Susanna Tapani

Tapani played ice hockey in Finland in the Naisten Liiga with TPS Naiset, Lukko Naiset, Espoo Blues Naiset, and HPK Kiekkonaiset. In Sweden, Tapani played in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with Linköping HC Dam. In the United States, Tapani played with the North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's ice hockey program during the 2013–14 NCAA Division I women's ice hockey season.{{Cite web|last=Dodds|first=David L.|date=January 2014|title=UND's 'dynamo dozen' headed to the Olympic Games|url=https://www1.und.edu/features/2014/01/olympics.cfm|access-date=2020-12-07|website=UND Today|language=en-US|archive-date=15 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220915113847/https://www1.und.edu/features/2014/01/olympics.cfm|url-status=live}} In Russia, Tapani played professional ice hockey in the Russian Zhenskaya Hockey League (ZhHL) with the KRS Vanke Rays during the later part of the 2021–22 ZhHL season.{{cite web |title=Две россиянки, трое призёров ЧМ-2021: «КРС Ванке Рэйз» обновили состав |url=https://whl.khl.ru/article/3599-dve-rossiyanki-troe-priziorov-chm-2021-krs-vanke-reyz-obnovili-sostav |website=Женская хоккейная лига |access-date=2021-09-04 |language=ru |date=2021-09-03 |archive-date=4 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904050250/https://whl.khl.ru/article/3599-dve-rossiyanki-troe-priziorov-chm-2021-krs-vanke-reyz-obnovili-sostav |url-status=live }}

During the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons, Tapani played with the TPS Juniorijääkiekko men's under-18 (U18) team, known as TPS U18 Akatemia, of the U18 Mestis/U18 Suomi-sarja until scheduling conflicts forced her to choose between ringette and ice hockey in November 2020.{{Cite web|last=Karttunen|first=Anu|date=2020-11-02|title=Naisleijonien huipputykki Susanna Tapani joutui tylyyn tilanteeseen: joutuu etsimään itselleen uuden joukkueen|url=https://yle.fi/urheilu/3-11627314|access-date=2020-12-07|website=Yle|language=fi|archive-date=16 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201216032222/https://yle.fi/urheilu/3-11627314|url-status=live}} When it became clear that the TPS U18 Akatemia was unable or unwilling to alter its schedule to accommodate Tapani, she chose to leave the team and continue playing ringette with RNK Raisio of the Finnish Championship ringette league, the {{interlanguage link|Ringeten SM-sarja|fi}} (now known as SM Ringette), which is the ringette team she captains. Regarding the situation, Tapani stated, "I’m not commenting on the discussions [with TPS] or the way this came to be, but combining the two sports didn’t fit when there were too many overlapping games."{{Cite web|last=Jalonen|first=Pekka|date=2020-11-02|title=Susanna Tapani valitsi ringeten, ei saa enää pelata TPS:ssa: "Aiheutti pahaa verta"|url=https://www.iltalehti.fi/jaakiekko/a/6ac3fcb5-727b-480c-90ed-e8e7b4ba5b8f|access-date=2021-07-26|website=Iltalehti|language=fi|quote=En kommentoi keskusteluja tai tapaa miten tähän päädyttiin, mutta kahden lajin yhdistäminen ei sopinut, kun pelejä oli liikaa päällekkäin.|archive-date=26 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726205420/https://www.iltalehti.fi/jaakiekko/a/6ac3fcb5-727b-480c-90ed-e8e7b4ba5b8f|url-status=live}}

She signed a contract for the 2023–24 season in the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) with the Metropolitan Riveters in May 2023.{{cite news |last1=Kennedy |first1=Ian |title=Finland's Susanna Tapani Set To Sign In PHF |url=https://thehockeynews.com/womens/phf/finland-susanna-tapani-sign-phf-metropolitan-riveters |access-date=16 May 2023 |work=The Hockey News |date=16 May 2023 |language=en |archive-date=16 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230516215134/https://thehockeynews.com/womens/phf/finland-susanna-tapani-sign-phf-metropolitan-riveters |url-status=live }} The PHF was bought out and dissolved in late-June 2023 and her contract voided before she was able to play in the league.

