Nicole Vallario
Nicole Vallario (born 30 August 2001) is a Swiss college ice hockey defenseman for the St. Thomas Tommies women's ice hockey team of the NCAA Division I and member of the Swiss national team. She previously played in the Swiss Women's League (SWHL A) with HC Thurgau Ladies and HC Ladies Lugano.
| Nicole Vallario | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
30 August 2001 Lugano, Switzerland | ||
| Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position | Defense | ||
| Shoots | Left | ||
| NCAA team Former teams |
St. Thomas Tommies HC Thurgau HC Lugano | ||
| National team | Switzerland | ||
| Playing career | 2015–present | ||
International play
Vallario represented Switzerland in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and at the IIHF Women's World Championship in 2019, 2021, and 2022.[1][2] As a junior player with the Swiss national under-18 team, she participated in the IIHF U18 Women's World Championship in 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019. She won a bronze medal with the Swiss under-16 team in the girls' ice hockey tournament at the 2016 Winter Youth Olympics in Lillehammer.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 2015-16 | Ladies Team Lugano | SWHL A | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2016-17 | Ladies Team Lugano | SWHL A | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 2016-17 | Ladies Team Lugano | Swiss Women Cup | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2017-18 | Ladies Team Lugano | SWHL A | 17 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2017-18 | Ladies Team Lugano | Swiss Women Cup | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018-19 | Ladies Team Lugano | SWHL A | 11 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2018-19 | Ladies Team Lugano | Swiss Women Cup | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2019-20 | Ladies Team Lugano | SWHL A | 19 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2019-20 | Ladies Team Lugano | Swiss Women Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2020-21 | Hockey Team Thurgau Indien Ladies | SWHL A | 20 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 2021–22 | St. Thomas Tommies | NCAA | 20 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2022–23 | St. Thomas Tommies | NCAA | 31 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2023–24 | St. Thomas Tommies | NCAA | 37 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| SWHL A totals | 75 | 12 | 20 | 32 | 14 | 34 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 | ||||
| NCAA totals | 88 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
International
| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Switzerland | U18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2016 | Switzerland | YOG | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2017 | Switzerland | U18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2018 | Switzerland | U18 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2019 | Switzerland | U18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019 | Switzerland | WC | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2021 | Switzerland | WC | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2022 | Switzerland | OG | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 2022 | Switzerland | WC | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2023 | Switzerland | WC | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 2024 | Switzerland | WC | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Junior totals | 26 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |||
| Senior totals | 38 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | |||
Honours and achievements
SWHL-A
- 2018-2019 : Champion with Ladies Team Lugano
- 2020-2021 : Best Defender
Swiss Women Cup
- 2016-2017 : Cup Winner with Ladies Team Lugano
YOG
- 2016 : Bronze Medal
References
- "A-Nati: WM-Aufgebot für Finnland bekannt". FrauenNati.ch. 6 March 2019.
- 2019 IIHF Women's World Championship roster
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
- Nicole Vallario at Olympedia