Lara Stalder

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Lara Stalder
Born (1994-05-15) 15 May 1994 (age 31)
Lucerne, Switzerland
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb)
Position Centre
Shoots Right
SWHL B team
Former teams		 EV Zug
National teamFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Playing career 2008–present
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2014 Sochi Ice hockey

Lara Stalder (born 15 May 1994) is a Swiss ice hockey centre and captain of the Swiss national ice hockey team. She plays in the SWHL B with EV Zug and serves as the team's captain. Her college ice hockey career was played with the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey team and she has previously played in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with Linköping HC and Brynäs IF. [1]

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Playing 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 National Women's Hockey League (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] The 42 goals she would score that year is the second highest single-season total in SDHL history, and her 71 points the third highest single-season total in SDHL history.

International

Stalder made her senior national team debut at the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship. She has represented Switzerland at the Winter Olympics in 2014 and won the bronze medal after defeating Sweden in the bronze medal playoff. She would score 6 points in 6 games at the 2018 Winter Olympics, as Switzerland finished in 5th place.

Career statistics

Club

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2007-08 SC Reinach Damen SWHL A 130772031012
2008-09 KSC Küssnacht am Rigi Damen SWHL A93691031236
2009-10SC Reinach DamenSWHL A72682010112
2010-11SC Reinach DamenSWHL A9681441316710
2011-12SC Reinach DamenSWHL A6123211122
2012-13 ZSC Lions Frauen SWHL A118162410764102
2013-14 Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs NCAA 284182239-----
2014-15 Minnesota Duluth BulldogsNCAA3710192914-----
2015-16 Minnesota Duluth BulldogsNCAA3417244129-----
2016-17 Minnesota Duluth BulldogsNCAA3523335614-----
2017-18 Linköping HC SDHL 363922612894372
2018-19 Linköping HCSDHL1816223812-----
2019-20 Brynäs IF SDHL364229714154482
2020-21 Brynäs IFSDHL36315182248211134
2021-22 Brynäs IFSDHL3334558912868142
2022-23 Brynäs IFSDHL3218436116839124
2023-24 EV Zug Damen SWHL B176366129672828564
2023-24EV Zug DamenNational Cup5914230-----
SWHL A totals552045651031810142424
NCAA totals134549414896-----
SDHL A totals1551412003411052915324712

International

YearTeamEvent GPGAPtsPIM
2010 Switzerland U18 WJC18 D1 54592
2011 Switzerland U18WJC1863476
2011 Switzerland WC 502210
2012 Switzerland WJC18642612
2014 Switzerland OG 51126
2015 SwitzerlandWC41344
2016 SwitzerlandWC535812
2017 SwitzerlandWC64592
2018 SwitzerlandOG63364
2021 SwitzerlandWC71126
2022 SwitzerlandOG75492
2022 SwitzerlandWC51340
2023 SwitzerlandWC7471135
2024 SwitzerlandWC63036
Junior totals1711112220
WC totals4517264375
OG totals18981712

Honours and achievements

SWHL-A

NCAA

SDHL

Swiss Women Cup

SwWHL-B

WC U18

WC

OG

Other

References

  1. ↑ "2016-17 Women's Hockey Roster: Lara Stalder". UMD Athletics. Archived from the original on 7 February 2023. 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. Archived from the original on 6 April 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  3. ↑ Taylor, Maddie (20 February 2017). "Lara Stalder is having the season of a lifetime". The Ice Garden. Archived from the original on 6 April 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  4. ↑ "Swiss international Lara Stalder moves to Brynäs". Swiss Hockey News. 6 May 2019. Archived from the original on 6 April 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  5. ↑ Merk, Martin (11 March 2020). "Lara Stalder writes history in Sweden". IIHF. Archived from the original on 6 April 2020. 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. Archived from the original on 11 February 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. Archived from the original on 11 February 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. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  9. ↑ "Minnesota Duluth's Stalder Wins Inaugural National Player of the MonthAward". WCHA. 8 February 2017. Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  10. ↑ "2017 All-American Teams". ahcahockey.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  11. ↑ "Swiss forward Lara Stalder wins SDHL Award". Swiss Hockey News. 28 May 2020. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
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