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Michelle Karvinen

Michelle Karvinen
Born (1990-03-27) 27 March 1990 (age 27)
Rødovre, Denmark
Height 5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Weight 152 lb (69 kg; 10 st 12 lb)
Position Forward
Shoots Left
SWHL team
Former teams
Luleå HF
Rødovre Mighty Bulls
Espoo Blues
Univ. of North Dakota
National team  Finland
Playing career 2007–present

Michelle Karvinen (born 27 March 1990) is a Danish-born Finnish ice hockey player. She is a member of the Finnish national team. Karvinen's father is Finnish and her mother is Danish.

She is a senior at the University of North Dakota majoring in graphic design and technology and plays for the North Dakota Fighting Sioux women's ice hockey program.

She was the only European chosen for the All-Star team at the 2009 World Championships.

She began playing hockey for the North Dakota Fighting Sioux 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 the Fighting Sioux 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.

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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