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Johanna Fällman
Johanna Fällman (born 21 June 1990) is a Swedish ice hockey defender for Luleå HF/MSSK of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) and the Swedish national team. She has won four SDHL championships and has appeared in nine senior international tournaments. Playing career Growing up in Luleå, in northern Sweden, Fällman often played on boys' teams in her youth. She has spoken out openly about having faced misogynistic abuse from boys she played with in the league. She began her Riksserien career with Skellefteå AIK, scoring 2 points in 12 games in the league's debut season. From 2008 to 2012, she played for Modo Hockey, winning the Riksserien championship in the 2011–12 season. Ahead of the 2012–13 season, she turned down an offer from Munksund-Skuthamns SK to move to North America, joining the University of North Dakota. Across three years in the NCAA, she scored 8 points in 66 games. In 2015, she returned to Sweden to sign with Luleå HF/MSSK in her hometown, bei ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PWHL New York
The New York Sirens are a professional ice hockey team based in the New York metropolitan area that competes in the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL). They are one of the six charter franchises of the league. The team plays its home games at Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. History Founding and inaugural season On August 29, 2023, the PWHL revealed that one of its first six charter franchises would be located in the New York metropolitan area. The league announced on September 1 that Pascal Daoust, the former general manager for the QMJHL's Val-d'Or Foreurs, would be the team's inaugural general manager. On September 15, Howie Draper was named as the team's first head coach, taking a leave of absence from his position as head coach of the University of Alberta program to take the position. Each PWHL team was permitted three signings during the free agency period ahead of the 2023 PWHL Draft. On September 8, the team announced the signing of its first three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |