Maja Nylén Persson

Swedish ice hockey player

Ice hockey player
Maja Nylén Persson
Born (2000-11-20) 20 November 2000 (age 23)
Avesta, Sweden
Height 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight 63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb)
Position Defence
Shoots Right
SDHL team
Former teams		 Brynäs IF
Leksands IF
Sandvikens IK
National team  Sweden
Playing career 2014–present

Maja Nylén Persson (born 20 November 2000) is a Swedish ice hockey player for Brynäs IF in the SDHL and the Swedish national team.[1]

Career

Nylén Persson grew up cheering for Leksands IF, and would make her SDHL debut for the club at the age of 13.[2] She would play five seasons for the club, scoring over 60 points.[3] In March 2019, she became won the EliteProspects Award for the SDHL's youth player of the year, the first time the trophy had been awarded.[4] She would win the award again the next season.[5]

After graduating from high school, she left Leksands to sign a three-year contract with Brynäs.[6] She would score 26 points in 36 games in her first season with Brynäs, serving as an assistant captain.[7]

International

She was part of the Swedish squad that won gold at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics.[8] She would make her senior national team debut at the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship.[9]

Career Statistics

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
2014–15 Leksands IF SDHL 22 0 4 4 0 6 1 1 2 0
2015–16 Leksands IF SDHL 27 1 10 11 2 2 0 0 0 0
2016-17 Leksands IF SDHL 34 8 11 19 8 2 0 1 1 0
2017-18 Leksands IF SDHL 33 4 10 14 2 2 0 0 0 0
2018-19 Leksands IF SDHL 35 8 11 19 4 4 1 0 1 0
2019-20 Brynäs IF SDHL 36 9 17 26 4 5 1 2 3 0
SDHL totals 187 30 63 93 20 21 3 4 7 0

References

  1. ^ "2019 IIHF Women's World Championship roster" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 4 April 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  2. ^ Rönnkvist, Ronnie (9 February 2019). "Släkt med Nicklas Lidström – nu gör hon OS-debut: "En inspirationskälla för mig"". Archived from the original on 12 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  3. ^ "CLOSE-UP SDHL: Leksand IF:s Maja Nyhlén Persson". Hockeysverige. 18 December 2018. Archived from the original on 3 June 2019. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  4. ^ Rönnkvist, Ronnie (29 March 2019). "En historisk första vinnare av EliteProspects Award: "Hon är komplett"". Hockeysverige. Archived from the original on 12 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  5. ^ Karlsson, Måns (27 May 2020). "Vinnare igen – hon får Elite Prospects Award". Hockeysverige. Archived from the original on 13 June 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  6. ^ Foster, Meredith (29 May 2019). "Maja Nylén Persson signs with Brynäs IF". The Ice Garden. Archived from the original on 22 October 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  7. ^ Dahlén, Johanna (12 September 2020). ""Hoppas att yngre tjejer ser mig som en förebild"". Archived from the original on 12 September 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  8. ^ Rönnkvist, Ronnie (17 January 2020). "SDHL-stjärnan minns tillbaka på guldet 2016". Archived from the original on 12 September 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  9. ^ "2017 World Championship roster" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 February 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.

External links

  • Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com