Noora Tulus
{{short description|Finnish ice hockey player (born 1995)}}
{{Distinguish|Nora Tallus}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox ice hockey biography
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| caption =
| image =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1995|8|15}}
| birth_place = Vantaa, Finland
| height_m = 1.65
| weight_kg = 64
| position = Forward
| shoots = Right
| league = PWHL
| team = New York Sirens
| former_teams = {{ill|KJT Haukat|fi|lt=KJT}}
Espoo Blues
Luleå HF/MSSK
| sex = f
| ntl_team = FIN
| career_start = 2012
| career_end =
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalOlympic}}
{{MedalBronze|2018 Pyeongchang|Team}}
{{MedalBronze|2022 Beijing|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2019 Finland|}}
{{MedalBronze|2015 Sweden|}}
{{MedalBronze|2017 United States|}}
{{MedalBronze|2021 Canada|}}
{{MedalBronze|2024 United States|}}
{{MedalBronze|2025 Czechia|}}
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Noora Tulus (born 15 August 1995) is a Finnish ice hockey forward for the New York Sirens of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) and member of the Finnish national team.
Playing career
Tulus left Finland to play in the Riksserien, now the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL), joining Luleå HF/MSSK just before their playoff run in the 2015–16 season. After scoring eight points in the five remaining regular season games, she added another six points in seven playoff games as Luleå won their first Riksserien championship.{{Cite web |last1=Fundaro |first1=Gabriella |last2=Foster |first2=Meredith |last3=Strollo |first3=Leighann |date=8 August 2019 |title=2019 Women's Hockey Top 25 Under 25 {{!}} No. 21-24: Sophie Shirley; Denisa Křížová; Kelly Pannek; Noora Tulus and Kassidy Sauvé (tie) |url=https://www.theicegarden.com/2019/8/8/20757088/womens-hockey-top-25-under-25-noora-tulus-kassidy-sauve-kelly-pannek-denisa-krizova-sophie-shirley |website=The Ice Garden |access-date=9 November 2020 |archive-date=20 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211020075304/https://www.theicegarden.com/2019/8/8/20757088/womens-hockey-top-25-under-25-noora-tulus-kassidy-sauve-kelly-pannek-denisa-krizova-sophie-shirley |url-status=live }}{{Failed verification|date=August 2024}} After the end of the season, she decided to stay in Luleå and signed an extension with the club.{{Cite web |last=Boman |first=Hannah |date=13 May 2016 |title=Luleås drömbesked: Noora Tulus stannar |url=https://www.expressen.se/sport/hockey/luleas-drombesked-noora-tulus-stannar/ |work=Expressen |language=Swedish |access-date=9 November 2020 |archive-date=7 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207125316/https://www.expressen.se/sport/hockey/luleas-drombesked-noora-tulus-stannar/ |url-status=live }}
Tulus scored the game-winning goal in the 2018 Champions Cup, held between Luleå and the NWHL's Isobel Cup champions, the Metropolitan Riveters.{{Cite web |last=Bodin |first=Uffe |date=29 September 2018 |title=Mästare – Luleå tog hem Champions Cup - Hockeysverige – Mer av sporten du älskar |url=https://hockeysverige.se/2018/09/29/mastare-lulea-tog-hem-champions-cup |website=Hockey Sverige |language=Swedish |access-date=9 November 2020 |archive-date=22 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522042935/https://hockeysverige.se/2018/09/29/mastare-lulea-tog-hem-champions-cup |url-status=live }}