Tapani was drafted in the fifth round, 25th overall by the PWHL Minnesota in the 2023 PWHL Draft.{{cite news |last1=Kennedy |first1=Ian |title=Minnesota Takes Finnish Legend Susanna Tapani |url=https://thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/minnesota-takes-finnish-legend-susanna-tapani-pwhl-draft |access-date=18 September 2023 |work=The Hockey News |date=18 September 2023 |language=en |archive-date=18 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230918195209/https://thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/minnesota-takes-finnish-legend-susanna-tapani-pwhl-draft |url-status=live }} She was the first Finnish player to be drafted by a PWHL team and, along with Minttu Tuominen, was one of two Finnish players drafted in 2023.{{cite news |last1=Oivio |first1=Janne |title=Susanna Tapani teki suomalaista jääkiekkohistoriaa |url=https://www.is.fi/jaakiekko/art-2000009864076.html |access-date=18 September 2023 |work=Ilta-Sanomat |date=18 September 2023 |language=fi |archive-date=20 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230920124305/https://www.is.fi/jaakiekko/art-2000009864076.html |url-status=live }} She later signed a two-year contract with Minnesota, through the 2024–25 season.{{cite news |last1=Blount |first1=Rachel |title=Natalie Darwitz works to shape Minnesota's still-unnamed PWHL team |url=https://www.startribune.com/pwhl-minnesota-gm-natalie-darwitz-roster-games-taylor-heise/600320625/ |access-date=20 November 2023 |work=Star Tribune |date=18 November 2023 |language=en |archive-date=19 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231119211058/https://www.startribune.com/pwhl-minnesota-gm-natalie-darwitz-roster-games-taylor-heise/600320625/ |url-status=live}}

On 11 February 2024, PWHL Minnesota traded Tapani and defender Abby Cook to PWHL Boston in exchange for Sophie Jaques in the PWHL's inaugural trade.{{cite news |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2024/02/11/sports/pwhl-trade-sophie-jaques-abby-cook-susanna-tapani/ |title=PWHL Boston makes league's inaugural trade, sending college star Sophie Jaques to Minnesota for BU alumna Abby Cook, Susanna Tapani |work=The Boston Globe |first=Jon |last=Couture |date=February 11, 2024 |access-date=February 11, 2024}} Prior to being traded, Tapani had recorded two goals and three assists in nine games with Minnesota.{{cite news |url=https://thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/bostons-sophie-jaques-traded-to-minnesota-for-susanna-tapani-and-abby-cook |title=Boston's Sophie Jaques Traded To Minnesota For Susanna Tapani and Abby Cook |work=The Hockey News |first=Ian |last=Kennedy |date=February 11, 2024 |access-date=February 11, 2024}}{{cite web |url=https://www.thepwhl.com/en/professional-womens-hockey-league-announces-trade-between-boston-and-minnesota |title=Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) Announces Trade Between Boston and Minnesota |website=Professional Women's Hockey League |date=February 11, 2024 |access-date=February 11, 2024 |type=Press release}}

Tapani trained with several men's professional ice hockey players during the extended pause between the 2019–20 and 2020–21 seasons due to COVID-19. Under the direction of Ismo Lehkonen, the group – which included NHLers Kaapo Kakko, Artturi Lehkonen, Mikko Rantanen, and Rasmus Ristolainen, and several Liiga players – trained on the ice together for two hours a day. Jonne Virtanen, long-time Liiga player and member of the training group, noted that Tapani's strength and toughness would be well suited to a style of play that permitted checking and enthused, "Suski is the best female player that I have ever seen."{{Cite web|last=Teiskonlahti|first=Kirsi|date=2021-04-08|title=Tukalaan tilanteeseen joutunut Susanna Tapani pääsi kovaan treeniseuraan – kyykytti NHL-pelaajaa ja voitti kaksinkamppailussa 118-kiloisen Jonne Virtasen|url=https://yle.fi/urheilu/3-11864446|access-date=2021-04-24|website=Yle|language=fi|archive-date=24 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424185002/https://yle.fi/urheilu/3-11864446|url-status=live}}

