Noora Tulus has game breaking speed and an adundence of international experience, which should serve her well as a top prospect in the PWHL Draft.
Noora Tulus has game breaking speed and an adundence of international experience, which should serve her well as a top prospect in the PWHL Draft.
It would be a surprise to see Noora Tulus slip outside the first two rounds of the PWHL Draft. The 28-year-old has five World Championship medals, and two Olympic bronze medals to her name, and plays the game at a speed few can match.
Tulus can separate herself from opponents with the puck, and close gaps on the forecheck rapidly given her speed. She's placed herself as the top European forward available in the draft through a decade of international competition, and her dominant play in Sweden's SDHL.
The Finnish forward was the SDHL's leading scorer last season recording 22 goals and 61 points in 36 games for Lulea, winning an SDHL title where she also contributed 12 points in nine playoff games.
It's scoring experience that many will seek through the draft in what's turned out to be an offensively starved league this season.
Aside from Tulus' skating, she sees the ice well and has excellent finish around the net. Her speed however also enables her to open ice for others as a playmaker, which is a role she's thrived in both in the SDHL and internationally.
Wherever she ends up, Tulus will inject immediately fuel to a roster and make her PWHL team more dangerous to play against.