Esther Väärälä

#23 SKN Sabres St.Pölten / AWHL (W) - 24/25

Date of Birth: Jan 17, 1985
Age: 41
Place of Birth: Wien, AUT
Nation: Austria
Youth Team: -
Position: F
Height: 170 cm / 5'7"
Weight: 72 kg / 159 lbs
Shoots: L
Contract: -

Esther Väärälä Facts

Husband: Mika Väärälä

Team Staff profile also available: Esther Väärälä

Esther Väärälä Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-	Post	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2003-2004	Austria	WC D3 (W)	5	3	3	6	4	10
2003-2004	Austria (all)	International (W)	8	3	3	6	6	6
2004-2005	EHV Sabres Wien	EWHL (W)	14	29	16	45	69	-
2004-2005	EHV Sabres Wien	DEBL (W)	14	47	23	70	30	-
2004-2005	Austria	WC D2 (W)	5	0	4	4	4	-2
2004-2005	Austria (all)	International (W)	8	3	6	9	8	-
2005-2006	Québec Avalanche	NWHL-CA (W)	32	3	4	7	14	-
2006-2007	EHV Sabres Wien	EWHL (W)	20	40	23	63	28	-
2006-2007	EHV Sabres Wien	Austria (W)	0	0	0	0	0	-	Playoffs	5	5	3	8	2	-
2006-2007	Austria	WC D2 (W)	5	3	6	9	0	8
2007-2008	EHV Sabres Wien	EWHL (W)	19	28	12	40	8	36
2007-2008	EHV Sabres Wien	Austria (W)	4	2	2	4	2	5
2007-2008	Austria	WC D2 (W)	5	2	8	10	2	7
2008-2009	SPG Sabres/Flyers United	EWHL (W)	14	12	9	21	41	2
2008-2009	SPG Sabres/Flyers United	Austria (W)	7	17	6	23	10	28
2008-2009	Austria	WC D1 (W)	5	3	2	5	2	0
2008-2009	Austria Olympics	OGQ (W)	3	3	2	5	2	3
2009-2010	EHV Sabres Wien	EWHL (W)	9	10	17	27	37	21
2009-2010	EHV Sabres Wien	Austria (W)	6	6	7	13	6	12
2010-2011	EHV Sabres Wien	EWHL (W)	16	10	20	30	18	36
2010-2011	EHV Sabres Wien	Austria (W)	8	6	15	21	6	18
2010-2011	Austria "A"	WC D1 (W)	4	2	3	5	2	1
2011-2012	EHV Sabres Wien	EWHL (W)	18	12	15	27	20	16
2011-2012	EHV Sabres Wien	Austria (W)	0	0	0	0	0	-	Playoffs	2	2	0	2	8	2
2011-2012	Austria "A"	WC D1A (W)	5	0	2	2	10	-3
2012-2013	EHV Sabres Wien	EWHL (W)	20	29	34	63	26	44
2012-2013	EHV Sabres Wien	Austria (W)	0	0	0	0	0	-	Playoffs	4	5	6	11	6	12
2012-2013	Austria "A"	WC D1A (W)	5	2	3	5	4	-1
2012-2013	Austria Olympics "A"	OGQ (W)	3	1	1	2	0	0
2013-2014	EHV Sabres Wien "C"	EWHL (W)	15	24	31	55	70	52
2013-2014	EHV Sabres Wien "C"	Austria (W)	0	0	0	0	0	-	Playoffs	4	5	4	9	2	9
2013-2014	Austria "A"	WC D1A (W)	5	1	1	2	8	3
2014-2015	EHV Sabres Wien "C"	EWHL (W)	19	22	27	49	51	48
2014-2015	EHV Sabres Wien "C"	Austria (W)	0	0	0	0	0	-	Playoffs	4	7	14	21	6	35
2014-2015	Austria "C"	WC D1A (W)	5	1	4	5	2	6
2015-2016	EHV Sabres Wien "C"	EWHL (W)	20	20	23	43	24	50
2015-2016	Austria "C"	WC D1A (W)	5	2	3	5	4	7
2015-2016	Austria (all)	International (W)	-	-	-	-	-	-
2016-2017	KMH Budapest	EWHL (W)	14	14	21	35	6	26	Playoffs	6	1	3	4	6	-9
2016-2017	Austria	WC D1A (W)	5	0	1	1	0	-2
2016-2017	Austria Olympics "C"	OGQ (W)	3	2	0	2	2	-1
2016-2017	Austria (all)	International (W)	17	4	4	8	2	-5
2017-2018	EHV Sabres Wien "A"	EWHL (W)	10	8	14	22	8	23
2017-2018	Austria (all)	International (W)	12	2	2	4	14	-
2018-2019	EHV Sabres Wien "A"	EWHL (W)	4	0	3	3	0	1	Playoffs	2	2	2	4	4	3
2018-2019	EHV Sabres Wien "A"	Austria (W)	0	0	0	0	0	0	Playoffs	3	2	3	5	2	9
2018-2019	Austria	WC D1A (W)	5	1	2	3	0	3
2018-2019	Austria (all)	International (W)	8	2	3	5	2	2
2019-2020	EHV Sabres Wien	EWHL (W)	16	10	25	35	10	35
2019-2020	Austria (all)	International (W)	4	1	2	3	0	-
2020-2021	EHV Sabres Wien	EWHL (W)	16	4	11	15	8	9	Playoffs	2	0	0	0	2	-2
2020-2021	EHV Sabres Wien	Austria (W)	0	0	0	0	0	0	Playoffs	3	2	7	9	0	11
2020-2021	Austria (all)	International (W)	6	0	4	4	4	5
2021-2022	EHV Sabres Wien "A"	EWHL (W)	6	4	5	9	4	9
2021-2022	Austria Olympics "A"	OGQ (W)	3	0	0	0	2	2
2021-2022	Austria (all)	International (W)	4	1	1	2	2	-
2022-2023	KalPa Akatemia	Mestis (W)	4	0	2	2	0	-
2023-2024	KalPa Akatemia	Mestis (W)	23	13	24	37	6	-
2024-2025	SKN Sabres St.Pölten	EWHL (W)	11	3	5	8	2	5	Playoffs	5	0	0	0	0	0
2024-2025	SKN Sabres St.Pölten	AWHL (W)	1	1	0	1	0	1

