Mira Markström

Mira Markström (born January 30, 2005) is a Swedish ice hockey defenceman and member of the Swedish national under-18 ice hockey team, currently playing on a junior contract with HV71 Dam of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL). She also plays floorball with Jönköpings IK.[1][2]

Mira Markström
Born (2005-01-30) January 30, 2005
Jönköping, Sweden
Height 176 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 67 kg (148 lb; 10 st 8 lb)
Position Defense
Shoots Left
SDHL team HV71
Played for IF Troja-Ljungby
National team  Sweden
Playing career 2019–present

On 21 April 2023, Mira Markström announced her retirement from ice hockey while continuing playing floorball.[3]

Playing career

Markström began playing ice hockey at the age of four, and played on boys' teams in her home town of Jönköping until she was 15. She made her SDHL debut with HV71 in the 2019–20 season, picking up three assists in 20 games. She added another assist in six playoff games as the club made it to the championship finals against Luleå HF/MSSK before the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Sweden. In 2019, she scored the first goal in the first-ever girls TV-pucken tournament.[4]

It only took her 11 games to surpass her rookie production in her second season, having scored 4 points in the first 11 games of the 2020–21 SDHL season, including her first professional goal.[5]

International play

A an ice hockey player, she represented Sweden at the 2020 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, picking up one assist in five games as Sweden finished in fifth.[6][7] She also represented Sweden at the 2022 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship.

As a floorball player, she represented Team Sweden U19 during a Euro Floorball Tour comeptition in Uppsala in late October 2022.[8]

References
  1. Rönnkvist, Ronnie (4 October 2020). "Jättetalangen – som inte valt sport: "Vill satsa på båda"". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 11 October 2021. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  2. Jasmin Akbarzadeh (6 January 2023). "Mira Markström, 17, spelar i högsta ligan i HV71 och JIK" (in Swedish). SVT Nyköping. Archived from the original on 6 January 2023. Retrieved 6 January 2023.
  3. Emelie Fredriksson (21 April 2023). "Mira Markström har bestämt sig". SVT Sport. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  4. Norberg, Simon (1 November 2019). "Mira Markström skrev TV-puckshistoria | SVT Sport". SVT. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  5. "Ketchupeffekt för HV71 när Mira Markström gjorde sina första SDHL-mål". Jönköpings-Posten (in Swedish). 24 October 2020. Archived from the original on 28 June 2021. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  6. Rönnkvist, Ronnie (30 December 2019). "Hyllar 14-åringen inför kvällens drama: "Lugn och trygg"". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 28 October 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  7. "Thea Johansson och Mira Markström uttagna till JVM". sportlovin.se (in Swedish). 16 December 2019. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  8. Rikard Lann (13 October 2022). "HV71:s Mira Markström med i dubbla landslag". SVT Sport. Archived from the original on 3 November 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
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