Josefin Bouveng

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Josefin Bouveng
Born (2001-05-15) 15 May 2001 (age 23)
Uppsala, Sweden
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Position Centre
Shoots Left
NCAA team
Former teams
Minnesota Golden Gophers
Brynäs IF
Djurgårdens IF Hockey
National teamFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Playing career 2017present

Josefin Bouveng (born 15 May 2001) is a Swedish ice hockey forward at Minnesota and member of the Swedish national team.

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Playing career

As a youth player, Bouveng played on the boy's junior side of Wings HC Arlanda. [1]

She signed with Djurgårdens IF Hockey to begin her Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) career in 2017. [2] She put up 12 points in 33 games in her rookie SDHL season before improving to 26 points in 27 games in 2018–19, the most by an SDHL player under the age of 18. In the 2019–20 season, her point production dropped back down to 12, but she led the entire league in faceoff percentage. [3]

She was due to move to North America to study at Princeton University and play with the Princeton Tigers women's ice hockey program beginning with the 2020–21 season, but the COVID-19 pandemic prompted her to postpone those plans. She opted to remain in Sweden and sign with Brynäs IF for the 2020–21 SDHL season instead. [4]

She began her college ice hockey career at Minnesota during the 2022–23 season. [5]

International

Bouveng made her debut with the Swedish national under-18 team at the age of 14. She won gold with the country at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics and played in three IIHF U18 Women's World Championships, winning silver in 2018. [6] [7] On 19 January 2022, Bouveng was named to the Swedish team for the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
2017-18 Djurgårdens IF SDHL 336612841230
2018-19 Djurgårdens IFSDHL27141226442134
2019-20 Djurgårdens IFSDHL2584121451230
2020-21 Brynäs IF SDHL3624234727135184
2021-22 Brynäs IFSDHL2824224621074114
2022–23 University of Minnesota WCHA 3397160
2023–24 University of MinnesotaWCHA3919315012
SDHL totals1497667143303024143821

International

YearTeamEventResult GPGAPtsPIM
2016 Sweden YOG Gold medal icon.svg64152
2017 Sweden U18 4th61230
2018 SwedenU18Silver medal icon.svg51340
2019 SwedenU185th51236
2021 Sweden OGQQ32350
2022 Sweden OG 8th51010
2024 Sweden WC 7th54150
Junior totals1637106
Senior totals105160

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