Elisa Holopainen

Elisa Holopainen (born 27 December 2001) is a Finnish ice hockey winger for Frölunda HC of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) and member of the Finnish national team.

Elisa Holopainen
Holopainen with KalPa in October 2022
Born	(2001-12-27) 27 December 2001 (age 23) Tuusniemi, Finland
Height	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	55 kg (121 lb; 8 st 9 lb)
Position	Left wing
Shoots	Left
SDHL team Former teams	Frölunda HC KalPa Kuopio Kiekko-Espoo
National team	Finland
Playing career	2016–present
Medal record Olympic Games 2022 Beijing Ice hockey World Championship 2019 Finland 2021 Canada 2024 United States 2025 Czechia

Holopainen represented Finland in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, where she won a bronze medal, and at the IIHF Women's World Championships in 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024, and 2025.

Playing career

Holopainen was one of the Naisten Liiga's most dominant players during her eight seasons in the league. She was named the Naisten Liiga Player of the Year four times, Best Forward six times, and was a six-time All-Star team selection.^[1][2]

International play

With the senior national team, she won a silver medal at the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship.^[3][4] Holopainen was officially named to the Finnish roster for the 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship days before the tournament was cancelled due to public health concerns related to COVID-19.^[5][6]

She appeared with the Finnish under-18 national team at the IIHF Women's U18 World Championships in 2017, 2018, and 2019. Finland claimed the bronze medal at the 2019 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, due in no small part to Holopainen’s tournament leading 8 points from 5 goals and three assists in five games. She was named Best Forward by the tournament directorate and selected to the media All-Star team, in addition to being recognized as a top-3 player for Finland by the coaches.^[7]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2014–15	KalPa U16 Tytöt	U16 Aluesarja		16	13	8	21	0		–	–	–	–	–
2015–16	KalPa U16 Tytöt	U16 Aluesarja		18	50	12	62	2		–	–	–	–	–
2016–17	KalPa	NSMs		26	19	9	28	8		9	1	2	3	6
2017–18	KalPa	NSML		28	17	25	42	6		4	2	0	2	2
2018–19	KalPa	NSML		20	21	30	51	8		8	11	4	15	0
2019–20	KalPa	NSML		30	37	25	62	20		6	4	4	8	0
2020–21	KalPa	NSML		35	39	25	64	10		11	12	9	21	6
2021–22	Kiekko-Espoo	NSML		27	29	27	56	4		12	19	10	29	14
2022–23	KalPa	NSML		28	41	34	75	4		0	0	0	0	0
2023–24	KalPa	NSML		19	32	25	57	6		8	9	5	14	6
Naisten Liiga totals				203	235	200	435	66		58	58	34	92	34

International

Year	Team	Event	Result		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2017	Finland	U18	5th		5	0	1	1	4
2018	Finland	U18	5th		5	1	6	7	0
2019	Finland	U18			6	5	3	8	6
2019	Finland	WC			7	2	1	3	0
2021	Finland	WC			7	1	1	2	2
2022	Finland	OG			7	1	3	4	4
2022	Finland	WC	6th		7	3	1	4	2
2024	Finland	WC			7	2	1	3	0
2025	Finland	WC			7	3	2	5	2
Junior totals					16	6	10	16	10
Senior totals					42	12	9	21	10

Honors and achievements

Award	Year or period
Naisten Liiga
All-Star Second Team	2017–18
Player of the Month	January 2019
	September 2020
	November 2021[8]
	November 2022[9]
	November 2023[10]
All-Star First Team	2018–19
	2019–20
	2020–21
	2021–22
	2022–23
	2023–24
Riikka Nieminen Award (Player of the Year)	2018–19
	2020–21
	2022–23
	2023–24
Katja Riipi Award (Best forward)	2018–19
	2019–20
	2020–21
	2021–22
	2022–23
	2023–24
Marianne Ihalainen Award (Leading scorer)	2018–19
Tiia Reima Award (Top goal scorer)	2018–19
	2019–20
	2022–23
Finnish Championship Silver Medal	2021
Aurora Borealis Cup Champion	2022
Finnish Championship Bronze Medal	2023
	2024
International
World U18 Top-3 Player on Team	2018, 2019
World U18 All-Star Team	2019
World U18 Best Forward	2019
World U18 Bronze Medal	2019
World U18 Leading Scorer	2019
World Championship Silver Medal	2019
World Championship Bronze Medal	2021, 2024, 2025
Olympic Bronze Medal	2022

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