Lina Ljungblom

Lina Elsa Ljungblom (born 15 October 2001) is a Swedish ice hockey player and member of the Swedish national ice hockey team, currently playing in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with MoDo Hockey Dam.

Lina Ljungblom
Born (2001-10-15) 15 October 2001
Skövde, Sweden
Height 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight 79 kg (174 lb; 12 st 6 lb)
Position Centre
Shoots Left
SDHL team
Former teams		 MoDo Hockey
HV71
Skövde IK
National team  Sweden
Playing career 2018–present

Playing career

From 2015 to 2019, Ljungblom played for Skövde IK, splitting her time between the club's boys' U16 and U18 sides, as well as the club's Damtvåan women's side. In October 2018, she was loaned to HV71 in the SDHL for a game after HV71 suffered a number of injuries. She scored twice in her SDHL debut, as HV71 beat Brynäs IF 6–1.[1]

For the 2019–20 season, she chose to spend most of her time with HV71 in the SDHL, appearing in only four games with Skövde's boys' U20 squad – though she scored five points in that span.[2] She missed large parts of the season, however, after breaking her collarbone in October 2019. She finished the season with 5 points in 20 games for HV71, adding another 3 points in 6 playoff games as the club made it to the championship finals before the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden.[3]

After voicing concerns about her development with HV71, she left the club to sign with Modo Hockey ahead of the 2020–21 SDHL season.[4] In November 2020, she was suspended for three matches for abuse of an official after shouting "fuck you" at the referee in a 5–3 loss to SDE Hockey.[5]

International play

As a member of the Swedish national under-18 team, Ljungblom participated in the IIHF World U18 Championships in 2017, 2018, and 2019, picking up a total of 10 points across 16 games and winning silver in 2018.[6][7]

Ljungblom made her senior national team debut during the 2018–19 Women's Euro Hockey Tour.[8] Her first major tournament representing Sweden was the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship, at which she did not pick up any points in five games and the team was relegated from the IIHF Top Division for the first time in history.[9][10][11]

She contributed 3 goals in three games at the qualification tournament for the 2022 Winter Olympics, helping Sweden secure placement in the Games.[12] As a member of the Swedish delegation at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, Ljungblom played in the women's ice hockey tournament and notched 1 assist in five games.[13]

Career statistics

International
YearTeamEventResult   GPGAPtsPIM
2016Sweden U16YOG1st place, gold medalist(s) 60114
2017Sweden U18WW184th 60114
2018Sweden U18WW182nd place, silver medalist(s) 542610
2019Sweden U18WW185th 52136
2019SwedenWW9th 50000
2022SwedenOGQQ 33032
2022SwedenOG8th 50110
2022SwedenWW8th 511225
Junior totals 16641020
Senior totals 1511227

References
  1. Skoglund, Henrik (20 October 2018). "Lånades in inför matchen – 17-åringen blev tvåmålsskytt i debuten". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  2. Skoglund, Henrik (2 August 2019). "Jättetalangen till storsatsande klubben". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  3. Rönnkvist, Ronnie (14 May 2020). ""Säsongen var för jävlig"". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  4. "Lina Ljungblom byter till Modo – hoppas få spela mer". Sveriges Radio (Radio broadcast) (in Swedish). 11 August 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  5. Almroth, Martin (18 November 2020). "Stängs av tre matcher – påstås ha sagt "fuck you"". SVT Sport (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  6. Karlsson, Rasmus (4 April 2019). "Supertalangen laddar för VM – "Ska göra mål och täcka skott"". Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  7. Rönnkvist, Ronnie (9 January 2018). "Lina satsar mot toppen genom att spela med killarna: "Det är roligare"". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 July 2021.
  8. Norberg, Simon (23 August 2018). "16-åringen som spelar med killar gör debut i Damkronorna". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  9. "Damkronornas trupp uttagen till VM". swehockey.se. 19 March 2019.
  10. 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship roster
  11. Aykroyd, Lucas (9 April 2019). "Japan's sun shines - Sweden relegated!". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  12. Houston, Michael (13 November 2021). "Hosts Sweden and Czech Republic top of Beijing 2022 ice hockey qualifiers". Inside the Games. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
  13. "Beijing 2022 – Ice Hockey, Women – Player Statistics by Team: SWE - Sweden". International Ice Hockey Federation. 11 February 2022. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
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