Tapani made three appearances with the Finnish women's national under-18 ice hockey team at the IIHF Women's World U18 Championship, in 2009, 2010, and 2011, winning a bronze medal at the 2011 tournament.{{Cite web|url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/181/IHW1810FIN_83_5_0.pdf|title=IIHF – Team Finland Stats – 2009 U-18 World Championship|access-date=30 May 2022|archive-date=15 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220915105346/http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/181/IHW1810FIN_83_5_0.pdf|work=IIHF|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/220/IHW2200FIN_83_7_0.pdf|title=IIHF – Team Finland Stats – 2010 U-18 World Championship|access-date=30 May 2022|archive-date=5 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705012517/http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/220/IHW2200FIN_83_7_0.pdf|work=IIHF|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/242/IHW2420FIN_83_5_0.pdf|title=IIHF – Team Finland Stats – 2011 U-18 World Championship|access-date=30 May 2022|archive-date=4 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220704233119/http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/242/IHW2420FIN_83_5_0.pdf|work=IIHF|url-status=live}}

As of 2020, Tapani ranks sixth in all-time points scored with the Finnish women's national team, tallying 75 goals and 72 assists for 147 points in 179 top division matches.{{Cite journal|last1=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|journal=Jääkiekkokirja|publisher=Uusi Suomi/Kiekkolehti|year=2020|editor-last=Aaltonen|editor-first=Juha|publication-place=Helsinki|pages=321|language=fi|issn=0784-3321|author-link=Finnish Ice Hockey Association|author-link2=Liiga|access-date=2020-11-13|archive-date=5 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205220433/https://www.jaakiekkokirja.fi/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Jaakiekkokirja-2020-21_2.pdf|url-status=live}} She has represented Finland at every IIHF Women's World Championship since 2011, except the 2016 tournament.{{cite book|last=IIHF|title=IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2012|publisher=Fenn/M&S|year=2011|isbn=978-0-7710-9598-6|page=557}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20220416171738/http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/252/IHW2520FIN_83_6_0.pdf] IIHF - Team Finland Stats - 2011 World Championship]]{{Cite web|url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/271/IHW2710FIN_83_9_0.pdf|title=IIHF - Team Finland Stats - 2012 World Championship|access-date=30 May 2022|archive-date=24 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230124125808/http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/271/IHW2710FIN_83_9_0.pdf|work=IIHF|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/339/IHW3390FIN_83_8_0.pdf|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231165401/http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/339/IHW3390FIN_83_8_0.pdf|url-status=live|work=IIHF|title=IIHF – Team Finland Stats – 2013 World Championship|archivedate=31 December 2016}}[https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/486/IHW486000_33_17_0_FIN.pdf 2015 IIHF World Championship roster] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213080038/https://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/486/IHW486000_33_17_0_FIN.pdf|date=13 February 2018}} At the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship, she was Finland's leading scorer and ranked fifth for scoring in the tournament overall with 3 goals and 6 assists for 9 points in 5 games.{{Cite web|date=2017-04-07|title=2017 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Scoring Leaders|url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/509/IHW509000_85B_23_0.pdf|access-date=2021-07-26|archive-date=22 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201122152336/http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/509/IHW509000_85B_23_0.pdf|work=IIHF|url-status=live}}

Tapani has also competed with the Finnish national team at the Winter Olympic Games, debuting in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.{{cite Sports-Reference}} Though Finland suffered their worst Olympic placement in team history, finishing in fifth place, Tapani saw individual success and tied teammate Riikka Välilä for third rank on the Finnish scoring list, with 1 goal and 4 assists for 5 points in six games.{{Cite web|url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/389/IHW400000_83_39_0_FIN.pdf|title=IIHF – Team Finland Stats – 2014 Olympics|access-date=3 July 2020|archive-date=4 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204065617/http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/389/IHW400000_83_39_0_FIN.pdf|work=IIHF|url-status=bot: unknown}} In the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, Finland won bronze and Tapani finished fourth in the team's scoring ranks, with 2 goals and 3 assists for 5 points in six games.{{Cite web|date=2018-02-22|title=PeyongChang 2018 – Ice Hockey, Women – Scoring Leaders|url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/436/IHW400000_85B_22_0.pdf|access-date=2021-07-26|archive-date=26 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726225833/http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/436/IHW400000_85B_22_0.pdf|work=IIHF|url-status=live}} The women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing saw Tapani take another step in offensive production – she ranked first on the team in scoring with 6 goals and 2 assists for 8 points in seven games – and led Finland to another bronze medal victory.{{Cite web|title=Beijing 2022 – Athletes: Susanna TAPANI, Ice Hockey|url=https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/ice-hockey/athlete-profile-n1005560-susanna-tapani.htm|access-date=2022-02-17|website=Olympics.com|archive-date=17 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217170946/https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/en/results/ice-hockey/athlete-profile-n1005560-susanna-tapani.htm|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|date=2022-02-16|title=Beijing 2022 – Ice Hockey, Women – Player Statistics by Team: FIN - Finland|url=https://www.iihf.com/pdf/753/ihw7530fin_83_56_0|access-date=2022-02-17|format=PDF|archive-date=5 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220705010346/https://www.iihf.com/pdf/753/ihw7530fin_83_56_0|work=IIHF|url-status=live}}

