Sara Hjalmarsson
Sara Hjalmarsson (born 9 February 1998) is a Swedish ice hockey player for the Providence College Friars women's ice hockey team and the Swedish national team.[1] She hails from Bankeryd, Sweden, where she attended Solna Gymnasium high school. She played for AIK IF in Sweden, before attending Providence College.
| Sara Hjalmarsson | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
8 February 1998 Bankeryd, Sweden | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb; 11 st 5 lb) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| HE team Former teams |
Providence College HV71 AIK IF | ||
| National team |
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| Playing career | 2012–present | ||
She participated at the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship.[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 tie for points. She was named the Hockey East Player of the Week on December 2, 2019, for having scored six points in the Friar's Mayor's Cup game against Brown College Bears, the most points in a game by any NCAA player to that point in the season.[3]
References
- 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship roster
- 2017 World Championship roster
- "Weekly Release: Double-Digit Wins Punctuate Thanksgiving Weekend - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com