2021-22 Women's Ice Hockey Roster
Nylund, Jenniina
Jersey Number 81
Jenniina Nylund
- Position:
- Forward
- Height:
- 5-7
- Class:
- Senior
- Shoots/Catches:
- L
- Hometown:
- Pietarsaari, Finland
Bio
Awards and Honors
2022 Olympic Bronze Medalist
2021 IIHF World Championships Bronze Medalist
Two-time IIHF World Championships participant
2021-22 St. Cloud State Assistant Captain
2021-22 WCHA Forward of the Week (Nov. 29)
2021-22 WCHA All-Academic Team
2020-21 WCHA All-Academic Team
2019-20 WCHA All-Academic Team
2022 IIHF World Championships (Finland): Skated in all seven games for Finland as Suomi went 3-4-0 with two wins in Group A play and a placement victory over Hungary...
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics (Finland): Became the first active St. Cloud State Women's Hockey student-athlete to earn an Olympic medal as she and Finland earned Bronze in Beijing...skated in seven games for Suomi, scoring her first Olympic goal against the ROC...
2021-22: Served as St. Cloud State's Assistant Captain...WCHA All-Academic Team...WCHA Forward of the Week (Nov. 29)...appeared in 18 games in her fourth campaign with the Huskies...had seven goals and eight assists for 15 points...skated to a team-best plus-five...won 174 draws at a 50.0% rate...won double-digit faceoffs eight times...blocked 13 shots...opened her season with a goal and an assist on eight shots against Lindenwood on October 1, winning 17 of 25 draws...won 20 faceoffs the next night and added one assist...blocked two shots in back-to-back games at Wisconsin on October 9-10...scored a goal at Ohio State on October 30, beginning a four-game point streak...had an assist on November 5 vs Minnesota State then scored a goal the next day...added an assist on November 19 versus Minnesota...began a stellar series at RPI with a goal and an assist on November 26...delivered her first collegiate hat trick with three goals on November 27, earning WCHA Forward of the Week for her efforts against RPI...had an assist in each game of a December 3-4 series against Bemidji State...had an assist in a win over Penn State on New Year's Day...
2021 IIHF World Championships (Finland): Helped Finland earn Bronze, skating in seven games and scoring her first Senior National Team goal against the ROC...
2020-21: WCHA All-Academic Team honoree...led SCSU with seven goals and 12 points while playing in all 19 games...put a team-best 62 shots on goal...won a Huskies-high 114 faceoffs at a 55.9% success rate...scored one power play goal...scored a goal in three straight games twice - December 5-11 and February 6-27...scored a goal and added an assist on December 10 at Bemidji State and February 26 at Bemidji State...finished plus-four with three goals and two assists for five points over her final four games...
2019-20: WCHA All-Academic Team honoree...skated in 30 games...scored four goals and added 10 assists for a 14-point season...recorded 60 shots on goal and blocked 24 shots...had an assist in three straight games from October 5-12...put up a season-best two assists on October 12 at RIT...blocked three shots on January 17 at Minnesota State and February 15 versus Bemidji State...represented Finland in the 2019 Four Nations Cup...
2018-19: Played in 35 games as a freshman...led all Huskies rookies with 21 points and ranked eighth among WCHA first-year players in scoring...scored eight goals and added 13 assists while putting 69 shots on goal...blocked 33 shots...had two power play goals and scored the game-winner on December 30 against Lindenwood...posted two assists in back-to-back games on October 5 and 6 against RIT...had a four-game point streak from October 27 versus Minnesota-Duluth to November 17 against Minnesota...represented Team Finland in the 2018 Four Nations Cup, playing in three games and recording an assist...
Before SCSU: Played for Team Kuortane in Finland...scored 23 goals and added 16 assists for 39 points in 30 games during the 2017-18 season…has been involved with the Senior Finnish National Team at various camps since 2015…played for the Finnish U18 National Team at the IIHF U18 World Championships in 2016 and 2017...
