Hanna Sköld

Hanna Sköld (born July 4, 1997) is a Swedish ice hockey forward, currently playing for Leksands IF Dam in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). She has served as Leksands captain since 2019, and has appeared intermittently with the Swedish national team.

Hanna Sköld
Born (1997-07-04) July 4, 1997
Avesta, Dalarna, Sweden
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb; 11 st 7 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
SDHL team Leksands IF
Played for Göteborg HC
Avesta BK
National team  Sweden
Playing career 2013–present

Playing career

Growing up in Avesta, Sköld began playing hockey around the age of five, being taught by her father. She lived in Avesta until she was 16, playing as the only girl on the local boys' teams, when she began high school and moved to Leksands, signing with Riksserien club Leksands IF. She scored 9 points in 25 games in her rookie Riksserien season.

She had a breakout year in 2015–16, notching a career-best 32 points in 36 games and being named to the senior Swedish roster for the World Championships. Her 20 goals made her the seventh-leading goal scorer in the league that season. Her production dropped the following season, scoring only 13 points in 25 games as she missed a significant chunk of the season due to an elbow injury suffered while on international duty.[1]

In 2017, she left Leksands to sign with newly-promoted Göteborg HC and to study in Halmstad.[2][3] She would only put up 9 points in 33 games during the 2017–18 season, as the club finished last in the league.

After only one year in Göteborg, she returned to Leksands, citing her love for the city as the motivation behind her return.[4] Ahead of the 2019–20 season, she was named Leksands captain.

International career

Sköld represented Sweden at the 2014 and 2015 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, scoring one point in ten games across both tournaments. She was called up to the senior national team for the first time in 2015, appearing in a match against Finland held in Åland.[5] She made her senior World Championship debut at the 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship but did not pick up any points in five games.

References
  1. Rönnkvist, Ronnie (May 1, 2017). "Leksingens genombrott spolierades av svåra skadan: "Jag ville så gärna spela"". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Retrieved January 22, 2021.
  2. Rönnkvist, Ronnie (December 5, 2017). "Pendlar 28 mil om dagen för att spela hockey: "Ibland funderar jag över vad jag håller på med"". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Retrieved January 22, 2021.
  3. "Experten om Hanna Sköld inför säsongen: "Kommer vara den viktigaste spelaren för Göteborg"". hockeypuls.se (in Swedish). September 8, 2017. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
  4. Oliver, Nathaniel (November 27, 2018). "Hanna Sköld of Leksands IF Goes One-On-One with THW". The Hockey Writers. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
  5. Rönnkvist, Ronnie (November 14, 2015). "En leksing som utvecklats i raketfart: "Har fått spela med bra spelare"". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Retrieved January 22, 2021.
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