Esther Väärälä Tournament Statistics

S	Team	League	GP	G	A	TP	PIM	+/-
2011-2012	EHV Sabres Wien	EWCC (W)	-	-	-	-	-	-
2011-2012	EHV Sabres Wien	EWHL SC (W)	4	0	4	4	12	0
2012-2013	EHV Sabres Wien	EWHL SC (W)	5	5	7	12	6	7
2013-2014	EHV Sabres Wien "C"	EWHL SC (W)	3	1	1	2	6	2
2013-2014	EHV Sabres Wien "C"	EWCC (W)	6	2	7	9	4	7
2014-2015	EHV Sabres Wien "C"	EWHL SC (W)	5	4	7	11	29	11
2014-2015	EHV Sabres Wien "C"	EWCC (W)	6	2	3	5	6	8
2015-2016	EHV Sabres Wien "C"	EWHL SC (W)	5	5	6	11	4	7
2016-2017	KMH Budapest	EWHL SC (W)	7	4	6	10	6	4
2017-2018	EHV Sabres Wien "A"	EWHL SC (W)	6	4	0	4	6	1
2018-2019	EHV Sabres Wien	EWHL SC (W)	2	1	2	3	0	3
2019-2020	EHV Sabres Wien	EWHL SC (W)	6	1	4	5	4	3
2020-2021	EHV Sabres Wien	EWHL SC (W)	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021-2022	EHV Sabres Wien "A"	EWHL SC (W)	2	2	2	4	0	7

