Sini Karjalainen (born 30 January 1999) is a Finnish ice hockey player for Skellefteå AIK of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) and a member of the Finnish national team. She played college ice hockey at Vermont.
International play Karjalainen played with the Finnish women's national U18 team at the IIHF World Women's U18 Championships in 2015, 2016, and 2017.
She was officially named to the Finnish roster for the 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship on 4 March 2020, before the tournament was cancelled on 7 March 2020 due to public health concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 World Championship would have been Karjalainen's debut with the Finnish national team at an IIHF-organized international tournament; she appeared on the national roster for various Euro Hockey Tour tournaments, first in 2016.
She ultimately debuted with the senior national at the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship as an alternate defenseman on the 25-player roster and skated in five games.
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 PIM 2013–14 RoKi N. Mestis 21 5 6 11 4 9 1 1 2 2 2014–15 RoKi N. Mestis 2 1 1 2 0 — — — — — 2015–16 Team Kuortane NSMs 28 2 7 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 2016–17 Team Kuortane NSMs 28 1 10 11 0 2 0 0 0 0 2017–18 Team Kuortane NSML 30 6 10 16 2 8 0 5 5 6 2018–19 Vermont Catamounts NCAA 36 1 11 12 12 — — — — — 2019–20 Vermont Catamounts NCAA 35 5 19 24 20 — — — — — 2020–21 Vermont Catamounts NCAA 11 0 1 1 6 — — — — — 2021–22 Vermont Catamounts NCAA 21 2 10 12 6 — — — — — 2022–23 Vermont Catamounts NCAA 36 3 24 27 4 — — — — —Naisten Liiga totals 86 9 27 36 4 12 0 5 5 6NCAA totals 138 11 65 76 48 – – – – –
International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2015 Finland U18 WW18 5th 5 0 0 0 4 2016 Finland U18 WW18 6th 5 1 0 1 4 2017 Finland U18 WW18 5th 4 0 0 0 2 2021 WW 5 0 0 0 4 2022 Finland OG 7 0 0 0 2 2022 Finland WW 6th 4 1 0 1 0 2023 Finland WW 5th 7 0 2 2 0 2026 Finland OG 6th 5 0 0 0 0 Junior totals 14 1 0 1 10 Senior totals 28 1 2 3 6
Awards and honors AwardYearInternational World U18 Top-3 Player on Team 2016, 2017 Olympic Bronze Medal 2022 World Championship Bronze Medal 2021Vermont CatamountsHockey East Rookie of the Week10 December 2018Hockey East Rookie of the MonthDecember 2018 NCAA D1 First Star of the Week 28 October 2019 Hockey East Player of the Week 28 October 2019Hockey East Defender of the Week21 February 2023 Hockey East Defender of the Year 2022–23Hockey East First-Team All-Star2022–23Naisten Liiga Finnish Championship Bronze Medal 2018
References
External links
Sini Karjalainen at Milano Cortina 2026