Lova Blom (born 15 July 2003) is a Swedish ice hockey

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, currently playing with Djurgårdens IF in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). She is regarded as one of the most promising young players in Sweden.

Playing career

Blom began playing hockey at the age of four, first stepping on the ice at

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. From 2017 to 2018, she played for the under-16 boys' team of Nyköpings HF in the U16 Division 1, scoring a total of 32

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in 23 games. She split the 2017–18 season between Nyköping and the women's ice hockey team of

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in the Damettan, scoring 20 points in 12 games. In 2018, she became the sixth girl in history to participate in the boys' U15 TV-pucken tournament, before the tournament was expanded to include both boys' and girls' teams in 2019. Ahead of the 2019–20 season, she left Nyköpings HF to sign with Djurgårdens IF in the SDHL, the top flight of

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. In her rookie SDHL season, she scored 10 points in 29 games.

International career

Blom played with the Swedish national under-18 team at the

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, and

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, winning a silver medal in 2018.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Blom, Lova 2003 births Living people Swedish women's ice hockey centres Ice hockey people from Stockholm Djurgårdens IF Hockey players 21st-century Swedish women