| Birth Date: | 21 July 1992 |
| Birth Place: | Søborg, Denmark |
| Height Cm: | 163 |
| Weight Kg: | 60 |
| Position: | Defense |
| Shoots: | Left |
| League: | SDHL |
| Team: | Linköping HC |
| Sex: | f |
| Ntl Team: | DEN |
| Career Start: | 2005 |
Josephine Asperup (born 21 July 1992) is a Danish ice hockey defenseman and member of the Danish national ice hockey team, playing in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with Linköping HC.
Asperup represented Denmark in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and at twelve IIHF Women's World Championships, including at the Top Division tournaments in 2021 and 2022.[1]
Her club career began when she debuted in the at age 13 and has been played in elite leagues in Denmark and Sweden, and in the Elite Women's Hockey League (EWHL).[2]
Asperup's younger brother, Matthias, is also an ice hockey player – a winger – and a member of the Danish national team.
Note: Riksserien rebranded as SDHL in 2016. Damettan was reconfigured into the Nationella Damhockeyligan (NDHL) in 2021.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||||||
| 2005–06 | Rødovre SIK | DM i ishockey | 9 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2006–07 | Rødovre SIK | DM i ishockey | 9 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2007–08 | Rødovre SIK | DM i ishockey | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2008–09 | Herlev IK | DM i ishockey | 12 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 2008–09 | Herlev IK U17 | Denmark U17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2009–10 | Herlev IK | DM i ishockey | 20 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 2009–10 | Herlev IK U17 | Denmark U17 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2010–11 | Segeltorps IF | Riksserien | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2011–12 | AIK IF | Riksserien | 13 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2012–13 | Hvidovre IK | DM i ishockey | 16 | 5 | 31 | 36 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 2 | ||
| 2013–14 | Hvidovre IK | DM i ishockey | 13 | 17 | 21 | 38 | 24 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 16 | ||
| 2013–14 | Hvidovre IK Fighters | DM i ishockey | 6 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2014–15 | Hvidovre IK | DM i ishockey | 15 | 15 | 8 | 23 | 20 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 16 | ||
| 2015–16 | Hvidovre IK | DM i ishockey | 10 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | Hvidovre IK Fighters | Damettan | 8 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 8 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2016–17 | Hvidovre IK | DM i ishockey | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 8 | ||
| 2017–18 | Hvidovre IK | DM i ishockey | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 18 | ||
| 2017–18 | Hvidovre IK | Damettan | 15 | 20 | 15 | 35 | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2017–18 | Hvidovre IK | EWHL | 12 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2018–19 | Malmö Redhawks | Damettan | 15 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2018–19 | Linköping HC | SDHL | – | – | – | – | – | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2019–20 | Djurgårdens IF | SDHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2019–20 | Luleå HF (L) | SDHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2019–20 | Malmö Redhawks | Damettan | 16 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 2020–21 | Malmö Redhawks | Damettan | 5 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 2021–22 | Malmö Redhawks | NDHL | 15 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 8 | ||
| Djurgårdens IF (L) | SDHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | – | – | — | |||
| Linköping HC | SDHL | 24 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| DM i ishockey for kvinder totals | 126 | 89 | 122 | 211 | 122 | 50 | 30 | 37 | 67 | 68 | ||||
| SDHL totals | 75 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| NDHL totals | 82 | 56 | 90 | 146 | 90 | 12 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 14 | ||||
| Year | Team | Event | Result | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 5th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |||
| 2011 | Denmark | WW D2 | 3rd | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| 2012 | Denmark | WW | 1st | 5 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |
| 2013 | Denmark | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||
| 2014 | Denmark | WW | 2nd | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| 2015 | Denmark | WW D1A | 4th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
| 2016 | Denmark | WW D1A | 4th | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2017 | Denmark | WW D1A | 4th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| 2017 | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||
| 2018 | Denmark | WW D1A | 4th | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2019 | Denmark | WW D1A | 2nd | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | |
| 2021 | Denmark | WW | 10th | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2021 | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| Denmark | 10th | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |||
| Denmark | WW | 10th | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Denmark | WW D1A | 2nd | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Totals | 61 | 2 | 19 | 21 | 64 | ||||