In the 2019–20 season, Tulus scored 24 points in 22 games{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} despite missing several weeks due to a foot injury.{{Cite web |last=Vikström |first=Kent |date=17 January 2020 |title=Luleåstjärnan skadad – tvingas till lång vila |url=https://nsd.se/sport/100-hockey/luleastjarnan-skadad-tvingas-till-lang-vila-nm5284302.aspx |access-date=9 November 2020 |archive-date=7 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207125318/https://nsd.se/sport/100-hockey/luleastjarnan-skadad-tvingas-till-lang-vila-nm5284302.aspx |url-status=dead |work=Norrländska Socialdemokraten |language=sv }}{{Cite web |last=Teiskonlahti |first=Kirsi |date=24 January 2020 |title=Naisleijonien kärkihyökkääjä törmäsi rajusti päin laitaa ennen joulua – vamma pysyi mysteerinä kolme viikkoa: "Henkisesti se ei ollut helpointa aikaa" |url=https://yle.fi/urheilu/3-11175390 |access-date=9 November 2020 |archive-date=20 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200320020317/https://yle.fi/urheilu/3-11175390 |url-status=live |language=fi }} Luleå returned to the championship finals for the third year in a row before the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In November 2020, Tulus and four Finnish Luleå teammates were unable to return to Sweden after a national team camp where a player tested positive for COVID-19. Finnish law at the time required them to remain quarantined for ten days, causing them to miss multiple games.{{Cite web |last=Kågström |first=Rasmus |date=9 November 2020 |title=Luleåstjärnorna fast i Finland – satta i karantän - Hockeysverige – Mer av sporten du älskar |url=https://hockeysverige.se/2020/11/09/luleastjarnorna-fast-i-finland-satta-i-karantan |access-date=9 November 2020 |archive-date=9 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109062507/https://hockeysverige.se/2020/11/09/luleastjarnorna-fast-i-finland-satta-i-karantan |url-status=live |website=Hockey Sverige |language=sv }}
In the 2023–24 season, her last in Sweden, Tulus was the leading scorer in the SDHL, recording 22 goals and 61 points in 36 games. At the conclusion of her nine-year SDHL career, Tulus had won seven league titles.{{cite news |last1=Kennedy |first1=Ian |title=New York Signs Finland's Noora Tulus To Two-Year Deal |url=https://thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/new-york-signs-finlands-noora-tulus-to-two-year-deal |website=The Hockey News |access-date=12 August 2024 |date=25 July 2024}}
On 10 June 2024, Tulus was drafted in the third round, 13th overall by PWHL New York in the 2024 PWHL draft.{{Cite news |last=Kennedy |first=Ian |date=2024-06-10 |title=Full 2024 PWHL Draft Results |url=https://thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/full-2024-pwhl-draft-results |access-date=2024-06-14 |newspaper=The Hockey News|language=en}} She signed a two-year contract with the club on 25 July.{{Cite tweet |number=1816534267176059259 |user=PWHL_NewYork |title=Making things officially official ✍️ We have signed 13th overall pick, forward Noora Tulus, to a two-year contract! 🔗 http://bit.ly/3YoQZWh |date=2024-07-25 |access-date=2024-07-25 |df=dmy-all}}
International career
Tulus made her World Championship debut at the 2015 World Championship, not picking up any points in five games.{{Cite web |url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/486/IHW486000_33_17_0_FIN.pdf |title=2015 IIHF World Championship roster |access-date=30 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213080038/https://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/486/IHW486000_33_17_0_FIN.pdf |archive-date=13 February 2018 |work=IIHF |url-status=live }} She represented Finland again at the 2016 and 2017 World Championships. She scored six points in seven games at the 2019 World Championship, including two assists in the semifinal upset victory, as Finland won their first-ever silver medal.
