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

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and member of the

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. She plays in the

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(SDHL) with

Brynäs IF Brynäs IF is a Swedish professional ice hockey team from Gävle. The club currently plays in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL), promoted from the HockeyAllsvenskan, the second tier of ice hockey in Sweden, following the 2023–24 season. The ...

on contract through the 2024–25 season.

Playing career

Beginning in 2013, Nystrøm played with teams of the

Stavanger Oilers Stavanger Ishockeyklubb, commonly referred to as the Stavanger Oilers, is a Norwegian professional ice hockey team based in Stavanger, Norway. They currently play in the Fjordkraftligaen, which is the top division in Norwegian ice hockey. As o ...

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

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. She finished 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 in the

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(CHA) conference 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 (; ), officially known as the II Winter Youth Olympic Games, took place in and around Lillehammer, Norway, from 12 to 21 February 2016. They were the fourth Youth Olympic Games and the second winter edition. Lilleha ...

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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

2019 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I The 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I consisted of two international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division I A and Division I B represent the second and third tier of the IIHF Women' ...

, 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 Brynäs IF (women) players Expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden Ice hockey players at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics Mercyhurst Lakers women's ice hockey players Norwegian expatriate ice hockey people Norwegian expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Norwegian ice hockey goaltenders Norwegian women's ice hockey players RPI Engineers women's ice hockey players 21st-century Norwegian sportswomen