Nicole Vallario

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Nicole Vallario
Born (2001-08-30) 30 August 2001 (age 22)
Lugano, Switzerland
Height 165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Position Defense
Shoots Left
NCAA team
Former teams
St. Thomas Tommies
HC Thurgau
HC Lugano
National teamFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Playing career 2015present

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.

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International play

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.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2015-16 Ladies Team Lugano SWHL A 5000040000
2016-17 Ladies Team LuganoSWHL A3000270112
2016-17Ladies Team LuganoSwiss Women Cup30110
2017-18 Ladies Team LuganoSWHL A17044460000
2017-18Ladies Team LuganoSwiss Women Cup10000
2018-19 Ladies Team LuganoSWHL A11448070220
2018-19Ladies Team LuganoSwiss Women Cup20110
2019-20 Ladies Team LuganoSWHL A192810251230
2019-20Ladies Team LuganoSwiss Women Cup20000
2020-21 Hockey Team Thurgau Indien Ladies SWHL A206410652132
2021–22 St. Thomas Tommies NCAA 204372
2022–23 St. Thomas TommiesNCAA311346
2023–24 St. Thomas TommiesNCAA37510152
SWHL A totals7512203214343694
NCAA totals8810162610

International

YearTeamEventGPGAPtsPIM
2016 Switzerland U18 50000
2016 Switzerland YOG 60000
2017 SwitzerlandU1850222
2018 SwitzerlandU1851010
2019 SwitzerlandU1850000
2019 Switzerland WC 50000
2021 SwitzerlandWC70004
2022 Switzerland OG 70112
2022 SwitzerlandWC61010
2023 SwitzerlandWC71122
2024 SwitzerlandWC60000
Junior totals261232
Senior totals382248

Honours and achievements

SWHL-A

Swiss Women Cup

YOG

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References

  1. "A-Nati: WM-Aufgebot für Finnland bekannt". FrauenNati.ch. 6 March 2019.
  2. 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship roster