In 2021, Pasi Mustonen, head coach of the Finnish national ice hockey team, called Tapani the team's best forward on a roster that also featured internationally recognized forwards like Michelle Karvinen and Petra Nieminen.

Note: Italics indicate postseason relegation series; statistics not included in playoff totals.

Source: {{Cite book|title=IIHF Guide & Record Book 2020|publisher=Moydart|year=2019|isbn=9780986796470|editor-last=Podnieks|editor-first=Andrew|location=Toronto|pages=663|editor-last2=Nordmark|editor-first2=Birger}}{{cite web |title=2022 IIHF Women's World Championship – Player Statistics by Team: FIN - Finland |url=https://www.iihf.com/pdf/164/ihw1640fin_83_8_0 |access-date=2022-09-05 |date=2022-09-04 |archive-date=5 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905140059/https://www.iihf.com/pdf/164/ihw1640fin_83_8_0 |work=IIHF |url-status=live }}

Tapani's mother played ringette and introduced her daughter to the sport early on.{{cite news |last1=Rutherford |first1=Kristina |title=Why dual-sport star Susanna Tapani committed to hockey and the PWHL |url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/pwhl/article/why-dual-sport-star-susanna-tapani-committed-to-hockey-and-the-pwhl/ |access-date=22 May 2024 |work=Sportsnet |date=2 February 2024 |language=en}} Susanna began playing organized ringette around age five or six.{{cite news |last1=Zintel |first1=Sarah |title=Finnish ringette superstar has accomplished something unique |url=https://torontoobserver.ca/2013/04/07/finnish-ringette-superstar-accomplishes-something-unique/ |access-date=25 May 2024 |work=The Toronto Observer |date=8 April 2013 |language=en-CA}} At age sixteen, she made her debut in Finland's premier national ringette league, the Ringeten SM-sarja (RSMs; rebranded as SM Ringette in 2021), with Raision Nuorisokiekko (RNK; team has been called the RNK Flyers since 2015).{{cite web |title=Jäänsärkijä #32 Susanna "Suski" Tapani - Esikuva |url=https://www.ringette.fi/fi/Ringetteliitto/Palkitseminen/Ringeten%2520huomionosoitukset/J%C3%A4%C3%A4ns%C3%A4rkij%C3%A4t/%252032%2520Susanna%2520%E2%80%9DSuski%E2%80%9D%2520Tapani%2520-%2520Esikuva.html |website=Suomen Ringetteliitto |access-date=22 May 2024 |language=fi |date=27 January 2024}}{{cite web |title=Tapani Susanna (Raision Nuorisokiekko): Ottelut |url=https://ringette.torneopal.fi/taso/pelaaja.php?pelaaja=54869 |website=Suomen Ringetteliitto |access-date=25 May 2024 |language=fi}}

