Venla Hovi
Finnish ice hockey player and coach (born 1987) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Venla Hovi (née Heikkilä; born 28 October 1987) is a Finnish ice hockey coach and former ice hockey forward. She is an assistant coach for the Harvard Crimson women's ice hockey program,[1] and was head coach of the Metropolitan Riveters in the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) during the 2022–23 PHF season.
Venla Hovi | |||
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Born |
(1987-10-28) 28 October 1987 (age 36) Tampere, Finland | ||
Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb; 10 st 8 lb) | ||
Position | Forward | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for | |||
Current coach | Harvard Crimson | ||
Coached for |
Metropolitan Riveters Manitoba Bisons | ||
National team | Finland | ||
Playing career | 2003–2019 | ||
Coaching career | 2018–present | ||
A member of the Finnish national team for over a decade, Hovi won bronze medals at the 2010 and 2018 Winter Olympic Games and at the 2008, 2009, and 2017 IIHF Women's World Championships, and a silver medal at the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship. Hovi announced her retirement from top athletic competition the day following the achievement of silver at the 2019 Worlds.[2][3]
Following her retirement, Hovi served as an on-ice instructor with True North, the Winnipeg Jets' hockey development program. She was the first woman ever to be hired as a coach by the organization and was one of a small number of women employed as on-ice instructors in the NHL or NHL affiliated programs.