Tanja Niskanen

#61 KalPa / Naisten Liiga alempi (W) - 21/22

Date of Birth: Nov 09, 1992
Age: 34
Place of Birth: Juankoski, FIN
Nation: Finland
Youth Team: Juankosken Kuohu
Position: C
Height: 176 cm / 5'9"
Weight: 72 kg / 159 lbs
Shoots: L
Status: Retired

Tanja Niskanen Statistics

									Post
2006-2007	KalPa	I-divisioona (W)	14	3	5	8	14	-
2007-2008	KalPa	I-divisioona (W)	21	23	10	33	6	-
2007-2008	Finland U18	WJC-18 (W)	5	2	0	2	14	-7
2007-2008	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr (W)	13	3	4	7	16	-
2008-2009	APV	I-divisioona (W)	11	26	3	29	8	-	Qualification	15	15	10	25	12	-
2008-2009	Finland U18	WJC-18 (W)	5	0	1	1	2	-1
2008-2009	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr (W)	13	5	2	7	6	-
2008-2009	Finland (all)	International (W)	3	0	0	0	0	-
2009-2010	KalPa	I-divisioona (W)	12	23	10	33	4	-	Qualification	16	20	16	36	2	-
2009-2010	Suomi NMJ Loan	U16 SM-sarja	2	0	0	0	0	-
2009-2010	Finland U18 "A"	WJC-18 (W)	5	3	2	5	4	3
2009-2010	Finland U18 (all)	International-Jr (W)	15	9	4	13	6	-
2009-2010	Finland (all)	International (W)	5	0	0	0	2	-
2010-2011	KalPa	SM-sarja (W)	26	17	10	27	22	-	Playoffs	3	2	1	3	0	-
2010-2011	Suomi NMJ Loan	U16 SM-sarja	13	2	2	4	6	-
2010-2011	Finland	WC (W)	6	1	3	4	2	0
2010-2011	Finland (all)	International (W)	21	3	5	8	2	-
2011-2012	KalPa	SM-sarja (W)	29	33	23	56	12	-	Playoffs	4	4	2	6	20	-
2011-2012	Finland (all)	International (W)	12	4	4	8	2	-
2012-2013	KalPa	SM-sarja (W)	27	24	18	42	20	-	Relegation	10	24	14	38	8	-
2013-2014	KalPa "A"	SM-sarja (W)	28	18	21	39	36	-	Playoffs	3	1	0	1	2	-
2013-2014	Finland (all)	International (W)	15	1	2	3	16	-
2014-2015	KalPa	SM-sarja (W)	7	8	2	10	12	-
2014-2015	LL-89	Mestis (W)	4	13	5	18	6	-	Qualification	6	7	3	10	4	-
2015-2016	JYP	SM-sarja (W)	25	28	24	52	39	-	Playoffs	6	6	1	7	2	-
2015-2016	Finland	WC (W)	6	3	2	5	10	3
2015-2016	Finland (all)	International (W)	21	5	5	10	18	-
2016-2017	KalPa "A"	SM-sarja (W)	22	15	21	36	6	-	Playoffs	9	5	7	12	6	-
2016-2017	Finland	WC (W)	6	0	2	2	2	3
2016-2017	Finland (all)	International (W)	20	1	3	4	6	-
2017-2018	KalPa "A"	Naisten Liiga (W)	24	20	24	44	37	-	Playoffs	4	1	2	3	2	-
2017-2018	Finland Olympics	OG (W)	6	0	0	0	6	0
2017-2018	Finland (all)	International (W)	26	2	1	3	10	-
2018-2019	KalPa "C"	Naisten Liiga (W)	29	31	48	79	12	-	Playoffs	7	4	7	11	2	-
2018-2019	Finland	WC (W)	7	0	0	0	4	-5
2018-2019	Finland (all)	International (W)	22	0	4	4	12	-
2019-2020	KalPa	Naisten Liiga (W)	26	23	23	46	8	-	Playoffs	8	3	6	9	2	-
2019-2020	Finland (all)	International (W)	12	1	2	3	4	-
2020-2021	KalPa "A"	Naisten Liiga (W)	20	8	11	19	10	-	Playoffs	11	6	10	16	14	-
2020-2021	Finland	WC (W)	7	1	1	2	4	0
2020-2021	Finland (all)	International (W)	8	1	1	2	4	-
2021-2022	KalPa "A"	Naisten Liiga (W)	13	8	4	12	6	-	Playoffs	4	2	4	6	8	-
2021-2022	KalPa "A"	Naisten Liiga alempi (W)	3	3	1	4	2	-
2021-2022	Finland Olympics	OG (W)	7	0	2	2	6	0
2021-2022	Finland (all)	International (W)	12	0	2	2	8	-4

