Kiira Yrjänen


Kiira Yrjänen is a Finnish ice hockey player who currently plays with Team Kuortane of the Naisten Liiga and with the Finnish national team. She was officially named to the Finnish roster for the 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship on 4 March 2020, before the tournament was cancelled on 7 March 2020 due to public health concerns related to COVID-19.
The 2020 World Championship would have been Yrjänen's debut with the Finnish women's national team at an IIHF-organized international tournament, though she has previously represented Finland with the women's national U18 team at the IIHF World Women's U18 Championships in 2017, 2018, and 2020, and with the bronze medal team in 2019.
Yrjänen's first goal with the Finnish women's national team was scored on 6 February 2020 in a match against the Swiss national team at the Finals Tournament of the 2019–20 Women's Euro Hockey Tour.