Lara Stalder
Lara Stalder (born 15 May 1994) is a Swiss ice hockey defender for Brynäs IF and the Switzerland women's national ice hockey team. She has represented Switzerland at the Winter Olympics in 2014 and won the bronze medal after defeating Sweden in the bronze medal playoff. She played for the Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey team from 2013–17, and for Linköpings HC from 2017 to 2019.[1]
Lara Stalder | |||
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Born |
Lucerne, Switzerland | 15 May 1994||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb) | ||
Position | Forward | ||
Shoots | Right | ||
SDHL team Former teams |
Brynäs IF SC Reinach KSC Küssnacht ZSC Lions Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs Linköpings HC | ||
National team |
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Playing career | 2008–present | ||
Medal record
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Career
Across 4 seasons with Minnesota-Duluth, Stalder put up 148 points in 134 games, leading the team in points in her final season, as well as being named WCHA Player of the Year and Student-Athlete of the Year, and being a finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award.[2] In 2016, she was drafted 20th overall by the Boston Pride of the NWHL.[3]
After missing most of the 2018-19 season due to a shoulder injury, Stalder left Linköping to sign with Byrnäs.[4] In 2020, she was named SDHL player of the year after putting up 71 points in 36 games, being the first woman to win Guldhjälmen.[5]
Awards and honors
NCAA
- WCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Week of 17 January 2017)
- WCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Week of 24 January 2017)[6]
- WCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Week of 31 January 2017)[7]
- WCHA Offensive Player of the Month, January 2017[8]
- Women's Hockey Commissioners' Association National Division I Player of the Month, January 2017 [9]
Career stats
NCAA
Year | GP | G | A | PTS | PIM | PPG | SHG | GWG |
2013–14 | 28 | 4 | 18 | 22 | N/A | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2014–15 | 37 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2015–16 | 34 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 29 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
2016–17 | 28 | 19 | 26 | 45 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
References
- http://umdbulldogs.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=638&path=whockey
- https://www.theicegarden.com/2018/8/27/17769974/2018-womens-hockey-top-25-under-25-no-5-lara-stalder-linkoping-hc-switzerland-sdhl
- https://www.theicegarden.com/2017/2/20/14658952/minnesota-duluth-hockey-lara-stalder-team-switzerland
- https://swisshockeynews.ch/index.php/shn/78-international/womenshockey/15145-swiss-international-lara-stalder-moves-to-brynaes
- https://www.iihf.com/en/news/18306/lara-stalder-writes-history-in-sweden
- "UMD'S STALDER, BSU'S JOYCE AND SCSU'S FRIESEN NAMED WCHA WOMEN'S PLAYERS OF THE WEEK – Players honored for games of January 20 – 22, 2017". WCHA ice hockey. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- "UMD'S STALDER, UMN'S STECKLEIN AND UW'S MAUERMANN NAMED WCHA WOMEN'S PLAYERS OF THE WEEK – Players honored for games of January 27 – 29, 2017". WCHA ice hockey. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- "UMD's Stalder, UW's Desbiens And OSU's Dunne Named WCHA Women's Players of the Month". WCHA ice hockey. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- "MINNESOTA DULUTH'S STALDER WINS INAUGURAL NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE MONTH AWARD – Princeton Netminder Neatby Named National Rookie of the Month for January 2017". WCHA ice hockey. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- "Lara Stalder Career Stats". USCHO. n.d. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
- Lara Stalder at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- Minnesota–Duluth bio