Josefin Bouveng

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Josefin Bouveng
Born (2001-05-15) 15 May 2001 (age 22)
Uppsala, Sweden
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Position Centre
Shoots Left
NCAA team
Former teams		 Minnesota Golden Gophers
Brynäs IF
Djurgårdens IF Hockey
National teamFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Playing career 2017–present

Josefin Bouveng (born 15 May 2001) is a Swedish ice hockey forward and member of the Swedish national team. She is signed to play college ice hockey with the Minnesota Golden Gophers women's ice hockey program in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) conference of the NCAA Division I as an incoming freshman for the 2022–23 season. [1]

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Playing career

As a youth player, Bouveng played on the boy's junior side of Wings HC Arlanda. [2]

She signed with Djurgårdens IF Hockey to begin her Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) career in 2017. [3] She put up 12 points in 33 games in her rookie SDHL season before improving to 26 points in 27 games in 2018–19, the most by an SDHL player under the age of 18. In the 2019–20 season, her point production dropped back down to 12, but she led the entire league in faceoff percentage. [4]

She was due to move to North America to study at Princeton University and play with the Princeton Tigers women's ice hockey program beginning with the 2020–21 season, but the COVID-19 pandemic prompted her to postpone those plans. She opted to remain in Sweden and sign with Brynäs IF for the 2020–21 SDHL season instead. [5]

International

Bouveng made her debut with the Swedish national under-18 team at the age of 14. She won gold with the country at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics and played in three IIHF U18 Women's World Championships, winning silver in 2018. [6] [7] On 19 January 2022, Bouveng was named to the Swedish team for the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2017-18 Djurgårdens IF SDHL 336612841230
2018-19 Djurgårdens IFSDHL27141226442134
2019-20 Djurgårdens IFSDHL2584121451230
2020-21 Brynäs IF SDHL3624234727135184
2021-22 Brynäs IFSDHL2824224621074114
SDHL totals1497667143303024143821

International

YearTeamEventResult GPGAPtsPIM
2016 Sweden U16 YOG Gold medal icon.svg64152
2017 Sweden U18 WW18 4th61230
2018 Sweden U18WW18Silver medal icon.svg51340
2019 Sweden U18WW185th51236
2021 Sweden OGQQ32350
2022 Sweden OG 8th51010
Junior totals1637106

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References

  1. ↑ "Gophers Add Swedish Olympian to 2022-23 Signing Class". University of Minnesota Athletics. 24 January 2022. Archived from the original on 30 May 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  2. ↑ Rönnkvist, Ronnie (19 September 2019). "Framtidens Damkronor: Josefin Bouveng". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 12 September 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  3. ↑ Edlund, Patrick (19 September 2018). "Forwardstalangen Bouveng känner trygghet". Magasinet Hockey (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 25 September 2020. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  4. ↑ Rönnkvist, Ronnie (29 March 2020). "Så blev talangen hela SDHL:s tekningsdrottning". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 6 March 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  5. ↑ Rönnkvist, Ronnie (4 August 2020). ""Inställd på ett miljöombyte – vill ta nästa steg"". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 6 March 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  6. ↑ Engholm, Linnéa (19 September 2017). "Josefin Bouveng inför första samlingen: "Jag vill bidra"". SVT (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 6 March 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
  7. ↑ Rönnkvist, Ronnie (19 January 2019). "Efter stora genombrottet – nu drömmer talangen om Damkronorna: "Det största jag kan få göra"". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 6 March 2022. Retrieved 19 July 2022.
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