Sara Hjalmarsson (born 9 February 1998) is a Swedish ice hockey player, a member of the Swedish national team, and captain of Linköping HC in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL).
| Sara Hjalmarsson | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
8 February 1998 Bankeryd, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb; 11 st 5 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| SDHL team Former teams |
Linköping HC | ||
| National team |
 Sweden | ||
| Playing career | 2012–present | ||
Hjalmarsson represented Sweden in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, and at the IIHF Women's World Championships in 2017, 2019, and 2022.[1]
Playing career
editHjalmarssom hails from Bankeryd, Sweden and attended Solna Gymnasium for secondary school. She played with HV71 during 2012 to 2014 and with AIK Hockey during 2014 to 2018.
NCAA
editHer college ice hockey career spanned five seasons with the Providence Friars women's ice hockey program in the Hockey East (WHEA) conference of the NCAA Division I.[2] 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 tied 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 the Brown Bears, the most points in a game by any NCAA player to that point in the season.[3]
Awards and honors
edit- 2020–21 Hockey East Second Team All-Star[4]
References
edit- ^ "2017 World Championship roster" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ^ "2019 IIHF Women's World Championship roster" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
- ^ "Weekly Release: Double-Digit Wins Punctuate Thanksgiving Weekend - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ "Hjalmarsson, DeBlois and Abstreiter Earn Hockey East All-Star Team Honors". friars.com. 27 February 2021. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
External links
edit- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
- Sara Hjalmarsson at Olympedia (archive)
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