Elisa Holopainen (born 27 December 2001) is a Finnish ice hockey winger for Frölunda HC of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) and member of the Finnish national team.
Holopainen represented Finland in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, where she won a bronze medal, and at the IIHF Women's World Championships in 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024, and 2025.
She was drafted by the New York Sirens in second round of the 2026 PWHL Draft.
Playing career Holopainen was one of the Naisten Liiga's most dominant players during her eight seasons in the league. She was named the Naisten Liiga Player of the Year four times, Best Forward six times, and was a six-time All-Star team selection. In the 2026 PWHL Draft, she was selected in the second round, 19th overall, by the New York Sirens.
International play With the senior national team, she won a silver medal at the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship. Holopainen was officially named to the Finnish roster for the 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship days before the tournament was cancelled due to public health concerns related to COVID-19.
She appeared with the Finnish under-18 national team at the IIHF Women's U18 World Championships in 2017, 2018, and 2019. Finland claimed the bronze medal at the 2019 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, due in no small part to Holopainen's tournament leading 8 points from 5 goals and three assists in five games. She was named Best Forward by the tournament directorate and selected to the media All-Star team, in addition to being recognized as a top-3 player for Finland by the coaches.
On 2 January 2026, she was named to Finland's roster to compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics.
Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM2014–15 KalPa U16 Tytöt U16 Aluesarja 16 13 8 21 0 – – – – – 2015–16 KalPa U16 Tytöt U16 Aluesarja 18 50 12 62 2 – – – – –2016–17 KalPa NSMs 26 19 9 28 8 9 1 2 3 62017–18 KalPa NSML 28 17 25 42 6 4 2 0 2 2 2018–19 KalPa NSML 20 21 30 51 8 8 11 4 15 02019–20 KalPa NSML 30 37 25 62 20 6 4 4 8 0 2020–21 KalPa NSML 35 39 25 64 10 11 12 9 21 62021–22 Kiekko-Espoo NSML 27 29 27 56 4 12 19 10 29 14 2022–23 KalPa NSML 28 41 34 75 4 0 0 0 0 02023–24 KalPa NSML 19 32 25 57 6 8 9 5 14 6Naisten Liiga totals 203 235 200 435 66 58 58 34 92 34
International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2017 Finland U18 5th 5 0 1 1 4 2018 Finland U18 5th 5 1 6 7 0 2019 Finland U18 6 5 3 8 6 2019 WC 7 2 1 3 0 2021 Finland WC 7 1 1 2 2 2022 Finland OG 7 1 3 4 4 2022 Finland WC 6th 7 4 2 6 2 2024 Finland WC 7 2 1 3 0 2025 Finland WC 7 3 2 5 2 2026 Finland OG 6th 5 0 0 0 0 Junior totals 16 6 10 16 10 Senior totals 47 13 10 23 10
Honors and achievements Award Year or periodNaisten Liiga All-Star Second Team 2017–18Player of the Month January 2019 September 2020 November 2021 November 2022 November 2023 All-Star First Team 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 Riikka Nieminen Award (Player of the Year) 2018–19 2020–21 2022–232023–24Katja Riipi Award (Best forward) 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–232023–24 Marianne Ihalainen Award (Leading scorer) 2018–19Tiia Reima Award (Top goal scorer) 2018–19 2019–20 2022–23 Finnish Championship Silver Medal 2021 Aurora Borealis Cup Champion 2022 Finnish Championship Bronze Medal 2023 2024International World U18 Top-3 Player on Team 2018, 2019 World U18 All-Star Team 2019 World U18 Best Forward 2019 World U18 Bronze Medal 2019 World U18 Leading Scorer 2019 World Championship Silver Medal 2019 World Championship Bronze Medal 2021, 2024, 2025 Olympic Bronze Medal 2022 Sources:
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External links
Elisa Holopainen at Milano Cortina 2026