# Elisa Holopainen

Elisa Holopainen (born 27 December 2001) is a Finnish ice hockey winger and member of the Finnish national team, currently signed in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with Frölunda HC.
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, and 2024.

## 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.

## 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.

## Career statistics
### Regular season and playoffs

| | | | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 2014–15 | 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 | 6 |
| 2017–18 | 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 | 0 |
| 2019–20 | 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 | 6 |
| 2021–22 | 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 | 0 |
| 2023–24 | KalPa | NSML | 19 | 32 | 25 | 57 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 6 |
| Naisten Liiga totals | Naisten Liiga totals | Naisten Liiga totals | 203 | 235 | 200 | 435 | 66 | 58 | 58 | 34 | 92 | 34 |

### International

| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 2017 | Finland | WC18 | 5th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 | Finland | WC18 | 5th | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 0 |
| 2019 | Finland | WC18 | | 6 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 |
| 2019 | Finland | 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 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| 2024 | Finland | WC | | 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Junior totals | Junior totals | Junior totals | Junior totals | 16 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 10 |
| Senior totals | Senior totals | Senior totals | Senior totals | 35 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 8 |

## Honors and achievements

| Award | Year or period |
| Naisten Liiga ||
| All-Star Second Team | 2017–18 |
| Player of the Month | January 2019 |
| Player of the Month | September 2020 |
| Player of the Month | November 2021 |
| Player of the Month | November 2022 |
| Player of the Month | November 2023 |
| All-Star First Team | 2018–19 |
| All-Star First Team | 2019–20 |
| All-Star First Team | 2020–21 |
| All-Star First Team | 2021–22 |
| All-Star First Team | 2022–23 |
| All-Star First Team | 2023–24 |
| Riikka Nieminen Award (Player of the Year) | 2018–19 |
| Riikka Nieminen Award (Player of the Year) | 2020–21 |
| Riikka Nieminen Award (Player of the Year) | 2022–23 |
| Riikka Nieminen Award (Player of the Year) | 2023–24 |
| Katja Riipi Award (Best forward) | 2018–19 |
| Katja Riipi Award (Best forward) | 2019–20 |
| Katja Riipi Award (Best forward) | 2020–21 |
| Katja Riipi Award (Best forward) | 2021–22 |
| Katja Riipi Award (Best forward) | 2022–23 |
| Katja Riipi Award (Best forward) | 2023–24 |
| Marianne Ihalainen Award (Leading scorer) | 2018–19 |
| Tiia Reima Award (Top goal scorer) | 2018–19 |
| Tiia Reima Award (Top goal scorer) | 2019–20 |
| Tiia Reima Award (Top goal scorer) | 2022–23 |
| Finnish Championship Silver Medal | 2021 |
| Aurora Borealis Cup Champion | 2022 |
| Finnish Championship Bronze Medal | 2023 |
| Finnish Championship Bronze Medal | 2024 |
| International ||
| World U18 Top-3 Player on Team | 2018 |
| World U18 Top-3 Player on Team | 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 |
| World Championship Bronze Medal | 2024 |
| Olympic Bronze Medal | 2022 |
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