Johanna Fällman Explained

Johanna Fällman
Birth Date:1990 6, df=yes
Birth Place:Luleå, Sweden
Height M:1.73
Weight Kg:72
Shoots:Left
League:PWHL
Team:PWHL New York
Former Teams:Luleå HF/MSSK
Modo Hockey
Skellefteå AIK
Sex:f
Ntl Team:SWE
Career Start:2007

Johanna Fällman (born 21 June 1990) is a Swedish ice hockey defender for New York of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) and the Swedish national team.[1] She has won four Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) championships and has appeared in nine senior international tournaments.

Playing career

Growing up in Luleå, in northern Sweden, Fällman often played on boys' teams in her youth. She has spoken out openly about having faced misogynistic abuse from boys she played with in the league.[2] [3]

She began her Riksserien career with Skellefteå AIK, scoring 2 points in 12 games in the league's debut season. From 2008 to 2012, she played for Modo Hockey, winning the Riksserien championship in the 2011–12 season.

Ahead of the 2012–13 season, she turned down an offer from Munksund-Skuthamns SK to move to North America, joining the University of North Dakota.[4] Across three years in the NCAA, she scored 8 points in 66 games.

In 2015, she returned to Sweden to sign with Luleå HF/MSSK in her hometown, being named an assistant captain for the club ahead of the 2015–16 season.[5] She scored 16 points in 33 games that year, as Luleå won the SDHL championship for the first time.

In January 2019, she picked up a Gordie Howe hat-trick in a 14–0 victory over Göteborg HC, a rare event in women's hockey, after getting into a fight with Anna Borgfeldt.[6]

Fällman was named to the inaugural roster of PWHL New York of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) as an undrafted training camp invitee.[7]

International play

Fällman made her senior Swedish national team debut in 2008, at the age of 18.[8]

She made her IIHF World Championship debut at the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship, not scoring a point in the five games she played. She has since participated at every World Championship for Sweden, including the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship, where she scored four goals, and the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship when Sweden was relegated for the first time in the country's history.[9]

She played for Sweden at the 2018 Winter Olympics, scoring one goal in six games as the country finished in seventh.

She welcomed the unionization of the Swedish national team in 2018, stating that "we will be able to create better conditions both on and off the ice."[10] She was among the players who participated in the 2019 Sweden women's national ice hockey team strike.[11]

Style of play

Fällman is known for playing a rougher, more physical style and her defensive positioning.[12]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
2006–07Skellefteå AIKDivision 12 0 2 2 2
2007–08Skellefteå AIKRiksserien12 0 2 2 104 0 1 1 27
2008–09MoDo HockeyRiksserien16 0 3 3 377 2 1 3 8
2009–10MoDo HockeyRiksserien24 1 9 10 305 4 0 4 8
2010–11MoDo HockeyRiksserien26 7 7 14 452 0 0 0 0
2011–12MoDo HockeyRiksserien27 2 3 5 123 0 1 1 0
2013–14University of North DakotaWCHA29 1 4 5 12
2014–15University of North DakotaWCHA37 0 3 3 9
2015–16Luleå HFRiksserien33 2 4 16 207 0 0 0 4
2016–17Luleå HFSDHL35 9 9 18 104 0 1 1 0
2017–18Luleå HFSDHL25 0 11 11 227 2 0 2 4
2018–19Luleå HFSDHL24 4 5 9 3711 0 3 3 4
2019–20Luleå HFSDHL34 4 9 13 246 1 0 1 0
2020–21Luleå HFSDHL34 4 6 10 269 0 1 1 6
2021–22Luleå HFSDHL34 2 7 9 3012 0 2 2 6
2022–23Luleå HFSDHL15 1 1 2 48 0 1 1 0
2023–24New YorkPWHL21 0 0 0 2
SDHL totals339 36 86 122 30785 9 11 20 67
PWHL totals21 0 0 0 2

