The Seattle Torrent today announced that forward Emma Nuutinen has been signed to a one-year contract for the 2026-27 season. 

The 29-year-old from Helsinki, Finland, is a three-time Olympian and longtime member of the Finnish National Team, winning Olympic bronze in 2018 and competing in the 2014 and 2026 Olympic Winter Games. She has medaled in all three IIHF Women’s World Championships in which she competed, winning bronze in 2015 and 2017, and silver in 2019.

Nuutinen has spent the last three seasons with Finland’s Kiekko-Espoo, winning two straight championships and Auroraliiga scoring titles. She posted 63 points (27G, 36A) in 28 regular-season games in 2025-26 and added a playoff-high 25 points (13G, 12A) in 13 postseason contests. In North America, she played collegiately at the University of North Dakota in 2016-17, then at Mercyhurst University from 2017-20 following UND’s program discontinuation. In 2022-23, she competed with the PHF’s Buffalo Beauts where she was teammates with Mikyla Grant-Mentis.

With the signing, the Torrent now have 13 players under contract for the upcoming season counting Nuutinen, Grant-Mentis, and fellow forwards Alex Carpenter, Julia Gosling, Danielle Serdachny, Lexie Adzija, Theresa Schafzahl and Gabrielle David, defenders Anna Wilgren, Aneta Tejralová and Emily Brown, and goaltenders Hannah Murphy and CJ Jackson.