Nicole Vallario

Nicole Vallario
Born (2001-08-30) 30 August 2001 (age 23)
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 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.

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 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 — — — — —

International

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
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

Honours and achievements

SWHL-A

  • 2018–2019 : Champion with Ladies Team Lugano
  • 2020–2021 : Best Defender

Swiss Women Cup

  • 2016–2017 : Cup Winner with Ladies Team Lugano

YOG

  • 2016 : Bronze Medal

College

  • WCHA Defender of the Week (Week of November 11, 2024)[3][4]

References

  1. ^ "A-Nati: WM-Aufgebot für Finnland bekannt". FrauenNati.ch. 6 March 2019.
  2. ^ 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship roster
  3. ^ Hockey (11 November 2024). "St. Thomas Duo of Sajevic & Vallario Claim WCHA Weekly Awards Presented by OS Hockey". WCHA.com. Western Collegiate Hockey Association. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  4. ^ Women's Hockey (11 November 2024). "Sajevic, Vallario Earn WCHA Accolades". TommieSports.com. University of St. Thomas. Retrieved 11 November 2024. The duo earns WCHA honors after non-conference weekend series


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