Hanna Olsson

Hanna Olsson (born 20 January 1999) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player currently playing with HV71 in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) and the Swedish national team. She is considered one of the best young Swedish players, being the 17th leading scorer in SDHL history despite only being 21 years old.

Hanna Olsson
Born (1999-01-20) 20 January 1999
Hälsö, Sweden
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 69 kg (152 lb; 10 st 12 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
SDHL team
Former teams		 HV71
Djurgårdens IF
Linköping HC
Skärgårdens SK
National team  Sweden
Playing career 2012–present

Career

Olsson played for the Skärgårdens SK boys' teams until she was 16.[1] From 2013 to 2015, she split her time between the team and various Riksserien teams, making her Riksserien debut in 2013 for HV71, picking up 3 points in 8 games during the 2012-13 season.

She scored 31 points in 27 games in the 2016-17 season as Djurgården won the SDHL championship for the first time. She had been due to move to North American the following year to join the University of North Dakota, however the university shut down their women's hockey programme in 2017.[2][3]

She scored 28 point sin 26 games in the 2018-19 season. In December 2018, she publicly criticised the organisation's supporter club, Järnkaminerna, for not doing enough to support the women's side, despite the club supposedly having the best supporters in Sweden.[4]In February 2019, she broke her contract with Djurgården, citing frustration with her development as a player.[5] After the club barred her from joining another SDHL club for the rest of the season, she returned to Skärgårdens SK to train with their senior men's team, playing in the third tier of Swedish men's hockey.[6] Luleå HF/MSSK had attempted to negotiate a transfer for her rights, however they backed off after they felt Djurgården set the transfer fee too high.[7]

Ahead of the 2019-20 season, she signed with HV71.[8] After scoring 46 points in 34 games, including a career-best 21 goals and top among all Swedish players, she was nominated for the Forward of the Year award.[9] She scored the first goal of the game in her return to Djurgården in September, with HV71 winning the match 4-1.[10]

She injured her ACL in practice before the start of the 2020-21 SDHL season, potentially missing the entire season while she recovers.[11][12]

International career

She represented Sweden in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2018 Winter Olympics, getting one assist in six games as Sweden finished in seventh. She has also played for Sweden at several World Championships.[13]

References
  1. https://www.dn.se/sport/ishockey/hanna-olsson-om-os-debuten-det-ar-en-drom/
  2. https://hockeysverige.se/2019/03/26/hanna-olsson-berattar-om-framtiden
  3. https://hockeysverige.se/2018/01/10/hanna-olssons-osakra-framtid
  4. Larsson, Jonathan; Lindgren, Robin (2 December 2018). "Djurgårdsstjärnan Hanna Olsson sågar sina egna supportar". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  5. https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/hockey/a/L0rm5P/stjarnan-jag-skrev-pa-vad-som-helst-for-att-lamna
  6. https://www.svt.se/sport/ishockey/hanna-olsson-talar-ut-om-uppbrottet-med-djurgarden-skrev-pa-vad-som-helst
  7. https://hockeysverige.se/2019/02/16/hanna-olsson-blir-kvar-i-djurgarden
  8. https://hockeysverige.se/2019/07/31/brot-med-djurgarden-nu-ar-landslagsstjarnan-klar-for-rivalen
  9. https://hockeysverige.se/2020/05/22/de-gor-upp-om-arets-forward-pa-sdhl-awards
  10. https://hockeysverige.se/2019/09/21/supertalangen-dominerade-mot-sin-gamla-klubb
  11. https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/hockey/a/MRM13m/hvs-landslagsstjarna-korsbandsskadad
  12. https://hockeysverige.se/2020/08/18/nar-jag-skulle-ringa-mina-narmsta-brot-jag-ihop-och-borjade-grata
  13. 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship roster


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