Sara Hjalmarsson Explained

Birth Date:1998 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Bankeryd, Sweden
Height M:1.76
Weight Kg:72
Position:Centre
Shoots:Left
League:SDHL
Team:Linköping HC
Sex:f
Ntl Team:SWE
Career Start:2012

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).

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

Hjalmarssom 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

Her 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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2017 World Championship roster . 30 May 2022 . 20 February 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180220104018/http://reports.iihf.hockey/Hydra/509/IHW5090SWE_33_1_0_SWE.pdf . . live .
  2. Web site: 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship roster . 6 June 2019 . 4 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190404195812/http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/510/IHW5100SWE_33_2_0_SWE.pdf . . live .
  3. Web site: Weekly Release: Double-Digit Wins Punctuate Thanksgiving Weekend - Hockey East Association. 2020-11-12. hockeyeastonline.com. en. 30 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191230223253/http://hockeyeastonline.com/women/articles/2019/12/weekly-release-double-digit-wins-punctuate-thanksgiving-weekend.php. live.
  4. News: Hjalmarsson, DeBlois and Abstreiter Earn Hockey East All-Star Team Honors. friars.com. 2021-02-27. 2021-03-19. en. 27 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210227175840/https://friars.com/news/2021/2/27/womens-ice-hockey-hjalmarsson-deblois-and-abstreiter-earn-hockey-east-all-star-team-honors.aspx. live.