Lara Stalder

Lara Stalder
Lara Stalder
Born	15 May 1994 (age 30); Lucerne, Switzerland
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb)
Position	Centre
Shoots	Right
SWHL B team; Former teams	EV Zug; Brynäs IF; Linköping HC; Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs; ZSC Lions; KSC Küssnacht am Rigi; SC Reinach;
National team	Switzerland
Playing career	2008–present
Olympic Games

Lara Stalder (born 15 May 1994) is a Swiss ice hockey centre and captain of the Swiss national ice hockey team. She plays in the SWHL B with EV Zug and serves as the team's captain. Her college ice hockey career was played with the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey team and she has previously played in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with Linköping HC and Brynäs IF.^[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

Club

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2007-08	SC Reinach Damen	SWHL A	13	0	7	7	20	3	1	0	1	2
2008-09	KSC Küssnacht am Rigi Damen	SWHL A	9	3	6	9	10	3	1	2	3	6
2009-10	SC Reinach Damen	SWHL A	7	2	6	8	20	1	0	1	1	2
2010-11	SC Reinach Damen	SWHL A	9	6	8	14	41	3	1	6	7	10
2011-12	SC Reinach Damen	SWHL A	6	1	2	3	2	1	1	1	2	2
2012-13	ZSC Lions Frauen	SWHL A	11	8	16	24	10	7	6	4	10	2
2013-14	Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs	NCAA	28	4	18	22	39	-	-	-	-	-
2014-15	Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs	NCAA	37	10	19	29	14	-	-	-	-	-
2015-16	Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs	NCAA	34	17	24	41	29	-	-	-	-	-
2016-17	Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs	NCAA	35	23	33	56	14	-	-	-	-	-
2017-18	Linköping HC	SDHL	36	39	22	61	28	9	4	3	7	2
2018-19	Linköping HC	SDHL	18	16	22	38	12	-	-	-	-	-
2019-20	Brynäs IF	SDHL	36	42	29	71	41	5	4	4	8	2
2020-21	Brynäs IF	SDHL	36	31	51	82	24	8	2	11	13	4
2021-22	Brynäs IF	SDHL	33	34	55	89	12	8	6	8	14	2
2022-23	Brynäs IF	SDHL	32	18	43	61	16	8	3	9	12	4
2023-24	EV Zug Damen	SWHL B	17	63	66	129	6	7	28	28	56	4
2023-24	EV Zug Damen	National Cup	5	9	14	23	0	-	-	-	-	-
SWHL A totals			55	20	45	65	103	18	10	14	24	24
NCAA totals			134	54	94	148	96	-	-	-	-	-
SDHL A totals			155	141	200	341	105	29	15	32	47	12

International

Year	Team	Event	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2010	Switzerland U18	WJC18 D1	5	4	5	9	2
2011	Switzerland U18	WJC18	6	3	4	7	6
2011	Switzerland	WC	5	0	2	2	10
2012	Switzerland	WJC18	6	4	2	6	12
2014	Switzerland	OG	5	1	1	2	6
2015	Switzerland	WC	4	1	3	4	4
2016	Switzerland	WC	5	3	5	8	12
2017	Switzerland	WC	6	4	5	9	2
2018	Switzerland	OG	6	3	3	6	4
2021	Switzerland	WC	7	1	1	2	6
2022	Switzerland	OG	7	5	4	9	2
2022	Switzerland	WC	5	1	3	4	0
2023	Switzerland	WC	7	4	7	11	35
2024	Switzerland	WC	6	3	0	3	6
Junior totals			17	11	11	22	20
WC totals			45	17	26	43	75
OG totals			18	9	8	17	12

Honours and achievements

SWHL-A

2012-2013 : Champion with ZSC Lions Frauen

NCAA

WCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Week of 17 January 2017)
WCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Week of 24 January 2017)^[6]
WCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Week of 31 January 2017)^[7]
WCHA Offensive Player of the Month, January 2017^[8]
Women's Hockey Commissioners' Association National Division I Player of the Month, January 2017^[9]
2016-2017 : First Team All-American^[10]
2016-2017 : Top Female Collegiate Player (Patty Kazmaier Award) Finalist (Top-3)

SDHL

2017-2018 : Most Goals (39)
2017-2018 : Most PP Goals (8)
2017-2018 : SM-silver Medal with Linköping HC
2018-2019 : SM-silver Medal with Linköping HC
2019-2020 : Forward of the Year^[11]
2019-2020 : Most Goals (42)
2019-2020 : Most Points (71)
2019-2020 : Most PP Goals (7)
2019-2020 : Most SH Goals (5)
2019-2020 : Most Valuable Player (Guldhjälmen)
2020-2021 : Forward of the Year
2020-2021 : Most Assists (51)
2020-2021 : Most Goals (31)
2020-2021 : Most Points (82)
2020-2021 : Most Valuable Player
2020-2021 : Most Assists Playoffs (11)
2020-2021 : SM-silver Medal with Brynäs IF
2021-2022 : Forward of the Year
2021-2022 : Best Plus/Minus (+63)
2021-2022 : Most Assists (55)
2021-2022 : Most Goals (34)
2021-2022 : Most Points (89)
2021-2022 : SM-silver Medal with Brynäs IF
2022-2023 : Most Assists (43)
2022-2023 : Most Points (61)
2022-2023 : Most Assists Playoffs (9)
2022-2023 : SM-silver Medal with Brynäs IF

Swiss Women Cup

2023-2024 : Most Points (23 pts)

SwWHL-B

2023-2024 : Most Assists (66)
2023-2024 : Most Goals (63)
2023-2024 : Most Points (129)
2023-2024 : Most Assists Playoffs (28)
2023-2024 : Most Goals Playoffs (28)
2023-2024 : Most Points Playoffs (56)
2023-2024 : Champion with EV Zug Damen

WC U18

2010 : Best Defenseman in Division D1
2010 : Best Plus/minus in Division D1 (+18)
2010 : Most Assists by Defenseman in Division D1 (5)
2010 : Most Points by Defenseman in Division D1 (9)
2010 : Gold Medal in Division D1
2011 : Most Points by Defenseman (7)
2011 : Top 3 Player on Team
2012 : Most Points by Defenseman (6)

WC

2016 : Most Assists (5)
2016 : Most Penalized Player (12)
2021 : Top 3 Player on Team
2023 : Most Penalized Player (35)
2023 : Top 3 Player on Team

OG

2014 : Bronze Medal

Other

2017 : Swiss Woman of the Year
2021 : Swiss Woman of the Year

References

^ "2016-17 Women's Hockey Roster: Lara Stalder". UMD Athletics. Archived from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "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.
^ Merk, Martin (11 March 2020). "Lara Stalder writes history in Sweden". IIHF. Archived from the original on 6 April 2020. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "2017 All-American Teams". ahcahockey.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
^ "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.

External links

Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
Lara Stalder at Olympedia
Lara Stalder at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Minnesota Duluth bio

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[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] "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.

[7] "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.

[8] "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.

[9] "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.

[10] "2017 All-American Teams". ahcahockey.com. Archived from the original on 13 May 2021. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

[11] "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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