Sara Hjalmarsson (born 8 February 1998) is a Swedish

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player, a member of the Swedish national team, and

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Linköping HC Linköping Hockey Club, often known by its Acronym, initials LHC, or Colloquialism, colloquially among its fans as Cluben, is a Swedish professional ice hockey club from Linköping, founded in 1976. The home arena of the team is Saab Arena (for ...

in the

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(SDHL). Hjalmarsson represented Sweden in the women's ice hockey tournament at the

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, the women's ice hockey tournament at the

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, and at the

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, and

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Playing career

Hjalmarssom hails from Bankeryd, Sweden and attended Solna Gymnasium for secondary school. She played with

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during 2012 to 2014 and with

AIK Hockey Allmänna Idrottsklubben Ishockeyförening (abbreviated ''AIK IF'', also known as ''AIK Hockey'', often abbreviated ''AIK'' in hockey subjects), is the ice hockey department of sports club AIK based in Stockholm, Sweden. Since 2014, AIK's men's ...

during 2014 to 2018.

NCAA

Her

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career spanned five seasons with the

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program in the

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(WHEA)

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of the

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. 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 tied 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 the

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, the most points in a game by any NCAA player to that point in the season.

Awards and honors

* 2020–21 Hockey East Second Team All-Star

References

External links

* * 1998 births Living people AIK Hockey Dam players HV71 (women) players Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics Ice hockey people from Jönköping County Linköping HC (women) players Olympic ice hockey players for Sweden Sportspeople from Jönköping Municipality Providence Friars women's ice hockey players Swedish women's ice hockey forwards 21st-century Swedish sportswomen People from Bankeryd {{Sweden-icehockey-player-stub