Minatsu Murase

Minatsu Murase (born 23 June 1995) is a Swedish ice hockey player currently with HC Örnen in the Hockeyettan, the men's third-tier league in Sweden.

Minatsu Murase
Born (1995-06-23) 23 June 1995
Stockholm, Sweden
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 62 kg (137 lb; 9 st 11 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
Hockeyettan team
Former teams
HC Örnen
Luleå HF
AIK IF
National team  Sweden
Playing career 2011present

Career

Murase played her first SDHL in 2012, as a 17-year-old with AIK. The following year, she would win the starting job as the club won the SDHL championship.[1]

Murase missed most of 2018–19 season due to pregnancy.[2] In the summer of 2019, she would leave AIK to sign with Luleå.[3]

In January 2020, Murase announced that she was leaving Luleå.[4] After leaving Luleå, Murase would join HC Örnen in the men's Division 3 as they competed for promotion to Division 2.[5]

International

She was named Best Goaltender at the 2013 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, as Sweden won bronze.[6]

She competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics.[7]

Personal life

She is engaged to New York Rangers' draft pick Robin Kovacs.[8]

References


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