Noora Räty

Noora Räty
Born (1989-05-29) 29 May 1989
Espoo, Finland
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
Played for
Current coach Shenzhen KRS
Coached for Cretin-Derham Hall Raiders
National team  Finland
Playing career 2004present
Medal record
Olympic Games
2010 VancouverIce hockey
2018 PyeongchangIce hockey
World Championships
2019 Finland
2008 China
2009 Finland
2011 Switzerland
2017 United States

Noora Helena Räty (born 29 May 1989) is a Finnish ice hockey goaltender and the goaltending coach of Shenzhen KRS in the Chinese Women's Ice Hockey League. She was a founding board member of the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) and was a member of the board affiliated with the Minnesota chapter of the organization until signing a Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) contract with the Metropolitan Riveters in May 2023.

Regarded as one of the best goaltenders in the world, Räty has won two Olympic bronze medals and has competed in four Olympic Games as a member of the Finnish national ice hockey team, earning All-Star honours at the 2018 tournament. Across nine IIHF World Championships, she has earned five medals and has been awarded Best Goaltender five times, named to the All-Star Team four times, and was the MVP in 2008.

A two-time NCAA Ice Hockey Tournament champion and two-time All-American, Räty held the NCAA Division I all-time career records for best save percentage, most shutouts, and most wins. Her club career has included playing in the Canadian Women's Hockey League (CWHL), the Naisten Liiga (called the Naisten SM-sarja until 2017), and the Russian Women's Hockey League, in addition to being the first woman to play as a goaltender in both the Finnish men's second- and third-tier professional leagues, the Mestis and the Suomi-sarja.