Lara Stalder

Swiss ice hockey player

Ice hockey player

Lara Stalder

Born

(1994-05-15) 15 May 1994 (age 29)
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

Medal record

Olympic Games

	2014 Sochi	Ice hockey

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

			Regular Season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
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	32	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
SDHL totals			126	128	124	252	105	22	10	18	28	8

^[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

^ "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.
^ "Lara Stalder Career Stats". USCHO. Archived from the original on 21 February 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
^ "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