Kiira Yrjänen

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Kiira Yrjänen
Born (2002-01-02) 2 January 2002
Riihimäki, Finland
Height 161 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight 58 kg (128 lb; 9 st 2 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
Auroraliiga team
Former teams		 Kiekko-Espoo
National team  Finland
Playing career 2016–present

Kiira Yrjänen (born 2 January 2002) is a Finnish ice hockey player and member of the Finnish national team. She has played with Kiekko-Espoo in the Auroraliiga since 2025.

Playing career

Yrjänen left Finland in 2022 to play with HV71 in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL).[1] She played two seasons with HV71 before signing a two-year contract with Leksands IF ahead of the 2024–25 SDHL season.[2]

After one season with Leksands, Yrjänen opted to return to Finland and rejoin Kiekko-Espoo for the 2025–26 season.[3]

International play

As a junior player with the national under-18 team, Yrjänen represented Finland the IIHF U18 Women's World Championship in 2017, 2018, and 2020, and with the bronze medal team in 2019.[4][5]

Yrjänen's first goal with the senior national team was scored on 6 February 2020 in a match against the Swiss national team at the Finals Tournament of the 2019–20 Women's Euro Hockey Tour.[6]

Yrjänen 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.[7][8]

References

  1. Seppä, Lassi (4 May 2022). "Naisten Liigan mestaruutta juhlinut Kiira Yrjänen suuntaa Ruotsiin". Jatkoaika (in Finnish). Retrieved 23 May 2022.
  2. Jansson, Martin (10 July 2024). "Kiira Yrjänen lämnar HV71 – för spel i Leksand". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 July 2024.
  3. Seppä, Lassi (23 August 2025). "Kiira Yrjänen haluaa ulosmitata potentiaalinsa haastavien SDHL-vuosien jälkeen" [Kiira Yrjänen wants to fulfill her potential after challenging SDHL years]. Jatkoaika (in Finnish). Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  4. Podnieks, Andrew; Nordmark, Birger, eds. (2019). "Active Skaters, Women". IIHF Guide & Record Book 2020. Toronto: Moydart. p. 666. ISBN 9780986796470.
  5. Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto; Jääkiekkon SM-liiga Oy (2020). Aaltonen, Juha (ed.). Jääkiekkokirja 2021: Suomen Jääkiekkoliiton ja Liiga Kausijulkaisu 2020–2021 (PDF) (in Finnish). Helsinki: Uusi Suomi/Kiekkolehti. pp. 40, 290, 524. ISSN 0784-3321. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
  6. Mennander, Pasi (27 January 2020). "Naisleijonat Euro Hockey Tourin finaaliturnaukseen tällä joukkueella". Finnish Ice Hockey Association (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 14 September 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  7. Malmberg, Henna (4 March 2020). "Naisleijonien MM-joukkue valittu – Sukupolven vaihdos tuo MM-joukkueeseen seitsemän ensikertalaista". Finnish Ice Hockey Association (in Finnish). Archived from the original on 12 December 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  8. Steiss, Adam (7 March 2020). "Women's Worlds cancelled". IIHF. Retrieved 10 March 2020.