Tuula Puputti
| Tuula Puputti | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
5 November 1977 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 | ||
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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com
- Tuula Puputti at Olympedia (archive)
- Tuula Puputti at Olympics.com
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- 1977 births
- Living people
- Finnish expatriate ice hockey people in Canada
- Finnish ice hockey administrators
- Finnish women's ice hockey goaltenders
- Ice hockey people from Kuopio
- Ice hockey players at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics
- JYP Jyväskylä Naiset players
- KalPa Naiset players
- Medalists at the 1998 Winter Olympics
- Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey players
- Olympic bronze medalists for Finland
- Olympic ice hockey players for Finland
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Finnish ice hockey goaltender stubs
- Finnish Winter Olympic medalist stubs