Emmy Gunilla Alasalmi (born 17 January 1994) is a Swedish ice hockey

defenseman Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from Goal (ice hockey), scoring. They are often referred to as defencemen, D, D-men or blueliners (the la ...

and member of the

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, currently playing in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) 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 Allmänna Idrottsklubben based in Stockholm, Sweden. S ...

and also serving as assistant general manager of the team. She holds the record for most games played in an AIK uniform and is seventh all-time among all SDHL players.

Career

Alsalmi grew in

Viggbyholm Viggbyholm is a neighborhood in Täby Municipality, in Greater Stockholm, Sweden. It is located in the northeast of the municipality, bordering Stora Värtan, an inlet of the Baltic Sea The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is e ...

, where she played as a youth for

Viggbyholms IK Viggbyholms IK FF is a Swedish football club located in Viggbyholm, which is a neighbourhood of Täby in Stockholm County. Background The first sports club was formed in Viggbyholmsvägen on 5 June 1921. The club was called Viggbyholms Idrottskl ...

. In 2009, she joined AIK and made her Riksserien debut, scoring 7 points in 27 games in her rookie season. On the 15th of February 2015, she scored the winning goal in the longest shootout in SDHL history, a 56-shot shootout round against Brynäs IF.

International

She represented Sweden at the

2015 IIHF Women's World Championship The 2015 IIHF Women's World Championship was the 16th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2016 competition. Venues included the Malmö Isstadion, and Rosengårds I ...

and in the women's ice hockey tournament at the

2018 Winter Olympics , nations = 93 , athletes = 2,922 (1,680 men and 1,242 women) , events = 102 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = , closing = , opened_by = President Moon Jae-in , cauldron = Kim Yun-a , stadium = Pyeongchang Olympic Stadium , winte ...

. Named to the Swedish roster for the

2022 Winter Olympics The 2022 Winter Olympics (2022年冬季奥林匹克运动会), officially called the XXIV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Beijing 2022 (2022), was an international winter multi-sport event held from 4 to 20 February 2022 in Beij ...

, she had to be replaced at the last minute after testing positive for COVID-19.

Personal life

Alsalmi has studied at the

Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences The Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences ( sv, Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan, GIH) in Stockholm is a Sweden, Swedish institution offering higher education in the fields of teaching profession in Physical Education, Sports coaching and Pr ...

References

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* * 1994 births Living people Swedish women's ice hockey defencemen Olympic ice hockey players for Sweden Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics Ice hockey people from Stockholm Ice hockey players at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics Youth Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences alumni {{Sweden-icehockey-player-stub