Lova Blom

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Lova Blom
Born (2003-07-15) 15 July 2003 (age 21)
Stockholm, Sweden
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb; 11 st 0 lb)
Position Centre
Shoots Left
SDHL team
Former teams
Linköping HC
Djurgårdens IF
Playing career 2019present

Lova Blom (born 15 July 2003) is a Swedish ice hockey forward and alternate captain of Linköping HC in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL).

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Playing career

Blom began playing hockey at the age of four, first stepping on the ice at Rosvalla Nyköping Eventcenter. [1] From 2017 to 2018, she played for the under-16 boys' team of Nyköpings HF in the U16 Division 1, scoring a total of 32 points in 23 games. She split the 2017–18 season between Nyköping and the women's ice hockey team of Hammarby IF in the Damettan, scoring 20 points in 12 games. In 2018, she became the sixth girl in history to participate in the boys' U15 TV-pucken tournament, before the tournament was expanded to include both boys' and girls' teams in 2019. [2] [3]

Ahead of the 2019–20 season, she left Nyköpings HF to sign with Djurgårdens IF in the SDHL, the top flight of women's ice hockey in Sweden. [4] In her rookie SDHL season, she scored 10 points in 29 games.

She is regarded as one of the most promising young players in Sweden. [5] [6]

International career

Blom played with the Swedish national under-18 team at the IIHF Women's U18 World Championships in 2018, 2019, and 2020, winning a silver medal in 2018. [7] [8]

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