Tuula Puputti

Finnish ice hockey goaltender and administrator

Ice hockey player

Tuula Puputti

Born

(1977-11-05) 5 November 1977 (age 46)
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

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]

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]

References

^ Kennedy, Ian (14 October 2023). "Toronto Hires Tuula Puputti As Hockey Operations Manager". The Hockey News. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tuula Puputti". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
^ 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.
^ "Henkilökunnan Esittelyt: Puputti Tuula". Finnish Ice Hockey Association (in Finnish). Retrieved 19 August 2020.