Lara Stalder

Lara Stalder (born 15 May 1994) is a Swiss ice hockey centre and captain of the Swiss national ice hockey team. She plays in the SWHL B with EV Zug and serves as the team's captain. Her college ice hockey career was played with the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey team and she has previously played in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with Linköping HC and Brynäs IF.^[1]

Lara Stalder
Born	(1994-05-15) 15 May 1994 (age 31) Lucerne, Switzerland
Height	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	63 kg (139 lb; 9 st 13 lb)
Position	Centre
Shoots	Right
SWHL B team Former teams	EV Zug Brynäs IF Linköping HC Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs ZSC Lions KSC Küssnacht am Rigi SC Reinach
National team	Switzerland
Playing career	2008–present
Medal record Olympic Games 2014 Sochi Ice hockey

Playing career

Across four seasons with Minnesota Duluth, Stalder put up 148 points in 134 games, leading the team in points in her final season, as well as being named WCHA Player of the Year and Student-Athlete of the Year, and being a top-three finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award.^[2] In 2016, she was drafted 20th overall by the Boston Pride of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL).^[3]

After missing most of the 2018–19 season due to a shoulder injury, Stalder left Linköping to sign with Brynäs.^[4] In 2020, she was named SDHL Player of the Year after putting up 71 points in 36 games, being the first woman to win Guldhjälmen.^[5] The 42 goals she would score that year is the second highest single-season total in SDHL history, and her 71 points the third highest single-season total in SDHL history.

International

Stalder made her senior national team debut at the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship. She has represented Switzerland at the Winter Olympics in 2014 and won the bronze medal after defeating Sweden in the bronze medal playoff. She would score 6 points in 6 games at the 2018 Winter Olympics, as Switzerland finished in 5th place.

Career statistics

Club

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2007-08	SC Reinach Damen	SWHL A		13	0	7	7	20		3	1	0	1	2
2008-09	KSC Küssnacht am Rigi Damen	SWHL A		9	3	6	9	10		3	1	2	3	6
2009-10	SC Reinach Damen	SWHL A		7	2	6	8	20		1	0	1	1	2
2010-11	SC Reinach Damen	SWHL A		9	6	8	14	41		3	1	6	7	10
2011-12	SC Reinach Damen	SWHL A		6	1	2	3	2		1	1	1	2	2
2012-13	ZSC Lions Frauen	SWHL A		11	8	16	24	10		7	6	4	10	2
2013-14	Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs	NCAA		28	4	18	22	39		-	-	-	-	-
2014-15	Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs	NCAA		37	10	19	29	14		-	-	-	-	-
2015-16	Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs	NCAA		34	17	24	41	29		-	-	-	-	-
2016-17	Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs	NCAA		35	23	33	56	14		-	-	-	-	-
2017-18	Linköping HC	SDHL		36	39	22	61	28		9	4	3	7	2
2018-19	Linköping HC	SDHL		18	16	22	38	12		-	-	-	-	-
2019-20	Brynäs IF	SDHL		36	42	29	71	41		5	4	4	8	2
2020-21	Brynäs IF	SDHL		36	31	51	82	24		8	2	11	13	4
2021-22	Brynäs IF	SDHL		33	34	55	89	12		8	6	8	14	2
2022-23	Brynäs IF	SDHL		32	18	43	61	16		8	3	9	12	4
2023-24	EV Zug Damen	SWHL B		17	63	66	129	6		7	28	28	56	4
2023-24	EV Zug Damen	National Cup		5	9	14	23	0		-	-	-	-	-
SWHL A totals				55	20	45	65	103		18	10	14	24	24
NCAA totals				134	54	94	148	96		-	-	-	-	-
SDHL A totals				155	141	200	341	105		29	15	32	47	12

