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Sofianna Sundelin

{{short description|Finnish ice hockey player}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}

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| birth_place = Ulvila, Finland

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| position = Wing

| shoots = Left

| league = NCAA

| team = St. Cloud State Huskies

| former_teams = Team Kuortane

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| ntl_team = FIN

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Sofianna Sundelin (born 13 January 2003) is a Finnish ice hockey player for St. Cloud State in the NCAA Division I and member of the Finnish national team.

Playing career

Sundelin began playing ice hockey with the minor ice hockey department of HC Ässät in Pori, the western neighbor of her hometown of Ulvila, near the Bothnian Bay in southwestern Finland.{{Cite web |title=Porin Ässät ry - Sofianna Sundelin valittiin alle 18-vuotiaiden MM-kisajoukkueeseen |url=https://www.porinassat.fi/uutiset/34151/sofianna-sundelin-valittiin-alle-18-vuotiaiden-mm-kisajoukkueeseen |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=Porin Ässät ry |language=fi}}{{Cite web |last=Lehtojoki |first=Maria |date=2019-01-20 |title=Ässäkasvatti Sofianna Sundelin tekee unelmastaan totta Kuortaneella – MM-mitalistilla jääkiekko on etusijalla |url=https://www.satakunnankansa.fi/jaakiekko/art-2000007220488.html |access-date=2022-04-30 |website=Satakunnan Kansa |language=fi}} During her youth career, she also played with girls' teams of Panelian Raikas (PaRa) in Eura.

Sundelin played five seasons with Team Kuortane (2018–2023) in the Naisten Liiga (NSML; renamed {{Lang|fi|Auroraliiga}} in 2024), the premier national women's ice hockey league in Finland. She ended her career with Team Kuortane second on the lists of all-time points and goals scored for the team.{{Cite web |last=Laiho |first=Harri |date=2021-04-07 |title=Ulvilalainen Sofianna Sundelin valittiin MM-joukkueeseen – edessä omatoimijakso, kontaktien välttäminen, kaksi karanteenia ja monta koronatestiä |url=https://www.satakunnankansa.fi/jaakiekko/art-2000007904679.html |access-date=2021-04-15 |website=Satakunnan Kansa |language=fi}}

= College =

Sundelin joined the St. Cloud State Huskies women's ice hockey program as an incoming freshman for the 2023–24 season. She made an immediate impression, notching two assists across the season opener two-game series against the Union Garnet Chargers. Her point total led all rookies in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) conference and resulted in her being named the first WCHA Rookie of the Week on 26 September 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-09-25 |title=Huskies Women's Hockey Sweeps WCHA Weekly Awards |url=https://scsuhuskies.com/news/2023/9/25/womens-hockey-huskies-womens-hockey-sweeps-wcha-weekly-awards |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=St. Cloud State University Athletics |language=en |type=Press release}}

In her sophomore season, Sundelin was named WCHA Forward of the Week for the week of 3 February 2025, after collecting four points (3+1) across the Huskies' series split against St. Thomas.{{cite web |title=Bemidji State, St. Cloud State, St. Thomas & Wisconsin Land WCHA Weekly Awards Presented by OS Hockey |url=https://wcha.com/news/2025/1/28/wcha-weekly-awards-presented-by-os-hockey.aspx |website=Western Collegiate Hockey Association |access-date=5 February 2025 |language=en |date=3 February 2025 |type=Press release}}{{cite web |title=Sundelin Named WCHA Forward of the Week |url=https://scsuhuskies.com/news/2025/2/3/womens-hockey-sundelin-named-wcha-forward-of-the-week |website=St. Cloud State University Athletics |access-date=5 February 2025 |language=en |date=3 February 2025 |type=Press release}}

International play

As a junior ice hockey player with the Finnish national under-18 team, Sundelin participated in the IIHF U18 Women's World Championships in 2019 and 2020, winning a bronze medal at the 2019 tournament.

