Eve Savander
| Eve Savander | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
2 September 1998 Joensuu, Finland | ||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Weight | 67 kg (148 lb; 10 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Defense | ||
| Shoots | Right | ||
| SDHL team Former teams |
Linköping HC | ||
| National team |
 Finland | ||
| Playing career | 2013–present | ||
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Medal record | |||
Eve Savander (born 2 September 1998) is a Finnish ice hockey player and member of the Finnish national team. She plays in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with Linköping HC.
With the Finnish national team, she has won two IIHF Women's World Championship bronze medals.
Playing career
[edit]Savander played college ice hockey with the Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey program in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) conference of the NCAA Division I during 2018 to 2022.
International play
[edit]As a junior player with the Finnish national under-18 team, Savander participated in the IIHF U18 Women's World Championships in 2014, 2015, and 2016.[1]
At age sixteen, she made her senior national team debut as the youngest player on the Finnish roster at the IIHF Women's World Championship in 2015 and won a bronze medal.[2]
Savander next represented Finland at the IIHF Women's World Championship in 2024 and won her second bronze medal. She averaged just one minute and 46 seconds of ice time per game and had the fewest total minutes played (12:26) of any skater on the team.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Podnieks, Andrew; Nordmark, Birger, eds. (2019). "Active Skaters, Women". IIHF Guide & Record Book 2020. Toronto: Moydart. p. 660. ISBN 9780986796470.
- ^ "2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Team Roster: FIN - Finland" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 February 2018. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
- ^ "2024 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Player Statistics by Team: FIN - Finland". International Ice Hockey Federation. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 16 April 2024.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
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- 1998 births
- Living people
- AIK Hockey Dam players
- Finnish expatriate ice hockey players in Sweden
- Finnish women's ice hockey defencemen
- KalPa Naiset players
- Linköping HC (women) players
- Modo Hockey (women) players
- Ohio State Buckeyes women's ice hockey players
- Naisten Liiga All-Stars
- Sportspeople from Joensuu
- Team Kuortane players
- 21st-century Finnish sportswomen
- Finnish ice hockey defenceman stubs