Terhi Mertanen

Terhi Eveliina Mertanen (born 4 April 1981) is a Finnish retired ice hockey defenceman and current head coach of TPS Naiset in the Naisten Liiga. She was a member of the Finnish national ice hockey team for thirteen seasons and won bronze medals in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2010 Winter Olympics and at the IIHF Women's World Championships in 2004 and 2011.
== Playing career ==
Mertanen developed in the youth system of Jokipojat in her hometown of Joensuu, North Karelia, in western Finland. She played fourteen seasons in the Naisten SM-sarja (renamed Naisten Liiga in 2017) with KalPa Kuopio, Kärpät Oulu, and the Espoo Blues. With the Blues, she was a four-time Finnish Champion (2002, 2009, 2013, and 2015) and medaled at three IIHF European Women's Champions Cups, winning bronze in 2009 and 2015 and silver in 2010. 
Outside of Finland, Mertanen played in the Leistungsklasse A (LKA/LNA) with the ZSC Lions Frauen, the women's team of the ZSC Lions, during the 2011 playoffs and for the entirety of the 2011–12 season. With ZSC she won a silver medal at the 2012 IIHF European Women's Champions Cup.
==Career statistics==
===International===
Year 	Team 	Event 	Result	 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2001 	Finland	WW 	4th 	 	5 	0	2	2 	6
2002 	Finland	OG 	4th 	 	5 	0	1	1 	2
2004 	Finland	WW 	 	 	5 	2	1	3 	2
2005 	Finland	WW 	4th 	 	5 	1	1	2 	2
2006 	Finland	OG 	4th 	 	5 	0	0	0 	6
2010 	Finland	OG 	 	 	5 	0	0	0 	6
2011 	Finland	WW 	 	 	6 	0	0	0 	4
2012 	Finland	WW 	4th 	 	6 	0	3	3 	0
Totals	Totals 	Totals	Totals	 	42	3	8	11 	28
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
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==See also==
* List of Olympic women's ice hockey players for Finland
==References==
==External links== 
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Category:1981 births
Category:Living people
Category:Finnish women's ice hockey defencemen
Category:Ice hockey players at the 2002 Winter Olympics
Category:Ice hockey players at the 2006 Winter Olympics
Category:Ice hockey players at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Finland
Category:Olympic ice hockey players of Finland
Category:Olympic medalists in ice hockey
Category:Naisten Liiga coaches
Category:KalPa Naiset players
Category:Oulun Kärpät Naiset players
Category:Espoo Blues Naiset players
Category:RoKi Naiset players