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 |
 Sweden | ||
| 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 2 December 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]
Awards and honors
- 2020-21 Hockey East Second Team All-Star[4]
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.
- "Hjalmarsson, DeBlois and Abstreiter Earn Hockey East All-Star Team Honors". friars.com. 27 February 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com