Mira Jalosuo was born on 3 February 1989 and is a Finnish ice hockey player, currently serving as an assistant coach to the St Cloud State Huskies women's ice hockey program in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association conference of the NCAA Division I As a member of the Finnish national team, she won a bronze medal at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games and bronze medals at the IIHF World Women's Championships in 2008,2009,2011,2015, and 2017.
16 Facts About Mira Jalosuo
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Mira Jalosuo attended the University of Minnesota and played NCAA Division I ice hockey with the Minnesota Golden Gophers from 2009 until her graduation in 2013.
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Mira Jalosuo was one of the first European players to join the team and recorded 19 goals and 37 assists during her collegiate career.
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Mira Jalosuo was recruited by multiple NCAA Division I women's ice hockey teams as her 2009 graduation from secondary school approached.
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Mira Jalosuo toured Ohio State University, the University of Minnesota Duluth, and the University of Minnesota, ultimately deciding to attend the University of Minnesota.
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Mira Jalosuo scored her first collegiate point when she assisted on Chelsey Jones' goal against Syracuse Orange on 4 October 2009.
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Mira Jalosuo was the last player cut from the Finnish roster for the 2010 Winter Olympics, which she called "a turning point in my life and hockey career" that made her more determined to make a future Olympic team.
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Mira Jalosuo won the Russian Championship with the team in 2014.
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Mira Jalosuo played only three regular season games with the team but managed to record two goals and five assists for seven points in that short span.
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Mira Jalosuo played with Karpat in the 2017 Finnish Championship and contributed ten points in eight games, leading to the team's Aurora Borealis Cup victory.
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Mira Jalosuo's efforts earned her the Karoliina Rantamaki Award as the most valuable player of the Naisten SM-Liiga playoffs.
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Mira Jalosuo began her coaching career while still an active player, joining both the Hamline Pipers women's ice hockey program of Hamline University and the ice hockey program at Wayzata High School in Plymouth, Minnesota as an assistant coach in 2015.
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Mira Jalosuo was named head coach of the Stillwater Ponies girls' ice hockey team of Stillwater Area High School in Oak Park Heights, Minnesota in 2019.
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Mira Jalosuo holds a bachelor's degree in chemistry from the University of Minnesota and a degree in forensic science from Hamline University.
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Mira Jalosuo is the owner and president of the Minnesota Ice Cougars, a women's junior ice hockey club that she purchased in 2018.
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Mira Jalosuo was one of a small number of former national team players to speak to the media about the incident and she emphasized that Mustonen's behavior was unprofessional and showed a lack of respect for the players, stating that if a coach at her hockey company were to make similar comments, she would immediately fire them.