Marianne Ihalainen

Finnish ice hockey player

Ice hockey player

Marianne Ihalainen

Born

(1967-02-22) February 22, 1967 (age 57)
Tampere, Finland

Height

165 cm (5 ft 5 in)

Weight

68 kg (150 lb; 10 st 10 lb)

Position

Forward

Shot

Right

Played for

Tampereen Ilves

National team

Finland

Playing career

1982–2001

Medal record

Women's ice hockey

Representing Finland
Olympic Games
	1998 Nagano	Team
World Championships
	2000 Canada
	1999 Finland
	1997 Canada
	1994 United States
	1992 Finland
	1990 Canada
European Championship
	1995 Latvia
	1993 Denmark
	1991 Czechoslovakia
	1989 West Germany
	1996 Russia

Marianne Ihalainen (born 22 February 1967) is a retired Finnish ice hockey forward.^[1] She won a bronze medal as captain of the Finnish national team at the 1998 Winter Olympics^[2] and also won six IIHF World Women's Championship bronze medals, four IIHF European Women Championships gold medals and one bronze while representing Finland and was eight time SM-sarja Finnish Champion with Ilves. Ihalainen is regarded as one of the pioneers of women’s ice hockey in Finland and she was one of the first women inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame Finland, alongside fellow trailblazer Riikka Sallinen.^[3]

After her retirement from playing in 2001, Ihalainen coached the Ilves women’s team during 2002–2006 and led the team to victory in the 2006 SM-sarja Finnish Championship.^[4] In 2006, she became the head coach and team manager of the Finnish national team. Under Ihalainen coaching, the Finnish national team won bronze medals at the 2008 and 2009 IIHF Women's World Championship and a bronze medal at the 2010 Winter Olympics.^[3]

At a ceremony held during the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship in Espoo, she became the first woman to have her career formally honoured by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association.^[5]

Awards and honours

Award	Year
Finland
Naisten SM-sarja Top Goal Scorer later renamed the Tiia Reima Award	1989–90 (21 goals)
Naisten SM-sarja Top Point Scorer later renamed the Marianne Ihalainen Award	1989–90 (33 points)
Suomen Jääkiekkoleijona Hockey Hall of Fame Finland	2007
Number retired by the Tampereen Ilves	2007
Career honoured by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association	13 April 2019^[5]
International
IIHF European Women Championship Gold Medal	1989, 1991, 1993, 1995
IIHF Women's World Championship Bronze Medal	1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000
IIHF European Women Championship Bronze Medal	1996
Winter Olympics Bronze Medal	1998

References

^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Marianne Ihalainen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
^ 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. Retrieved 13 April 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Jääkiekkoleijonat" (in Finnish). Hockey Hall of Fame Finland. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
^ "Ilves Hockey Legends". ilveshistoria.com (in Finnish). Ilves-Hockey Oy. Retrieved 26 February 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Marianne Ihalainen to be honoured". IIHF. 8 March 2019. Retrieved 26 February 2020.