Andrea Schjelderup Dalen (born 19 June 1992) is a Norwegian professional
ice hockey
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forward and
captain of
Djurgårdens IF Hockey Dam in the
Swedish Women's Hockey League
The Swedish Women's Hockey League ( sv, Svenska damhockeyligan), abbreviated SDHL, is the elite league for women's ice hockey in Sweden. It was established in 2007 as the by the Swedish Ice Hockey Association and was renamed prior to the 2016– ...
(SDHL). She has been a member of the
Norwegian national ice hockey team
The Norway men's national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team from Norway that participates at the IIHF World Championships. The team is governed by the Norwegian Ice Hockey Association and is coached by Petter Thoresen.
History
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since 2008. Dalen currently holds the record for most goals in a single SDHL season, with 47 in the
2015–16 season, and is the seventh leading scoring all-time in SDHL history.
Playing career
Dalen grew up playing on boys' teams in
Ringerike in Norway and with
Vålerenga Ishockey
Vålerenga Ishockey (; abbreviated as VIF) is a Norwegian ice hockey team based in Oslo, Norway. Vålerenga has been the dominant force in Norwegian hockey since the 1960s, claiming 26 national championships and 29 regular season titles. Their ol ...
's women's side, before heading to Sweden to attend a hockey
gymnasium and play for the SDHL's
Linköping HC Dam
Linköping HC Dam or LHC Dam is an ice hockey team in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). They are the representative women's ice hockey team of Linköping HC, a sports club based in Linköping, Östergötland, Sweden, and play at the St ...
in 2009. She led Linköping to a runner-up finish in the 2011 playoffs, while finishing as playoff scoring champion with seven points in four contests. In the regular season, she finished sixth in the scoring race. By the end of her two seasons in Linköping, she had scored 81 points in 54 games, including 50 goals.
Dalen joined the
North Dakota women's ice hockey program in September 2011, joining fellow Norwegian goaltender
Jorid Dagfinrud. Across 143 games with North Dakota, she scored 63 points, serving as the team's captain in her final season.
After graduating, Dalen returned to the SDHL to sign with Djurgårdens. In her first season back, she would score 73 points in 36 games, of which 47 were goals, an SDHL record. In her second season with Djurgården, the team would win the SDHL championship. In 2018, she was named the club's captain.
International
Dalen represented her native Norway in the 2009 and 2011 Division I International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championships. She registered four goals and one assist in 2009 IIHF Division I World Championship, helping Norway finish with the bronze medal. At the 2011 IIHF Division I World Championships, she tied for fourth in tournament scoring. Dalen played for Norway at the
2011 IIHF 12 Nations Tournament. She ranked second in Group C scoring with 6 points, behind teammate Helene Martinsen whose 8 points topped all Group C players.
Awards and honors
*Norway's best player of the game against Germany, 2011 Division I International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships
Career stats
IIHF Division I
Swedish league
NCAA
Player Andrea Dalen :: Statistics :: USCHO.com :: U.S. College Hockey Online
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References
External links
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1992 births
Living people
People from Ringerike (municipality)
Norwegian women's ice hockey players
Norwegian ice hockey forwards
Djurgårdens IF Hockey Dam players
North Dakota Fighting Hawks women's ice hockey players
Linköping HC Dam players
Norwegian expatriate ice hockey people
Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
Sportspeople from Viken (county)
Expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden
Expatriate ice hockey players in the United States