Anne Helin (born 28 January 1987) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player and former member of the Finnish national ice hockey team. Representing Finland, she won a bronze medal in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, three IIHF Women's World Championship bronze medals at the tournaments in 2008, 2009, and 2011, and a silver medal in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2011 Winter Universiade in Erzurum, Turkey.
Playing career Helin debuted in the Naisten SM-sarja, the Finnish Championship league for women's ice hockey, at age 12 in the 1999–2000 season. She played with the women's representative team of Karhu-Kissat (K-Kissat) during 1999 to 2002 and was the team's regular season leading scorer in 2000–01 and 2001–02. K-Kissat faced relegation in every season that Helin was with the team and, though Helin averaged over two points per game in the 2001 and 2002 qualification series, they were officially relegated in 2002.
To continue playing in the top-tier Naisten SM-sarja, Helin transferred to Itä-Helsingin Kiekko (IHK), another Helsinki-based club, for the 2002–03 season.
Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular season PlayoffsSeasonTeamLeagueGPGAPtsPIMGPGAPtsPIM1999–2000K-KissatNaisten SM-sarja142026141071742000–01K-KissatNaisten SM-sarja14751281417102762001–02K-KissatNaisten SM-sarja12459101013922122002–03IHKNaisten SM-sarja222483227310102003–04IHKNaisten SM-sarja242415398753842004–05IHKNaisten SM-sarja191412264671842005–06IHKNaisten SM-sarja222211332761782006–07IHKNaisten SM-sarja1920163618535842007–08IHKNaisten SM-sarja203421553810271441102008–09KärpätNaisten SM-sarja2432306212511282009–10KärpätNaisten SM-sarja1428194718752762010–11KärpätNaisten SM-sarja20351651556821062011–12KärpätNaisten SM-sarja2743337624433662012–13KärpätNaisten SM-sarja253831693062578Naisten SM-sarja totals2763272225492605641236454 Note: Postseason results in italics are from the qualification series () rather than the playoffs and are not calculated with playoff totals.
International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2008 WW 5 3 1 4 4 2009 Finland WW 5 1 2 3 4 2010 Finland OG 5 0 0 0 0 2011 Finland Uni 6 5 9 14 16 2011 Finland WW 6 0 2 2 4 2012 Finland WW 4th 6 1 1 2 10 Senior totals 33 10 15 25 38
See also List of Olympic women's ice hockey players for Finland
References
External links
Anne Helin's profile, from http://www.vancouver2010.com; retrieved 2010-02-25.