# Lara Stalder

Lara Stalder (born 15 May 1994) is a Swiss ice hockey centre and captain of the Swiss national ice hockey team. She plays in the SWHL B with EV Zug and serves as the team's captain. Her college ice hockey career was played with the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs women's ice hockey team and she has previously played in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with Linköping HC and Brynäs IF.

## Playing career

Across four seasons with Minnesota Duluth, Stalder put up 148 points in 134 games, leading the team in points in her final season, as well as being named WCHA Player of the Year and Student-Athlete of the Year, and being a top-three finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award. In 2016, she was drafted 20th overall by the Boston Pride of the National Women's Hockey League (NWHL).
After missing most of the 2018–19 season due to a shoulder injury, Stalder left Linköping to sign with Brynäs. In 2020, she was named SDHL Player of the Year after putting up 71 points in 36 games, being the first woman to win Guldhjälmen. The 42 goals she would score that year is the second highest single-season total in SDHL history, and her 71 points the third highest single-season total in SDHL history.

### International

Stalder made her senior national team debut at the 2011 IIHF Women's World Championship. She has represented Switzerland at the Winter Olympics in 2014 and won the bronze medal after defeating Sweden in the bronze medal playoff. She would score 6 points in 6 games at the 2018 Winter Olympics, as Switzerland finished in 5th place.

## Career statistics
### Club

| | | | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 2007-08 | SC Reinach Damen | SWHL A | 13 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2008-09 | KSC Küssnacht am Rigi Damen | SWHL A | 9 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 2009-10 | SC Reinach Damen | SWHL A | 7 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2010-11 | SC Reinach Damen | SWHL A | 9 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 41 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 10 |
| 2011-12 | SC Reinach Damen | SWHL A | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012-13 | ZSC Lions Frauen | SWHL A | 11 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 2 |
| 2013-14 | Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs | NCAA | 28 | 4 | 18 | 22 | 39 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2014-15 | Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs | NCAA | 37 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2015-16 | Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs | NCAA | 34 | 17 | 24 | 41 | 29 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2016-17 | Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs | NCAA | 35 | 23 | 33 | 56 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2017-18 | Linköping HC | SDHL | 36 | 39 | 22 | 61 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| 2018-19 | Linköping HC | SDHL | 18 | 16 | 22 | 38 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 2019-20 | Brynäs IF | SDHL | 36 | 42 | 29 | 71 | 41 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| 2020-21 | Brynäs IF | SDHL | 36 | 31 | 51 | 82 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 13 | 4 |
| 2021-22 | Brynäs IF | SDHL | 33 | 34 | 55 | 89 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 2 |
| 2022-23 | Brynäs IF | SDHL | 32 | 18 | 43 | 61 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 |
| 2023-24 | EV Zug Damen | SWHL B | 17 | 63 | 66 | 129 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 28 | 56 | 4 |
| 2023-24 | EV Zug Damen | National Cup | 5 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| SWHL A totals | SWHL A totals | SWHL A totals | 55 | 20 | 45 | 65 | 103 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 24 |
| NCAA totals | NCAA totals | NCAA totals | 134 | 54 | 94 | 148 | 96 | - | - | - | - | - |
| SDHL A totals | SDHL A totals | SDHL A totals | 155 | 141 | 200 | 341 | 105 | 29 | 15 | 32 | 47 | 12 |

### International

| Year | Team | Event | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 2010 | Switzerland U18 | WJC18 D1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| 2011 | Switzerland U18 | WJC18 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 |
| 2011 | Switzerland | WC | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| 2012 | Switzerland | WJC18 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 2014 | Switzerland | OG | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2015 | Switzerland | WC | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 2016 | Switzerland | WC | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 12 |
| 2017 | Switzerland | WC | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 2 |
| 2018 | Switzerland | OG | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| 2021 | Switzerland | WC | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 2022 | Switzerland | OG | 7 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| 2022 | Switzerland | WC | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | Switzerland | WC | 7 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 35 |
| 2024 | Switzerland | WC | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Junior totals | Junior totals | Junior totals | 17 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 20 |
| WC totals | WC totals | WC totals | 45 | 17 | 26 | 43 | 75 |
| OG totals | OG totals | OG totals | 18 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 12 |

## Honours and achievements
### SWHL-A

* 2012-2013 : Champion with ZSC Lions Frauen

### NCAA

* WCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Week of 17 January 2017)
* WCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Week of 24 January 2017)
* WCHA Offensive Player of the Week (Week of 31 January 2017)
* WCHA Offensive Player of the Month, January 2017
* Women's Hockey Commissioners' Association National Division I Player of the Month, January 2017
* 2016-2017 : First Team All-American
* 2016-2017 : Top Female Collegiate Player (Patty Kazmaier Award) Finalist (Top-3)

### SDHL

* 2017-2018 : Most Goals (39)
* 2017-2018 : Most PP Goals (8)
* 2017-2018 : SM-silver Medal with Linköping HC
* 2018-2019 : SM-silver Medal with Linköping HC
* 2019-2020 : Forward of the Year
* 2019-2020 : Most Goals (42)
* 2019-2020 : Most Points (71)
* 2019-2020 : Most PP Goals (7)
* 2019-2020 : Most SH Goals (5)
* 2019-2020 : Most Valuable Player (Guldhjälmen)
* 2020-2021 : Forward of the Year
* 2020-2021 : Most Assists (51)
* 2020-2021 : Most Goals (31)
* 2020-2021 : Most Points (82)
* 2020-2021 : Most Valuable Player
* 2020-2021 : Most Assists Playoffs (11)
* 2020-2021 : SM-silver Medal with Brynäs IF
* 2021-2022 : Forward of the Year
* 2021-2022 : Best Plus/Minus (+63)
* 2021-2022 : Most Assists (55)
* 2021-2022 : Most Goals (34)
* 2021-2022 : Most Points (89)
* 2021-2022 : SM-silver Medal with Brynäs IF
* 2022-2023 : Most Assists (43)
* 2022-2023 : Most Points (61)
* 2022-2023 : Most Assists Playoffs (9)
* 2022-2023 : SM-silver Medal with Brynäs IF

### Swiss Women Cup

* 2023-2024 : Most Points (23 pts)

### SwWHL-B

* 2023-2024 : Most Assists (66)
* 2023-2024 : Most Goals (63)
* 2023-2024 : Most Points (129)
* 2023-2024 : Most Assists Playoffs (28)
* 2023-2024 : Most Goals Playoffs (28)
* 2023-2024 : Most Points Playoffs (56)
* 2023-2024 : Champion with EV Zug Damen

### WC U18

* 2010 : Best Defenseman in Division D1
* 2010 : Best Plus/minus in Division D1 (+18)
* 2010 : Most Assists by Defenseman in Division D1 (5)
* 2010 : Most Points by Defenseman in Division D1 (9)
* 2010 : Gold Medal in Division D1
* 2011 : Most Points by Defenseman (7)
* 2011 : Top 3 Player on Team
* 2012 : Most Points by Defenseman (6)

### WC

* 2016 : Most Assists (5)
* 2016 : Most Penalized Player (12)
* 2021 : Top 3 Player on Team
* 2023 : Most Penalized Player (35)
* 2023 : Top 3 Player on Team

### OG

* 2014 : Bronze Medal

### Other

* 2017 : Swiss Woman of the Year
* 2021 : Swiss Woman of the Year