Sara Hjalmarsson
Sara Hjalmarsson (born 9 February 1998) is a Swedish ice hockey player and member of the Swedish national team, currently playing with the Providence Friars women's ice hockey program in the Hockey East (WHEA) conference of the NCAA Division I.[1]
Sara Hjalmarsson | |||
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Born |
Bankeryd, Sweden | 8 February 1998||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb; 11 st 5 lb) | ||
Position | Forward | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
NCAA team Former teams |
Providence Friars HV71 AIK Hockey | ||
National team |
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Playing career | 2012–present |
She represented Sweden in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2018 Winter Olympics and at the IIHF Women's World Championships in 2017 and 2019.[2]
Playing career
Hjalmarssom hails from Bankeryd, Sweden and attended Solna Gymnasium for secondary school. She played with HV71 Dam during 2012 to 2014 and in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL; called Riksserien until 2016) with AIK Hockey Dam during 2014 to 2018.
NCAA
As a forward with the Friars, she scored 17 goals, and 11 assists in the 2019–20 season, to lead the team in goals scored and tie for points. She was named the Hockey East Player of the Week on 2 December 2019, for having scored six points in the Friar's Mayor's Cup game against Brown Bears, the most points in a game by any NCAA player to that point in the season.[3]
Awards and honors
- 2020–21 Hockey East Second Team All-Star[4]
References
- 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship roster
- 2017 World Championship roster
- "Weekly Release: Double-Digit Wins Punctuate Thanksgiving Weekend - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- "Hjalmarsson, DeBlois and Abstreiter Earn Hockey East All-Star Team Honors". friars.com. 27 February 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
- Sara Hjalmarsson at Olympedia