www.ringette.cc/docs/WRC-20101106.pdf Archived 2011-08-29 at the Wayback Machine
  22. ^ Saarinen, Joska (22 March 2018). "Suru isän kuolemasta oli SM-finaalien ratkaisupelaajalle voimavara, mestaruusjuhlissa tuli liikutuksen vuoro: "Yritin pitää tunteet kurissa"". Yle. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  23. ^ Myöhänen, Arto (28 September 2016). "LL-89 ottaa uuden vauhdin Ykkössarjasta". Iisalmen Sanomat. Retrieved 13 October 2022.