Tanja Niskanen Tournament Statistics


2008-2009	APV U20	U20 SM-turnaus (W)	1	0	0	0	0	-
2009-2010	KalPa U20	U20 SM-turnaus (W)	3	6	4	10	0	-
2011-2012	KalPa U20	U20 SM-turnaus (W)	4	2	3	5	2	-
2018-2019	Finland	EHT (W)	10	0	2	2	4	2
2019-2020	Finland	EHT (W)	6	0	1	1	0	3

Tanja Niskanen Career Totals by League


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 Totals by Team


APV	1	11	26	3	29	2.64	8	-	1	15	15	10	25	1.67	12	-
APV U20	1	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	-	0
Finland (EHT Women)	2	16	0	3	3	0.19	4	5	0
Finland (WC women)	5	32	5	8	13	0.41	22	1	0
Finland (all)	12	177	18	29	47	0.27	84	-4*	0
Finland Olympics	2	13	0	2	2	0.15	12	0	0
Finland U18	3	15	5	3	8	0.53	20	-5	0
Finland U18 (all)	3	41	17	10	27	0.66	28	-	0
JYP	1	25	28	24	52	2.08	39	-	1	6	6	1	7	1.17	2	-
KalPa	14	301	257	231	488	1.62	207	-	11	79	72	69	141	1.78	66	-
KalPa U20	2	7	8	7	15	2.14	2	-	0
LL-89	1	4	13	5	18	4.50	6	-	1	6	7	3	10	1.67	4	-
Suomi NMJ	2	15	2	2	4	0.27	6	-	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Tanja Niskanen Career Highlights

Season	Awards
2008-2009	I-divisioona (W) Best PPG (2.64) I-divisioona (W) Champion I-divisioona (W) Most Goals (26) I-divisioona (W) Most Points (29)
2009-2010	I-divisioona (W) Champion I-divisioona (W) Most Assists (10) I-divisioona (W) Most Goals (23) I-divisioona (W) Most Points (33) Jr. A SM-sarja (W) Bronze Medal
2010-2011	World Championship (W) Bronze Medal
2011-2012	Jr. A SM-sarja (W) Champion
2015-2016	SM-sarja (W) All-Star Team SM-sarja (W) Best Forward (Katja Riipi Award) SM-sarja (W) Champion
2016-2017	SM-sarja (W) Fair Play Player (Emma Laaksonen Award) World Championship (W) Bronze Medal
2017-2018	Olympic (W) Bronze Medal
2018-2019	Naisten Liiga (W) First All-Star Team Naisten Liiga (W) Most Shorthanded Goals (4) Naisten Liiga (W) Player of the Month (September) Naisten Liiga (W) Playoffs Most Assists (7) World Championship (W) Silver Medal
2019-2020	Naisten Liiga (W) Best Player (Riikka Nieminen Award) Naisten Liiga (W) First All-Star Team
2020-2021	Naisten Liiga (W) Playoffs Most Assists (10) Naisten Liiga (W) Silver Medal World Championship (W) Bronze Medal
2021-2022	Olympic (W) Bronze Medal

Transactions

Date	Status	From	To
06/01/2021	Extension	KalPa	KalPa
07/21/2020	Extension	KalPa	KalPa
08/27/2019	Extension	KalPa	KalPa
08/05/2016	Confirmed	JYP	KalPa

Tanja Niskanen Biography and Trivia

Cult/Star player for KalPa