Esther Väärälä Career Totals by League

League	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
Austria (W)	11	25	31	30	61	2.44	24	63	7	25	28	37	65	2.60	26	78*
AWHL (W)	1	1	1	0	1	1.00	0	1	0
DEBL (W)	1	14	47	23	70	5.00	30	-	0
EWCC (W)	3	12*	4*	10*	14*	1.17*	10*	15*	0
EWHL (W)	18	261	279	311	590	2.26	430	413*	4	15	3	5	8	0.53	12	-8
EWHL SC (W)	11	45*	27*	39*	66*	1.47*	73*	45*	0
International (W)	9	67*	16*	25*	41*	0.61*	38*	8*	0
Mestis (W)	2	27	13	26	39	1.44	6	-	0
NWHL-CA (W)	1	32	3	4	7	0.22	14	-	0
OGQ (W)	4	12	6	3	9	0.75	6	4	0
WC D1 (W)	2	9	5	5	10	1.11	4	1	0
WC D1A (W)	7	35	7	16	23	0.66	28	13	0
WC D2 (W)	3	15	5	18	23	1.53	6	13	0
WC D3 (W)	1	5	3	3	6	1.20	4	10	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Esther Väärälä Career Totals by Team

Team	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-	Seasons	GP	G	A	TP	PPG	PIM	+/-
Austria (WC women)	13	64	20	42	62	0.97	42	37	0
Austria (all)	9	67*	16*	25*	41*	0.61*	38*	8*	0
Austria Olympics	4	12	6	3	9	0.75	6	4	0
KalPa Akatemia	2	27	13	26	39	1.44	6	-	0
KMH Budapest	1	21	18	27	45	2.14	12	30	1	6	1	3	4	0.67	6	-9
Québec Avalanche	1	32	3	4	7	0.22	14	-	0
Sabres St.Pölten	16	316*	342*	371*	713*	2.26*	504*	477*	8	34	30	39	69	2.03	32	79*
SPG Sabres/Flyers United	1	21	29	15	44	2.10	51	30	0

* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Esther Väärälä Career Highlights

Season	Awards
2003-2004	World Championship (D3\|W) Gold Medal
2004-2005	DEBL (W) Champion EWHL (W) Champion EWHL (W) Most Penalized Player (69) World Championship (D2\|W) Most Assists (4)
2007-2008	EWHL (W) Most Goals (28) World Championship (D2\|W) Gold Medal World Championship (D2\|W) Most Assists (8)
2010-2011	EWHL (W) Champion World Championship (D1\|W) Top Player on Team
2011-2012	EWHL (W) Champion
2012-2013	EWHL (W) Most Goals (29) EWHL (W) Most Points (63)
2013-2014	EWHL (W) Most Assists (31) EWHL (W) Most Penalized Player (70)
2014-2015	EWHL (W) Champion World Championship (D1A\|W) Most Assists by Defenseman (4) World Championship (D1A\|W) Most Points by Defenseman (5) World Championship (D1A\|W) Silver Medal
2015-2016	EWHL (W) Champion World Championship (D1A\|W) Bronze Medal World Championship (D1A\|W) Most Assists by Defenseman (3) World Championship (D1A\|W) Most Goals by Defenseman (2) World Championship (D1A\|W) Most Points by Defenseman (5) World Championship (D1A\|W) Top Player on Team
2016-2017	EWHL (W) Best Plus/Minus (+26) EWHL (W) Most Assists (21) EWHL (W) Most Points (35) World Championship (D1A\|W) Silver Medal
2017-2018	EWHL (W) Champion
2019-2020	EWHL (W) Most Assists (25)
2023-2024	Mestis (W) Bronze Medal
2024-2025	AWHL (W) Champion

Transactions

Date	Status	From	To
02/16/2023	Confirmed	No team	KalPa Akatemia
05/11/2017	Confirmed	KMH Budapest	EHV Sabres Wien
08/09/2016	Confirmed	EHV Sabres Wien	KMH Budapest