Florence Schelling
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9 March 1989 Schaffhausen, Switzerland |
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| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
| Weight | 143 lb (65 kg; 10 st 3 lb) | ||
| Position | Goaltender | ||
| Catches | Left | ||
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Sweden team Former teams |
Linköpings HC Brampton Thunder |
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| National team |
 Switzerland
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| Playing career | 2003–present | ||
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Florence Isabelle Schelling (born 9 March 1989) is a Swiss ice hockey goaltender for Switzerland women's national ice hockey team in the 2006 Winter Olympics, 2010 Winter Olympics and 2014 Winter Olympics. Schelling became the first and only woman to ever play in the Swiss Men's National League B. In the 2012 CWHL Draft, Schelling was selected by the Montreal Stars, but will play for Brampton CWHL.
She spent 2003–05 playing for the ZSC Lions in Switzerland. Since 2005, Schelling has been a member of the Swiss national team. Besides the Torino Olympics, she has competed in three World Championships. At the 2006 Olympic Games, Schelling was part of a seventh-place finish. Despite the showing, Schelling posted a .939 save percentage and a 2.40 goals against average in three games. In 2008, she led the Swiss to a fourth-place finish at the IIHF Women's World Hockey Championships, the team's highest ever, and was the second-ranked goalie in the tournament. At the tournament, she was the only goalie to play in every minute of every game including an overtime period and a shootout. In the bronze medal game, she made 34 saves in the loss to Finland. At the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, she played against Sweden and lost 3–0, lost to Canada 10–1, then beat Slovakia 5–2, China 6–0, and Russia 2–1, as the Swiss women took fifth place.
In a game versus Russia at the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship, Florence Schelling stopped 32 shots in a 5–2 victory, as Switzerland advanced to the semifinals. In the bronze medal game at the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship, Florence Schelling made 50 saves as Switzerland beat Finland by a 6–2 tally.
At the 2014 Winter Olympics at Sochi, Schelling backstopped the Swiss National Team to a bronze medal. Making 252 saves throughout the tournament, she was named Most Valuable Player, Best Goalkeeper, and included on the All-Star Team.
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