Lara Stalder

Lara Stalder (born 15 May 1994) is a Swiss ice hockey defender for Brynäs IF and the Swiss 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 with the Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey team from 2013–17, and with Linköping HC from 2017 to 2019.[1]

Lara Stalder
Born (1994-05-15) 15 May 1994
Lucerne, Switzerland
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
Linköping HC
National team   Switzerland
Playing career 2008–present
Medal record
Olympic Games
2014 SochiTeam

Career

Across four 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 top-three 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 Brynäs.[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]
  • Patty Kazmaier Award Top-3 Finalist, 2016–17 season

SDHL
  • Guldhjälmen (Golden Helmet), MVP of the SDHL as selected by players, 2019–20 season
  • SDHL Forward of the Year, 2019–20 season[10]

Career stats

NCAA
YearGPGAPTSPIMPPGSHGGWG
2013–142841822N/A010
2014–153710192916112
2015–163417244129612
2016–17281926458107

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References
  1. "2016-17 Women's Hockey Roster: Lara Stalder". UMD Athletics. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. Murphy, Mike (27 August 2018). "2018 Women's Hockey Top 25 Under 25 | No. 5: Lara Stalder". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  3. Taylor, Maddie (20 February 2017). "Lara Stalder is having the season of a lifetime". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  4. "Swiss international Lara Stalder moves to Brynäs". Swiss Hockey News. 6 May 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  5. Merk, Martin (11 March 2020). "Lara Stalder writes history in Sweden". IIHF. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  6. "UMD's Stalder, BSU's Joyce and SCSU'S Friesen Named WCHA Women's Players of the Week". WCHA. 24 January 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  7. "UMD's Stalder, UMN's Stecklein and UW's Mauerman Named WCHA Women's Players of the Week". WCHA. 31 January 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  8. "UMD's Stalder, UW's Desbiens and OSU's Dunne Named WCHA Women's Players of the Month". WCHA. 3 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  9. "Minnesota Duluth's Stalder Wins Inaugural National Player of the MonthAward". WCHA. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  10. "Swiss forward Lara Stalder wins SDHL Award". Swiss Hockey News. 28 May 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  11. "Lara Stalder Career Stats". USCHO. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
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