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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| style="background-color: #e0e0e0;"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular Season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs | ||||||||||
| style="background-color: #e0e0e0;"
! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||||||||
| 2013–14 | {{ill|KJT Haukat|fi|lt=KJT}} | NSMs
| 13 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 6
| – | – | – | – | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2013–14 | Espoo Blues | NSMs
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 6
| 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 2014–15 | Espoo Blues | NSMs
| 25 | 18 | 20 | 38 | 8
| 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2015–16 | Espoo Blues | NSMs
| 24 | 22 | 31 | 53 | 6
| – | – | – | – | — |
| 2015–16 | Luleå HF | Riksserien
| 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2
| 7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| style="background-color: #f0f0f0;"
| 2016–17 | Luleå HF | SDHL
| 29 | 9 | 18 | 27 | 8
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017–18 | Luleå HF | SDHL
| 32 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 4
| 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| style="background-color: #f0f0f0;"
| 2018–19 | Luleå HF | SDHL
| 36 | 12 | 41 | 53 | 12
| 11 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 |
| 2019–20 | Luleå HF | SDHL
| 22 | 5 | 19 | 24 | 8
| 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| style="background-color: #f0f0f0;"
| 2020–21 | Luleå HF | SDHL
| 32 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 12
| 9 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
| 2021–22 | Luleå HF | SDHL
| 30 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 4
| 12 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| style="background-color: #f0f0f0;"
| 2022–23 | Luleå HF | SDHL
| 32 | 22 | 34 | 56 | 6
| 8 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 2 |
| 2023–24 | Luleå HF | SDHL
| 36 | 22 | 39 | 61 | 8
| 9 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" |NSMs totals ! 73 !! 59 !! 72 !! 131 !! 26 ! 14 !! 2 !! 4 !! 6 !! 4 | ||||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" |SDHL totals ! 254 !! 111 !! 214 !! 325 !! 64 ! 73 !! 31 !! 40 !! 71 !! 16 |
= International =
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| style="background-color: #e0e0e0;"
! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Team ! scope="col" | Event ! scope="col" | Result ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! scope="col" | {{abbr|GP|Games played}} ! scope="col" | G ! scope="col" | A ! scope="col" | Pts ! scope="col" | PIM | ||||||||
| scope="row" | 2011
| Finland | U18 | {{bronze3}} | 6 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: #f0f0f0;"
! scope="row" | 2012 | Finland | U18 | 5th | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||
| scope="row" | 2015
| Finland | WC | {{bronze3}} | 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | ||||||||
| style="background-color: #f0f0f0;"
! scope="row" | 2016 | Finland | WC | 4th | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| scope="row" | 2017
| Finland | WC | {{bronze3}} | 6 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 | ||||||||
| style="background-color: #f0f0f0;"
! scope="row" | 2018 | Finland | OG | {{bronze3}} | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| 2019 | Finland | WC | {{silver2}} | 7 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| style="background-color: #f0f0f0;"
! scope="row" | 2021 | Finland | WC | {{bronze3}} | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| scope="row" | 2022
| Finland | OG | {{bronze3}} | 7 || 0 || 5 || 5 || 2 | ||||||||
| style="background-color: #f0f0f0;"
! scope="row" | 2022 | Finland | WC | 6th | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| scope="row" | 2023
| Finland | WC | 5th | 7 || 2 || 8 || 10 || 0 | ||||||||
| style="background-color: #f0f0f0;"
! scope="row" | 2024 | Finland | WC | {{bronze3}} | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||
| scope="row" | 2025
| Finland | WC | {{bronze3}} | 7 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 2 | ||||||||
| style="background-color: #e0e0e0;"
! colspan="4"|Junior totals ! 11 !! 2 !! 1 !! 3 !! 4 | ||||||||
| style="background-color: #e0e0e0;"
! colspan="4"|Senior totals ! 71 !! 6 !! 33 !! 39 !! 8 |
{{small|Source{{cite web |url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/366549/noora-tulus |title=Noora Tulus |website=Elite Prospects |access-date=2025-04-03}}}}
References
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External links
- {{icehockeystats}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Instagram|nooratulus}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tulus, Noora}}
Category:Espoo Blues Naiset players
Category:Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
Category:Finnish women's ice hockey forwards
Category:Ice hockey people from Vantaa
Category:Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Category:Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Category:Luleå HF/MSSK players
Category:Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics
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Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Finland
Category:Olympic ice hockey players for Finland