She made her senior national team debut at the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship, contributing an assist to Finland's bronze medal performance, and went on to win a bronze medal while representing Finland in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.{{Cite web|date=2021-08-19|title=IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Team Roster: FIN - Finland|url=https://www.iihf.com/pdf/929/ihw9290fin_33_1_0_fin|access-date=2021-08-21|website=International Ice Hockey Federation|format=PDF}}{{Cite web|date=2021-08-31|title=2021 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Player Statistics by Team: FIN - Finland|url=https://www.iihf.com/pdf/929/ihw9290fin_83_7_0_fin|access-date=2021-12-20|website=International Ice Hockey Federation|format=PDF}}

Her first goal at a major international event was scored against {{Nwiht|Japan}} in the preliminary round of the 2022 IIHF Women's World Championship and was assisted by Kiira Yrjänen.{{Cite web |date=29 August 2022 |title=2022 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Preliminary Round - Group A, Game 13 – Game Summary |url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/164/IHW164A13_74_3_0.pdf |access-date=2 October 2023 |website=International Ice Hockey Federation}}

Personal life

Sundelin attended secondary school at Kuortaneen urheilulukio ('Kuortane Lukio and Sports Academy') in Kuortane, Finland.

Her intended major at St. Cloud State University is exercise science.{{Cite web |title=2023-24 Women's Hockey Roster: 34 Sofianna Sundelin |url=https://scsuhuskies.com/sports/womens-ice-hockey/roster/sofianna-sundelin/18309 |access-date=2023-10-02 |website=St. Cloud State University Athletics |language=en}}

Career statistics

= Regular season and playoffs =

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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

! rowspan="97" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

! colspan="5"|Regular season

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! colspan="5"|Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

! GP

! G

! A

! Pts

! PIM

2018-19

| Team Kuortane

| NSML

| 26

| 7

| 7

| 14

| 0

| 4

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 0

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| 2019-20

| Team Kuortane

| NSML

| 25

| 7

| 14

| 21

| 4

| 8

| 1

| 2

| 3

| 0

2020-21

| Team Kuortane

| NSML

| 23

| 17

| 18

| 35

| 10

| 2

| 1

| 0

| 1

| 0

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 2021-22

| Team Kuortane

| NSML

| 22

| 16

| 13

| 29

| 8

| 2

| 0

| 2

| 2

| 0

2022-23Team KuortaneNSML

| 14

108184

| 4

3142
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| 2023–24

St. Cloud StateWCHA

| 36

1784

| —

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2024–25St. Cloud StateWCHA

| 36

1192016

| —

————
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! colspan="3" |Naisten Liiga totals

! 110 !! 57 !! 60 !! 117 !! 26

! 20 !! 6 !! 5 !! 11 !! 2

= International =

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! Year !! Team !! Event !! Result

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! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

2019

| Finland

| U18

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| 6

0000
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| 2020

FinlandU184th

| 6

0330
2021

| {{Nwiht|Finland}}

WC{{Bronze3}}

| 7

0110
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| 2022

| Finland

OG{{Bronze3}}

| 7

0002
2022FinlandWC6th

| 7

1120
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| 2023

FinlandWC5th

| 7

0556
2024FinlandWC{{Bronze3}}

| 7

1012
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| 2025

FinlandWC{{Bronze3}}

| 7

0000
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! colspan="4" |Junior totals

! 12 !! 0 !! 3 !! 3 !! 0

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! colspan="4" |Senior totals

! 42 !! 2 !! 7 !! 9 !! 10

{{small|Sources:{{Cite book|title=IIHF Guide & Record Book 2020|publisher=Moydart|year=2019|isbn=9780986796470|editor-last=Podnieks|editor-first=Andrew|location=Toronto|pages=662|chapter=Active Skaters, Women|editor-last2=Nordmark|editor-first2=Birger}}{{cite web |title=2023 IIHF Women's World Championship – Player Statistics by Team: FIN - Finland |url=https://www.iihf.com/pdf/498/ihw4980fin_83_7_0 |website=International Ice Hockey Federation |access-date=2023-04-16 |language=en |date=2023-04-16}}}}

Awards and honors

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World U18 Bronze Medal

| 2019

World Championship Bronze Medal

| 2021, 2024, 2025

Olympic Bronze Medal

| 2022

colspan="2"| Naisten Liiga
All-Star Second Team

| 2022–23

References

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External links

  • {{Ice hockey stats}}
  • {{Olympedia}}

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Category:2003 births

Category:Living people

Category:Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in the United States

Category:Finnish women's ice hockey forwards

Category:Ice hockey people from Satakunta

Category:Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Category:Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Finland

Category:Olympic ice hockey players for Finland

Category:Olympic medalists in ice hockey

Category:People from Ulvila

Category:St. Cloud State Huskies women's ice hockey players

Category:Team Kuortane players

Category:21st-century Finnish sportswomen