Personal: Daughter of Jan and Sari Nylund…
2022 Olympic Bronze Medalist
2021 IIHF World Championships Bronze Medalist
Two-time IIHF World Championships participant
2021-22 St. Cloud State Assistant Captain
2021-22 WCHA Forward of the Week (Nov. 29)
2021-22 WCHA All-Academic Team
2020-21 WCHA All-Academic Team
2019-20 WCHA All-Academic Team
2022 IIHF World Championships (Finland): Skated in all seven games for Finland as Suomi went 3-4-0 with two wins in Group A play and a placement victory over Hungary...
Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics (Finland): Became the first active St. Cloud State Women's Hockey student-athlete to earn an Olympic medal as she and Finland earned Bronze in Beijing...skated in seven games for Suomi, scoring her first Olympic goal against the ROC...
2021-22: Served as St. Cloud State's Assistant Captain...WCHA All-Academic Team...WCHA Forward of the Week (Nov. 29)...appeared in 18 games in her fourth campaign with the Huskies...had seven goals and eight assists for 15 points...skated to a team-best plus-five...won 174 draws at a 50.0% rate...won double-digit faceoffs eight times...blocked 13 shots...opened her season with a goal and an assist on eight shots against Lindenwood on October 1, winning 17 of 25 draws...won 20 faceoffs the next night and added one assist...blocked two shots in back-to-back games at Wisconsin on October 9-10...scored a goal at Ohio State on October 30, beginning a four-game point streak...had an assist on November 5 vs Minnesota State then scored a goal the next day...added an assist on November 19 versus Minnesota...began a stellar series at RPI with a goal and an assist on November 26...delivered her first collegiate hat trick with three goals on November 27, earning WCHA Forward of the Week for her efforts against RPI...had an assist in each game of a December 3-4 series against Bemidji State...had an assist in a win over Penn State on New Year's Day...
2021 IIHF World Championships (Finland): Helped Finland earn Bronze, skating in seven games and scoring her first Senior National Team goal against the ROC...
2020-21: WCHA All-Academic Team honoree...led SCSU with seven goals and 12 points while playing in all 19 games...put a team-best 62 shots on goal...won a Huskies-high 114 faceoffs at a 55.9% success rate...scored one power play goal...scored a goal in three straight games twice - December 5-11 and February 6-27...scored a goal and added an assist on December 10 at Bemidji State and February 26 at Bemidji State...finished plus-four with three goals and two assists for five points over her final four games...
2019-20: WCHA All-Academic Team honoree...skated in 30 games...scored four goals and added 10 assists for a 14-point season...recorded 60 shots on goal and blocked 24 shots...had an assist in three straight games from October 5-12...put up a season-best two assists on October 12 at RIT...blocked three shots on January 17 at Minnesota State and February 15 versus Bemidji State...represented Finland in the 2019 Four Nations Cup...
2018-19: Played in 35 games as a freshman...led all Huskies rookies with 21 points and ranked eighth among WCHA first-year players in scoring...scored eight goals and added 13 assists while putting 69 shots on goal...blocked 33 shots...had two power play goals and scored the game-winner on December 30 against Lindenwood...posted two assists in back-to-back games on October 5 and 6 against RIT...had a four-game point streak from October 27 versus Minnesota-Duluth to November 17 against Minnesota...represented Team Finland in the 2018 Four Nations Cup, playing in three games and recording an assist...
Before SCSU: Played for Team Kuortane in Finland...scored 23 goals and added 16 assists for 39 points in 30 games during the 2017-18 season…has been involved with the Senior Finnish National Team at various camps since 2015…played for the Finnish U18 National Team at the IIHF U18 World Championships in 2016 and 2017...
Personal: Daughter of Jan and Sari Nylund…
Coach Mira Jalosuo Introductory Press Conference - Women's Hockey
Monday, July 21
Women's Hockey Postgame Press Conference 1-31-25
Saturday, February 01
St. Cloud State Women's Hockey Postgame Press Conference 1-18-25
Sunday, January 19
SCSU Women's Hockey Postgame Press Conference 1-17-25
Saturday, January 18
