Emma Martine Söderberg (born 18 February 1998) is a Swedish ice hockey

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for Minnesota Duluth of the

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(NCAA) and member of

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Early life

Söderberg was born on 18 February 1998 in

Örnsköldsvik Örnsköldsvik (, ) is a locality and the seat of Örnsköldsvik Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden, with 32,953 inhabitants in 2017. Its natural harbour and archipelago is in the Gulf of Bothnia and the northern boundaries of the Hig ...

, Sweden, to Ove and Karin Söderberg. As an adolescent, she was a

for

Modo Hockey Dam MoDo Hockey Dam are an ice hockey team in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL), the top flight of women's hockey in Sweden. They play in Örnsköldsvik, in the historical province of Ångermanland on the east coast of Sweden, at the Häggl ...

of the

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(SDHL), where she had a 1.55

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(GAA) and .940

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in 19 games.

College career

Söderberg joined the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey team for the 2018–19 season. She played in five games during her freshman year, posting a win–loss-overtime record of 3–1–0 and stopped 94 out of 103 shots for a .913 save percentage and 2.09 GAA. As a junior during the 2020–21 season, Söderberg's .951 save percentage, 1.34 GAA, and five

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games were all within the top three of all NCAA women's ice hockey, and she received both the

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(WCHA) Goaltending Champion statistical title and the Goaltender of the Year award. It was the first time that Minnesota Duluth had won the WCHA Goaltender of the Year title. That year, Minnesota Duluth reached the Frozen Four semifinal round of the 2021 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament, where they fell to Northwestern 3–2 in overtime. Söderberg made 44 saves during the match before allowing the game-winning goal on a shot from Northeastern skater Skylar Fontaine. At the time that her 2021–22 season was interrupted due to the 2022 Winter Olympics, Söderberg was second in the WCHA with 13 wins, four shutouts, and a .920 save percentage.

International play

After helping the

during their qualification rounds, Söderberg was selected to goaltend for the team at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. She represented Sweden at the

2023 IIHF Women's World Championship The 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship will be an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) which will be contested in Brampton, Canada from 5 to 16 April 2023, at the CAA Centre. Particip ...

where she recorded a 2.58 GAA and a .924 save percentage in five games and was named to the All-Star team.

References

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UMD Bulldogs profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Soderberg, Emma Living people 1998 births Swedish women's ice hockey goaltenders Olympic ice hockey players for Sweden Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey players People from Örnsköldsvik Municipality Sportspeople from Västernorrland County