Iveta Karafiátová

Iveta Frühauf, née Karafiátová (born 14 May 1988) is a Slovak retired ice hockey forward. She played with the Slovak national team at nine IIHF World Women's Championships across the top division, Division 1, and Division 2, and in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games.[1]

Iveta Frühauf
Born (1988-05-14) 14 May 1988
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Height 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 64 kg (141 lb; 10 st 1 lb)
Position Forward
Shot Left
Played for HC Roudnice nad Labem
HC Pardubice
HC Plzen
HC Slovan Bratislava
ZHK Poprad
Linköpings HC
National team  Slovakia
Playing career 2002–2017

Playing career

Along with fellow Slovak national team members Zuzana Tomčíková and Martina Veličková, Frühauf played on boys' teams until Slovak league rules prevented her from continuing after turning 16. All three continued their careers by playing hockey in Saskatchewan for head coach Barrett Kropf at Caronport High School in 2004.[2] Frühauf, Tomčíková, and Veličková played for the Caronport Lady Cougars but Frühauf and Tomčíková also played on the boys team.

International play

She was part of the Slovak roster that defeated Bulgaria by an 82-0 score in September 2008 in the Olympic Pre-Qualification tournament in Latvia. In the win, she accumulated 11 points.[3]

In 2009, she competed in the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Women’s Championship Division I, in Graz, Austria. She was part of the Slovak team that qualified for the top division of the 2011 World Women's Championships.

Vancouver Winter Games

She played for the Slovakia women's team in the 2010 Olympics, the country's first appearance in women's ice hockey outside Europe.[4] Of note, she was the captain of the Slovak national team at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Games. Her first Olympic women's ice hockey game was 13 February 2010 against Canada. Slovakia lost the game by an 18-0 mark and she was penalized for roughing in the first period.[5] She did not register any points in the Olympic tournament as Slovakia finished in eighth place.[6]

Career stats

Winter Olympics
YearGPGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-
2010 Vancouver Olympics50004

Awards and honors

Personal

Frühauf attended university in Linkopings, Sweden, while playing with Linkoping HC Dam.

References
  1. "Iveta Karafiatova". NBC. 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  2. "What's Happening at CHS" (PDF). Briercrest Magazine. 1. Summer 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  3. "Pre-Olympic Qualification Tournament, WOMEN: Round Robin Game 7 - Game Summary" (PDF). IIHF. 6 September 2008. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  4. Merk, Martin (11 February 2010). "Slovak with a Canadian accent". IIHF. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  5. "Slovakia 0, Canada 18". ESPN. 13 February 2010. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  6. "Iveta Karafiátová". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 27 February 2014. Retrieved 18 September 2014.
  7. "Slovakian Women Promoted". IIHF. 11 April 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2014.


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