Sara Hjalmarsson (born 9 February 1998) is a Swedish

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player and member of the Swedish national team, currently playing with the

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program in the

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(WHEA)

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of the

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. She represented Sweden in the women's ice hockey tournament at the

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, the women's ice hockey tournament at the

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, and at the

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, and

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Playing career

Hjalmarssom hails from

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, Sweden and attended

Solna Gymnasium Solna Gymnasium (school), Gymnasium is a secondary school in Solna, Sweden, in the Stockholm metropolitan area. It was opened as the Solna Läroverk in April 1948. Crown Prince Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden attended the opening.HV71 Dam HV71 are a professional ice hockey club in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). They play in Jönköping, in the southern Swedish province of Småland, at the Husqvarna Garden. History The club was originally formed independently in Ma ...

during 2012 to 2014 and in the

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(SDHL; called Riksserien until 2016) with

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during 2014 to 2018.

NCAA

As a forward with the Friars, she scored 17 goals, and 11 assists in the 2019–20 season, to lead the team in goals scored and tie for points. She was named the Hockey East Player of the Week on 2 December 2019, for having scored six points in the Friar's Mayor's Cup game against

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, the most points in a game by any NCAA player to that point in the season.

Awards and honors

*2020–21 Hockey East Second Team All-Star

References

External links

* * 1998 births Living people AIK Hockey Dam players HV71 (women) players Ice hockey players at the 2018 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 2022 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Sweden People from Jönköping Municipality Providence Friars women's ice hockey players Sportspeople from Jönköping County Swedish expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Swedish women's ice hockey forwards {{Sweden-icehockey-player-stub