International

YearTeamEventResultGP G A Pts PIM
2008SwedenU184th5 1 0 1 6
2011SwedenWC5th5 0 0 0 2
2012SwedenWC5th4 0 1 1 0
2013SwedenWC7th5 0 0 0 6
2015SwedenWC5th4 0 1 1 0
2016SwedenWC5th5 0 0 0 6
2017SwedenWC6th5 4 0 4 2
2018SwedenOG7th6 1 0 1 10
2019SwedenWC9th5 0 0 0 2
2022SwedenOG8th5 0 0 0 6
Junior totals5 1 0 1 6
Senior totals44 5 2 7 34

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2019-04-04. IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Team Roster: SWE - Sweden. IIHF. 2020-11-13. 4 April 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190404195812/http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/510/IHW5100SWE_33_2_0_SWE.pdf. live.
  2. Web site: Rönnkvist. Ronnie. 2017-12-29. Ishockeyns #MeToo: "Hockey känns flera steg efter resten av samhället och idrottssverige". 2020-11-13. HockeySverige. sv. 15 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201115021348/https://hockeysverige.se/2017/12/29/ishockeyns-metoo-2. live.
  3. Web site: Tolén. Martin. 2016-11-30. "Då brann det till – det blev slagsmål". 2020-11-13. Aftonbladet. sv.
  4. Web site: Lindvall. Peter. 2012-08-16. Fällman klar för spel på college i USA. 2015-03-29. Norrländska Socialdemokraten. 13 February 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160213143709/http://www.nsd.se/sport/fallman-klar-for-spel-pa-college-i-usa-7085594.aspx. live.
  5. Web site: Rönnkvist. Ronnie. 2016-05-14. En Luleå-hemkomst med guldsmak: "Var helt fantastiskt". 2020-11-13. HockeySverige. sv. 17 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201117014703/https://hockeysverige.se/2016/05/14/en-lulea-hemkomst-med-guldsmak-var-helt-fantastiskt. live.
  6. Web site: Jervis. Adrian. 2019-01-21. Hotting up in the SDHL - Goals and a Gordie Howe hat-trick!. 2020-11-13. SportBloggare.
  7. Web site: Kennedy . Ian . PWHL Releases Final Rosters Ahead Of Inaugural Season . The Hockey News . December 16, 2023 . December 12, 2023 . 16 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231216194956/https://thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/pwhl-releases-final-rosters-ahead-of-inaugural-season . live .
  8. Web site: Rönnkvist. Ronnie. 2018-08-22. Luleåstjärnan om tillvaron i Damkronorna: "Inte så fräsch att leva på pappa och mammas Coop-kort". 2020-11-13. HockeySverige. sv. 16 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201116180033/https://hockeysverige.se/2018/08/22/luleastjarnan-om-tillvaron-i-damkronorna. live.
  9. Web site: 2015 IIHF World Championship roster . 11 November 2023 . 26 September 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180926133603/http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/486/IHW486000_33_15_0_SWE.pdf . live .
  10. Web site: Foster. Meredith. 2018-04-20. Better Together: Swedish Players Unionize. 2020-11-13. The Ice Garden. en. 9 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201109015739/https://www.theicegarden.com/2018/4/20/17262740/better-together-swedish-players-unionize-sdhl-damkronorna-sweden-womens-hockey-sdhl. live.
  11. News: Nyberg. Micke. 2020-01-21. Hockeybacken Johanna Fällman: "Det är extrema löneskillnader". sv. SVT Nyheter. 2020-11-13. 22 January 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200122135008/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/norrbotten/hockeybacken-johanna-fallman-det-ar-extrema-loneskillnader. live.
  12. Web site: Jervis. Adrian. 2019-03-12.
    1. 3 of the 4 battles that will decide SDHL final
    . 2020-11-13. SportBloggare. 11 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201111093108/https://sportbloggare.com/a-brit-on-thin-ice/3-of-the-4-battles-that-will-decide-sdhl-final. live.