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. 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.
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. 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. 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.
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.
International play Fällman made her senior Swedish national team debut in 2008, at the age of 18.
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.
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." She was among the players who participated in the 2019 Sweden women's national ice hockey team strike.
Style of play Fällman is known for playing a rougher, more physical style and her defensive positioning.
Personal life Fällman has been in a relationship since December 2020.
Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 2006–07 Skellefteå AIK Division 1 — — — — — 2 0 2 2 2 2007–08 Skellefteå AIK Riksserien 12 0 2 2 10 4 0 1 1 27 2008–09 MoDo Hockey Riksserien 16 0 3 3 37 7 2 1 3 8 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 2011–12 MoDo Hockey Riksserien 27 2 3 5 12 3 0 1 1 0 2013–14 University of North Dakota WCHA 29 1 4 5 12 — — — — — 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 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 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 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 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 — — — — — SDHL totals 339 36 86 122 307 85 9 11 20 67 PWHL totals 21 0 0 0 2 — — — — —
International Year Team Event Result GP G A Pts PIM 2008 Sweden U18 4th 5 1 0 1 6 2011 Sweden WC 5th 5 0 0 0 2 2012 Sweden WC 5th 4 0 1 1 0 2013 Sweden WC 7th 5 0 0 0 6 2015 Sweden WC 5th 4 0 1 1 0 2016 Sweden WC 5th 5 0 0 0 6 2017 Sweden WC 6th 5 4 0 4 2 2018 Sweden OG 7th 6 1 0 1 10 2019 Sweden WC 9th 5 0 0 0 2 2022 Sweden OG 8th 5 0 0 0 6 Junior totals 5 1 0 1 6 Senior totals 44 5 2 7 34
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