Nicole Jackson (ice hockey)

{{Short description|English ice hockey goaltender}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|8|31}}

| birth_place = Oldham, England

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| height_cm = 170

| weight_kg = 67

| position = Goaltender

| catches = Left

| league = SDHL

| team = Göteborg HC

| former_teams = Linköping HC
Sheffield Steeldogs
Kingston Diamonds
Slough Phantoms

| ntl_team = GBR

| sex = f

| career_start = 2008

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Nicole Jackson (born 31 August 1992){{cite web|url=http://eurohockey.com/player/503708-nicole-jackson.html |title=Nicole Jackson profile - Ницоле Йацксон Профиль |publisher=EuroHockey.com|accessdate=2014-04-08}} is an English ice hockey goaltender and member of the British national ice hockey team (Team GB),{{cite web|title=Nicole Jackson|url=http://www.britishicehockey.co.uk/players/nicole-jackson-673/|url-status=dead|publisher=British Ice Hockey|accessdate=2014-04-08|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309010334/http://www.britishicehockey.co.uk/players/nicole-jackson-673/|archivedate=2014-03-09}} currently playing with Göteborg HC in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL).{{cite web |url=https://www.tass.gov.uk/athletes/nicole-jackson.html |title=Nicole Jackson – TASS |publisher=Tass.gov.uk |date= |accessdate=2014-04-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304030329/https://www.tass.gov.uk/athletes/nicole-jackson.html |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=182842 |title=Nicole Jackson |publisher=Eliteprospects.com |date= |accessdate=2014-04-08}}

Career

In 2015, she signed with the Sheffield Steeldogs of the men's English Premier Ice Hockey League on a two-way contract allowing her to appear on loan with the Bradford Bulldogs in the men's second-tier league, the National Ice Hockey League (NIHL), when she wasn't starting games for the Steeldogs.{{Cite web|last=Clinton|first=Jared|date=2015-08-20|title=Great Britain's women's national team goaltender signs professional men's league deal|url=https://www.si.com/hockey/news/great-britains-womens-national-team-goaltender-signs-professional-mens-league-deal|access-date=2021-07-19|website=The Hockey News on Sports Illustrated|language=en}}

In 2017, she moved to Sweden to take the starting position with Göteborg HC,{{Cite web|last=Foster|first=Meredith|date=2018-11-25|title=Behind the Mask: Nicole Jackson|url=https://www.theicegarden.com/2018/11/25/18105992/behind-the-mask-nicole-jackson-sdhl-goteborg-sweden-united-kingdom-gb|access-date=2021-07-19|website=The Ice Garden|language=en}}and in 2018, she saved 72 out of 75 shots in a loss to Linköping HC and would almost repeat that performance in 2019 by making 64 saves in a loss to Luleå HF/MSSK.{{Cite web|last=Kågström|first=Rasmus|date=2018-11-28|title=Målvakten räddade 72 (!) skott – förlorade ändå|url=https://hockeysverige.se/2018/11/28/sdhl-svepet-malvakten-raddade-72-skott-forlorade-anda|access-date=2021-07-19|website=HockeySverige|language=sv}}{{Cite web|last=Bodin|first=Uffe|date=2019-01-20|title=Målvakten hindrade ny storförlust – stoppade 64 skott|url=https://hockeysverige.se/2019/01/20/nicole-jackson-hindrade-ny-storforlust-stoppade-64-skott|access-date=2021-07-19|website=HockeySverige|language=sv}}

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