Michelle Karvinen

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DenmarkDenmark FinlandFinland  Michelle Karvinen Ice hockey player
Date of birth March 27, 1990
place of birth Rødovre , Denmark
size 167 cm
Weight 70 kg
position striker
number #8th
Shot hand Left
Career stations
until 2011 Rødovre SIK
2007-2009 Espoo Blues
since 2011 University of North Dakota

Template: Infobox ice hockey player / country code 2

Michelle Karvinen (born March 27, 1990 in Rødovre ) is a Danish - Finnish ice hockey player who has been playing for the University of North Dakota in the WCHA since 2011 and plays internationally for Finland. Her brother Jannik is also an ice hockey player, but plays for Denmark internationally.

Career

Michelle Karvinen is the daughter of a Danish woman and Heikki Karvinen , who played as a player in Finland and Denmark and now works as a coach in Denmark. Michelle Karvinen grew up in Denmark and began her career at Rødovre SIK , where she played for the youth department. From 2005 she ran for the U19 team of the club and won the championship of this age group with this team in 2010 and 2011. In addition, she ran parallel for the club's second men's team in the second-class 1st division and won their championship in 2011.

Success in Finland and change to WCHA

In 2007 she started playing for Espoo Blues in the Finnish Naisten SM-sarja . In 2008 she won her first Finnish championship with the Blues and repeated that success a year later.

In 2011, she decided to move to North America and began studying graphic design at the University of North Dakota . Since then, she has been playing for the university's ice hockey team in the WCHA , a league of the NCAA .

International

Michelle Karvinen has both Danish and Finnish citizenship. In order to have the chance to take part in the Winter Olympics, she decided to play internationally for the Finnish national team. She made her debut in 2006 in Finland's youth team. In 2009 she was nominated for her first World Cup, scored five goals over the course of the tournament and was elected to the tournament's All-Star team. A year later she took part in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and won the bronze medal.

At the 2011 World Cup , she won another bronze medal with the Finnish women and was re-elected to the All-Star Team.

Achievements and Awards

  • 2008 Finnish champion with the Espoo Blues
  • 2008 top scorer in the main round and top scorer in the SM sarja play-offs
  • 2009 Finnish champion with the Espoo Blues
  • 2009 top scorer in the main round and the SM sarja play-offs
  • 2009 bronze medal at the world championship
  • 2009 World Championship All-Star Team
  • 2010 Danish U19 champion with the Rødovre SIK
  • 2011 Danish U19 champion with the Rødovre SIK

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
2005/06 Rødovre SIK U20 Denmark 2 2 2 4th 2 6th 0 4th 4th 2
2006/07 Rødovre SIK 1st division 5 0 2 2 0
2006/07 Rødovre SIK U20 Denmark 22nd 7th 3 10 12
2007/08 Espoo Blues Naisten SM-sarja 30th 32 62 8th 10 18th
2008/09 Espoo Blues Naisten SM-sarja 33 48 81 8th 8th 16
2008/09 Espoo Blues EWCC 3 3 1 4th 2
2009/10 Rødovre SIK U20 Denmark 11 7th 9 16 8th 2 3 0 3 0
2009/10 Rødovre SIK 1st division 14th 6th 8th 14th 2
2010/11 Rødovre SIK U20 Denmark 16 2 12 14th 2 5 0 0 0 2
2010/11 Rødovre SIK 1st division 20th 3 8th 11 2 12 2 3 5 0
2011/12 University of North Dakota WCHA 36 24 37 61 65
2012/13 University of North Dakota WCHA 27 18th 29 47 28
2013/14 University of North Dakota WCHA

International

year team event Sp T V Pt SM +/-
2009 Finland WM 5 5 2 7th 6th +3
2010 Finland Olympia 5 1 2 3 4th +1
2011 Finland WM 6th 4th 4th 8th 8th +2
2012 Finland WM 6th 0 5 5 4th −5
2013 Finland WM 6th 3 1 4th 4th −1
2014 Finland Olympia 6th 5 2 7th 4th +4
2015 Finland WM 4th 2 4th 6th 2 ± 0
2016 Finland WM 6th 4th 1 5 2 −3
2017 Finland WM 6th 1 4th 5 8th +2
2018 Finland Olympia 6th 3 3 6th 2 −1

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ undsports.com, Player Profile - Michelle Karvinen
personal data
SURNAME Karvinen, Michelle
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish-Finnish ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Rødovre , Denmark