Lara Stalder


Lara Stalder is a Swiss ice hockey defender for Brynäs IF and the Switzerland women's national ice hockey team. She has represented Switzerland at the Winter Olympics in 2014 and won the bronze medal after defeating Sweden in the bronze medal playoff. She played for the Minnesota–Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey team from 2013–17, and for Linköpings HC from 2017 to 2019.

Career

Across 4 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 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award. In 2016, she was drafted 20th overall by the Boston Pride of the NWHL.
After missing most of the 2018-19 season due to a shoulder injury, Stalder left Linköping to sign with Byrnäs. 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.

Awards and honors

NCAA

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