Tiia Reima

Tiia Reima
Born (1973-02-01) 1 February 1973
Height 1.59 m (5 ft 3 in)
Weight 57 kg (126 lb; 9 st 0 lb)
Position Forward
Shot Left
Played for Ilves-Kiekko
Ilves Tampere
SC Lyss
IHK Helsinki
Ladies Team Lugano
Espoo Blues
Coached for Espoo Blues
Espoo United
National team  Finland
Playing career c. 1985–2011
Coaching career 2011–2017
Medal record
Olympic Games
1998 Nagano Ice hockey
World Championship
1999 Finland
1997 Canada
1994 United States
1992 Finland
1990 Canada
European Championship
1995 Latvia
1993 Denmark
1991 Czechoslovakia
1989 West Germany
1996 Russia

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 from 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

Before 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 Suomen jääkiekkoleijona ('Finnish Ice Hockey Lion') number 230.[8]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1985-86 Ilves-Kiekko I-divisioona
14 11 4 15 4
1986-87 Ilves-Kiekko I-divisioona
14 23 1 24 10
1987-88 Ilves-Kiekko I-divisioona
10 50 8 58 17
1988-89 Ilves SM-sarja
14 20 8 28 14
1989-90 Ilves SM-sarja
12 13 4 17 8 4 5 0 5 0
1990-91 Ilves SM-sarja
11 15 4 19 12 4 6 1 7 6
1991-92 Ilves SM-sarja
14 20 8 28 28 4 3 3 6 2
1992-93 Ilves SM-sarja
14 18 10 28 20 5 5 4 9 6
1993-94 Ilves SM-sarja
24 56 29 85 22 5 2 1 3 2
1996-97 Ilves SM-sarja
14 10 10 20 16
1997-98 Ilves SM-sarja
18 19 20 39 34
1998-99 Ilves SM-sarja
24 15 18 33 26 3 2 2 4 6
1999-00 Ilves SM-sarja
14 12 16 28 20
2000-01 IHK SM-sarja
24 25 31 56 30 4 3 3 6 6
2001-02 IHK SM-sarja
22 22 25 47 34 9 7 3 10 2
2002-03 IHK SM-sarja
19 21 24 45 4 3 2 0 2 0
2003-04 Ladies Team Lugano LKA
12 21 33
2004-05 IHK SM-sarja
10 0 6 6 2 6 4 3 7 2
2005-06 IHK SM-sarja
18 6 11 17 18 4 0 1 1 4
2006-07 IHK SM-sarja
13 5 7 12 24 15 19 35 54 14
2007-08 Blues SM-sarja
25 12 25 37 34 11 4 4 8 10
2008-09 Blues SM-sarja
14 7 11 18 10 4 1 3 4 2


International

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; PIM = Penalty minutes
Regular season
Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
1989 Finland EC
5 9 6 15 4
1990 Finland WC
5 6 2 8 4
1991 Finland EC
5 6 2 8 4
1992 Finland WC
5 1 5 6 2
1993 Finland EC
3 4 3 7 8
1994 Finland WC
5 7 4 11 6
1995 Finland EC
5 7 7 14 6
1996 Finland EC
5 3 3 6 4
1997 Finland WC
5 4 5 9 10
1998 Finland OG
4 2 1 3 6
1999 Finland WC
5 1 2 3 6
2002 Finland OG 4th
5 2 1 3 2
2005 Finland WC 4th
5 0 1 1 4

See also

References

  1. ^ "Legends of Hockey – Profiles of Notable Women in Hockey". Hockey Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Finland Ice Hockey at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tiia Reima". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Player Profile: Tiia Reima". eliteprospects.com. Archived from the original on 2 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  5. ^ "Jääkiekkoleijonat: Reima Tiia (Aatelointinumero 230 - Aatelointivuosi 2015 - Hyökkääjä - s.1.2.1973 Tampere)". Finnish Ice Hockey Museum (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Team Staff Profile: Tiia Reima". eliteprospects.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  7. ^ "Jääkiekkoliitto uudisti palkinnot: Pokaaleihin nimet Selänne, Koivu, Räty, Javanainen..." MTV Uutiset (in Finnish). 14 November 2010. Archived from the original on 15 June 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
  8. ^ Pellinen, Leeni (30 December 2015). "Tiia Reima Jääkiekkoleijona #230". Finnish Ice Hockey Association (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.