Emmi Rakkolainen (born 9 August 1996) is a Finnish

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player and member of the Finnish national team, currently playing in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with

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Playing career

Rakkolainen previoisly served as

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Kiekko-Espoo Naiset Kiekko-Espoo Naiset are an ice hockey team in the Naisten Liiga. They play in the Tapiola district of Espoo, Finland at the ('training arena') of the Tapiolan urheilupuisto. The team was founded as Espoon Kiekkoseura (EKS) in 1989 and has ...

in the

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(NSML).

International play

Rakkolainen was officially named to the Finnish roster for the 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship on 4 March 2020, prior to the

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canceling the tournament on 7 March 2020 in response to public health concerns related to

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. The 2020 World Championship would have been Rakkolainen's debut with the Finnish women's national team at an IIHF-organized international tournament, though she previously represented Finland at select tournaments in the Euro Hockey Tour during the 2018–19 and 2019–20 seasons.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rakkolainen, Emmi Living people 1996 births Espoo Blues Naiset players Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden Finnish ice hockey centres Finnish women's ice hockey forwards HV71 (women) players Ice hockey people from Helsinki Kiekko-Espoo Naiset players