Sara Hjalmarsson
| Sara Hjalmarsson | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
8 February 1998 | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb; 11 st 5 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| PWHL team Former teams |
Toronto Sceptres HV71 AIK Hockey Linköping HC | ||
| National team |
 Sweden | ||
| Playing career | 2012–present | ||
Sara Hjalmarsson (born 8 February 1998) is a Swedish ice hockey player for the Toronto Sceptres of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) and member of the Swedish national team. She previously played for Linköping HC of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL).
Playing career
[edit]Hjalmarssom hails from Bankeryd, Sweden and attended Solna Gymnasium for secondary school. She played with HV71 during 2012 to 2014 and with AIK Hockey during 2014 to 2018.
College
[edit]Her college ice hockey career spanned five seasons with the Providence Friars women's ice hockey program in the Hockey East (WHEA) conference of the NCAA Division I.[1] 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 Brown Bears, the most points in a game by any NCAA player to that point in the season.[2]
Professional
[edit]On November 20, 2025, she signed a one-year contract with the Toronto Sceptres of the PWHL.[3]
International play
[edit]Hjalmarsson represented Sweden in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, and at the IIHF Women's World Championships in 2017, 2019, and 2022.[4]
On 12 January 2026, she was named to Sweden's roster to compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics.[5]
Awards and honors
[edit]- 2020–21 Hockey East Second Team All-Star[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "2019 IIHF Women's World Championship roster" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
- ^ "Weekly Release: Double-Digit Wins Punctuate Thanksgiving Weekend - Hockey East Association". hockeyeastonline.com. Archived from the original on 30 December 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ "Toronto Sceptres announce 2025-26 roster". thepwhl.com. 20 November 2025. Retrieved 20 November 2025.
- ^ "2017 World Championship roster" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
- ^ "Tre Kronor dams OS-trupp är presenterad". swehockey.se (in Swedish). 12 January 2026. Retrieved 12 January 2026.
- ^ "Hjalmarsson, DeBlois and Abstreiter Earn Hockey East All-Star Team Honors". friars.com. 27 February 2021. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 19 March 2021.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database, or ThePWHL.com
- Sara Hjalmarsson at Olympedia
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- 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 players at the 2026 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
- Toronto Sceptres players
- 21st-century Swedish sportswomen
- People from Bankeryd
- Swedish ice hockey centre stubs