Isabell Palm (born 13 October 1995) is a Swedish ice hockey player, currently playing in the Nationella Damhockeyligan (NDHL) with Skellefteå AIK. Known for her physical style of play, she holds both the single-season and all-time records for penalty minutes in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) and was the first player in league history to reach 400 career penalty minutes.[1]

Isabell Palm
Born (1995-10-13) 13 October 1995 (age 29)
Skellefteå, Sweden
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight 69 kg (152 lb; 10 st 12 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
NDHL team
Former teams
Skellefteå AIK
National team  Sweden
Playing career 2012–present

Playing career

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Palm grew up in the Clemensnäs district of Skellefteå, in northern Sweden. She played on boys' teams until she turned fifteen, when she signed with MODO Hockey in Riksserien (renamed SDHL in 2016). She won the Riksserien championship with the club in her rookie season.

In 2017, she left MODO to sign with HV71.[2] She passed Emma Eliasson to become the most penalised player in league history in the 2017–18 season. She received a four-game suspension in January 2018 for a hit to the head in a match against Luleå HF/MSSK.[3]

After two seasons with HV71, she signed with Linköping HC.[4]

International

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She was part of the Swedish national team that participated in the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship.[5][6][7][8]

References

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  1. ^ Rönnkvist, Ronnie (9 December 2018). "Ligans tuffing vill ha mer fysiskt spel: "Vi får inte – men vi gör det ändå"". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  2. ^ Bodin, Uffe (30 June 2017). "SDHL:s mest utvisade klar för SM-finalisten: "Stor, fysisk och kraftfull"". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  3. ^ Skoglund, Henrik (4 January 2018). "HV-forwarden stängs av fyra matcher i SDHL". HockeySverige (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  4. ^ Umicevic, Dusan (2 May 2019). "Isabell Palm till Linköping – lämnar HV71". SVT (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Damkronornas trupp uttagen till VM". swehockey.se. 19 March 2019.
  6. ^ "2019 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Team Roster: SWE - Sweden" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 3 April 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  7. ^ Sandblom, Maria (19 March 2019). "Isabell Palm VM-debuterar". SVT Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 March 2024.
  8. ^ Åkeson, Ellinor (20 March 2019). "Åtta debutanter i Damkronornas VM-trupp". Aftonbladet (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 March 2024.
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