Julie Zwarthoed Explained

Birth Date:25 September 1994
Birth Place:Schinnen, Netherlands
Height Cm:169
Weight Kg:75
Position:Right Wing
Shoots:Right
League:SDHL
Team:SDE Hockey
Former Teams:Smoke Eaters Geleen II
Team Netherlands (EWHL)
Sex:f
Ntl Team:NED
Career Start:2008

Julie Zwarthoed (born 25 September 1994) is a Dutch ice hockey winger and captain of SDE HF in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL).[1] She has represented the Netherlands at nine IIHF World Championships.

Playing career

Zwarthoed began playing ice hockey at age three with the youth department of VJB Smoke Eaters Geleen. She developed in the club throughout her childhood, eventually playing on their top junior team, the Smoke Eaters Geleen II in the Tweede Divisie from 2011 through 2015.[2]

During the 2011–12 season, she also played in the Elite Women's Hockey League (EWHL; renamed European Women's Hockey League in 2019) with Team Netherlands.

In 2015, she signed with SDE Hockey in the Swedish Riksserien (renamed Swedish Women's Hockey League in 2016). The SDE roster already featured a Dutch national team player in Zoe Barbier, who had played the 2014–15 season with the club, and Zwarthoed signed alongside national team teammate Kayleigh Hamers to increase SDE's Netherlands contingent to three players.[3]

She served as an alternate captain of SDE HF from the 2016–17 season through the 2022–23 season before being appointed to the captaincy in 2023.[4]

, Zwarthoed was the leading point scorer in SDE HF history, having amassed 139 points in 275 games, and also held the record for most SDE goals scored, with 66 goals.

International play

Zwarthoed has represented the Netherlands at nine IIHF World Championships: in the Division III tournament in 2011; the Division I Group B tournaments in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016; the Division II Group A tournaments in 2017 and 2018; and in the Division I Group A tournament in 2022. She also competed in the qualification tournament for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, the qualification tournament for the 2018 Winter Olympics in PeyongChang, and the qualification tournament for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

She was a member of Netherlands delegation at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics in Innsbruck, where she won a gold medal in the girls' individual skills challenge.[5] The jersey she wore during the skills competition is on display at the Hockey Hall of Fame.[6]

Career statistics

International

Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM
20111st5 4 3 7 2
2012Netherlands WW 5th5 1 0 1 20
2013Netherlands 6 3 5 8 12
2013Netherlands WW D1B 2nd5 2 3 5 20
2014Netherlands WW D1B 4th5 1 2 3 6
2015Netherlands WW D1B 2nd5 2 0 2 4
2016Netherlands WW D1B 6th5 1 1 2 29
2017Netherlands OGQ DNQ3 2 3 5 12
2017Netherlands WW 2nd5 3 5 8 2
2018Netherlands WW D2A 1st5 5 6 11 2
2022Netherlands WW D1A 5th4 2 2 4 4
2022Netherlands OGQ DNQ3 6 5 11 2
World Championship totals47 21 22 23 89

Awards

International

SDHL

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Liljekvist. Erik. 2019-12-18. Zwarthoed hattrick-hjälte i Stockholmsderbyt. 2021-03-16. SVT Sport. sv.
  2. Web site: Eckhardt . Lex . 2015-05-17 . Julie Zwarthoed Naar Zweden . https://web.archive.org/web/20201001064009/https://www.smoke-eaters.nl/2015/05/17/julie-zwarthoed-naar-zweden/ . 2020-10-01 . 2021-03-16 . VJB Smoke Eaters . nl.
  3. Web site: Nederlanders in het buitenland: Julie Zwarthoed . . 4 October 2023 . nl . 8 November 2017.
  4. News: Kågström . Rasmus . Blir ny lagkapten: "Glad att folk ser mig som en av ledarna" . 4 October 2023 . HockeySverige . 5 September 2023 . sv.
  5. Web site: Steiss . Adam . 2012-01-19 . Wild night in Innsbruck . 2013-08-16 . International Ice Hockey Federation.
  6. Web site: Meijsen. Joep. 2013-07-01. Nederlands Team: Shirt Julie Zwarthoed in Hall of Fame. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304083324/http://www.ijshockey.com/item/4536/shirt-julie-zwarthoed-in-hall-of-fame. 2016-03-04. 2021-03-16. IJshockey.com. nl.
  7. Web site: 2017-04-08. Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Div II Group A – Best Players of Each Team Selected by Coaches . 2021-03-15. International Ice Hockey Federation.
  8. Web site: 2018-04-06 . Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Div II Group A – Scoring Leaders . 2021-03-15 . International Ice Hockey Federation.
  9. Web site: Jervis . Adrian . Julie Zwarthoed (SDE) - We can beat Sweden . A Brit On Thin Ice . 4 October 2023 . 6 March 2020.