Noora Tulus (born 15 August 1995) is a Finnish

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for the

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of the

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(PWHL) and member of the Finnish national team.

Playing career

Tulus left Finland to play in the Riksserien, now the

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(SDHL), joining

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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. After the end of the season, she decided to stay in Luleå and signed an extension with the club. Tulus scored the game-winning goal in the 2018 Champions Cup, held between Luleå and the NWHL's

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champions, the

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. In the 2019–20 season, Tulus scored 24 points in 22 games despite missing several weeks due to a foot injury. Luleå returned to the championship finals for the third year in a row before the season was cancelled due to the

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. 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

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. Finnish law at the time required them to remain quarantined for ten days, causing them to miss multiple games. 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. On 10 June 2024, Tulus was drafted in the third round, 13th overall by

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in the 2024 PWHL draft. She signed a two-year contract with the club on 25 July.

International career

Tulus made her

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debut at the 2015 World Championship, not picking up any points in five games. She represented Finland again at the

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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

International

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tulus, Noora 1995 births Living people Espoo Blues Naiset players Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Finnish women's ice hockey forwards Ice hockey people from Vantaa Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics Luleå HF/MSSK players Medalists at the 2018 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 2022 Winter Olympics New York Sirens players Olympic bronze medalists for Finland Olympic ice hockey players for Finland Olympic medalists in ice hockey 21st-century Finnish sportswomen