Sara Hjalmarsson

Sara Hjalmarsson
Sara Hjalmarsson
Born	8 February 1998 (age 26); 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; Providence Friars; HV71; AIK Hockey;
National team	Sweden
Playing career	2012–present

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[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

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[1] "2017 World Championship roster" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2022.

[2] "2019 IIHF Women's World Championship roster" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.

[3] "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.

[4] "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.

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