Maija Johanna Hassinen-Sullanmaa (born 2 January 1984) is a Finnish retired ice hockey goaltender and the current goaltending coach and team manager of HPK Kiekkonaiset in the Auroraliiga.
As a member of the Finnish national team, she participated in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and in the IIHF Women's World Championship in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2011, winning bronze medals at the tournaments in 2008, 2009, and 2011.
Playing career Hassinen-Sullanmaa's fourteen-season senior club career was played in the Naisten SM-sarja (renamed Naisten Liiga in 2017 and Auroraliiga in 2024) with HPK Hämeenlinna and the Ilves Tampere. She won the Finnish Championship twice, in 2005–06 with Ilves and in 2010–11 with HPK. Hassinen-Sullanmaa is one of the most highly decorated goaltenders in Auroraliiga history: she was awarded the Tuula Puputti Award as Goaltender of the Year in 2005–06, 2007–08, 2008–09, and 2010–11 – the all-time most wins of the trophy; was selected to the All-Star Team in 2007–08, 2009–10, and 2010–11; and received the Karoliina Rantamäki Award as MVP of the Playoffs in 2005–06.
Personal life Hassinen-Sullanmaa is married to Finnish curler Jani Sullanmaa.
Career statistics International Year Team Event Result GP W L OT MIN SA GA SO GAA SV% 2006 OG 4th 4 1 2 0195:17 88 11 0 3.38 .875 2007 Finland WW 4th 0 – – – – – – – – 2008 Finland WW 1 1 0 063:00 12 2 0 .833 1.90 2009 Finland WW 3 1 1 0129:12 46 9 0 .804 4.18 2011 Finland WW 1 1 0 060:00 15 3 0 .800 3.00 Senior totals 9 4 3 0447:29 161 25 0 .845 3.34
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