Ena Nystrøm

Not to be confused with Eva Nyström.

Ena Marie Eristland Nystrøm (born 28 April 2000) is a Norwegian ice hockey goaltender and member of the Norwegian national ice hockey team. She plays in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with Brynäs IF on contract through the 2024–25 season.

Ena Nystrøm
Nystrøm representing Norway at the 2022 World Championship D1A
Born	(2000-04-28) 28 April 2000 (age 24) Stavanger, Norway
Height	177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Position	Goaltender
Catches	Left
SDHL team Former teams	Brynäs IF Mercyhurst Lakers RPI Engineers Stavanger Oilers
National team	Norway
Playing career	2013–present

Playing career

Beginning in 2013, Nystrøm played with teams of the Stavanger Oilers ice hockey club in her home town of Stavanger, Norway.^[1] In 2018, she left Norway to move to Canada, where she spent a year playing at the Ontario Hockey Academy in Cornwall, Ontario.^[2]

In 2019, she began her college ice hockey career with the RPI Engineers women's ice hockey program in the ECAC Hockey conference of the NCAA Division I. She finished the season with a respectable .915 save percentage but the team struggled in front of her and she amassed a 0-21-1 record. She was named ECAC Goaltender of the Week in October 2019.^[3][4]

Nystrøm transferred to Mercyhurst University and joined the Mercyhurst Lakers women‘s ice hockey program in the College Hockey America (CHA) conference prior to the 2020–21 season.^[5] She earned the first win of her collegiate career against the Robert Morris Colonials on 2 February and recorded a season-high 43 saves in a 5–2 victory over the Syracuse Orange on 5 February.^[6]

International play

Nystrøm took part in the opening ceremony of the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer.^[7]

In 2017, she was the starting goalie for Norway as they failed to qualify for the Olympics.^[8]

Nystrøm was selected as Best Goaltender by the directorate at both the 2018 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I and 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I, with Norway winning bronze in 2019.^[9][10] She was also selected as Best Goaltender by the directorate at the 2018 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship Division I Group A.

Awards and honors

• Best Goaltender as selected by the directorate, 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I Group A^[11]

References

1. "Dette er de største hockeytalentene med tilknytning til Stavanger". Dagsavisen (in Norwegian). 19 December 2019. Archived from the original on 8 February 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
2. "Hockeytalentet Ena Nystrøm (19) måtte flytte fra Stavanger for å bli bedre: – De ville ikke satse på meg fordi jeg er jente". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 2 May 2019. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
3. "2019-20 Women's Ice Hockey Roster: 1 Ena Nystrøm". Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Athletics. Archived from the original on 5 September 2022. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
4. Schultz, Randy (14 October 2019). "RPI's Nystrom Earns MAC Award". NY Hockey On-Line. Archived from the original on 25 January 2020. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
5. Giebel, Haleigh (11 May 2020). "Women's Ice Hockey Adds Ena Nystrom to 2020-2021 Roster". Mercyhurst University Athletics. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
6. Cirino, Alex (5 February 2021). "Syracuse struggles to score on Mercyhurst's Ena Nystrøm in 5-2 loss". The Daily Orange. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2021.
7. "Lillehammer 2016/Opening Ceremony Photos - Best Olympic Photos". International Olympic Committee. 12 January 2018. Archived from the original on 30 October 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
8. "Stats" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 February 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
9. "Stats" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 April 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
10. "Stats" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
11. "IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Div I Group A: Best Players Selected By The Directorate" (PDF). IIHF. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2021.

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
• Ena Nystrøm at Olympedia