Tiia Reima

Tiia Reima
Born	(1973-02-01) 1 February 1973 (age 51) Tampere, Finland
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 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 Suomen jääkiekkoleijona ('Finnish Ice Hockey Lion') number 230.^[8]

See also

• Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame

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.

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
• Tiia Reima at Olympics.com
• Tiia Reima at Olympedia (archive)
• Tiia Reima at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)