Lovisa Selander (born 14 March 1996) is a former Swedish

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player for the

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in the now defunct

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and the Swedish national team. She currently holds the record for women’s hockey

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career saves as well as NWHL records for single-season wins and save percentage.

Career

Sweden

Selander began playing as a goaltender at the age of six in her native Sweden, admiring Swedish Olympians

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and Kim Martin Hasson. When she was 15, she left her local club Sollentuna HC, where she played on the U16 boys' team, to join Ormsta HC in the

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(now known as SDHL, then known as Riksserien). After one year in Ormsta, she joined

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in the second tier of Swedish women's hockey. She would play two games for SDE's men's side in the men's 4th Division during the 2012–13 season, posting a .931 save percentage. In 2014, she led SDE to promotion to Riksserien, and would split time with Lovisa Berndtsson during the

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NCAA

She then played four seasons for the

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between 2015 and 2019, graduating with the second-highest win total in RPI history and the third-highest shutout total. She posted a 2.11 goals against average and .939 save percentage in her rookie

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season, setting a university record for single-season saves and being named a finalist for the ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Year Award and ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Year Award. She served as team captain in her senior year, finishing the year with the third-highest single season total of shots saved in NCAA history. That year, she was named a top-10 finalist for the

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, was awarded the ECAC Goaltender of the Year Award, and became the first RPI player in history to be named to the CCM/AHCA National All-America First Team.

Professional

She was drafted 20th overall by the

in the 2018 NWHL Draft. After originally being offered a contract by a

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club before the CWHL's collapse and joining the #ForTheGame movement sparked by the collapse, in August 2019 she signed her first professional contract with the Pride, the second Swede to sign a contract in NWHL history after Michelle Löwenhielm. She was named NWHL Goaltender of the Year in her rookie season, setting NWHL records for most wins in a season and highest SV% in a season, as the Pride finished almost undefeated and made it to the

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finals before the season was cancelled due to the

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. She played for Team Dempsey at the 2020 NWHL All-Star Game, being named the All-Star Game MVP. She re-signed with the Pride ahead of the 2020–21 NWHL season.

International career

Selander made her senior international debut for Sweden at the 2018 Four Nations Cup with a 46-save performance against Canada. She then represented Sweden at the

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, serving as the country's backup goalie behind

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. After Sweden was relegated at the 2019 World Championship, she took part in the Swedish women's strike of the national team in protest over working conditions and compensation.

Style of play

Selander has been noted for her size in net, as well as her imperturbable poise and her quickness in covering shots, while rarely being flashy. When asked to describe her style of play in 2019, she stated that "I think a huge part of my game is being calm and trusting my positioning. I want to be the goalie my team can trust and lean on when needed. Something I’m trying to work on and improve is playing the puck more."

Personal life

Selander has a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the

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. Her brother, Jacob Selander, plays professional golf, currently ranked at 1862nd in the

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. Her father, Johan Selander, had also played golf professionally, reaching the

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level.

Career statistics

Awards and honors

NCAA

*2015–16 NCAA season: ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team *2017–18 NCAA season: All-ECAC Hockey Second Team *2018–19 NCAA season: Patty Kazmaier Top 10 Finalist *2018–19 NCAA season: All-ECAC Hockey First Team *2018–19 NCAA season: ECAC Hockey Goaltender of the Year *2018–19 NCAA season: CCM/AHCA National All-America First Team *2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19 NCAA seasons: ECAC Hockey All-Academic Team

Professional

*2019–20 NWHL season: League Leader, Goals Against Average (1.71) *2019–20 NWHL season: League Leader, Save Percentage (.941) *2019–20 NWHL season: League Leader, Wins (17) *2019–20 NWHL All-Star Game MVP *2019–20 NWHL Goaltender of the Year * Finalist, 2021 NWHL Goaltender of the Year

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Selander, Lovisa 1996 births Isobel Cup champions Living people Sportspeople from Sollentuna Municipality RPI Engineers women's ice hockey players Swedish expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Swedish women's ice hockey goaltenders Boston Pride players SDE Hockey players Swedish chemical engineers 21st-century Swedish sportswomen Ice hockey people from Stockholm County