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
2010	Switzerland U18	WJC18 D1		5	4	5	9	2
2011	Switzerland U18	WJC18		6	3	4	7	6
2011	Switzerland	WC		5	0	2	2	10
2012	Switzerland	WJC18		6	4	2	6	12
2014	Switzerland	OG		5	1	1	2	6
2015	Switzerland	WC		4	1	3	4	4
2016	Switzerland	WC		5	3	5	8	12
2017	Switzerland	WC		6	4	5	9	2
2018	Switzerland	OG		6	3	3	6	4
2021	Switzerland	WC		7	1	1	2	6
2022	Switzerland	OG		7	5	4	9	2
2022	Switzerland	WC		5	1	3	4	0
2023	Switzerland	WC		7	4	7	11	35
2024	Switzerland	WC		6	3	0	3	6
Junior totals				17	11	11	22	20
WC totals				45	17	26	43	75
OG totals				18	9	8	17	12

Honours and achievements

SWHL-A

• 2012-2013 : Champion with ZSC Lions Frauen

NCAA

• WCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Week of 17 January 2017)
• WCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Week of 24 January 2017)^[6]
• WCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Week of 31 January 2017)^[7]
• WCHA Offensive Player of the Month, January 2017^[8]
• Women's Hockey Commissioners' Association National Division I Player of the Month, January 2017^[9]
• 2016-2017 : First Team All-American^[10]
• 2016-2017 : Top Female Collegiate Player (Patty Kazmaier Award) Finalist (Top-3)

SDHL

• 2017-2018 : Most Goals (39)
• 2017-2018 : Most PP Goals (8)
• 2017-2018 : SM-silver Medal with Linköping HC
• 2018-2019 : SM-silver Medal with Linköping HC
• 2019-2020 : Forward of the Year^[11]
• 2019-2020 : Most Goals (42)
• 2019-2020 : Most Points (71)
• 2019-2020 : Most PP Goals (7)
• 2019-2020 : Most SH Goals (5)
• 2019-2020 : Most Valuable Player (Guldhjälmen)
• 2020-2021 : Forward of the Year
• 2020-2021 : Most Assists (51)
• 2020-2021 : Most Goals (31)
• 2020-2021 : Most Points (82)
• 2020-2021 : Most Valuable Player
• 2020-2021 : Most Assists Playoffs (11)
• 2020-2021 : SM-silver Medal with Brynäs IF
• 2021-2022 : Forward of the Year
• 2021-2022 : Best Plus/Minus (+63)
• 2021-2022 : Most Assists (55)
• 2021-2022 : Most Goals (34)
• 2021-2022 : Most Points (89)
• 2021-2022 : SM-silver Medal with Brynäs IF
• 2022-2023 : Most Assists (43)
• 2022-2023 : Most Points (61)
• 2022-2023 : Most Assists Playoffs (9)
• 2022-2023 : SM-silver Medal with Brynäs IF

Swiss Women Cup

• 2023-2024 : Most Points (23 pts)

SwWHL-B

• 2023-2024 : Most Assists (66)
• 2023-2024 : Most Goals (63)
• 2023-2024 : Most Points (129)
• 2023-2024 : Most Assists Playoffs (28)
• 2023-2024 : Most Goals Playoffs (28)
• 2023-2024 : Most Points Playoffs (56)
• 2023-2024 : Champion with EV Zug Damen

WC U18

• 2010 : Best Defenseman in Division D1
• 2010 : Best Plus/minus in Division D1 (+18)
• 2010 : Most Assists by Defenseman in Division D1 (5)
• 2010 : Most Points by Defenseman in Division D1 (9)
• 2010 : Gold Medal in Division D1
• 2011 : Most Points by Defenseman (7)
• 2011 : Top 3 Player on Team
• 2012 : Most Points by Defenseman (6)

WC

• 2016 : Most Assists (5)
• 2016 : Most Penalized Player (12)
• 2021 : Top 3 Player on Team
• 2023 : Most Penalized Player (35)
• 2023 : Top 3 Player on Team

OG

• 2014 : Bronze Medal

Other

• 2017 : Swiss Woman of the Year
• 2021 : Swiss Woman of the Year