Molly Engstrom

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Molly Engstrom
Date of birth March 1, 1983
place of birth Siren , Wisconsin , USA
size 175 cm
Weight 81 kg
position defender
number # 9
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1996-1999 Minnesota Thoroughbreds
1999-2001 Culver Academy
2001-2005 University of Wisconsin
2007-2008 Brampton Thunder
2008-2009 Minnesota Whitecaps
2010–2012 Brampton Thunder
2012-2013 Boston Blades
2015-2016 Connecticut Whale
2016-2018 Djurgården Hockey

Molly Marie Engstrom (born March 1, 1983 in Siren , Wisconsin ) is an American ice hockey player who was most recently under contract with Djurgården Hockey in the Svenska damhockeyligan .

Career

Starts in Wisconsin and Indiana

Molly Engstrom started ice hockey in first grade. As a young girl, Engstrom played for the Minnesota Thoroughbreds and won with them the runner-up at the national championships in 1997 and 1999. She then attended the boarding school Culver Academy in the state of Indiana, where she mainly played ice hockey, but was also Wisconsin state champion in discus throwing . After graduating from high school , Engstrom attended the University of Wisconsin and played for the Badgers , the college's ice hockey team, in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA). Engstrom was named Defender of the Year by the WCHA in both 2003 and 2004 .

In 2007 Engstrom graduated with a degree in landscape architecture . In her senior year, she was an assistant trainer for the university's women's team. Engstrom and Carla MacLeod supported coach Mark Johnson primarily with the analysis of the game recordings.

Success in professional ice hockey

Molly Engstrom (left) and Gina Kingsbury , March 2009

From autumn 2007 Engstrom played with the Brampton Thunder in the Canadian Women's Hockey League and won the first championship of the CWHL in March 2008 . In the final game, Engstrom scored the decisive goal in extra time for the 4-3 victory over the Mississauga Chiefs . In the following season she played for the Minnesota Whitecaps in the Western Women's Hockey League and won the championship of the WWHL with the Whitecaps at the end of the season. In preparation for the 2010 Winter Olympics, Engstrom suspended normal game operations and took part in the special USA Hockey program. In March 2010 she returned to the ice for the Clarkson Cup wearing the Brampton Thunder jersey. The Thunder lost the final against the Whitecaps, but Engstrom was named the best defender of the tournament. In the following two years she continued to play for the Thunder in the CWHL, before moving to the Boston Blades in 2012 . In December 2012, she played her last game for the Blades.

Early in 2013, Engstrom first ended her playing career after she was repeatedly not nominated for the national team by new national coach Katey Stone . She first worked for her brother's construction company before receiving a scholarship to the International Olympic University in Sochi. She finished her studies there with a master's degree in sports management . She then became a trainer at the Kimball Union Academy in New Hampshire .

On August 18, 2015, Engstrom received a one-year contract with the Connecticut Whale from the newly formed National Women's Hockey League . In the middle of the 2017/18 season, the clubs of the NWHL got into financial difficulties and Engstrom decided to switch to the Svenska damhockeyligan to Djurgården Hockey . The contact came through her friend Danijela Rundqvist , who had asked her in 2014 to play in Sweden at the end of her career. At the end of the 2016/17 season she won the Swedish championship with Djurgården .

International

Molly Engstrom first took part in the USA Hockey Women's National Festival in 2002 and was appointed to the U22 national team in 2003. From 2004 she played regularly for the women's national team and completed her first world championship in 2004 , where she won the silver medal. A year later, at the 2005 World Cup , she became world champion for the first time.

At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin , she won the bronze medal with the national team. In addition, she took part in four other world championships between 2007 and 2011, where she won three more gold and one silver medal. She was also named best defender in the 2007 world title bouts after collecting five scorer points in five games.

In 2010 she was nominated again for the Olympic squad and won the silver medal at the tournament in Vancouver . She contributed three goals and four assists to this success and was consequently named the best defender of the Olympic tournament and appointed to the All-Star team.

In total, Molly Engstrom completed 112 international matches, in which she scored nine goals and 44 assists.

Achievements and Awards

College and club hockey

International

Career statistics

( 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 )

College and club competitions

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
2001/02 University of Wisconsin WCHA 35 6th 9 15th 18th +14
2002/03 University of Wisconsin WCHA 33 4th 10 14th 32 +3
2003/04 University of Wisconsin WCHA 34 5 19th 24 20th +29
2004/05 University of Wisconsin WCHA 38 13 19th 32 38 +28
2005/06 Olympic preparation
2006/07 Assistant trainer
2007/08 Brampton Thunder CWHL 28 9 11 20th 32 3 1 1 2 2
2008/09 Minnesota Whitecaps WWHL 13 3 9 12 8th 2 0 1 1 2
2009/10 Olympic preparation
2010/11 Brampton Thunder CWHL 28 2 20th 22nd 16 +11 3 0 1 1 6th +1
2011/12 Brampton Thunder CWHL 27 4th 23 27 22nd +23 4th 1 1 2 4th 0
2012/13 Boston Blades CWHL 8th 1 2 3 6th +2
2013/14 not played
2014/15 not played
2015/16 Connecticut Whale NWHL 15th 3 2 5 21st 3 0 0 0 2
2016/17 Connecticut Whale NWHL 10 1 2 3 4th 0
2016/17 Djurgårdens IF SDHL 13 2 1 3 16 +4 7th 0 2 2 6th +3
2017/18 Djurgårdens IF SDHL 35 3 10 13 14th +16 4th 0 1 1 2 +2

International

year team event Sp T V Pt SM +/-
2004 United States WM 5 0 3 3 0 +7
2005 United States WM 5 1 1 2 4th +3
2006 United States Olympia 4th 0 0 0 6th +3
2007 United States WM 5 2 3 5 4th +4
2008 United States WM 4th 1 1 2 2 +6
2009 United States WM 5 0 1 1 8th +8
2010 United States Olympia 5 3 4th 7th 6th +13
2011 United States WM 5 0 2 2 4th +9

Web links

Commons : Molly Engstrom  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Molly Engstrom Continues Her CWHL Career with the Boston Blades. October 12, 2012, accessed February 5, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Molly Engstrom? ۪ s career a thrilling chapter in CWHL history book. In: thecwhl.com. August 13, 2013, accessed February 5, 2019 .
  3. ↑ KUA Has Olympian Hopes From New Coach. In: vnews.com. May 29, 2018, accessed February 5, 2019 .
  4. ^ Girls' Varsity Hockey Coach Molly Engstrom Joins NWHL. In: kua.org. August 2015, accessed on February 5, 2019 .
  5. ^ Molly Engstrom on her decision to play in Sweden. December 21, 2016, accessed February 5, 2019 .
  6. ^ Meghan Agosta named MVP. In: webarchive.iihf.com. February 25, 2010, accessed February 5, 2019 .
  7. ↑ US women's hockey star Molly Engstrom retires. USA Today , January 2, 2013; accessed February 5, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Engstrom, Molly
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Engstrom, Molly Marie (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1983
PLACE OF BIRTH Siren (Wisconsin) , Wisconsin , United States