Johanna Fällman
{{Short description|Swedish ice hockey player (born 1990)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Johanna Fällman
| image_size =
| caption = Fällman with PWHL New York in 2024
| image = Johanna Fällman.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|6|21}}
| height_m = 1.73
| weight_kg = 72
| position = Defence
| shoots = Left
| league = SDHL
| team = Luleå HF/MSSK
| former_teams = PWHL New York
Modo Hockey
Skellefteå AIK
| sex = f
| ntl_team = SWE
| career_start = 2007
| career_end =
}}
Johanna Fällman (born 21 June 1990) is a Swedish ice hockey defender for Luleå HF/MSSK of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) and the Swedish national team.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2019-04-04|title=IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship – Team Roster: SWE - Sweden|url=http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/510/IHW5100SWE_33_2_0_SWE.pdf|work=IIHF|access-date=2020-11-13|archive-date=4 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404195812/http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/510/IHW5100SWE_33_2_0_SWE.pdf|url-status=live}} She has won four SDHL championships and has appeared in nine senior international tournaments.
Playing career
Growing up in Luleå, in northern Sweden, Fällman often played on boys' teams in her youth. She has spoken out openly about having faced misogynistic abuse from boys she played with in the league.{{Cite web|last=Rönnkvist|first=Ronnie|date=2017-12-29|title=Ishockeyns #MeToo: "Hockey känns flera steg efter resten av samhället och idrottssverige"|url=https://hockeysverige.se/2017/12/29/ishockeyns-metoo-2|access-date=2020-11-13|website=HockeySverige|language=sv|archive-date=15 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115021348/https://hockeysverige.se/2017/12/29/ishockeyns-metoo-2|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Tolén|first=Martin|date=2016-11-30|title="Då brann det till – det blev slagsmål"|url=https://www.aftonbladet.se/a/oRejJW|access-date=2020-11-13|website=Aftonbladet|language=sv}}
She began her Riksserien career with Skellefteå AIK, scoring 2 points in 12 games in the league's debut season. From 2008 to 2012, she played for Modo Hockey, winning the Riksserien championship in the 2011–12 season.
Ahead of the 2012–13 season, she turned down an offer from Munksund-Skuthamns SK to move to North America, joining the University of North Dakota.{{cite web|last=Lindvall|first=Peter|date=2012-08-16|title=Fällman klar för spel på college i USA|url=http://www.nsd.se/sport/fallman-klar-for-spel-pa-college-i-usa-7085594.aspx|accessdate=2015-03-29|website=Norrländska Socialdemokraten|archive-date=13 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160213143709/http://www.nsd.se/sport/fallman-klar-for-spel-pa-college-i-usa-7085594.aspx|url-status=live}} Across three years in the NCAA, she scored 8 points in 66 games.
In 2015, she returned to Sweden to sign with Luleå HF/MSSK in her hometown, being named an assistant captain for the club ahead of the 2015–16 season.{{Cite web|last=Rönnkvist|first=Ronnie|date=2016-05-14|title=En Luleå-hemkomst med guldsmak: "Var helt fantastiskt"|url=https://hockeysverige.se/2016/05/14/en-lulea-hemkomst-med-guldsmak-var-helt-fantastiskt|access-date=2020-11-13|website=HockeySverige|language=sv|archive-date=17 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117014703/https://hockeysverige.se/2016/05/14/en-lulea-hemkomst-med-guldsmak-var-helt-fantastiskt|url-status=live}} She scored 16 points in 33 games that year, as Luleå won the SDHL championship for the first time.
In January 2019, she picked up a Gordie Howe hat-trick in a 14–0 victory over Göteborg HC, a rare event in women's hockey, after getting into a fight with Anna Borgfeldt.{{Cite web|last=Jervis|first=Adrian|date=2019-01-21|title=Hotting up in the SDHL - Goals and a Gordie Howe hat-trick!|url=https://sportbloggare.com/a-brit-on-thin-ice/johanna-faellman-performs-a-gordie-howe-hattrick|access-date=2020-11-13|website=SportBloggare}}
Fällman was named to the inaugural roster of PWHL New York of the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) as an undrafted training camp invitee.{{cite web |last1=Kennedy |first1=Ian |title=PWHL Releases Final Rosters Ahead Of Inaugural Season |url=https://thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/pwhl-releases-final-rosters-ahead-of-inaugural-season |website=The Hockey News |access-date=December 16, 2023 |date=December 12, 2023 |archive-date=16 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231216194956/https://thehockeynews.com/womens/pwhl/pwhl-releases-final-rosters-ahead-of-inaugural-season |url-status=live }}
International play
Fällman made her senior Swedish national team debut in 2008, at the age of 18.{{Cite web|last=Rönnkvist|first=Ronnie|date=2018-08-22|title=Luleåstjärnan om tillvaron i Damkronorna: "Inte så fräsch att leva på pappa och mammas Coop-kort"|url=https://hockeysverige.se/2018/08/22/luleastjarnan-om-tillvaron-i-damkronorna|access-date=2020-11-13|website=HockeySverige|language=sv|archive-date=16 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116180033/https://hockeysverige.se/2018/08/22/luleastjarnan-om-tillvaron-i-damkronorna|url-status=live}}
She made her IIHF World Championship debut at the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship, not scoring a point in the five games she played. She has since participated at every World Championship for Sweden, including the 2017 IIHF Women's World Championship, where she scored four goals, and the 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship when Sweden was relegated for the first time in the country's history.{{Cite web |url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/486/IHW486000_33_15_0_SWE.pdf |title=2015 IIHF World Championship roster |access-date=11 November 2023 |archive-date=26 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926133603/http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/486/IHW486000_33_15_0_SWE.pdf |url-status=live }}
She played for Sweden at the 2018 Winter Olympics, scoring one goal in six games as the country finished in seventh.
