Katja Lavonius

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| birth_place = Helsinki, Finland

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| weight_kg = 69

| position = Forward

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| played_for = HJK Helsinki
EVU Vantaa
Shakers Kerava
Kiekko-Espoo
Espoo Blues

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Katja Lavonius (born 6 April 1965) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player and former general manager of the Espoo Blues Naiset. As a member of the Finnish national ice hockey team, she won bronze medals at the IIHF Women's World Championships in 1990 and 1994, and gold medals at the IIHF European Women Championships in 1991 and 1993.

Playing career

One of the pioneers of women's ice hockey in Finland, Lavonius won the inaugural Naisten SM-sarja championship with Helsingin Jääkiekkoklubi (HJK) in 1983. After sitting out the 1983–84 season, she played with HJK through the 1985–86 season and then spent two seasons with Etelä-Vantaan Urheilijat (EVU).

In 1988, she joined the Keravan Shakers, with whom she remained for nine seasons and won the Finnish Championship in 1994, 1995, and 1996.

Lavonius moved to Kiekko-Espoo Naiset for the 1997–98 season and continued with the team while it was renamed as the Espoo Blues Naiset in 1998. With the Espoo Blues, she won three more Finnish Championship titles, in 1999, 2001, and 2002.{{Cite book |last=Suomen Jääkiekkoliitto |url=https://www.jaakiekkokirja.fi/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Jaakiekkokirja-2020-21_2.pdf |title=Jääkiekkokirja 2021: Suomen Jääkiekkoliiton ja Liiga Kausijulkaisu 2020–2021 |last2=Jääkiekkon SM-liiga Oy |publisher=Uusi Suomi/Kiekkolehti |year=2020 |editor-last=Aaltonen |editor-first=Juha |publication-place=Helsinki |pages=240, 241, 310, 312, 516 |language=fi |issn=0784-3321 |oclc=476321083 |author-link=Finnish Ice Hockey Association |author-link2=Liiga |access-date=2020-11-13}}

Career statistics

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! Year

! Team

! Event

! Result

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! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

1990

| {{Nwiht|Finland}}

| WW

| {{Bronze3}}

| 5

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 2

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| 1991

| Finland

| EC

| {{Gold1}}

| 5

| 4

| 1

| 5

| 0

1993

| Finland

| EC

| {{Gold1}}

| 3

| 0

| 2

| 0

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| 1994

| Finland

| WW

| {{Bronze3}}

| 5

| 4

| 0

| 4

| 0

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! colspan=4 | Totals

! 18

! 9

! 3

! 12

! 2

Sources: {{Cite book |title=IIHF Guide & Record Book 2020 |publisher=Moydart |year=2019 |isbn=9780986796470 |editor-last=Podnieks |editor-first=Andrew |location=Toronto |pages=675 |language=en |chapter=Retired Skaters, Women |editor-last2=Nordmark |editor-first2=Birger}}

References

External links

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Category:1965 births

Category:Living people

Category:Espoo Blues Naiset players

Category:Finnish ice hockey administrators

Category:Finnish women's ice hockey forwards

Category:Keravan Shakers players

Category:Kiekko-Espoo Naiset players

Category:Ice hockey people from Helsinki