Nicole Vallario | |||
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Born | Lugano, Switzerland | 30 August 2001||
Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||
Position | Defense | ||
Shoots | Left | ||
NCAA team Former teams | St. Thomas Tommies HC Thurgau HC Lugano | ||
National team | Switzerland | ||
Playing career | 2015–present |
Nicole Vallario (born 30 August 2001) is a Swiss college ice hockey defenseman for the St. Thomas Tommies women's ice hockey team of the NCAA Division I and member of the Swiss national team. She previously played in the Swiss Women's League (SWHL A) with HC Thurgau Ladies and HC Ladies Lugano.
Vallario represented Switzerland in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and at the IIHF Women's World Championship in 2019, 2021, and 2022. [1] [2] As a junior player with the Swiss national under-18 team, she participated in the IIHF U18 Women's World Championship in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. She won a bronze medal with the Swiss under-16 team in the girls' ice hockey tournament at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
2015-16 | Ladies Team Lugano | SWHL A | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2016-17 | Ladies Team Lugano | SWHL A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
2016-17 | Ladies Team Lugano | Swiss Women Cup | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2017-18 | Ladies Team Lugano | SWHL A | 17 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2017-18 | Ladies Team Lugano | Swiss Women Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2018-19 | Ladies Team Lugano | SWHL A | 11 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
2018-19 | Ladies Team Lugano | Swiss Women Cup | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2019-20 | Ladies Team Lugano | SWHL A | 19 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
2019-20 | Ladies Team Lugano | Swiss Women Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2020-21 | Hockey Team Thurgau Indien Ladies | SWHL A | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
2021–22 | St. Thomas Tommies | NCAA | 20 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2022–23 | St. Thomas Tommies | NCAA | 31 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
2023–24 | St. Thomas Tommies | NCAA | 37 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
SWHL A totals | 75 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 14 | 34 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | ||||
NCAA totals | 88 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
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2016 | Switzerland | U18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2016 | Switzerland | YOG | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2017 | Switzerland | U18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
2018 | Switzerland | U18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2019 | Switzerland | U18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2019 | Switzerland | WC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
2021 | Switzerland | WC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
2022 | Switzerland | OG | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
2022 | Switzerland | WC | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
2023 | Switzerland | WC | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
2024 | Switzerland | WC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Junior totals | 26 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||
Senior totals | 38 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
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