Tapani has played the entirety of her senior club career (as of 2024) with Raision Nuorisokiekko and contributed to Finnish Championship victories in 2011, 2017, and 2023.{{cite news |last1=Saarinen |first1=Joska |title=RNK Flyers voitti ringetten Suomen mestaruuden |url=https://yle.fi/a/3-9525297 |access-date=22 May 2024 |work=Yle Urheilu |date=22 March 2017 |language=fi}}{{cite news |title=Maaliahne Susanna Tapani johti RNK Flyersin ringeten Suomen mestaruuteen |url=https://www.uusimaa.fi/urheilu/5826781 |access-date=22 May 2024 |work=Uusimaa |agency=STT |date=29 March 2023 |language=fi}} She served as team captain from the 2015–16 season through the conclusion of the 2022–23 season.{{cite web |title=Ringette 2015-16: RNK Flyers – Pelaajat |url=https://ringette.torneopal.fi/taso/joukkue.php?joukkue=102467 |website=Suomen Ringetteliitto |access-date=25 May 2024 |language=fi}}{{cite web |title=Ringette 2016-17: RNK Flyers – Pelaajat |url=https://ringette.torneopal.fi/taso/joukkue.php?joukkue=102806 |website=Suomen Ringetteliitto |access-date=25 May 2024 |language=fi}}{{cite web |title=Ringette 2017-18: RNK Flyers – Pelaajat |url=https://ringette.torneopal.fi/taso/joukkue.php?joukkue=103020 |website=Suomen Ringetteliitto |access-date=25 May 2024 |language=fi}}{{cite web |title=Ringette 2018-19: RNK Flyers – Pelaajat |url=https://ringette.torneopal.fi/taso/joukkue.php?joukkue=103368 |website=Suomen Ringetteliitto |access-date=25 May 2024 |language=fi}}{{cite web |title=Ringette 2019-20: RNK Flyers – Pelaajat |url=https://ringette.torneopal.fi/taso/joukkue.php?joukkue=103626 |website=Suomen Ringetteliitto |access-date=25 May 2024 |language=fi}}{{cite web |title=Ringette 2020-21: RNK Flyers – Pelaajat |url=https://ringette.torneopal.fi/taso/joukkue.php?joukkue=103851 |website=Suomen Ringetteliitto |access-date=25 May 2024 |language=fi}}{{cite web |title=Ringette 2021-22: RNK Flyers – Pelaajat |url=https://ringette.torneopal.fi/taso/joukkue.php?joukkue=103992 |website=Suomen Ringetteliitto |access-date=25 May 2024 |language=fi}}{{cite web |title=Ringette 2022-23: RNK Flyers – Pelaajat |url=https://ringette.torneopal.fi/taso/joukkue.php?joukkue=104249 |website=Suomen Ringetteliitto |access-date=25 May 2024 |language=fi}}

As one of SM Ringette's most outstanding players for more than a decade, Tapani led the league in scoring three times (2014–15, 2015–16, and 2022–23) and received the Agnes Jacks Trophy as the most valuable player (MVP) of SM Ringette six times (2012, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2021, and 2023).{{cite web |title=Agnes Jacks -trophy ja Vuoden pelaaja |url=http://www.smringette.fi/fi/Historia/Agnes+Jacks+-trophy+ja+Vuoden+pelaaja.html |website=Suomen Ringetteliitto |access-date=22 May 2024 |language=fi}}{{Cite web |date=2023-03-31 |title=Tässä ovat kilpasarjojen kauden 2022-2023 parhaat |url=https://www.ringette.fi/fi/nw/17959/t%C3%A4ss%C3%A4+ovat+kilpasarjojen+kauden+2022-2023+parhaat.html |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=Suomen Ringetteliitto |language=fi |type=Press release}} She was selected as an All Star in more than half of her seasons played in SM Ringette – eight times (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2022 and 2023) across fifteen seasons.

Tapani's achievements have made her one of the most successful players in Finnish ringette history. In recognition of the impact she has had as a role model to those with competitve ringette aspirtations, she was inducted as part of the first class of the Finnish Ringette Hall of Fame ({{Langx|fi|Suomalaisen ringeten kunniagalleria}}) in 2024. As a Hall of Fame inductee and pioneer of the sport, she has the right to use the honorary title {{Lang|fi|Jääsärkija}} ({{Lit|Ice Breaker}}).

