Tuula Puputti

Tuula Katriina Puputti (born 5 November 1977) is a Finnish ice hockey administrator and retired goaltender. She is the head of hockey operations for PWHL Toronto of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL).^[1]

Tuula Puputti
Born	(1977-11-05) 5 November 1977 (age 47) Kuopio, Finland
Height	162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb; 9 st 6 lb)
Position	Goaltender
Caught	Left
Played for	JYP Jyväskylä Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs KalPa Kuopio
National team	Finland
Playing career	1992–2003
Medal record Olympic Games 1998 Nagano Ice hockey World Championship 2000 Canada 1999 Finland 1997 Canada European Championship 1995 Latvia 1993 Denmark

Playing career

As a member of the Finnish national team, Puputti won a bronze medal in the women’s ice hockey tournament at the 1998 Winter Olympics,^[2][3] and three IIHF World Women's Championship bronze medals, in 1997, 1999, and 2000. She also competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics and 2001 IIHF Women's World Championship.

Executive career

Puputi served as general manager of the Finnish women's national ice hockey team and women's national under-18 ice hockey team, and as Developer of Girls' Hockey (Finnish: Tyttökiekon kehittäjä) for the Finnish Ice Hockey Association during 2013 to 2023.^[4]