Minatsu Murase

Minatsu Murase (born 23 June 1995) is a Swedish ice hockey player currently with HC Örnen in the Hockeyettan, the men's third-tier league in Sweden.

Minatsu Murase
Born (1995-06-23) 23 June 1995
Stockholm, Sweden
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 62 kg (137 lb; 9 st 11 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
Hockeyettan team
Former teams		 HC Örnen
Luleå HF
AIK IF
National team  Sweden
Playing career 2011–present

Career

Murase played her first SDHL in 2012, as a 17 year-old with AIK. The following year, she would win the starting job as the club won the SDHL championship.[1]

Murase missed most of 2018-19 season due to pregnancy.[2] In the summer of 2019, she would leave AIK to sign with Luleå.[3]

In January 2020, Murase announced that she was leaving Luleå.[4] After leaving Luleå, Murase would join HC Örnen in the men's Division 3 as they competed for promotion to Divison 2.[5]

International

She was named Best Goaltender at the 2013 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, as Sweden won bronze.[6]

She competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics.[7]

Personal Life

She is engaged to New York Rangers' draft pick Robin Kovacs.[8]

gollark: Well, I have two, so it's not surprising.
gollark: I was going to offer something, but my shimmers all said `no interest` and whatnot.
gollark: Madness.
gollark: I need some way to search my scroll by breed.
gollark: It's amazing how easy it is to accidentally miss each 5min drop by a few seconds.

References
  1. https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/hockey/a/gPRgx9/minatsu-murase-tror-absolut-vi-kan-ta-guld
  2. https://hockeysverige.se/2018/04/04/os-malvakten-vantar-barn-med-shl-forwarden
  3. https://hockeysverige.se/2019/09/09/de-ar-ligans-basta-malvakter
  4. https://hockeysverige.se/2020/01/17/efter-avskedet-hon-kan-bli-luleas-losning-pa-malvaktssidan
  5. https://hockeysverige.se/2020/02/22/landslagsmalvaktens-comeback-spelade-med-herrar
  6. http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/324/IHW324000_85I_1_0.pdf
  7. "Athlete Profile: Minatsu MURASE – Pyeongchang 2018 Olympic Winter Games". www.pyeongchang2018.com.
  8. https://www.svt.se/sport/ishockey/luleaparet


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