Tapani was a member of the Finnish national junior ringette team's Team White Stars, one of two under-19 teams that represented Finland at the inaugural International Ringette Federation (IRF) U-19 World Ringette Championships in 2009. She led all tournament skaters in scoring, with 15 goals and 9 assists for 24 points across 8 games, and was named MVP of the tournament as Finland's Team White Stars won gold.{{Cite web |date=2009-08-08 |title=Team Finland White Stars Wing Gold at First IRF U-19 Ringette Championship |url=http://www.ringette.cc/u19.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112013541/http://www.ringette.cc/u19.htm |archive-date=2011-11-12 |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=International Ringette Federation |type=Press release}} Three years later, she participated in the 2012 World Junior Ringette Championships, at which Finland iced one team, and took home a silver medal.

She has also played at the senior level with the Finnish national ringette team at the World Ringette Championships in 2010, 2016, 2017, 2019, and 2022, winning gold at each tournament.{{cite news |title=Team Canada juniors take gold at World Ringette Championships, seniors drop series to Finland |url=https://sirc.ca/news/team-canada-juniors-take-gold-at-world-ringette-championships-seniors-drop-series-to-finland/ |access-date=25 May 2024 |work=Sport Information Resource Centre |date=1 December 2019 |type=Press release}}

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Source:{{cite web |title=Kausi 2011-12 → WCC → Sarjan tilastot |url=https://ringette.torneopal.fi/taso/vanhat.php?sivu=2011 |website=Suomen Ringetteliitto |access-date=25 May 2024 |language=fi}}

Sources:{{cite web |title=IRF U19 WC 2009: Susanna Tapani (Finland National Team White - U19) |url=http://pointstreak.com/players/playerpage.html?playerid=3064172&seasonid=4436 |website=Pointstreak |access-date=25 May 2024 |language=en |date=8 August 2009}}{{cite web |title=Kausi 2010-11 → IRF WRC Round Robin → Pistepörssi |url=https://ringette.torneopal.fi/taso/vanhat.php?sivu=2010 |website=Suomen Ringetteliitto |access-date=25 May 2024 |language=fi}}{{cite web |title=Kausi 2010-11 → IRF WRC Finals / Bronze → Pistepörssi |url=https://ringette.torneopal.fi/taso/vanhat.php?sivu=2010 |website=Suomen Ringetteliitto |access-date=25 May 2024 |language=fi}}{{cite web |title=World Ringette Championships 2016 Tilastot (2015) |url=https://ringette.torneopal.fi/taso/sarja.php?turnaus=wrc2016&sarja=WRC&sivu=tilastot |website=Suomen Ringetteliitto |access-date=25 May 2024 |language=fi |date=3 January 2016}}{{cite web |title=World Ringette Championships 2022 Tilastot |url=https://ringette.torneopal.fi/taso/sarja.php?turnaus=wrc2022&sarja=WRC&sivu=tilastot |website=Suomen Ringetteliitto |access-date=25 May 2024 |language=fi |date=6 November 2022}}

Tapani studied sports management at the Turku University of Applied Sciences.{{cite web|url=https://www.turkuamk.fi/fi/artikkelit/940/mm-kultamitalisti-susanna-tapani-viihtyy-urheilujohtamisen-opinnoissaan/|title=MM-kultamitalisti Susanna Tapani viihtyy urheilujohtamisen opinnoissaan|trans-title=World Championship gold medalist Susanna Tapani enjoys her sports management studies|website=turkuamki.fi|author=Johanna Stenroos-Vuorio|date=2016|access-date=5 February 2023|publisher=Turku AMK|language=en|archive-date=6 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206193639/https://www.turkuamk.fi/fi/artikkelit/940/mm-kultamitalisti-susanna-tapani-viihtyy-urheilujohtamisen-opinnoissaan/|url-status=live}}

Tapani is the subject of a Finnish documentary, {{Langx|fi|Jäänsärkijä|label=none}} ('Icebreaker'), which follows her life as she competes in elite ringette, ice hockey, and in-line hockey from 2015 to 2019.{{Cite web|last=Aykroyd|first=Lucas|date=2020-04-04|title=Best women's hockey documentaries|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/news/18411/best-women-s-hockey-documentaries|access-date=2021-07-26|language=en|archive-date=26 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210726032800/https://www.iihf.com/en/news/18411/best-women-s-hockey-documentaries|work=IIHF|url-status=live}}

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