Tuula Puputti

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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
Bronze medal – third place 1998 Nagano Ice hockey
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Canada
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Finland
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Canada
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 1995 Latvia
Gold medal – first place 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[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]

  1. ^ Kennedy, Ian (14 October 2023). "Toronto Hires Tuula Puputti As Hockey Operations Manager". The Hockey News. Retrieved 9 December 2023.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Henkilökunnan Esittelyt: Puputti Tuula". Finnish Ice Hockey Association (in Finnish). Retrieved 19 August 2020.

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