Lovisa Berndtsson

Lovisa Berndtsson
Born (1988-12-02) 2 December 1988 (age 36)
Stockholm, Sweden
Height 5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Weight 146 lb (66 kg; 10 st 6 lb)
Position Goaltender
Catches Left
SDHL team
Former teams		 SDE HF
National team  Sweden
Playing career 2006–present

Lovisa Berndtsson (born 9 December 1988) is a Swedish ice hockey goaltender. She plays in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with SDE HF. As a member of the Swedish national team, she participated in the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship.

Berndtsson has previously played in the SDHL (called Riksserien until 2016) with Djurgårdens IF Hockey and AIK Hockey, and in the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) with the Buffalo Beauts.

Playing career

Berndtsson began her Riksserien career with Segeltorps IF, playing one game with the club during the 2008–09 season. She then played several seasons with Södertälje SK in the Division 1 (rebranded as Damettan in 2015) before signing with AIK IF and returning to the Riksserien for the 2013–14 season. She played the 2014–15 season with SDE HF before signing with Djurgårdens IF Hockey for the 2015–16 season.[1] In her second season with Djurgården, she backstopped the team to the SDHL Championship, finishing with the third best save percentage in the league – recording an excellent .940 SV% across 27 games in the regular season – and earning shutouts in each playoff round.[2][3][4]

She was selected by the Buffalo Beauts in the 2021 NWHL International Draft on 25 July 2021.[5] She was signed by the Beauts to a professional contract the following day,[6] becoming the first player from the NWHL International Draft to sign a contract in the league.

International

She participated at the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship.[7]

References

  1. ^ Foster, Meredith (21 March 2018). "Behind the Mask: Lovisa Berndtsson". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  2. ^ Oliver, Nathaniel (5 September 2019). "Lovisa Berndtsson: A Humble, Hard-Working Goalie". The Hockey Writers. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  3. ^ Rönnkvist, Ronnie (31 October 2019). ""Aldrig haft tanken på att sluta bara för att det varit tufft"". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  4. ^ Fredriksson, Emilie (14 June 2017). ""Det var inte långt ifrån tårar på vissa"". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 21 November 2022.
  5. ^ Jay, Michelle (25 July 2021). "The first NWHL International Draft class". The Ice Garden. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Beauts Ink Goalie Berndtsson Right After International Draft". National Women's Hockey League (Press release). 26 July 2021. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  7. ^ "2017 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Team Roster: SWE - Sweden" (PDF). IIHF. 30 March 2017. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.


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