Minatsu Murase


Minatsu Murase is a Swedish ice hockey player currently with HC Örnen in the Hockeyettan, the men's third-tier league in Sweden.

Career

Murase played her first SDHL in 2012, as a 17 year-old with AIK. The following year, she would win the starting job as the club won the SDHL championship.
Murase missed most of 2018-19 season due to pregnancy. In the summer of 2019, she would leave AIK to sign with Luleå.
In January 2020, Murase announced that she was leaving Luleå. After leaving Luleå, Murase would join HC Örnen in the men's Division 3 as they competed for promotion to Divison 2.

International

She was named Best Goaltender at the 2013 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship, as Sweden won bronze.
She competed in the 2018 Winter Olympics.

Personal Life

She is engaged to New York Rangers' draft pick Robin Kovacs.