Frida Nevalainen Explained

Birth Date:January 27, 1987
Birth Place:Umeå, SWE
Height Ft:5
Height In:5
Weight Lb:143
Position:Defence
Shoots:Left
Played For:IF Björklöven
Modo Hockey
Segeltorps IF
Ntl Team:SWE
Career Start:2001
Career End:2013

Frida Margareta Nevalainen (born 27 January 1987 in Umeå, Sweden) is an ice hockey player.[1] Nevalainen is a defenceman for the Sweden women's national ice hockey team. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics.[2] (In Swedish)

Her twin brother Patrik also played professional ice hockey, playing in the SM-liiga with Lukko and the Elitserien for Timrå IK.

Nevalainen was the second woman of all time to participate in the TV-pucken tournament, and the first to do so representing the province of Västerbotten.

She has also played for Tornado Moscow Region, a Russian team. Originally representing IF Björklöven she later transferred to Modo Hockey in the Riksserien (Sweden league elite). She played for the University of Windsor in the 2007–08 season.

Notes and References

  1. News: Frida NEVALAINEN - Olympic Ice Hockey Sweden. 2016-06-19. International Olympic Committee. 2018-05-03. en.
  2. Web site: Damkronorna . 2007-10-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071005030323/http://www.damkronorna.se/modules.php?name=Landslagen&file=truppen . 2007-10-05 .