Frida Nevalainen
Encyclopedia
Frida Nevalainen is an ice hockey
player. Nevalainen play Defenceman position for the Sweden women's national ice hockey team. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics
. (In Swedish)
Her twin brother Patrik plays with Swedish second league
team IF Björklöven
.
Nevalainen was the second woman of all time to participate in the TV-pucken
tournament, and the first to do so representing the province of Västerbotten
.
She play also for Tornado Moscow Region, a Russian team. Originally representing IF Björklöven
she later transferred to Modo Hockey
in the Riksserien
(Sweden league elite). She played for the University of Windsor
in 2007-08 season.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player. Nevalainen play Defenceman position for the Sweden women's national ice hockey team. She won a silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympics
2006 Winter Olympics
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...
. (In Swedish)
Her twin brother Patrik plays with Swedish second league
Allsvenskan (hockey)
HockeyAllsvenskan, before the 2005–06 season called Allsvenskan and SuperAllsvenskan, is the name of the second highest-level Swedish ice hockey league...
team IF Björklöven
IF Björklöven
IF Björklöven is a Swedish professional ice hockey club in Umeå, Västerbotten, in northern Sweden...
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Nevalainen was the second woman of all time to participate in the TV-pucken
TV-pucken
TV-pucken is a Swedish national ice hockey tournament for district teams of boys under 15 years of age. It was created by hockey legend Sven "Tumba" Johansson....
tournament, and the first to do so representing the province of Västerbotten
Västerbotten
', English exonym: West Bothnia, is a province or landskap in the north of Sweden. It borders Ångermanland, Lapland, Norrbotten and the Gulf of Bothnia. It is famous for the cheese with the same name as the province.- Administration :...
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She play also for Tornado Moscow Region, a Russian team. Originally representing IF Björklöven
IF Björklöven
IF Björklöven is a Swedish professional ice hockey club in Umeå, Västerbotten, in northern Sweden...
she later transferred to Modo Hockey
MODO Hockey
Modo Hockey is a professional ice hockey club in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. The club plays in Sweden's premier ice hockey league, the Elitserien. They were founded in 1921 and have won two Elitserien championships; in 1979 and 2007. The team's home arena is the Fjällräven Center since 2006...
in the Riksserien
Women's ice hockey in Sweden
Women's Ice Hockey in Sweden has 3 425 players in 2011. The Riksserien is the league elite of Women's ice Hockey. This league is organized by the Swedish Ice Hockey Association...
(Sweden league elite). She played for the University of Windsor
University of Windsor
The University of Windsor is a public comprehensive and research university in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's southernmost university. It has a student population of approximately 15,000 full-time and part-time undergraduate students and over 1000 graduate students...
in 2007-08 season.