Andrea Dalen

Andrea Schjelderup Dalen (born 19 June 1992) is a Norwegian professional ice hockey forward and captain of Djurgårdens IF Hockey Dam in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). She has been a member of the Norwegian national ice hockey team since 2008.[1] Dalen holds the record for most goals in a single SDHL season, with 47 scored in the 2015–16 season, and is the seventh leading all-time points scorer in SDHL history.

Andrea Dalen
Born (1992-06-19) 19 June 1992
Hønefoss, Norway
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 64 kg (141 lb; 10 st 1 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shoots Right
SDHL team
Former teams		 Frölunda HC
National team  Norway
Playing career 2006–present

Playing career

Dalen grew up playing on boys' teams in Ringerike in Norway and with Vålerenga Ishockey's women's side, before heading to Sweden to attend a hockey gymnasium and play for the SDHL's Linköping HC Dam in 2009.[2] She led Linköping to a runner-up finish in the 2011 playoffs, while finishing as playoff scoring champion with seven points in four contests. In the regular season, she finished sixth in the scoring race. By the end of her two seasons in Linköping, she had scored 81 points in 54 games, including 50 goals.[3]

Dalen joined the North Dakota women's ice hockey program in September 2011, joining fellow Norwegian goaltender Jorid Dagfinrud. Across 143 games with North Dakota, she scored 63 points, serving as the team's captain in her final season.[4]

After graduating, Dalen returned to the SDHL to sign with Djurgårdens. In her first season back, she would score 73 points in 36 games, of which 47 were goals, an SDHL record.[5][6] In her second season with Djurgården, the team would win the SDHL championship. In 2018, she was named the club's captain.

International

Dalen represented her native Norway in the 2009 and 2011 Division I International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Championships. She registered four goals and one assist in 2009 IIHF Division I World Championship, helping Norway finish with the bronze medal. At the 2011 IIHF Division I World Championships, she tied for fourth in tournament scoring. Dalen played for Norway at the 2011 IIHF 12 Nations Tournament. She ranked second in Group C scoring with 6 points,[7] behind teammate Helene Martinsen whose 8 points topped all Group C players.

Awards and honors
  • Norway's best player of the game against Germany, 2011 Division I International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships

Career stats

IIHF Division I
YearGPGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-
2011 (Division I championships)42242+3

Swedish league
YearGPGoalsAssistsPointsPIM+/-
2010-11 (Linköpings)2729103912+20

[8]

NCAA
YearGPGoalsAssistsPointsPIM
2011-123794138

[9]

References
  1. "Norway". Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
  2. "IIHF - Norway opens up online".
  3. "En djugårdare med ett målrekord i sikte: "Det har gått över förväntan" - Hockeysverige – Mer av sporten du älskar".
  4. "On the ice: From Norway to Grand Forks".
  5. "Djurgårdens rekordsättare hyllar SDHL: "Flera lag som tar i och satsar på damhockeyn" - Hockeysverige – Mer av sporten du älskar".
  6. "Andrea Dalen bästa målskytt genom tiderna".
  7. Norwegian women surprise Archived January 14, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  8. Andrea Dalen profile - Андреа Дален Профиль - Eurohockey.com
  9. Player Andrea Dalen :: Statistics :: USCHO.com :: U.S. College Hockey Online
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