She welcomed the unionization of the Swedish national team in 2018, stating that "we will be able to create better conditions both on and off the ice."{{Cite web|last=Foster|first=Meredith|date=2018-04-20|title=Better Together: Swedish Players Unionize|url=https://www.theicegarden.com/2018/4/20/17262740/better-together-swedish-players-unionize-sdhl-damkronorna-sweden-womens-hockey-sdhl|access-date=2020-11-13|website=The Ice Garden|language=en|archive-date=9 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109015739/https://www.theicegarden.com/2018/4/20/17262740/better-together-swedish-players-unionize-sdhl-damkronorna-sweden-womens-hockey-sdhl|url-status=live}} She was among the players who participated in the 2019 Sweden women's national ice hockey team strike.{{Cite news|last=Nyberg|first=Micke|date=2020-01-21|title=Hockeybacken Johanna Fällman: "Det är extrema löneskillnader"|language=sv|work=SVT Nyheter|url=https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/norrbotten/hockeybacken-johanna-fallman-det-ar-extrema-loneskillnader|access-date=2020-11-13|archive-date=22 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200122135008/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/norrbotten/hockeybacken-johanna-fallman-det-ar-extrema-loneskillnader|url-status=live}}
Style of play
Fällman is known for playing a rougher, more physical style and her defensive positioning.{{Cite web|last=Jervis|first=Adrian|date=2019-03-12|title=#3 of the 4 battles that will decide SDHL final|url=https://sportbloggare.com/a-brit-on-thin-ice/3-of-the-4-battles-that-will-decide-sdhl-final|access-date=2020-11-13|website=SportBloggare|archive-date=11 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111093108/https://sportbloggare.com/a-brit-on-thin-ice/3-of-the-4-battles-that-will-decide-sdhl-final|url-status=live}}
Personal life
Fällman has been in a relationship since December 2020.{{Cite web |title=Happy 2 year anniversary sunshine |url=https://www.instagram.com/reel/CmHHjy_Kbq7/?igsh=MXNqMnluMDN5NXpkZg== |access-date=January 7, 2025 |via=Instagram}}
Career statistics
= Regular season and playoffs =
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||||||
| 2006–07
| — | — | — | — | —
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2007–08 | Skellefteå AIK | 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 27 |
| 2008–09
| Riksserien | 16 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 37
| 7 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2009–10 | MoDo Hockey | Riksserien | 24 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 30
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 2010–11
| MoDo Hockey | Riksserien | 26 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 45
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2011–12 | MoDo Hockey | Riksserien | 27 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2013–14
| WCHA | 29 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2014–15 | University of North Dakota | WCHA | 37 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 2015–16
| Luleå HF | Riksserien | 33 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 20
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2016–17 | Luleå HF | SDHL | 35 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 10
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2017–18
| Luleå HF | SDHL | 25 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 22
| 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2018–19 | Luleå HF | SDHL | 24 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 37
| 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| 2019–20
| Luleå HF | SDHL | 34 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 24
| 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2020–21 | Luleå HF | SDHL | 34 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 26
| 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 2021–22
| Luleå HF | SDHL | 34 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 30
| 12 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2022–23 | Luleå HF | SDHL | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4
| 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023–24
| New York | PWHL | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | SDHL totals ! 339 !! 36 !! 86 !! 122 !! 307 ! 85 !! 9 !! 11 !! 20 !! 67 | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | PWHL totals ! 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
! — | — | — | — | — |
= International =
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! Year ! Team ! Event ! Result ! rowspan="102" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||
| 2008
| Sweden | U18 | 4th | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2011 | Sweden | WC | 5th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2012
| Sweden | WC | 5th | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2013 | Sweden | WC | 7th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2015
| Sweden | WC | 5th | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2016 | Sweden | WC | 5th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 2017
| Sweden | WC | 6th | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2018 | Sweden | OG | 7th | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 2019
| Sweden | WC | 9th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 2022 | Sweden | OG | 8th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="4" | Junior totals ! 5 !! 1 !! 0 !! 1 !! 6 | ||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="4" | Senior totals ! 44 !! 5 !! 2 !! 7 !! 34 |
References
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External links
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