Michelle Karvinen


Michelle Karvinen is a Danish-born Finnish ice hockey player for Luleå HF. She is a member of the Finnish national team. Karvinen's father is Finnish and her mother is Danish.

Playing career

She is a senior at the University of North Dakota majoring in graphic design and technology and plays for the North Dakota women's ice hockey program.
She was the only European chosen for the All-Star team at the 2009 World Championships.

NCAA

She began playing hockey for the North Dakota women's ice hockey program in 2010–11. From 15–16 October 2011, Karvinen produced five points, and earned a +5 plus/minus rating as North Dakota swept the Vermont Catamounts. In a 9–1 win on 15 October 2011, Karvinen scored two goals and set up another for a three-point performance. She assisted on Jocelyne Lamoureux's game-winning goal at 2:58 of the first period. The following day, she accumulated two more assists in a 4–1 victory. For the second consecutive game, she assisted on the game-winning goal, as Monique Lamoureux scored at 15:11 of the second period.

International

Michelle Karvinen scored the gold medal clinching goal against Canadian goaltender Emerance Maschmeyer in the championship game of the 2017 Nations Cup.

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