Lara Stalder
Born (1994-05-15) 15 May 1994
Lucerne, Switzerland
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 65 kg (143 lb; 10 st 3 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Right
SDHL team
Former teams		 Brynäs IF
SC Reinach
KSC Küssnacht
ZSC Lions
Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs
Linköping HC
National team   Switzerland
Playing career 2008–present
Medal record
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2014 SochiTeam

Lara Stalder (born 15 May 1994) is a Swiss ice hockey forward and member of the Swiss national ice hockey team, currently playing with Brynäs IF Dam of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). She played with the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey team from 2013 to 2017, and with Linköping HC from 2017 to 2019.[1]

Playing career

Across four seasons with Minnesota-Duluth, Stalder put up 148 points in 134 games, leading the team in points in her final season, as well as being named WCHA Player of the Year and Student-Athlete of the Year, and being a top-three finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award.[2] In 2016, she was drafted 20th overall by the Boston Pride of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL).[3]

After missing most of the 2018–19 season due to a shoulder injury, Stalder left Linköping to sign with Brynäs.[4] In 2020, she was named SDHL Player of the Year after putting up 71 points in 36 games, being the first woman to win Guldhjälmen.[5] The 42 goals she would score that year is the second highest single-season total in SDHL history, and her 71 points the third highest single-season total in SDHL history.

International

Stalder made her senior national team debut at the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship. She has represented Switzerland at the Winter Olympics in 2014 and won the bronze medal after defeating Sweden in the bronze medal playoff. She would score 6 points in 6 games at the 2018 Winter Olympics, as Switzerland finished in 5th place.

Career statistics

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2013–14Minnesota Duluth BulldogsNCAA 284182239 –––––
2014–15Minnesota Duluth BulldogsNCAA 3710192914 –––––
2015–16Minnesota Duluth BulldogsNCAA 3417244129 –––––
2016–17Minnesota Duluth BulldogsNCAA 3523335614 –––––
2017-18Linköping HCSDHL 3639326128 94372
2018-19Linköping HCSDHL 1816223812 –––––
2019-20Brynäs IFSDHL 3642297141 54482
2020-21Brynäs IFSDHL 3631518224 8211134
SDHL totals 126128124252105 221018288

[6]

Awards and honors

NCAA

  • WCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Week of 17 January 2017)
  • WCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Week of 24 January 2017)[7]
  • WCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Week of 31 January 2017)[8]
  • WCHA Offensive Player of the Month, January 2017[9]
  • Women's Hockey Commissioners' Association National Division I Player of the Month, January 2017[10]
  • Patty Kazmaier Award Top-3 Finalist, 2016–17 season
  • 2016-17 AHCA-CCM Women's University Division I First-Team All-American [11]

SDHL

  • Guldhjälmen (Golden Helmet), MVP of the SDHL as selected by players, 2019–20 season
  • SDHL Forward of the Year, 2019–20 season[12]

References

  1. ↑ "2016-17 Women's Hockey Roster: Lara Stalder". UMD Athletics. Archived from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  2. ↑ Murphy, Mike (27 August 2018). "2018 Women's Hockey Top 25 Under 25 | No. 5: Lara Stalder". The Ice Garden. Archived from the original on 6 April 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  3. ↑ Taylor, Maddie (20 February 2017). "Lara Stalder is having the season of a lifetime". The Ice Garden. Archived from the original on 6 April 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  4. ↑ "Swiss international Lara Stalder moves to Brynäs". Swiss Hockey News. 6 May 2019. Archived from the original on 6 April 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  5. ↑ Merk, Martin (11 March 2020). "Lara Stalder writes history in Sweden". IIHF. Archived from the original on 6 April 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "Lara Stalder Career Stats". USCHO. Archived from the original on 21 February 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
  7. ↑ "UMD's Stalder, BSU's Joyce and SCSU'S Friesen Named WCHA Women's Players of the Week". WCHA. 24 January 2017. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "UMD's Stalder, UMN's Stecklein and UW's Mauerman Named WCHA Women's Players of the Week". WCHA. 31 January 2017. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  9. ↑ "UMD's Stalder, UW's Desbiens and OSU's Dunne Named WCHA Women's Players of the Month". WCHA. 3 February 2017. Archived from the original on 11 February 2017. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  10. ↑ "Minnesota Duluth's Stalder Wins Inaugural National Player of the MonthAward". WCHA. 8 February 2017. Archived from the original on 11 February 2018. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
  11. ↑ "2017 All-American Teams". ahcahockey.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
  12. ↑ "Swiss forward Lara Stalder wins SDHL Award". Swiss Hockey News. 28 May 2020. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
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