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Finland Tanja Niskanen
#61 KalPa / Naisten Liiga alempi (W) - 21/22
1-time World Championship (W) Silver Medal 1
3-time World Championship (W) Bronze Medal 3
2-time Olympic (W) Bronze Medal 2
Date of Birth
Nov 09, 1992
Position
C
Age
32
Height
5'9" / 176 cm
Place of Birth
Juankoski, FIN
Weight
159 lbs / 72 kg
Nation
Finland
Shoots
L
Youth Team
Juankosken Kuohu
Contract
-

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Tanja Niskanen Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2006-07 KalPa I-divisioona (W) 14* 3* 5* 8* 14* -* |
2007-08 KalPa I-divisioona (W) 21* 23* 10* 33* 6* -* |
Finland U18 WJC-18 (W) 5* 2* 0* 2* 14* -7* |
Finland U18 (all) International-Jr (W) 13* 3* 4* 7* 16* -* |
2008-09 APV I-divisioona (W) 11* 26* 3* 29* 8* -* | Qualification 15 15 10 25 12 -
Finland U18 WJC-18 (W) 5* 0* 1* 1* 2* -1* |
Finland U18 (all) International-Jr (W) 13* 5* 2* 7* 6* -* |
Finland (all) International (W) 3* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
2009-10 KalPa I-divisioona (W) 12* 23* 10* 33* 4* -* | Qualification 16 20 16 36 2 -
Suomi NMJ U16 SM-sarja 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
Finland U18 “A” WJC-18 (W) 5* 3* 2* 5* 4* 3* |
Finland U18 (all) International-Jr (W) 15* 9* 4* 13* 6* -* |
Finland (all) International (W) 5* 0* 0* 0* 2* -* |
2010-11 KalPa SM-sarja (W) 26* 17* 10* 27* 22* -* | Playoffs 3 2 1 3 0 -
Suomi NMJ U16 SM-sarja 13* 2* 2* 4* 6* -* |
Finland WC (W) 6* 1* 3* 4* 2* 0* |
Finland (all) International (W) 21* 3* 5* 8* 2* -* |
2011-12 KalPa SM-sarja (W) 29* 33* 23* 56* 12* -* | Playoffs 4 4 2 6 20 -
Finland (all) International (W) 12* 4* 4* 8* 2* -* |
2012-13 KalPa SM-sarja (W) 27* 24* 18* 42* 20* -* | Relegation 10 24 14 38 8 -
2013-14 KalPa “A” SM-sarja (W) 28* 18* 21* 39* 36* -* | Playoffs 3 1 0 1 2 -
Finland (all) International (W) 15* 1* 2* 3* 16* -* |
2014-15 KalPa SM-sarja (W) 7* 8* 2* 10* 12* -* |
LL-89 Mestis (W) 4* 13* 5* 18* 6* -* | Qualification 6 7 3 10 4 -
2015-16 JYP SM-sarja (W) 25* 28* 24* 52* 39* -* | Playoffs 6 6 1 7 2 -
Finland WC (W) 6* 3* 2* 5* 10* 3* |
Finland (all) International (W) 21* 5* 5* 10* 18* -* |
2016-17 KalPa “A” SM-sarja (W) 22* 15* 21* 36* 6* -* | Playoffs 9 5 7 12 6 -
Finland WC (W) 6* 0* 2* 2* 2* 3* |
Finland (all) International (W) 20* 1* 3* 4* 6* -* |
2017-18 KalPa “A” Naisten Liiga (W) 24* 20* 24* 44* 37* -* | Playoffs 4 1 2 3 2 -
Finland OG (W) 6* 0* 0* 0* 6* 0* |
Finland (all) International (W) 26* 2* 1* 3* 10* -* |
2018-19 KalPa “C” Naisten Liiga (W) 29* 31* 48* 79* 12* -* | Playoffs 7 4 7 11 2 -
Finland EHT (W) 10* 0* 2* 2* 4* 2* |
Finland WC (W) 7* 0* 0* 0* 4* -5* |
Finland (all) International (W) 22* 0* 4* 4* 12* -* |
2019-20 KalPa Naisten Liiga (W) 26* 23* 23* 46* 8* -* | Playoffs 8 3 6 9 2 -
Finland EHT (W) 6* 0* 1* 1* 0* 3* |
Finland (all) International (W) 12* 1* 2* 3* 4* -* |
2020-21 KalPa “A” Naisten Liiga (W) 20* 8* 11* 19* 10* -* | Playoffs 11 6 10 16 14 -
Finland WC (W) 7* 1* 1* 2* 4* 0* |
Finland (all) International (W) 8* 1* 1* 2* 4* -* |
2021-22 KalPa “A” Naisten Liiga (W) 13* 8* 4* 12* 6* -* | Playoffs 4 2 4 6 8 -
KalPa “A” Naisten Liiga alempi (W) 3* 3* 1* 4* 2* -* |
Finland OG (W) 7* 0* 2* 2* 6* 0* |
Finland (all) International (W) 12* 0* 2* 2* 8* -4* |

Tanja Niskanen Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
2008-09 APV U20 U20 SM-turnaus (W) 1* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
2009-10 KalPa U20 U20 SM-turnaus (W) 3* 6* 4* 10* 0* -* |
2011-12 KalPa U20 U20 SM-turnaus (W) 4* 2* 3* 5* 2* -* |

Tanja Niskanen Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
Auroraliiga (W) (SM-sarja (W), Naisten Liiga (W)) 12 276* 233* 229* 462* 1.67* 220* -* | 11 69 58 * 54 * 112 * 1.62 * 66 * - *
EHT (W) 2 16* 0* 3* 3* 0.19* 4* 5* | 0 * * * * * *
I-divisioona (W) 4 58* 75* 28* 103* 1.78* 32* -* | 2 31 35 * 26 * 61 * 1.97 * 14 * - *
International (W) 12 177* 18* 29* 47* 0.27* 84* -4* | 0 * * * * * *
International-Jr (W) 3 41* 17* 10* 27* 0.66* 28* -* | 0 * * * * * *
Mestis (W) 1 4* 13* 5* 18* 4.50* 6* -* | 1 6 7 * 3 * 10 * 1.67 * 4 * - *
Naisten Liiga alempi (W) 1 3* 3* 1* 4* 1.33* 2* -* | 0 * * * * * *
OG (W) 2 13* 0* 2* 2* 0.15* 12* 0* | 0 * * * * * *
U16 SM-sarja 2 15* 2* 2* 4* 0.27* 6* -* | 0 * * * * * *
U20 SM-turnaus (W) 3 8* 8* 7* 15* 1.88* 2* -* | 0 * * * * * *
WC (W) 5 32* 5* 8* 13* 0.41* 22* 1* | 0 * * * * * *
WJC-18 (W) 3 15* 5* 3* 8* 0.53* 20* -5* | 0 * * * * * *
* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Tanja Niskanen Career Highlights

Season
Awards by season
Transactions
DATE STATUS FROM TO SOURCE
06/01/2021
06/01/2021 Extension KalPa KalPa
07/21/2020
07/21/2020 Extension KalPa KalPa
08/27/2019
08/27/2019 Extension KalPa KalPa
08/05/2016
08/05/2016 Confirmed JYP KalPa