Sara Hjalmarsson


Sara Hjalmarsson is a Swedish ice hockey player for the Toronto Sceptres of the Professional Women's Hockey League and member of the Swedish national team. She previously played for Linköping HC of the Swedish Women's Hockey League.
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Playing career

Hjalmarssom hails from Bankeryd, Sweden and attended Solna Gymnasium for secondary school. She played with HV71 during 2012 to 2014 and with AIK Hockey during 2014 to 2018.

College

Her college ice hockey career spanned five seasons with the Providence Friars women's ice hockey program in the Hockey East conference of the NCAA Division I. As a forward with the Friars, she scored 17 goals, and 11 assists in the 2019–20 season, to lead the team in goals scored and tied for points. She was named the Hockey East Player of the Week on 2 December 2019, for having scored six points in the Friar's Mayor's Cup game against the Brown Bears, the most points in a game by any NCAA player to that point in the season.

Professional

On November 20, 2025, she signed a one-year contract with the Toronto Sceptres of the PWHL.

International play

Hjalmarsson represented Sweden in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, and at the IIHF Women's World Championships in 2017, 2019, and 2022.
On 12 January 2026, she was named to Sweden's roster to compete at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

Awards and honors