Petra Ojaranta
Finland
Canada
World
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Team Finland Sr.
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1985–1994 Turun Ringette, SM Ringette
- - 1994–1996 VG-62, SM Ringette
- - 1996–1999 Turun Ringette, SM Ringette
- - 1999–2000 Espoon Kiekkoseura [fi] EKS, SM Ringette
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2001–2002 Edmonton Ringette Club
- - 2002–2005 Turun Ringette, SM Ringette
- - 2005–2017 RNK Flyers, SM Ringette
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2017–2020 BC Thunder, NRL
- - 2020 – RNK Flyers, SM Ringette
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![]() | 1996 Sweden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() | 1998 EuroTour | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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SM Ringette Championships (Nationals) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Petra Ojaranta (born March 17, 1976, Turku)[1] is a Finnish ringette player. She is one of Finland's most successful ringette players of all time and has been involved in winning six World Ringette Championships, including the 1998 EuroTour, playing for the Finland national ringette team.
Ojaranta also competed in two national ringette leagues, SM Ringette in Finland and the National Ringette League in Canada, as well as the Ringette World Club Championship and Canadian Ringette Championships.
Career
Petra Ojaranta developed a passion for ringette at the age of 9. She started playing for the Turku club and during her career represented the South West Finland region with various clubs including Turku, VG-62 and (EKS).
World Ringette Championships
Ojaranta competed in the World Ringette Championships eight times. She eventually became the oldest player of the Finland national team since she had been selected since 1994 and she had accumulated numerous international medals.
Finland
National
At the national level she reached 4 Finnish professional elite league championships, three silver medals, one bronze. She was selected on the All Stars team in 2000-2001 and 2002–2003.
SM Ringette
Ojaranta is sixth after the 2021–2022 season in the all-time point statistics of the SM Ringette league. She played 680 games and scored power points in them: 725 + 1103 = 1828.[2]
Since 2005, she has been playing for the RNK Flyers, where in addition she takes care of training the junior teams affiliated to the club. In 2010–11, she helped her team win the national SM Ringette championship.
Canada
Canadian Ringette Championships
Ojaranta also has experience in Canada, where she went to play in the 2001–02 season, in Edmonton. Her Alberta team placed second at the Canadian Ringette Championships. At that time, the Canadian championship was strictly amateur and the National Ringette League did not exist.
National Ringette League
In addition to Finland, Ojaranta has played in Canada's National Ringette League in the ranks of the Edmonton Ringette Club, and in the BC Thunder team in Vancouver.
Statistics
Club
International
Year | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | +/- | PIM | Results | ||
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1994 | World Ringette Championships | ![]() | ||||||||
1996 | World Ringette Championships[3] | 6 | 8 | 4 | 12 | - | - | ![]() | ||
1998 | World Ringette Championships (EuroTour) | ![]() | ||||||||
2000 | World Ringette Championships | ![]() | ||||||||
2002 | World Ringette Championships | ![]() | ||||||||
2004 | World Ringette Championships | ![]() | ||||||||
2007 | World Ringette Championships[4] | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | - | 4 | ![]() | ||
2010 | World Ringette Championships[5] | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | - | 0 | ![]() |
Awards
SM Ringette gold - 2011, 2017, ?, ? - 4 Finnish championship titles
Gold medal - World Ringette Championships - 1994, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2010
World Ringette Championship silver - 1996, 2002
Ringette World Club Championship silver for club teams - 2011
Canadian Ringette Championships - silver- 2001-02
Individual honours
- Voted to the elite Finnish semi-professional ringette league, SM Ringette, All-Star Team for the 2001–02 and 2002–03 seasons
Notes and references
- ^ "Raision Nuorisokiekko" (in Finnish).[dead link]
- ^ "Kaikkien aikojen tilasto" (PDF). Suomen Ringetteliitto. 11 May 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2022. Retrieved 12 October 2022.
- ^ International Ringette Federation, http://www.ringette.cc/id115.htm Copie archivée at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-11-12)
- ^ http://www.leaguestat.com/ringettecanada/worlds/fr/stats/statdisplay.php?type=top_scorers&subType=0&season_id=9&league_id=7&lastActive=&confId=0
- ^ http://www.leaguestat.com/ringettecanada/worlds/fr/stats/player.php?id=768
External links
- Ringette Finland/Profile [dead link]
- Profil de Petra Ojaranta dans le TEAM RNK
- Profil de Petra Ojaranta dans l'équipe nationale de Finlande aux Championnats mondiau de 2010
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