Anne PohjolaÃÂ (born April 18, 1985,ÃÂ in Kuopio, Lapinlahti),ÃÂ is an elite FinnishÃÂ ringette player who plays forward and is a prolific scorer. She has been a member of the Finland national ringette team several times and currently plays in Finland's semi-professional ringette league, SM Ringette (formerly Ringeten SM-sarja). The league is known as the Finnish national ringette league to English speakers.
In SM Ringette, she has played for various clubs, mainly Lapinlahden Luistin -89, and has served as captain of that club.
Pohjola has won seven World Ringette Championships with the Finland national ringette team.
At the 2007 World Ringette Championships,ÃÂ she helped Team Finland (Senior) win by scoring the game winning overtime goal. In the final game against Canada,ÃÂ she scored two goals. With a final score of (5-4) Pojhola helped her country win the world title.
At the 2017 World Ringette Championships, she scoredàone goal against Team Canada in the first final game where Finland won 7âÂÂ4, and five of Finland's 11 goals in the second final game.
At the 2019 World Ringette Championships, she scored four of Team Finland Senior's 11 goals in the first final and three of Finland's five goals in the second final.
At the Ringette World Club Championship in 2011,ÃÂ she won gold with Lapinlahden Luistin -89 and was named the Most Valuable Player of the tournament.
In the Finnish national ringette league, SM Ringette (formerly Ringeten SM-sarja), Pohjola played for Lapinlahden Luistin -89 until the 2013âÂÂ2014 season, then for a while with àuntil returning to Lapinlahti. More recently she has played for the Raision Nuorisokiekko (RNK Flyers).
Pohjola has won the Finnish national championship 11 times (in 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, and 2021). The 2015 and 2016 championships victories occurred when she played with .
After the 2021âÂÂ22 season, Pohjola is in the top spot in the all-time points leaderboard of the SM Ringette league. She has played 599 matches in the SM division and scored a total of 3,406 points (1,661 goals and 1,745 assists).
Pohjola also playedàwomen's ice hockeyàfor a time in Naisten Mestis starting in the 2014âÂÂ15 season when Lapinlahden Luistin -89 switched from ringette to ice hockey but has since retired.
Anne Pohjola's sisterÃÂ Mari PohjolaÃÂ is also a ringette player.ÃÂ Their father,ÃÂ Juha Pohjola,ÃÂ who died of cancer in the fall of 2015, won several Finnish ringette championships (SM Ringette) as the coach of Lapinlahden Luistin -89.