Ena Marie Eristland Nystrøm (born 28 April 2000) is a Norwegian

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and member of the

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, currently playing with the

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program in the

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(CHA) conference of the

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Playing career

Beginning in 2013, Nystrøm played with teams of the

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ice hockey club in her home town of

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, Norway. In 2018, she left Norway to move to Canada, where she spent a year playing at the Ontario Hockey Academy in

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. In 2019, she began her

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career with the

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program in the

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conference of the NCAA Division I. She would finish the season with a respectable .915

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but the team struggled in front of her and she amassed a 0-21-1 record. She was named ECAC Goaltender of the Week in October 2019. Nystrøm transferred to

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and joined the Mercyhurst Lakers women‘s ice hockey program prior to the 2020–21 season. She earned the first win of her collegiate career against the

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on 2 February and recorded a season-high 43 saves in a 5–2 victory over the

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on 5 February.

International play

Nystrøm took part in the opening ceremony of the

2016 Winter Youth Olympics The 2016 Winter Youth Olympics ( no, Olympiske vinterleker for ungdom 2016; nn, Olympiske vinterleikane for ungdom 2016), officially known as the II Winter Youth Olympic Games, took place in and around Lillehammer, Norway, between 12 February an ...

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. In 2017, she was the starting goalie for Norway as they failed to qualify for the

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. Nystrøm was selected as Best Goaltender by the directorate at both the

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and

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, with Norway winning bronze in 2019. She was also selected as Best Goaltender by the directorate at the 2018 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship Division I Group A.

Awards and honors

*Best Goaltender as selected by the directorate, 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I Group A

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nystroem, Ena 2000 births Living people Norwegian women's ice hockey players Ice hockey players at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey players RPI Engineers women's ice hockey players Norwegian expatriate ice hockey people Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Canada Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate ice hockey players in Canada Expatriate ice hockey players in the United States